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<blockquote data-quote="orchid blossom" data-source="post: 2706059" data-attributes="member: 12815"><p>As the couples went off together, Kate carried her small bags up to her room. She had almost expected to be told she wasn't welcome after her last visit here. Perhaps Miss Haroney had not heard all that had happened. Or, more likely, she understood how Katherine had felt. As Miss Haroney had said, they'd both seen enough tragedy for one lifetime. </p><p></p><p>Katherine straigtened her hair and clothes from the ride and stowed her bags away before she went out and knocked on Chester's door. </p><p></p><p>"I'm sorry, Chester, I don't want to disturb you, but I need a favor. I want to go see Tom, and Jake would have a fit if I went alone. I know it won't be any fun for you, but would you mind accompanying me to the cemetary?" </p><p></p><p>Chester turns away from the window. "It'd be my pleasure. Although I'm not sure we'd get into less trouble that way." He smiles, but it doesn't reach his eyes. he checks that both his sixguns are on his belt, then pulls his jacket closed. "Let's go."</p><p></p><p>Kate and Chester were quiet on the walk to the cemetary, and when they arrived he stayed near the gate while Kate went inside. </p><p></p><p>She knelt down by the grave and let her fingers wander over the carved name on the headstone. "I know you can hear me wherever I am, but there is something different about being here, where you rest. </p><p></p><p>You won't be here much longer. I found a spot on the ranch. It's beautiful, near the water under a huge tree. The sun dapples the ground beneath it while the wind rustles the leaves and the water babbles by over the rocks. We'll bring you there as soon as it's safe to travel, I promise. </p><p></p><p>It's a hard thing to know you hear what I say, and not be able to have you answer. There are so many questions. Some not so important anymore; like what exactly happened the night you died. Some are still very important. You know, no matter what happens in my life, that I will come to you in the end. </p><p></p><p>Almost daily the richness of my life grows. Ginnie is a joy, and our son seems more real everyday. My body is beginning to tell me he is really there. I want more children, and a home. If I could have everything I wanted I would have those things with you. I know you wouldn't want me to live as if I were already half in the grave, and to make the life I still want.... I must allow myself to love again." </p><p></p><p>Kate was quiet for a moment while she pulled out a handkerchief to wipe her eyes. "I wish we could talk. I wish none of this had ever happened. I.... There is someone who wants to give me these things. I'm not ready to accept them, but I find him kind, and amusing. And he has changed a great deal since our first meeting. But there is time for that later." </p><p></p><p>Kate sighed and began to talk quietly about their current mission. She kept poor Chester waiting for her for the better part of an hour before she rose, dusted the dirt off her skirts, and walked with him back to the Grand Hotel.</p><p></p><p>"Did you say all you wanted to say, Kate? I imagine it's been a while since you've seen him. I want to ask you about something. Clarisse isn't happy about me going off all the time. She's right. I rarely have time to spend with her. What can I do? If I stay with her, then that puts all of you at risk. If I don't then, I'm ignoring her."</p><p></p><p>"Yes, it's been a while. I'll be relieved when we've moved him to the ranch and he's not in this horrible place anymore,” Kate said. </p><p></p><p>"About Clairesse. I don't know if I'm the best person to give advice. I would think that what you must do is make sure, when you <em>do</em> have free time, you spend it with her. You probably should also have a talk with her about what your duties as Marshall mean. There are going to be times when you have to leave her behind, and she's going to have to become reconciled to that. You can't control when crime happens. </p><p></p><p>Of course, this trip isn't about your duties as a Marshall, not really. We've been exceptionally busy these last three weeks, but it's not going to stay like this forever. All through February it was absolutely quiet, remember? It will be again, and that's when you devote yourself to her. </p><p></p><p>It's difficult for you. With Conrad, he already knows about what Ruby and I can do, and about what tends to happen to all of us, and he can handle it. Clairesse.... well, she is exactly what she was raised to be. A proper young woman. Maybe knowing you will help her see and accept more of the world."</p><p></p><p>"Hmm. Thanks for the advice. It's tough keeping secrets from the woman you love. But that knowledge is too dangerous for me to tell. I doubt she's come across anything like this in that boarding school of hers. I should get her something from here. Just to show that I still think about her even when I'm away."</p><p></p><p>"That's the way to start. Let her know that even when you're not together, you're thinking of her. Don't get her too many gifts though. If you do it every time you have to leave her to fulfill a responsiblilty she'll begin to think you're trying to buy forgiveness.” </p><p></p><p>Kate took a deep breath. “I appreciate it, you know, you keeping our secrets from her. I know it's hard to keep any part of your life secret from someone you love. It must be difficult to talk to Clairesse about much of your life."</p><p></p><p>"She's led a sheltered life, so there are many things that she hasn't seen before. Even regular things, like all the saloons in town. But she's learning to accept them. I don't know if she'd ever accept your special abilities."</p><p></p><p>"I don't know either, Chester. Most people can't, the Greek and Roman church spends a lot of effort to teach their parishoners that it's evil. It's so ingrained in this entire country; I'm afraid I'll never be able to practice my art openly. Hopefully our lives will calm down, and you won't have so much to keep from her."</p><p></p><p>Once Chester and Kate arrived back at the hotel, Kate went quietly back to her room. Dorita's basket was still stuffed full, so instead of going downstairs to dinner she made her dinner out of Dorita's good food. She wasn't sure how welcome she was here, so kept herself out of Miss Haroney's hair. </p><p></p><p>She spent a quiet night in the room, reading one of the books she had tucked in her bag and sometimes just looking out her window. She would be happy when they were on the train and on their way out of Tombstone.