A/N- I want to give a big thanks to those of you who have reviewed. It makes my day and keeps me on track with writing. Thanks! Here is the next installment, and for some reason the chapters just keep getting longer and longer. So enjoy, and please remember I don't own anything, this all belongs to the fine folks at CBS.
"You sent him where?" Liz asked as she drove away from the Monroe ranch. Lindsay had mentioned that Danny was going hunting with Jack and Russ Monroe. Liz was almost positive that she had heard wrong, there surely was no way that Lindsay would be crazy enough to send her potential boyfriend hunting with her very over protective father.
"Hunting with daddy and Russ. Don't look at me like that Lizzy." Lindsay said as she saw the glare that her friend was giving her.
"What? All I am saying is that do you really think that it is wise to send your overprotective father off with the man that you love?"
"I don't see the problem. Daddy can get to know him in a setting were he is totally comfortable. And since Danny is less comfortable he is less apt to be cocky, which would just irritate daddy."
"Okay, I guess that makes sense."
"See I told you. And who said anything about loving Danny?"
"Oh, please woman. You didn't have to say anything. I could tell just by the way you looked at him yesterday when he was about to fall asleep in the coffee shop. Or the way you talk about him nonstop, or how your face lights up when he comes into the room. Take your pick, but don't insult me by trying to deny it." Liz said as she momentarily took her eyes off the road to glance at her best friend. Lindsay blushed a little at the truth in the words Liz had spoken and she knew that her friend had not admitted her love for Danny to herself yet, thus she was denying it to everyone else.
"You're right, I know you are, it's just I don't think I had really admitted it to myself quite yet. But I do love Danny. Man that feels weird to say."
"And exhilarating if I remember the feeling quite right."
"Yeah, it really is. But you can abandon this monastic lifestyle you have been choosing to live and start dating again anytime soon. Then you could know the feeling yourself. Danny even has the perfect suggestion all ready thought up." Lindsay said turning to look at her friend. She knew Liz didn't date, and she knew why. But she though that it was time that Liz put the past behind her and moved on in the future, and she figured Don Flack wouldn't be such a bad person to take the first step with.
"What? He has barely even met me and he is already trying to set me up on a date. You did squash that didn't you?" Liz asked used her most authoritative voice. She didn't date, it was her policy, and one that she didn't plan to change just because Danny Messer got it into his head to set her up.
"Yeah, yeah, I did and I think he is deflected for now. But honestly Liz, you have to put the past behind you and move on, Danny's friends wouldn't be a bad place to start, besides it might get you out to New York more often."
"Linds, I have moved on, I just don't feel like putting myself in the position to get hurt again. But just because I don't take up with Messer's friend doesn't mean that I can't come visit more. I kind of miss the City, and now that Tom is back on his feet and doesn't need me around as much, I can come visit."
"Awesome. We have to set it up. I miss you Lizzy, we could hang out, you can show me some of your old haunts from the good old days."
"Yeah, I will check my work schedule, but I have vacation days coming, so there is no reason I couldn't come out in April or May."
"Perfect. Start looking for flights, I am holding you to this, so don't even try backing out."
"Believe me I won't Linds. I have been too spoiled having you home again. I am going to miss you when you head back to New York. Do you know when you are going?"
"Danny's gotta be back for work on Monday. So we are both heading home tomorrow afternoon. Actually I was wondering if you would take us to the airport tomorrow?"
"You bet, I would love to. Your parents can't?"
"No. Momma's got something going on at church and she volunteered daddy to help her. Russ offered but I would rather it be you." Lindsay was suddenly aware of her surroundings, and despite the calm tone of her voice she was becoming unsettled. The truck was turning down the last road before it would reach the cemetery. She knew that this was something both she and Liz needed to do, but it was hard. It brought back those memories she had been swimming in the last few weeks and it was painful.
"Not a problem, Linds. I would love to, and if you and Danny have time tonight why don't you come by the house I can cook dinner and then I can get to know Danny better." Liz spoke as she carefully negotiated the truck through the large stone gate of the cemetery. She also noticed the look on Lindsay's face, it was one of pain, regret, and guilt.
