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00:00Welcome to Fiction Saga The Walk Change Everything Chapter 4 in the two weeks following the homecoming dance.
00:11My life pretty much returned to normal. My father was back in Washington, D.C., which made things a lot more fun around my house.
00:24Primarily because I could sneak out the window again and head to the graveyard for my late-night forays.
00:32I don't know what it was about the graveyard that attracted us so.
00:39Maybe it had something to do with the tombstones themselves, because as far as tombstones went, they were actually fairly comfortable to sit on.
00:50We usually sat in a small plot where the Preston family had been buried about a hundred years ago.
00:58There were eight tombstones there, all arranged in a circle, making it easy to pass the boiled peanuts back and forth between us.
01:08One time my friends and I decided to learn what we could about the Preston family, and we went to the library to find out if anything had been written about them.
01:21I mean, if you're going to sit on someone's tombstone, you might as well know something about them, right?
01:30It turns out that there wasn't much about the family in the historical records, though we did find out one interesting tidbit of information.
01:41Henry Preston, the father, was a one-armed lumberjack, believe it or not.
01:47Supposedly, he could cut down a tree as fast as any two-armed man.
01:55Now, the vision of a one-armed lumberjack is pretty vivid right off the bat, so we talked about him a lot.
02:03We used to wonder what else he could do with only one arm, and we'd spend long hours discussing how fast he could pitch a baseball or whether or not he'd beadled to swim across the intracoastal waterway.
02:20Our conversations weren't exactly high-brow, I admit, but I enjoyed them nonetheless.
02:28Well, Eric and me were out there one Saturday night with a couple of other friends, eating boiled peanuts and talking about Henry Preston.
02:40When Eric asked me how my date went with Jamie Sullivan, he and I had unseen much of each other since the homecoming dance because the football season was already in the playoffs and Eric had been out of town the past few weekends with the team.
02:59It was okay, I said, shrugging, doing my best to play it cool.
03:06Eric playfully elbowed me in the ribs, and I grunted.
03:12He outweighed me by at least thirty pounds.
03:16Did you kiss her goodnight?
03:19No.
03:20He took a long drink from his can of Budweiser as I answered.
03:24I don't know how he did it, but Eric never had trouble buying beer, which was strange, being that everyone in town knew how old he was.
03:36He wiped his lips with the back of his hand, tossing me a sidelong glance.
03:43I would have thought that after she helped you clean the bathroom, you would have at least kissed her goodnight.
03:51Well, I didn't.
03:53Did you even try?
03:54No.
03:55Why not?
03:57She's not that kind of girl, I said, and even though we all knew it was true, it still sounded like I was defending her.
04:08Eric latched on to that like a leech.
04:11I think you like her, he said.
04:13You're full of crap, I answered, and he slapped my back hard enough to force the breath right out of me.
04:21Hanging out with Eric usually meant that I'd have a few bruises the following day.
04:29Yeah, I might be full of crap, he said, winking at me.
04:33But you're the one who's smitten with Jamie Sullivan.
04:37I knew we were treading on dangerous ground.
04:41I was just using her to impress Margaret, I said.
04:46And with all the love notes she's been sending me lately, I reckon it must have worked.
04:54Eric laughed aloud, slapping me on the back again.
04:58You and Margaret now, that's funny.
05:02I knew I'd just dodged a major bullet, and I breathed a sigh of relief as the conversation spun off in a new direction.
05:12I joined in now and then, but I wasn't really listening to what they were saying.
05:20Instead, I kept hearing this little voice inside me that made me wonder about what Eric had said.
05:28The thing was, Jamie was probably the best date I could have had that night,
05:35especially considering how the evening turned out.
05:39Not many dates, heck, not many people, period, would have done what she did.
05:47At the same time, her being a good date didn't mean I liked her.
05:52I hadn't talked to her at all since the dance, except when I saw her in drama class,
05:59and even then it was only a few words here and there.
06:03If I liked her at all, I told myself I would have wanted to talk to her.
06:10If I liked her, I would have offered to walk her home.
06:14If I liked her, I would have wanted to bring her to Cecil S. Diner for a basket of hush puppies and some arsy cola.
06:23But I didn't want to do any of those things.
