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“Are you sure you’re up to it?”
“Yes. My legs aren’t broken. I need to move or I’ll just get stiff.”
“Okay. Let’s take a walk.”
“I could go by myself.”
“Do you want to go by yourself?”
He smiled. “No.”
“Then let’s take a walk.”
They put on coats and stocking caps, then went out the front door. Sydney took Gage’s arm down the steps, then they headed down the road. It was a clear night, and the wind had died down. The sun was low in the sky, but there was still plenty of light to see by. They went about a quarter of a mile, then turned back.
When they got back to the house, Gage stopped before going up the steps. “I need to see the tree.”
“Are you sure?”
“Yeah. Maybe it will bring back what happened.” He looked at her. “I know you think it’s better that I don’t remember. But I need to try.”
“Okay.”
She took his arm, and they circled the house, then followed the tracks in the snow to the fallen tree. Gage stopped walking. “Damn.”
“Yeah.”
“How did that not crush me?” He looked at the sky. “Thanks, big guy.”
Sydney tightened her grip on his arm. “Wow.”
“Hmm.”
She glanced at him. “Any revelations?”
He shook his head. “No. And I think you’re right. I don’t want to remember.”
“Let’s go inside.”
They turned and headed back for the house. “I’ll have Cooper or Cabe come cut that bastard up. Then I will thoroughly enjoy burning it in the wood stove.”
“Retribution?”
“Damn right.”
Gage and Sydney spent the next couple of hours talking about the paper and how him being mayor was going to change things.
Gage leaned back on the couch. “You know. I don’t see why I should need to sit around the office at city hall. I can work out of my office at the paper, right?”
“Um…I don’t see why not. I think your office should be wherever you want it to be. Wherever you’re comfortable.”
He nodded. “Yeah. If they want to see the mayor, then they can come find me at the Calaway Report. Or behind the bar on busy nights.”
Sydney smiled. “I like that.”
He looked at her for a moment. “I have a question for you.”
“Okay.”
