I can’t sway the next election so that miserable woman Larx has to deal with on the school board can go the fuck away. I can’t demote Warren from deputy to… I don’t know… paper pusher. Dammit-I looked at ways to try, and the most I could do was write an incident report and put it on his record.
“I just… I guess this is a preemptive apology. “Hell, no.” Unequivocal, Eamon’s denial settled Aaron’s stomach a little. “Second thoughts about me?” Until he said it, Aaron hadn’t realized how much he wanted the job. I thought the town could deal with you as sheriff and it would be not a problem-” “I… my house is not in the order I thought it was. With a sigh he ventured into the room, unzipped his jacket, and sat, knees spread, elbows balanced on knees, hat in his hand. “This is a good place.” Aaron had to believe it, but Eamon shook his head.
Georgie and I take a few vacations and come home to a good place.” “Next year the election comes up, I shoo you in, and I leave Colton safe and protected. “I… I thought I was leaving you with a good house,” he said after a minute. Eamon wasn’t in a good mood either.Įamon shrugged. I need to learn to knit.”Įamon tilted his head back and laughed, and something about the sound pricked Aaron’s antennae.
“Peachy.” Bitterness dripped from his voice and pooled around the bed, but Eamon only laughed. “How you doing, son?” Eamon asked kindly. Larx had authorized him three new movies through the tablet, but he knew he didn’t get to go home until Sunday, and he wanted to save them for a time he wasn’t irritated and pissed off.Įamon stopped by around lunch, and Aaron relaxed for the first time in two days. The thought buzzed through Aaron’s head most of the day as he read from the tablet the kids had brought by the day before and flipped dispiritedly through daytime TV. How did that happen? How did Aaron get shot and Larx get the life lesson to go with it? He wanted some time with Larx, because the last two days felt like he was missing something-something big, important, life-changing, but Larx was the only one who knew what it was. He kissed Aaron goodbye early in the morning, eyes bright and shiny and lips soft on Aaron’s temple, promising to come by in the evening with kids in tow.Īaron was looking forward to seeing the kids again-but dammit. LARX STAYED two nights in the hospital with Aaron, but on Thursday morning school started up again, and he was needed.
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