"Yeah Liz that would be great. Momma and daddy have their weekly bridge game at the house tonight, so it will be a perfect excuse to get out of the house." Lindsay paused as Liz parked the truck on the road near the grave sites of their friends. She stared out the window at the grave markers, and then turned to look at her friend. Liz's expression was unreadable, the clearest sign that something was wrong. If Liz was unreadable, it meant that she was upset, but was trying hard to cover it up. Lindsay spoke again as she stared at Liz, "are you ready to do this?"
"No. How can go out there and face them? Linds, I wasn't even there."
"Liz, you can't feel guilty about that. You were lucky that you weren't there, and I thank God that you were sick that weekend, otherwise I would be all alone. Now we both have to forgive ourselves for the guilt we may feel and start to put this behind us. And the first way to do that is go out there and finally see them." As she spoke Lindsay opened her door and by the time she finished she was standing outside the car.
"You're right." Liz exited the car and came around to stand next to Lindsay.
Hand in hand the two walked the short distance to stand in front of the four graves they had visited only once. The two spent most of the afternoon talking to the wind, telling their friends of all the things that they had accomplished, how much they missed them, how often they thought about that night, and the fact that justice had finally been served. They both left with puffy eyes, and tear streaked checks, but feeling like they both had a great weight lifted from them.
Connie Monroe was standing at her kitchen stove removing fresh baked cookies from a sheet and placing them on a plate, while Lindsay sat drinking coffee and munching on cookies at the kitchen table. She was finishing a novel she had started on the flight from New York to Montana.
Both women's attention was caught when Jack and Danny came through the front door, both laughing amicably. Connie gave Lindsay an I-told-you-so look as the two men came into the kitchen and deposited packaged meat on the counter next the sink. Jack went to where Connie was standing placing a kiss on her cheek and stealing a cookie as he pulled away.
Danny leaned down next to Lindsay placing a kiss on her cheek and then took her cup of coffee and walked out of the kitchen, as he said, "I'm gonna go change out of these clothes, Jack thanks I had a great time."
As soon as Danny was gone from the kitchen, Lindsay whipped her head around to face her father and gave him a look that demanded he explain.
Jack Monroe just laughed at the wild expression of his daughter and the look of triumph his wife was wearing. He poured himself a cup of coffee and sat down at the table with his daughter. Connie poured a cup of coffee, which she deposited in front of Lindsay and sat down, ready to hear the story of how this afternoon had gone. Jack didn't say anything though; he just sat sipping his coffee.
Lindsay couldn't take it any more. She was dying to know what had transpired that had brought her father and Danny so apparently close together. She poured all of her annoyance and frustration into her words as she spoke, "Daddy, what happened?"
"Don't whine Lindsay, it's not flattering. And nothing happened really. That boyfriend of yours bagged a moose. He is quite something, really. I told him the same thing that I will tell you, I'm sorry for the way I behaved this morning. I made assumptions about Danny, but I was wrong. He has really overcome a lot, with a family like that it is a wonder he is as stable as he is, he's somethin' special peanut."
"I know daddy, I know." Lindsay looked at her coffee cup. She had never expected her father to turn around as fast as he had, and she was shocked to find that Danny had shared his background with her father, she didn't even know much about it. She wanted to see him, to talk to him, so she stood from the table, put her empty coffee cup in the sink and excused herself saying, "I think I am going to go check on Danny."
"Hm, alright honey." Connie said as she stared at her husband, over the rim of her coffee mug which she was currently drinking out of.
After Lindsay left the kitchen, and he could hear her footsteps on the stairs, Jack reached for Connie's hand. "What are you staring at honey?"
"You. What did that boy tell you that changed your mind so fast Jackson?"
"A lot of things, but the most important was how much he loves Lindsay. It's clear he would do anything to protect our little girl, and do just about anything for her too. He cleaned and cut that moose himself to prove that point."
"I told you." Connie said rather smugly. Then her voice changed to one of excited inquiry, "Now what is this about his family?"
Connie's question was met with a laugh from her husband, but he filled her in on Danny's past.
Lindsay heard Danny's voice as she ascended the steps. At first she thought he was talking to himself until she neared close enough to Russ's old room to hear the conversation.
"Flack, you will never believe what I was doing today."
Lindsay was surprised to hear a response to the conversation. Peering around the door jam she saw Danny yank his shirt off his head, leaving him in his wife beater. The cell phone, which she assumed was on speaker, was laying on the bed. Lindsay heard Don Flack's tired voice through the phone and she blushed at his words.
