M rating for language.
They rode home in silence. Not a word had been spoken since Walt had mumbled "Let's go" before the three of them walked out of the hospital together. Their rental car was still up on the mountain and couldn't be driven anyway. They could have called Ferg to come pick them up, but since Walt was there and his truck was running fine it had only made sense that he drive them home before heading home himself. It wasn't until Walt had pulled out of the driveway and she and Shaun were alone together in the house that Vic trusted herself to speak.
"What the hell was that? Why were you confronting my boss?"
It didn't have the same kick it would have if she were not overcome with dizziness and a pounding headache from the beating she had taken.
For the first time Shaun was somewhat thankful Vic was not her usual self.
"I'm not sure what you're talking about."
"Really? Are you really going to play this like you always do? Ignore the problem? Avoid being honest? You're not just going to be able to give me a good fuck and make it go away this time."
"Oh, I don't know, that seems to be the tactic you resort to more often than not. You refuse to talk to me about anything. So I decided to take another route to get to the bottom of why my wife has shut me out. To see if we have a chance to make this work."
"Shaun, I have told you before, there is nothing going on between me and Walt."
"You have. But I guess that all depends on what you mean. The two of you may have never kissed or, or slept together but that doesn't mean nothing's going on. I wish I could show you a video of your reaction when you thought Walt was dead or of the way your eyes were locked to his while we were being driven out of that place. And then of course you chose to go back to him rather than stay with me. I would think most married couples who had escaped that kind of a situation would be so relieved they would grab hold of one another and never let go. Damn Vic, you treated me as though I was just some random guy being held hostage whose release you had been called in to negotiate."
"That's not fair. Walt put himself in danger to save our asses up there. You saw what that lunatic was capable of. I couldn't ignore what was happening."
"No, you chose to ignore me instead. You chose your boss over your husband. I used to think you were one of the smartest people I had ever met, but now I don't know. Doesn't seem you learned anything from that whole Gorski mess."
"Don't you dare compare Walt Longmire to Ed Gorski, they are nothing alike."
"Aren't they? I think I see a lot of similarities between the two. You know, now that I think about it, maybe that's why Gorski finally walked away. Maybe he saw it too, that no matter what had happened between the two of you either back in Philadelphia or here, he knew he could never compete with what you have with Walt. . . I don't think I can either, and I'm not really sure I want to try to anymore."
"You can't blame this all on me Shaun. You moved us out here and then checked out yourself. You're gone for work more than you're home and when you are here you are sullen and withdrawn. You tell me things rather than ask my opinion about them. it wasn't like that before we left Philly. If it had been, we wouldn't have made it this far."
"Did you ever think that maybe I didn't want to move out to this God-forsaken place any more than you did? When things started getting worse for you at work I knew you needed some relief. When I requested a transfer I tried to get us somewhere I thought would be a good fit for both of us but I had to take what was available."
"Wait a minute, you requested the transfer? You told me it was the company's idea and that the timing just magically worked out for us."
"Vic, we had to get out of there. I saw you come home from work every night frustrated and beaten down. No one wanted to partner with you after they found out you had initiated that IA investigation. You were receiving anonymous threats. I'm your husband. I'm supposed to protect you, so I did."
"No Shaun, lying to your wife is not protecting her. Talking to her, being honest with her, asking her opinion and taking it into account, those are the things that help her to feel loved and protected. Without those things, I'm not sure I want to try anymore either."