Part 2 -In the Pines - Reviewer request by WaltxVic - I hope you like it. Thank you for all the reviews. They really help to reaffirm I am not alone in my Longvic (That's what I call it) ship.

When Sean walked out of my office, I couldn't sit down. I stood there behind my desk feeling like a fool, as if I had been sucker punched square in the jaw. My heart is beating like I had been caught red handed. I am caught and that's the real problem here. Victoria, has captured my attention. She has captured my affection. I have to fix this and make this right.

As I drive down the highway headed to the Ferg, the negative whispers of doubt creep into my conscious thought. What a fool you are ol' boy for paying her any attention. This is the game she plays. Why should you be different? What a fool you are to want her. Your instincts are all wrong.

I sit silent and just listen neither confirming nor denying their accuracy. My heart is beating in my throat like a man about to make a confession. As Vic and I amble down the wooded trail, I hope for silence. I can't speak to her right now. I have to reassess my position and withdraw from the engagement that we do with each other. What a fool I am being for wanting her. Vic, calls me out on my silence and before I can stop I tell her about Sean's visit. I know I need to tell her. I know I need to remove myself as a distraction. I can't cheat the future. I can't cheat the natural order of things. I must make this right.

Ferg alerts us and we find the wounded hiker. I know I should call the Search and Rescue team. That's what they train for. That's what they live for but hell no that's not what I do and halfway down the mountain I slip because I lose focus as the negative whispers remind me that I am a fool for wanting to impress her. If she weren't here Walt would you have waited? What's with the rope burn comment, Walt? Does she really have plans for your tall-boy or is she just a tease? Did she talk like this with Gorski or is this special just for you? Bet it's not, Walt. Bet she's been down this road a million times, Walt.

I grapple and fight to stop hearing my doubts, my fear and my embarrassment. When she confesses about room 32 I can feel my feelings on my face. The rage inside boiling like a jealous lover. I am mad at her. I want to know if she is toying with me and if she is the danger in this game. I am mad at myself for being in this position. I have cheated with Vic. That is the truth. I have cheated in my heart and in my head. Lizzie knew it to be true and called me on my bullshit. I am an interloper. I am putting a stop to this right now.

I'm leaving. I don't want to be here with you with Sean gets here.

I hear myself say the right thing but I want to grab her and hold her and tell her it will be all right. Vic, I will protect you. You are safe with me. Vic, I love you more for telling me the truth and for showing me all the creases and blemishes. I want to tell her thank you for trusting me. For letting me see this ugliness and letting me decide. I want to love her and not just for now but forever. I know I can't. I know I won't so I amble out of the room to disappear. I'm not running from Sean I'm running from the love I have sewed up inside that is replete in my heart. I know that we both have to go about the business of administering justice. The proper disbursement for Martha and to Gorski, justice is coming. When it lands all will be right with my world.

Just hold on, Walt. Be true, Walt. Stay the course, son. You are lucky to get a love like this once in your life. You've had it ol' boy. You know what it looks like, tastes like and feels like. You know this is real but be patient, be kind, don't be a distraction. Justice is coming and with it love.