06:28I really didn't.
06:29In my mind, I'd already served my penance.
06:33The next day, Sunday, I was in my room working on my application to UNC.
06:42In addition to the transcripts from my high school and other personal information,
06:47they required five essays of the usual type.
06:52If you could meet one person in history, who would that person be and why?
06:59Name the most significant influence in your life and why you feel that way.
07:06What do you look for in a role model and why?
07:09The essay questions were fairly predictably our English teacher had told us what to expect Tanned ID already,
07:19worked on a couple of variations in class as homework.
07:25English was probably my best subject.
07:28I'd never received anything lower than an A since I first started school,
07:34and I was glad the impetus for the application process was on writing.
07:41If it had been on math, I might have been in trouble,
07:45especially if it included those algebra questions that talked about the two trains leaving an hour apart,
07:55travelling in opposite directions at 40 miles an hour, etc.
08:00It was unt that I was bad in math, I usually pulled at least a seabut.
08:07It did unt come naturally to me, if you know what I mean.
08:12Anyway, I was writing one of my essays when the phone rang.
08:17The only phone we had was located in the kitchen,
08:22and I had to run downstairs to grab the receiver.
08:26I was breathing so loudly that I couldn't make out the voice too well,
08:32though it sounded like Angela.
08:35I immediately smiled to myself.
08:39Even though she'd been sick all over the place and I'd had to clean it up,
08:44she was actually pretty fun to be around most of the time,
08:48and her dress really had been something, at least for the first hour.
08:53I figured she was probably calling to thank me or even to get together for a barbecue sandwich and hushpuppies or something.
09:04Landon, oh, hey, I said, playing it cool, what's going on?
09:10There was a short pause on the other end.
09:13How are you?
09:14It was then that I suddenly realised I wasn't speaking to Angela.
09:21Instead, it was Jamie, and I almost dropped the phone.
09:26I can't say that I was happy about hearing from her,
09:30and for a second I wondered who had given her my phone number
09:34before I realised it was probably in the church records.
09:39Landon, I'm fine, I finally blurted out, still in shock.
09:46Are you busy? she asked.
09:49Sort of, oh, I see, she said.
09:52Trailing off, she paused again.
09:55Why are you calling me? I asked.
09:58It took her a few seconds to get the words out.
10:02Well, I just wanted to know if you wouldn't mind coming by a little later this afternoon coming by.
10:11Yes, to my house, your house.
10:15I didn't even try to disguise the growing surprise in my voice.
10:21Jamie ignored it and went on.
10:24There's something I want to talk to you about.
10:27I wouldn't ask if it wasn't important.
10:31Can't you just tell me over the phone?
10:34I'd rather not.
10:36Well, I'm working on my college application essays all afternoon.
10:41I said, trying to get out of it.
10:45Oh, well, like I said, it's important,
10:49but I suppose I can talk to you Monday at school.
10:53With that, I suddenly realised that she wasn't going to let me off the hook
10:59and that we'd end up talking one way or the other.
11:04My brain suddenly clicked through the scenarios
11:07as I tried to figure out which one I should do talk to her,
11:12where my friends would see us, or talk at her house,
11:16though neither.
11:17Option was particularly good.
11:21There was something in the back of my mind
11:24reminding me that she'd helped.
11:27Me out when I'd really needed it,
11:30and the least I could do was to listen to what she had to say.
11:35I may be irresponsible,
11:37but I'm a nice irresponsible,
11:40if I do say so myself.
11:42Of course, that didn't mean everyone else had to know about it.
11:49No, I said, today is fine.
11:52We arranged to meet at five o'clock,
11:56and the rest of the afternoon ticked by slowly,
12:00like the drips from Chinese water torture.
12:04I left my house twenty minutes early,
12:07so I'd have plenty of time to get there.
12:10My house was located near the waterfront
12:14in the historic part of town,
12:17just a few doors down from where Blackbeard used to live
12:21overlooking the Intracoastal Waterway.
12:25Jamie lived on the other side of town,
12:29across the railroad tracks,
12:31so it would take me about that long to get there.
12:35It was November,
12:37and the temperature was finally cooling down.
12:40One thing I really liked about Beaufort
12:44was the fact that the springs and falls
12:47lasted practically forever.
