It's all I can do to keep from going over to Walt as he enters the office door. It wouldn't be appropriate to throw my arms around him here though I need the reassurance and contact as much as I did that day in the hospital: a physical confirmation that he's really here, that he's okay. As he fills us in on the events of the last several hours I cannot help but wonder about Martha. How did she handle moments like this? She had to have experienced them. Of course, she was his wife. No one would have thought it strange for her to rush to him and grab on tightly as if she would never let go. I can imagine him rubbing her back, talking softly to her in reassurance, holding her as long as it took until she was ready to release him back to his duties. People would want for them to have their moment because they knew it was necessary for him to have her grounding in order to be able to effectively do his job. She was a part of him. He was devastated when he lost her. He's starting to come back more and more as he gets closer to solving her murder. I can see it in his eyes and I feel a small twinge of jealousy. At the same time, the devotion and love he has for his wife is part of what draws me to him. It shows the kind of man he truly is in his very core.
I wasn't going to let him go see Jacob Nighthorse alone. I knew he would need a second set of eyes and someone to provide backup if necessary. Unfortunately it didn't yield the result he had hoped for and Nighthorse had done little to endear himself to Walt by comparing his efforts to those of Martha's. Though it probably didn't help my recovery I'm glad I ended up between Jacob and Walt's fist. He was able to express some emotion and get some physical release of all that's been trapped inside him the last two years. My nose will heal and Walt didn't need a pending assault charge to make his life even more complicated than it already is. Denver was another story altogether. There was no slowing Walt down once he headed out and he didn't ask me to go with him. I knew Denver was something Walt needed to do on his own.
I still can't believe Walt and Henry went to Colorado and dug up Miller Beck's body. A request to exhume the body may have been denied but Cady could have justified the request based on the 14 minute autopsy. Walt might not have gotten away with it if Beck had any family to complain about it. Luckily, he didn't. It had been Henry's idea initially to go find Beck's body but Walt went along with it. Desperate times I suppose. Walt has always been willing to push the envelope in the name of justice. This shows the lengths Walt will go to for his family, for his tribe. Walt's inner circle is not easily breached but when you're in, there's no going back. I think that's where Lizzie made her mistake. She tried to force her way in, to rush him into places he wasn't yet ready to go. She pushed herself onto his family and friends. She obviously knew what she wanted but lacked the patience to get there. I'm glad really. She had the kind of determined and independent personality that Walt can respect. If she had played her cards right, it might have been her one day in Walt's arms receiving the comfort that he had made it through to another day. I can't say I feel bad for her. She made her own mistakes. Hopefully she learned from them.
Walt and Henry's gamble paid off. They may have impulsively dug Miller Beck up but they were smart to quickly hand his body over and allow the techs from Cheyenne to gather the evidence. Because of that, they were able to force the DA's hand into dropping the charges against Henry. I would have loved to have been there in Henry's office when they presented the evidence to Sloan and Fales. That Denver detective is such a cocky son-of-a-bitch. I would have loved to have seen him put in his place. I drive out to Walt's cabin to tell him congratulations on the good news, something I'm wanting to do in person. We haven't had a chance to really talk since before he went after Ridges. I also want to offer to be his designated driver for Henry's party. It's a party for him too after all. His brother is free and he's another step closer to finding out why Martha had been targeted. I hoped he was going to allow himself some time to relax and enjoy this victory before jumping right back in putting together the case against Nighthorse. When I arrive at his place I can't find him. His rig is there but he isn't. Maybe Cady or Henry picked him up and they are already over at the Red Pony celebrating. I head that way, excited at the prospect of seeing him with a smile on his face. It's been a while and he deserves it.