Some Things Never Change (Elmo Jenkins - Book Two) by McMillian Moody

Author:McMillian Moody [Moody, McMillian]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: OBT Bookz
Published: 2012-08-30T04:00:00+00:00

The Slammer

About the time I arrived at college, all of the wise instructions I had received from my parents over the years began to take hold. Whereas my room at home had always been a mess, at college I hung up my clothes and kept my room neat. Everything in its proper place. I also became more careful with my money and my time. I wisely chose with whom and where I would hang out. I even made a conscious effort to avoid waste by taking shorter showers and limiting my food servings to only what I knew I would eat. Much of my parents’ advice simply become part of my DNA.

Back home Mom would always say, “Turn off the light if you’re not using it.” So I learned to click the lights off when I left my room. This habit followed me into adulthood, and I subconsciously turned off lights if they were not in use. If no one was in the break room when I left, I would turn off the light. If no one was in the restroom when I left, I would turn off the light. On more than one occasion I stranded some poor soul in one of the stalls with his pants down around his ankles, engulfed in total darkness.

Harry nicknamed me The Light Watchman. I won’t tell you what I nicknamed Harry after the carnival tent debacle.

Late one Thursday afternoon when most everyone had left for the day, I was going down the hallway and of course turning off the lights.

“Ellington?” Father Ted’s now familiar voice rang out from around the hall corner.

“Yes, sir?”

“Can you come here to my office for a second before you leave?”

I walked down the hall and around the corner, stepping into Father Ted’s office. “What’s up?”

“You wouldn’t happen to have a few hours available tomorrow morning, would you?” he asked with a warm smile.

“Sure. What’s going on?”

“I’m visiting an old friend over at the penitentiary, and I’d like you to come along. I’m inviting you for two reasons. One, I always like to take along a wing man when I’m making a prison visit. There’s strength in numbers. And two, I thought it would be a good chance for you to get some training in these types of visits.”

“Sure, what time?”

“I’ll meet you in the staff parking lot about eight. It’s a good forty-five-minute drive out there. That will get us back here before lunch.”

I stepped back into the hallway. “Okay, then. I’ll see you in the morning. I’ve got a few more lights to turn off, then I’m meeting Bonnie for dinner over at Café Lucia’s. You’re welcome to join us.”

“Thanks for the invite, but I’ve got Eddie Hughes coming in for a meeting. Tom asked me to talk to him about leaving the single girls here at the church alone.”

“Good luck with that,” I said, laughing as I headed back down the hall. “You’ll need it!”

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