Hey you guys. I'm so sorry about the delay in getting this chapter up. I have been packing like a wild woman trying to get everything done. I know that's no excuse, but still. Have pity on me. I wont be able to watch longmire next week and its effecting me something fierce. btw, this chapter is by Tayta1895. We are gonna be swapping it up a bit. You will see what I mean as the chapters progress.
I saw it in his face. When he had turned back toward me, he had been prepared to answer my question. Which was surprising in itself, because I had figured he would just brush it off.
But then in came Ruby.
The woman has had the worst sense of timing for as long as I had been working here, but that just pushed it too far.
"Walt, you sure are here early." She cast a look between he and I, and I could see the thoughts crossing her face. Almost as if she had a big screen teleprompter going across her head with her thoughts going over it.
He apparently saw it too because he was stepping forward, seeming to throw on his 'big sheriff' look in a second. "Yea, I couldn't sleep so I came in last night, then I thought I noticed something, so I called Vic to see if she could come in early and give me a hand."
I watched him with awe as he spun his web of a tale. Then I realized that Ruby was watching me. "I'm sorry, Ruby, did you say something?"
A gentle smiled played across her lips when she laughed. "I said would you like me to finish making the coffee. I noticed some was started but not turned on."
I blushed a little and nodded. "Yea, sorry. The old man here needed me to look at something and I forgot." She smiled again before she left. I shot a look over at Walt. "You are such a liar. And a good one at that. Should I be worried bout that?"
He sat down behind his desk and shuffled through some papers. "I just didn't see the point in our business being anyone elses. Plus, I don't know who is here at any given time, so I didn't want any unsavory people to be hearing personal business."
I laughed, rounding his desk to stand beside him, looking at the papers. "Personal business, huh?"
He turned in his chair, his eyes seeming to twinkle in that way they sometimes do. "Yes, personal. Because this is personal to me."
He didn't try to prolong the moment, didn't try to drag it out. Instead, he turned his attention back to the papers on his desk. I stood for a moment watching him, then decided that I should leave him to study the people on his own. Privacy. He did like his privacy.
However, before I reached the door, something occurred to me. Something he had said the night before. "Hey, Walt?"
He looked up to me. "Yea?"
I couldn't help but smile back at him as I said, "you're true too. You are true to your heart, and you take care of everyone. Never forget that. Martha was just as lucky as you were."
He didn't say anything in response, but he didn't have to. It needed to be said, and now he knew. As I made my way out his door, I almost ran into Ruby.
She looked more flustered than usual. "Vic...you have a call from Newett Energy and Exploration. They say it's urgent. That it's about your husband."