As he assumed, Matt found Doc in the Long Branch with Kitty and Sam leaning over the bar as they all tried to unravel the mystery of the two dead men. They collectively came up with some interesting scenarios all of which they scraped themselves, out of being too ludicrous. Basically, before Matt arrived at the saloon, they had gone in circles working on possible theories and suspects. They reached no point, nor did they feel they had any motive or a suspect.

Matt slowly moved to the bar and stood next to Doc. "Come up with anything?" He knew what they were talking about.

Kitty made a face like she was caught. Doc just look up to the lawman and shook his head. "Nope. We have tried just about every angle you could throw at us. Nothing seems to fit." Doc concluded with a final swallow of his drink.

Matt leaned on the bar.

"You look like you could use a drink." Kitty eyed Matt. "You've got that right." His left eyebrow rose. "I just had a talk with Louie. He met the dead man found last night, yesterday. His Name was Thompson. Louie didn't say what his first name was. He only referred to him as Mr Thompson."

Doc studied the lawman's eyes. "There's more, isn't there?"

Matt took a sip from his beer and nodded. "Yup. Seems this fellow's wife died just recently and he was going to live with his son in California."

Kitty's face frowned with a mixture of sadness and concern. "Now what?" Her voice squeaked.

Matt shrugged as he sipped at his beer and then placed the glass on the bar. "I'll try and contact the man's son and let him know what has happened. And.." Mat picked up his glass and took a larger sip before saying, "I'll try and figure out who has murdered these two men. Nothing like this has ever happened in Dodge before."

Doc nodded in agreement. "I'll help you where I can, Matt. The clues are pretty thin at this point." Doc stepped away from the bar to leave. "I'm going back over to Percy Crump's to see if he's got any more information on Mr Thompson. I'll see you later." As he left, he swept his right hand over his moustache and would almost appear to have been talking to himself.

Kitty looked at Matt as his eyes returned to her's having just followed the doctor out of the Long Branch. "What do you suppose he's thinking?" Kitty asked.

Matt smiled slightly knowing that Doc was capable thinking many things at the same time. "I would hate to think what is going through his mind right now. He's pretty upset with this. I don't think that any training in the world for a physician makes death easy when you spend so much time trying to preserve it..."

Kitty tried to smile and looked at Matt. "What about you?"

Matt looked down at his hands that clasped the glass. "I guess I see more of it. I cause more of it...but I still see their faces...It still isn't easy."

Kitty slowly and gently reached out and placed her right hand on Matt's. "We all see it differently. But it is all the same...I mean death and life. Just look around you at this place." Kitty looked around the Long Branch and tried to calculate how many romances blossomed within the confides of the walls and how many deaths ensued from a cheated hand, a drunk rustler or a vengeful convict seeking Matt.

Matt nodded and lightly brushed his thumb over Kitty's hand before breaking their bond to finish his drink. "I'm going to go over and join Doc." Matt winked and set his empty glass down. "I'll be back tonight for a second."

Kitty smiled with reassurance. "Go gettem cowboy."