This kid looks exhausted and a bit lost, to me. Been workin' his ass off and now is having maybe some soup or stew for lunch, with a cup of coffee next to him. And a smoke. Before getting back to the grind.
I added it to a part of Chapter Three where one of the guys disappears, overnight, and Adam notices this guy is turning over the soil in the flowerbeds behind the house...and starts a conversation...
Because he finds the guy attractive. His name's Loren, and it comes out he's married, has a kid...and was a former inhabitant of the house.
That added so many levels of possibility that this whole section got shifted to Chapter Four, leaving me plenty of room to expand on the boys in Chapter Three. I want to keep it under 3000 words? Done.
All without a deliberate plan. just being open to opportunities that might arise.
I keep telling myself to trust the process then do everything I can not to trust it. Silly me.
My only worry, now, is keeping it from turning into padding, making the story bigger while adding nothing. I can easily do that.
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