Chapter 2: The Truth Comes Out
The next day Walker walked into the Texas Ranger headquarters and was greeted by Gage and Sidney. "Walker we heard about everything, Congratulations!" Walker looked from Gage and Sid to Trivette. Trivette noticing that he was getting stared at said "Hey you know how bad of a secret keeper I am." "I know!" Walker said forcing a grin for he still had the war of Work vs. Family in the back of his mind. He quickly thanked Gage and Sid and went over to his desk and sat down.
Just then the phone rang and it was an emergency so Trivette and Walker took off and Gage and Sidney said they would follow in Gage's car.
On the way there Trivette says "Walker, I've known you for years. I was there when you met Alex, I was there when you got engaged, I was there when you got married, when you were told Alex was pregnant with Angela guess where I was?" "There?" asked Walker amused. "Exactly!" said Trivette then he continued. "I was there through the rough pregnancy, I was there when Alex gave birth to your little Angel, when you were told Alex could never have another baby I was there, I was there while Angela grew up (in fact, she has told me some secrets she never told you)" right then Walker stopped him. "What secrets?" "Where she hides her valuables, what she wants to be when she grows up, different stuff like that." It was then that Walker realized that Trivette saw Angela a lot more then he has. But he let Trivette continue with his speech. "I was there basically since the day you were born. So, do you think I would know if something was bothering you?" "Maybe." Walker looked at Trivette and noticed that he was serious.
Right then they arrived at the crime scene and pulled over. Walker got out of his truck and went to talk to the detective. "What have we got?" "Well, bomb, took the whole building out. 50 dead and counting, 20injured." "Any idea who would do this?" "No, but there is a message for you that we found" Said Detective Slone as he handed Walker a piece of paper that said:
Dear Ranger,
Do you like writing letters? I do.
Let's play a game.
I'll give you a message that will be delivered by random people
You'll have 10mins to go to the location or another "BOOM!"
Got it? Good!
Can't wait to talk to you.
Walker took one look at it and knew that this was bad. But he knew that all he could do was go back to headquarters, talk to Alex about the options they had of handling this and wait for a message.
Him and Trivette got back into the truck and headed back to headquarters. Trivette continued with his speech. "So, buddy, what's bothering you so much?" "Nothing." Walker said not looking at Trivette. "Walker, I know you, it's never nothing! Come on pal, what's up?" Walker sighed reluctantly and said "Well, Trivette, Ever since I found out about the triplets there are three big thoughts going through my mind. A. Alex barely made it through the last pregnancy with one child, how will she make it through this one with three children? B. there is a war going through my head Work vs. Family. C. What about Alex's job? She loves being Assistant DA. How will she be going back to work
with four kids all under the age of 11?" Walker looked at Trivette who didn't say anything then all of a sudden he says "Ok, Walker, listen. A. Alex is strong woman, trust me, you and I have known her for a long time, and she has proven my point more than once and in more than one way. B. You have kept up with your family and work very well. You'll be fine." That's when Walker said, "but you made it obvious that you see my daughter more than I do." "No I don't. Anyways C. Alex and you can take turns with the kids, and Gage, Sid, and I will help. No one will stop working." "Thanks Trivette, that's all I needed." Said Walker with a sigh of relief as he realized everything would be fine.
TBC.