Creative Writing: Zach's Narrative Fiction

In the weeks after Zach 's confidential conversation with Big, he noticed a change in the conduct of General Jackson. For all of his life, the General had been an aloof, distant creature. Whenever he encountered another masculine creature, regardless of specie, he always conveyed a sense of superiority creating the impression that he felt the other creature was a poor specimen of manhood compared to him. He couldn 't help himself. He was just a tomcat. In the weeks following Jack 's diagnosis, Jack noticed that the General was becoming more amiable and would even come and sit down beside Jack 's chair in the evening. It finally all came to a head one evening when the General jumped up into Jack 's lap and ambled around and until he found …show more content…
First of all, you 'll recall the nurse you encountered on your first meeting here." "No need to say more," Jack said, "I remember her." "Well," Zach said, "she no longer works here." "That 's pretty harsh," Jack said with a frown. "No, don 't get the wrong idea," Zach said, "that was her idea no mine. I asked for her to be transferred on the Monday after the meeting. She came to me before she left and ask me why," "Needs of the business," Jack interjected. "Per your guidance," Zach said, "that was exactly what I said and left it at that." "Didn 't set to well with her did it?" Jack suggested. "As a matter of fact, it didn 't," Zach replied. "She had probably already counted her chickens before they hatched and was pretty sure that she 'd be running things around her," Jack speculated, "including you." "Perhaps," Zach said, "she lasted at the other location about three weeks and