you walked into the Austin ranger base, it was about 8:00 in the morning. You walked over to the coffee pot, poured yourself a mug, and sat at your desk, which had a note from Captain James that said “meet me in my office.” Which you read with a sigh.

As you walked into your office, you saw Cordell, great

“How may I help you?” you asked consciously, scared of his answer

“This is your new partner, Ranger Walker, he just got back from an 11 month undercover Operation.” the captain said

“I’m familiar with him.” you said, you 2 had been in the academy together, and had a fling, but that was way before he met Emily

the 6’5 man stood up, he was Still hot. He had those green eyes, that brown hair, he could make you melt into a little puddle if he asked nicely

as the 2 of you walked out to his red ram truck, he spoke up

“Are we not gonna talk about what happened a while back?” he asked, stopping in his tracks

“No, because frankly I don’t want to remember that, and aren’t you married now? And have some kids?” you replied

“She passed a few months ago” he said, painfully “and I’ve got 2 kiddos, Stella and August.” he said, forcing a smile and getting in the truck