He couldn't believe his eyes. His wife in plain view with another man in the lobby of the Wynn. On very friendly terms. At first he didn't recognise who she was with. Then quicky he ran all of her friend's faces through his mind like AFIS trying to find a match. He was a partner at her firm. All this time he was trying to do right by her, fighting himself. Fighting what he truly felt. He should be angry, but he wasn't. He was perfectly fine.
"Hey," he approached with Greg trailing behind. "Fancy meeting you here. This sure does look a lot like Vegas, I didn't know Reno was movin' up."
Tina began to fidget with her purse, anticipating Warrick to explode. But his calm demeanour despite his biting words frightened her.
"Micheal right? Nice to see you again." Warrick continued, holding out his hand to shake. Reluctantly Micheal took it, guilt took over his countenance. Greg came up behind him. "This is my partner Greg. Greg my wife Tina and her boss Mike."
"Uh," Greg was getting nervous, he'd never been witness to such an awkward situation. He was the one usually having it. "N-nice to meet you. Both. Nice to meet you both." Turning to Warrick he stated, "I'm gonna start processing. I'll meet you there."
"Yeah," Warrick said, poker face in play.
"I know how this looks," Tina began. "But it's not what you think."
"Tell me," was his poised response. He waited patiently for her answer. She was at a loss for words. She motioned him to a quieter spot in the lobby away from prying eyes. He followed. "I'll take that non reply as confirmation of my suspicion. You steppin' out on me?"
"You did it first."
"Excuse me?" He was being accused and he would not stand for that. Anger now showed in his features.
"Don't act like you don't know," her tone was sharp. "You weren't even in this to begin with."
"At least I try. Did you? At the first sign of trouble you run back to your ex?"
"No, uh uh. You are not turning this on me. I saw how you were with her that night at Victor's. You can't fool anyone, you stepped out on me first!"
"I was..." he paused because he became conscientious of his volume. He lowered himself to a menacing whisper. "I was NEVER unfaithful to you. Never."
"Not physically. You left me vacant, Warrick. You were never there for me. Not the way you are for her."
Anger gave way to acceptance.
She had spoken volumes of truth.
"I'm sorry. I should've done better."
"It's not your fault either," Tina sighed heavily glancing over to Micheal, then turning her attention back Warrick. "We both weren't ready for this."
"Yeah," he scoffed.
"I'll file for an annulment in the morning." He nodded his head in agreement. "I'll get my stuff out by tonight." With that she gave him a kiss on the cheek. "Bye," she whispered in his ear and pulled away. "She's the one Rick," she smiled. "Go for it."
Little tugs played at the corners of his mouth as the moment sunk in.