"Messer, its been a long day, so if you are calling to gloat about having sex with Monroe, I don't want to hear it. Unless there are details, very specific details, of course."
"Funny, Don, funny. I am staying with her parents, it seriously limits the possibilities."
"If anyone could pull it off it would be you Messer, hold on a sec." Danny could hear Don setting his phone down and then he heard yelling in the back ground. "Pipe down, Erin, Meg I don't want to have to tell you again, Uncle Flack is on a very important call." Danny heard Don pick the phone up again and he couldn't help but chuckle.
"Maggie sucked you into watching the kids again, huh?"
"Yeah, what can I say Messer, I am the best older brother that ever lived. Now tell me what you did, if it wasn't Monroe."
Danny and Lindsay both rolled their eyes at his lame joke. "I killed a moose. I went hunting with Lindsay's dad and older brother."
"Ouch, and you are still alive?"
"Funny, Flack, funny."
"Still that is cool Messer. So how is she doing?"
Lindsay was surprised to hear the concern in Don's voice. She knew that he and Danny were close, but she didn't think that he cared one way or the other about her. It was somewhat touching.
"She's hanging in there, I think that she is a little shaken. She and her friend went to visit the grave sights of the girls, and I haven't talked to her since then, but I think it will have helped. A chance for them both to say goodbye, ya know."
Lindsay was surprised, Danny had captured her feelings to a tee. It was a startling realization that Danny knew her much better than she had originally thought. Yet she couldn't deny that it was much more sensitive than she had ever imagined Danny to be. Flack must have agreed because his words were startlingly similar.
"Well, well, Messer, who knew you were so sensitive?"
"Hey you asked man, what does that make you?"
"Eh, so I'm a softy at heart, that's no surprise, but you now that is just shocking. Don't worry I won't tell anyone. But seriously, I am glad that she is doing okay."
Danny didn't respond right away, he didn't know how. Instead he just pulled his clean shirt over his head. Lindsay rescued him because she knocked at the door and then entered when he motioned her in with his hand, before speaking again, "Me too. Hey, Montana say hi to Flack."
Lindsay smiled at Danny's back which he had turned to her momentarily as he grabbed his watch off the bed. She wrapped her arms around his waist from behind, before speaking, "Hi Don, how are you doing?"
Before he had a chance to respond they heard two girls screaming, then a crash and then crying. He sounded frazzled when he finally responded. "I'm okay Lindsay. Glad to hear that everything turned out the way it did. Listen guys I gotta go before these girls kill each other and destroy my apartment in the process. Talk to you later."
"Bye" Danny and Lindsay said in unison. Danny hung the phone up and then turned, so that Lindsay was resting in his arms. He hugged her close and inhaled the scent of her shampoo. It was a scent that had become one of his favorites in the last year, and one that he had missed until he had arrived in Montana. He pressed a kiss to her temple and then spoke in a voice barely above a whisper, "I missed you."
"I missed you too. But you seemed to make quite an impression on daddy." Lindsay said and was ready to drill him with questions about just what he had told her father, when he pulled the clothes off the rocker in the room, threw them on the floor, and then sat down.
Before she knew what was happening he pulled her into his lap, hoping that the rocker was sturdy enough to hold them both. Not knowing what to do with her hands, Lindsay wrapped one arm around Danny's neck and the other hand came up to touch his face.
Danny leaned into her open hand and reveled in the feeling of her soft skin against his face. It was warm, whenever Lindsay was in his arms it was like holding a space heater, she was always warm. Warmth, that was what he associated most with his Montana. He spent a few more minutes just soaking in the sensation of her hand on his face before he spoke. "What can I say, I just charmed him."
"He mentioned something about your family and the obstacles you have overcome." Lindsay said in a soft voice allowing her fingers to trace his facial hair and his jaw line. She was silently willing him to share with her.
"Relax Montana…" Danny said as he used one of his hands to rub gentle circles on her waist. "I didn't tell him anything you don't already know. I just told him about Louie and the Tanglewood boys, you know. I didn't plan on it, but I got to talkin' to your brother and it just sort of came spillin' out. It all started with tellin' em about my minor league career and then the rest just sort of came spillin' out, ya know?" Danny's voice was gentle, his accent thick. She could tell that he had opened himself up to her family and to her; neither expression of emotion was very common to Danny. Lindsay was about to say something to comfort him, but just as quickly as he had opened up to her, he shut the doors on his emotion. His voice returned to normal as he spoke, "so what does your brother do? He was pumping me for information like he was a fed or something."