12:50It might get hot in the summer or snow
12:53once every six years,
12:55and there might be a cold spell
12:58that lasted a week or so in January,
13:01but for the most part,
13:03all you needed was a light jacket
13:05to make it through the winter.
13:07Today was one of those perfect days mid-seventies
13:12without a cloud in the sky.
13:15I made it to Jamie's house right on time
13:19and knocked on her door.
13:22Jamie answered it,
13:23and a quick peek inside revealed
13:26that Hegbert wasn't around.
13:29It wasn't quite warm enough for sweet tea or lemonade,
13:35and we sat in the chairs on the porch again
13:38without anything to drink.
13:41The sun was beginning to lower itself in the sky,
13:45and there wasn't anyone on the street.
13:48This time I didn't have to move my chair.
13:51It hadn't been moved since the last time I'd been there.
13:57Thank you for coming, Landon, she said.
14:00I know you're busy,
14:02but I appreciate your taking the time to do this.
14:06So what's so important?
14:09I said,
14:11wanting to get this over with as quickly as possible.
14:16Jamie, for the first time since I'd known her,
14:19actually looked nervous as she sat with me.
14:23She kept bringing her hands together
14:25and pulling them apart.
14:28I wanted to ask you a favour,
14:31she said seriously.
14:32A favour, she nodded.
14:35At first I thought she was going to ask me
14:39to help her decorate the church,
14:41like she'd mentioned at homecoming,
14:44or maybe she needed me to use my mother's car
14:48to bring some stuff to the orphans.
14:51Jamie didn't have her licence,
14:54and Hegbert needed their car anyway,
14:57being that there was always a funeral
15:00or something he had to go to.
15:03But it still took a few seconds
15:05for her to get the words out.
15:08She sighed,
15:10her hands coming together again.
15:12I'd like to ask you
15:14if you would unt mind playing Tom Thornton
15:17in the school play,
15:19she said.
15:20Tom Thornton,
15:22like I said before,
15:23was the man in search of the music box
15:26for his daughter,
15:27the one who meets the angel.
15:30Except for the angel,
15:31it was far and away the most important role.
15:35Well, I don't know,
15:38I said,
15:39confused.
15:40I thought Eddie Jones was going to be Tom.
15:44That's what Miss Garber told us.
15:46Eddie Jones was a lot like Carrie Denison,
15:50by the way.
15:51He was really skinny,
15:53with pimples all over his face,
15:55and he usually talked to you
15:57with his eyes all squinched up.
16:00He had a nervous tick,
16:03and he couldn't help but squinch his eyes
16:05whenever he got nervous,
16:07which was practically all the time.
16:11He'd probably end up spouting his lines
16:14like a psychotic blind man
16:16if you put him in front of a crowd.
16:20To make things worse,
16:22he had a stutter too,
16:23and it took him a long time
16:25to say anything at all.
16:27Miss Garber had given him the role
16:30because he'd been the only one
16:33who offered to do it,
16:35but even then it was obvious
16:37she didn't want him either.
16:40Teachers were human too,
16:42but she didn't have much of an option,
16:45since no one else had come forward.
16:48Miss Garber didn't say that exactly.
16:52What she said was that
16:53Eddie could have the role
16:55if no one else tried out for it.
16:58Can't someone else do it instead?
17:02But there really wasn't anyone else,
17:05and I knew it.
17:06Because of Hegbert's requirement
17:08that only seniors perform,
17:11the play was in a bind that year.
17:14There were about 50 senior boys
17:17at the high school,
17:1822 of whom were on the football team.
17:22And with the team still in the running
17:25for the state title,
17:26none of them would have the time
17:28to go to the rehearsals.
17:30Of the 30 or so who were left,
17:34more than half were in the band,
17:36and they had after-school practice as well.
17:39A quick calculation showed
17:41that there were maybe a dozen other people
17:44who could possibly do it.
17:47Now, I didn't want to do the play at all,
17:50and not only because I'd come to realise
17:54that drama was just about
17:56the most boring class ever invented.
18:00The thing was,
18:02I'd already taken Jamie to homecoming,
18:05and with her as the angel.
