Love's Long Journey

Thirty Years Into A Very Long Sentence Butch Cavanaugh Sat Stewing In His Prison Cell. Numerous Requests For Parole Had Been Denied. Nonetheless Butch Had Thrived Behind Prison Walls. Hed Developed A Set Of Muscles That Had Nothing To Do With His Physique. A Power He Had Never Experienced In The Outside World Made Him A Successful Bully On The Insidemuscles That Had Afforded Him Favors And A Measure Of Respect Muscles That Gave Him Confidence. But The Years Had Begun To Take Their Toll And He Had No Desire To Remain A Prisoner For The Rest Of His Life. Pushing Seventy He Did Not Want To Die In A Cell With His Throat Cut. Someone More Clever And More Persuasive Waited To Challenge His Headship At The End Of Every Decade.