Lindsay marveled at the emotional switch Danny had made. Sometimes he was more like Mac Taylor than she realized. She stopped trying to psycho analyze Danny long enough to respond to his question, "He's a psychologist, specializes in kids who have especially traumatic childhoods or disrupted family lives." Lindsay couldn't help but smile, it really was no wonder Danny had shed his reserved shell around her brother, Russ was trained to talk to people, to get them to open up.
"Aw, Christ, Montana, you could have warned me. You sent me out there to get my head shrunk." Danny said he playfully tightened his grip on her waist.
"Not really, I just figured that if Daddy was going to like you he would have to get over seeing you as the impossibly tough city kid and get to know you better. I knew that if anyone could get you to drop the wise guy persona and have a real conversation it would be Russ. Don't feel bad, you're not the first person it has happened too. Russ's two favorite hobbies are talking to people and chasing Lizzy."
"huh, you mean to tell me the good doc and your brother have somethin' going on?"
"Not really. It's always been half crush, half practical joke. I think he's always been a little bit in love with her, or at least he has been since he knew that girls don't have cooties. But as I have said, Liz doesn't date, and if she were going to it wouldn't be my big brother. So now it's more of a joke."
"I see. So are you ever going to tell me why Liz doesn't date or is it a state secret?"
"I might tell you one day, if you are lucky. I'm not sure I can trust you with the information." Lindsay said as she playfully rubbed her nose against Danny's giving him and Eskimo kiss before she finally pressed her lips to his in a sweet kiss.
When the two pulled away Danny sighed a contented sigh, his questions about Liz having been discarded for the contentment he was starting to associate with Lindsay.
Lindsay was just glad he had forgotten his question. She would tell Danny all about Liz's past eventually, but not yet, she was sure that Liz would kill her if she found out that he knew already. When Lindsay felt Danny's breathing start to become even more even she realized that he had fallen asleep. She was amazed with his pension to just sleep anywhere he was, if he was tired enough. She decided to wake him up by tickling him, a decision that proved faulty when he pushed her from his lap in his just awoken confusion. Lindsay laughed at his first confused and then alarmed expression as he realized what had woken him and that he had shoved her rather roughly into the floor.
Lindsay stood, and made a show of brushing herself off, as she spoke, "well I guess I see what you really think of me now."
"What can I say Montana you are a little heavy."
"Oh, ha ha ha, Messer. Don't quit your day job. Lizzy invited us for dinner and a game a cards this evening, you up for it cowboy?"
"After moose hunting, how could I not be?"
"Good. Now I am going to go pack my stuff for tomorrow, and then spend some time with my parents. You can sleep or you can join us."
"I think I am going to sleep. I will need all the rest I can get if I have to deal with you ladies tonight."
Lindsay nodded silently and kissed him on the cheek before she went off to do her chores. Danny climbed into bed and for the second time he was out like a light.
Danny stood awkwardly on the front porch of a farm house that looked surprisingly similar to the Monroe's place. His hands were full of junk; packaged meat, a cobbler dish, and other assorted items. Lindsay had a bouquet of flowers in her hands and to his surprised didn't knock on the front door which she just pulled open and walked through. That was what made Danny feel awkward. He felt like he was stepping back into time, and right into one of the old sitcoms his mom used to watch on tv. No one in New York left their door unlocked, not unless they wanted to be robbed or rapped in their own home. He shook the negative out of his head. This whole trip had served to remind him how different the worlds that he and Montana came from really were, why should something as simple as home security be any different.
"Doc, we're here, and we come bearing presents." Lindsay called as she stepped into the entryway, and walked down the short hallway that emptied out into the kitchen.
"Presents, I love presents, hand em' over Monroe." Liz said with humor in her voice as she stepped up to the island counter and motioned Lindsay and Danny to place their gifts on it.
The two did as they were told and then sat at the bar stools that were on their side of the island.
"We have moose meat. Russ sent it over for you, its part of his share of the kill today." Linsday said with a smile as she handed Liz the wrapped package of meat.
Liz rolled her eyes before turning and walking to the freezer where she deposited the meat as she spoke, "Tell that brother of yours to marry some nice young rancher girl and leave me the hell alone. Oh, and tell him I said thanks."
