Zane was looking around Henry's garage. Jo had transformed it into a white wedding wonderland of sorts. That she was able to pull this off given the day he knew she had was nothing short of…
"Amazing!" Vince said in a soft voice beside Zane.
Zane turned "Huh?"
Vincent nodded to the direction of Jo across the room. "Jo's amazing isn't she?"
"Yeah. She is." Zane answered in a soft voice.
"I knew you thought so." Vince replied, which made Zane take his eyes of Jo and look at him instead.
"So I heard you got your pardon today. That's great. Jo really pulled that off.
But is it true you're leaving Eureka? That would be a shame. People around here would miss you…"
"I doubt that" Zane mumbled, putting his thumbs in his pockets in his instinctive "I'm-cool-I-don't-really-care" stance.
"Ok, maybe not a lot of people" Vincent conceded "but there are those who would miss you more than others."
Zane didn't say anything.
"But you know what I would miss? I would miss not seeing how some things could progress…."
Zane didn't know what to make of that.
Vincent was looking at Jo as he continued "We always saw Jo as the tough Enforcer. It seemed nothing, or no one, could crack through that invisible armor of hers. Then at some point, I saw a change in Jo. I couldn't put a finger to it at first. It was like she lost something that meant a great deal to her. She was just so…sad. Almost all the time."
"Then she started to smile again. I mean really smile. Especially when she was with you." As if to emphasize the last word, Vincent looked at him squarely in the eyes.
Zane looked at Vincent with slight surprise, not for what he said because he knew, he saw that change in Jo, but that Vincent noticed. Not that Vincent wouldn't have, he is the town gossip.
As if reading his mind "Aw cmon. Aside from my amazing culinary skills, I pride myself in being highly observant." Vincent put his hand on his chest as if insulted – which Zane knew he wasn't. If any, Vincent seemed to be enjoying this unexpected conversation.
Vincent leaned in a little closer as if to share a secret "You've been smiling more often too you know."
Then he looked down and shook his head "So like I said, it's a shame if you leave. I would have wanted to see another happy ending."
Carter called over his shoulder from the makeshift buffet table "Hey Vince. Do you have anymore pigs-in-a-blanket?"
"For you, sheriff, of course I do." And with that Vincent scurried away.
Happy ending. Jo definitely deserved that. After all she's been through. But did he?
At that moment, Jo turned to him…and a big smile lit up her face. It was as if she answered his question. – yes, you do.
He returned her smile, and started walking towards her. Warren's words were ringing in his ears
"Respect for the past…joy in the present…commitment to the future"