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="orchid blossom, post: 2706059, member: 12815"] As the couples went off together, Kate carried her small bags up to her room. She had almost expected to be told she wasn't welcome after her last visit here. Perhaps Miss Haroney had not heard all that had happened. Or, more likely, she understood how Katherine had felt. As Miss Haroney had said, they'd both seen enough tragedy for one lifetime. Katherine straigtened her hair and clothes from the ride and stowed her bags away before she went out and knocked on Chester's door. "I'm sorry, Chester, I don't want to disturb you, but I need a favor. I want to go see Tom, and Jake would have a fit if I went alone. I know it won't be any fun for you, but would you mind accompanying me to the cemetary?" Chester turns away from the window. "It'd be my pleasure. Although I'm not sure we'd get into less trouble that way." He smiles, but it doesn't reach his eyes. he checks that both his sixguns are on his belt, then pulls his jacket closed. "Let's go." Kate and Chester were quiet on the walk to the cemetary, and when they arrived he stayed near the gate while Kate went inside. She knelt down by the grave and let her fingers wander over the carved name on the headstone. "I know you can hear me wherever I am, but there is something different about being here, where you rest. You won't be here much longer. I found a spot on the ranch. It's beautiful, near the water under a huge tree. The sun dapples the ground beneath it while the wind rustles the leaves and the water babbles by over the rocks. We'll bring you there as soon as it's safe to travel, I promise. It's a hard thing to know you hear what I say, and not be able to have you answer. There are so many questions. Some not so important anymore; like what exactly happened the night you died. Some are still very important. You know, no matter what happens in my life, that I will come to you in the end. Almost daily the richness of my life grows. Ginnie is a joy, and our son seems more real everyday. My body is beginning to tell me he is really there. I want more children, and a home. If I could have everything I wanted I would have those things with you. I know you wouldn't want me to live as if I were already half in the grave, and to make the life I still want.... I must allow myself to love again." Kate was quiet for a moment while she pulled out a handkerchief to wipe her eyes. "I wish we could talk. I wish none of this had ever happened. I.... There is someone who wants to give me these things. I'm not ready to accept them, but I find him kind, and amusing. And he has changed a great deal since our first meeting. But there is time for that later." Kate sighed and began to talk quietly about their current mission. She kept poor Chester waiting for her for the better part of an hour before she rose, dusted the dirt off her skirts, and walked with him back to the Grand Hotel. "Did you say all you wanted to say, Kate? I imagine it's been a while since you've seen him. I want to ask you about something. Clarisse isn't happy about me going off all the time. She's right. I rarely have time to spend with her. What can I do? If I stay with her, then that puts all of you at risk. If I don't then, I'm ignoring her." "Yes, it's been a while. I'll be relieved when we've moved him to the ranch and he's not in this horrible place anymore,” Kate said. "About Clairesse. I don't know if I'm the best person to give advice. I would think that what you must do is make sure, when you [I]do[/I] have free time, you spend it with her. You probably should also have a talk with her about what your duties as Marshall mean. There are going to be times when you have to leave her behind, and she's going to have to become reconciled to that. You can't control when crime happens. Of course, this trip isn't about your duties as a Marshall, not really. We've been exceptionally busy these last three weeks, but it's not going to stay like this forever. All through February it was absolutely quiet, remember? It will be again, and that's when you devote yourself to her. It's difficult for you. With Conrad, he already knows about what Ruby and I can do, and about what tends to happen to all of us, and he can handle it. Clairesse.... well, she is exactly what she was raised to be. A proper young woman. Maybe knowing you will help her see and accept more of the world." "Hmm. Thanks for the advice. It's tough keeping secrets from the woman you love. But that knowledge is too dangerous for me to tell. I doubt she's come across anything like this in that boarding school of hers. I should get her something from here. Just to show that I still think about her even when I'm away." "That's the way to start. Let her know that even when you're not together, you're thinking of her. Don't get her too many gifts though. If you do it every time you have to leave her to fulfill a responsiblilty she'll begin to think you're trying to buy forgiveness.” Kate took a deep breath. “I appreciate it, you know, you keeping our secrets from her. I know it's hard to keep any part of your life secret from someone you love. It must be difficult to talk to Clairesse about much of your life." "She's led a sheltered life, so there are many things that she hasn't seen before. Even regular things, like all the saloons in town. But she's learning to accept them. I don't know if she'd ever accept your special abilities." "I don't know either, Chester. Most people can't, the Greek and Roman church spends a lot of effort to teach their parishoners that it's evil. It's so ingrained in this entire country; I'm afraid I'll never be able to practice my art openly. Hopefully our lives will calm down, and you won't have so much to keep from her." Once Chester and Kate arrived back at the hotel, Kate went quietly back to her room. Dorita's basket was still stuffed full, so instead of going downstairs to dinner she made her dinner out of Dorita's good food. She wasn't sure how welcome she was here, so kept herself out of Miss Haroney's hair. She spent a quiet night in the room, reading one of the books she had tucked in her bag and sometimes just looking out her window. She would be happy when they were on the train and on their way out of Tombstone. [/QUOTE]
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