Lindsay just rolled her eyes, which Liz missed because she was now rummaging through the refrigerator. "Momma sent over a cobbler, a tray of cookies, and…"
"a loaf of bread." Liz finished for Lindsay. Danny figured it must be a regular occurrence judging by Liz's ability to name the items. "Good Lord, that woman does know that I can cook right? But tell her I said thanks, and remind me to grab a jar of my peach jam to send home with you for her. But now I have a gift for you two, something I bet you haven't seen in your stay with the Monroe's, Danny." Liz said as she produced two bottles of beer, handing one to each after she had expertly snapped the lid off.
"Lizzy, is that why you invited us over here, to get us drunk?" Lindsay asked in mock indignation as she took a swill of the beer.
"Moose Drool? Man, if Flack could see this. You are defiantly country, Montana" Danny said with a grin as he too tasted the beer.
"Bottled in Missoula, its great stuff, I am planning on sending you back to New York with a little souvenir basket from the country, Messer, I'll put a couple of bottles in." Liz said as she turned and scratched a few things on a piece of paper on the front of the refrigerator and brought out a vase for the flowers they had brought.
"That's not necessary, Liz."
"Sure it is, I can't let you go home with out some of the finer things from Montana."
"Yeah Danny, don't argue with the woman. You might get a couple of steaks, and everyone knows that the Warner herd is the best beef in the area. God bless you for the alcohol Liz, I've been wanting a beer so bad I can taste it, but I haven't been able to shake mom long enough to sneak one."
Danny's hand stopped in mid air. He has been reaching his bottle to his lips to take another sip, but the uncharacteristic confession regarding alcohol from Lindsay nearly made him drop his bottle.
Liz laughed out loud at the look on his face. She felt the need to rescue him, "the Monroe parents are Southern Baptists, meaning that our fair Lindsay grew up in a tea-totaling family. Luckily she had me and my Catholic family there to lead her astray. College was a fun time." Liz finished the explanation with a wink at Danny.
"Why Montana I had no idea." Danny said with a devilish grin, and Lindsay had a bad feeling about this evening, she suddenly felt a little unnerved about bringing Danny into Liz's life, the woman knew too much about her and shared embarrassing stories way too easily.
"So Liz what would it take to get you to tell me more about a young Montana?"Danny asked causing Lindsay to groan inwardly, knowing that her previous thought was about to become reality.
"All in due time Messer. The plan was to play poker after dinner, maybe something could be arranged."
"Doc, you do realize that this runs both ways don't you. I have plenty of embarrassing stories about you."
"I know, but unlike you I have very little shame about my youthful indiscretions. Now will you two be dears and go set the table. Dinner is almost finished." Liz said handing three plates and the accompanying flat wear to Danny, leaving Lindsay to follow with their beers.
"Is it just us tonight? No extended family?" Lindsay asked as she pointed Danny towards the dinning room.
"Nope, I told you that Tom and Jamie are on their second honeymoon trip, didn't I? So it's just me and Mark for the two weeks they are gone. And the little nephew monster is spending the night at a friends, I am picking him up at mass tomorrow morning before I take you to the airport."
Lindsay nodded as she and Danny went into the other room. They made quick work of setting the table and Lindsay led Danny around the first floor to explore. He was amused by all the pictures of Liz and her family. She had a Girl Scout picture similar to the one of Lindsay that hung in the Monroe home.
"Well this is new. I guess Liz has turned the old study into her home office." Lindsay noted as the two moved into the small room. It had been Tom senior's private place in the home when he was alive, but Liz's laptop, diplomas, pictures and artwork suggested that she had taken possession of the room.
Danny nodded at Lindsay's statement and looked at the pictures. He loved to look at people's pictures, you could learn so much about an individual from their snapshots. There were the average run of the mill family photos on the window ledge and the book shelves. The one that caught Danny's eye was a very young Liz seated in the lap of a young man in an army uniform with brothers all around. The look of adoration on the little girls face was clear and Danny knew in an instant that family meant as much to Liz as it did to him, the bond between siblings was unmistakable and he suddenly felt that pain that she must have felt when her older brother died. Shaking the morbid though from his mind he came to stand behind Lindsay wrapping her into his arms, as he continued to look at the pictures on the desk.
Lindsay relaxed into Danny, and he spoke when he saw the picture she had been looking at, "is that them?"