18:08I just could unbear the thought
18:11that I'd have to spend every afternoon with her
18:15for the next month or so.
18:16Being seen with her once
18:19was bad enough.
18:21But being seen with her every day,
18:24what would my friends say?
18:26But I could tell
18:28this was really important to her.
18:30The simple fact that she'd asked
18:33made that clear.
18:35Jamie never asked anyone for a favour.
18:38I think deep down she suspected
18:41that no one would ever do her a favour
18:43because of who she was.
18:46The very realisation made me sad.
18:49What about Jeff Bangert?
18:51He might do it, I offered.
18:54Jamie shook her head.
18:56He can't.
18:57His father's sick.
18:59And he has to work in the store after school
19:02until his father gets back on his feet.
19:06What about Darren Woods?
19:08He broke his arm last week
19:11when he slipped on the boat.
19:13His arm is in a sling.
19:16Really?
19:17I didn't know that, I said,
19:19stalling,
19:20but Jamie knew what I was doing.
19:23I've been praying about it, Landon,
19:26she said simply,
19:28and sighed for the second time.
19:31I'd really like this play
19:32to be special this year,
19:34not for me,
19:35but because of my father.
19:38I want it to be the best production ever.
19:42I know how much it will mean to him
19:45to see me be the angel
19:46because this play reminds him of my mother.
19:51She paused, collecting her thoughts.
19:54It would be terrible
19:55if the play was a failure this year,
19:58especially since I'm involved.
20:01She stopped again before going on,
20:04her voice becoming more emotional
20:06as she went on.
20:08I know Eddie would do the best he could.
20:12I really do.
20:13And I'm not embarrassed to do the play with him.
20:17I'm really not.
20:19Actually, he's a very nice person,
20:22but he told me that he's having second thoughts
20:25about doing it.
20:26Sometimes people at school can be so cruel
20:31and I don't want Eddie to be hurt,
20:34but...
20:35She took a deep breath,
20:37but the real reason I'm asking
20:39is because of my father.
20:42He's such a good man, Landon.
20:45If people make fun of his memory of my mother
20:49while I'm playing the part,
20:51well, that would break my heart.
20:53And, with Eddie and me,
20:56you know what people would say,
20:58I nodded.
20:59My lips pressed together,
21:01knowing that I would have been
21:03one of those people she was talking about.
21:06In fact, I already was.
21:09Jamie and Eddie,
21:11the dynamic duo we called them
21:13after Miss Garber had announced
21:16that they'd be the ones doing the roles.
21:19The very fact that it was I
21:22who had started it up
21:23made me feel terrible,
21:26almost sick to my stomach.
21:29She straightened up a little in her seat
21:31and looked at me sadly,
21:34as if she already knew
21:36I was going to say no.
21:38I guess she didn't know
21:40how I was feeling.
21:42She went on,
21:43I know that challenges
21:45are always part of the Lord's plan,
21:48but I don't want to believe
21:50that the Lord is cruel,
21:52especially to someone like my father.
21:56He devotes his life to God,
21:58he gives to the community,
22:01and he's already lost his wife
22:03and has had to raise me on his own,
22:06and I love him so much for it.
22:09Jamie turned away,
22:12but I could see the tears in her eyes.
22:15It was the first time
22:17I'd ever seen her cry.
22:19I think part of me wanted to cry, too.
22:23I'm not asking you to do it for me,
22:27she said softly.
22:28I'm really not,
22:30and if you say no,
22:31I'll still pray for you.
22:33I promise.
22:35But if you'd like to do something kind
22:38for a wonderful man
22:39who means so much to me,
22:41will you just think about it?
22:43Her eyes looked like those
22:46of a cocker spaniel
22:47that had just messed on the rug.
22:50I looked down at my feet.
22:53I don't have to think about it.
22:55I finally said,
22:57I'll do it.
22:58I really didn't have a choice,
23:01did I?
23:02Thanks for watching
23:03Chapter 4
23:04of The Walk That Changed Everything.
23:06I hope you felt the emotion
23:09behind this moment,
23:11the one favour that started
23:13to change his heart.
23:15Stay tuned.
23:17Chapter 5 drops on the 8th of November, 2025.
23:23Don't forget to subscribe
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