Lindsay nodded; she didn't even know the picture existed let alone that Liz put it some where that she would see it everyday. It was a picture of the two of them and the four girls that had been murdered sitting in the same dinner that the killing spree had taken place. "It's even the same table that was covered in their blood."
"Hey, come on Linds, don't focus on that, focus on the good times you all had." Danny said trying to be of comfort and failing. Lindsay didn't say anything and Danny surveyed the other photos in silence, Liz and a small boy of about ten, the nephew he figured, Liz and Lindsay both looking young wearing University of Montana "Griz" sweatshirts. The one photo that caught his attention was one where he recognized the background. Standing in the middle of Times Square was Liz a slightly older man, her brother, he assumed, and a woman about the same age, her sister-in-law he assumed, and a man he recognized all too well.
"Montana, did you see this?" Danny said removing one hand from her waist and pointing to the picture.
Lindsay followed his finger and was surprised to see Liz, Tom, and Jamie standing in times square. Even more surprising was that standing next to Liz, his arm around her waist, was Sheldon Hawkes. "Is that Hawkes?" Lindsay asked bewildered.
Danny never got the chance to respond, because Liz broke the silence as she stood in the door way, "here you two are, I thought you had got lost. Dinner is ready." When her statement went unanswered she stepped into the room and came to stand near the pair. "What are you looking at that has you in such a trance?"
Lindsay grabbed fro the frame and thrust it into her hands, speaking, "you never told me you knew Hawkes."
"Linds, I did too. Shel and I lived together for a while. Come and eat and I will explain it all again." Liz said when her first statement was met with disbelief.
As they all sat down at the table to eat, Danny spoke first. "You and Hawkes dated?"
"No. And Lindsay you already know all of this, I just didn't realize that you didn't know that my Shel was the same man as your Hawkes. Anyway to answer your question Danny, Sheldon and I went to med school together. We were like two peas in a pod, we became fast friends, he is a great man, and we did our residencies together at Mother of Mercy. When I had to move out of my apartment because the neighborhood was unsafe, I moved in with Shel. The picture was from my first Christmas in New York. Tom and Jamie came to stay with me and Hawkes took us to visit the tree, Mark insisted on taking a picture of all of us."
"Some CSI I am. I can't believe I never put together that Shel was our Hawkes. It was just such a shock to see the picture."
"No sweat Lindsay. Now tell me Danny, what do you think of dinner?"
Danny surveyed the table full of food around him. It was a simple meal but one of the best he had eaten in a while. Steaks, a salad, baked potato, green beans, corn muffins and beer, all simple foods but each prepared to taste better than he ever knew they could. "It's amazing Liz. Montana can you cook like this?"
"Not quite cowboy. Sorry to disappoint you. Lizzy here is the one with the culinary skills." Lindsay said with laugh as she looked at Danny's dejected face.
"Despite Connie Monroe's efforts otherwise, Lindsay never learned the fine art of homemaking, she can't cook or sew worth a damn. Me on the other hand, with five men in the house, my momma made sure I knew my way around a kitchen and a sewing machine."
"You are looking at the Montana State Fair's Blue Ribbon cooking champion six years running. I think all the other girls just gave up after year 4." Lindsay said with pride as she motioned to Liz.
"Yeah, well no one can barrel race quite like Ms. Monroe here. And her animals won the State Fair's prize three times, that was a nice tidy wad of cash you walked away with after you sold those animals too." Liz said not wanting Danny to miss the accomplishments of Lindsay.
And with the brief mention of 4-H, Danny found the foothold that blew the doors to the pasts of Liz Warner and Lindsay Monroe wide open. The three spent the rest of the evening drinking beer, playing cards and swapping embarrassing stories. As Danny left with Montana in the early hours of Sunday morning, his arms heavy with steaks, jams, bread, recipes and other items as a 'souvenir of Montana' he found himself thinking very fondly of the doctor. It was clear that he had passed her test and he felt as if the two had made a connection. He now considered her a good friend. He was also even more convinced that she was the woman who could be just what the doctor ordered for Don Flack. As he and Lindsay drove towards the Monroe ranch he replayed the evening in his head, and began to hatch a plan for the future.
A/N- I hope you enjoyed the chapter. Please review and let me know what you think. As always all mistakes are mine, I do not have a beta so I am responsible for the grammar/spelling abominations you see here. If anyone is interested in being a beta let me know. Thanks!