You'll be okay, I promise
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“Funny, I’ve been running ragged out here so far, and you haven’t found me yet.”
“Now things are different,” John said, intent coloring every word. “I want to.”
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The Deputy starts to make progress in John’s region, and with progress comes consequence.Series
- Part 1 of You'll be okay, I promise
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The opening notes started, and she felt her mouth fall open. “No.”
Turns out disco didn’t actually die. It just decided to tuck itself into this tiny little corner of Montana, guided by one man set on letting that torch burn forever.
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The Deputy’s been tasked with taking down Joseph’s statue. To do that, however, she’s going to need help.Series
- Part 2 of You'll be okay, I promise
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She blanched. “God, Faith’s everywhere. Or wants us to think that exact thing.”
“At least I got to keep my twenty dollars this time.”
“What?”
Sharky shrugged. “She looked like she needed a beer or something, so I gave her the cash out of my pocket.”
“You gave a walking acid trip twenty dollars?”
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The plan was to hit Boshaw Manor before heading north. Grab some supplies, a working car, and figure it out from there. Sadly, her plans never seem to survive the first draft.Series
- Part 3 of You'll be okay, I promise
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“Now, hon, you don’t want to be too much trouble.” Adelaide aimed a curious glance at Hana, but her next words were entirely meant for Sharky. “I can respect the fact that you’re trying, but the deputy here might not like being that close to a walking roman candle, let alone one always on the verge of going off.”
“I’ve seen his file,” Hana blurted out, “and he’s already saved my ass a bunch, so it’s all water under the bridge, really.”
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Adelaide is not what the Deputy is expecting, not at all. And with the Whitetail Mountains within reach, she decides it’s better to kick back and rest for once.She just doesn’t realize how much she’s going to need it.
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- Part 4 of You'll be okay, I promise
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This was not a friendly. Not when speaking with an edge like that, and that narrowed down the potential list of people calling her to one.
“So, that doesn’t get me a sparkling seal of approval from the man himself, huh?”
“No,” Jacob replied, the response flat. “You’re a problem. One that I’ve been told needs solving.”
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As it turns out, earning Jacob’s attention doesn’t take much effort at all. A fact that the Deputy wishes weren’t the case.Series
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There it was again. She hadn’t put a name to it yet, but now was the time. That sense of being on a tightrope, one step away from disaster, with only luck and the good grace of others to save her.
That this was becoming a habit troubled her more than she’d ever admit.
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The Deputy makes contact with the Whitetails, and finds out just what it’s like to wake up after a round in the Chair.Series
- Part 6 of You'll be okay, I promise
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“What’s up?”
Hana sighed and tossed her bag to the side. “I’m out. I thought I’d be able to stretch them out longer than this, but I finally blew through the last of my smokes, and didn’t even think of trying to trade one of the Whitetails for a pack either.”
“No shit? Might have something you’d like then.”
Grinning at her, Sharky reached into his pocket and held up a crumpled cigarette pack. Relief had her damn near ready to reach over and kiss him for it as he held the cigarette out and twisted it between his fingers.
“Don’t have many left, just this one, but uh…one can go a whole long way. If you don’t mind sharing, that is.”
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She may be short on cigarettes, but not on company. And on a night like this - up in the Whitetails, unable to sleep and thinking back to that room - that place she can’t quite remember in full - it’s exactly what she needs the most.Series
- Part 7 of You'll be okay, I promise
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“You were the one that called me. Let me remind you of that, yet again,” he replied, an edge creeping into his tone. “But this is the longest we’ve talked so far. I’d like to call that…progress.”
“I don’t think we’re supposed to make progress here.”
“Given my role, I’d have to disagree. Progress is precious. All too delicate and easily lost, much like trust. And I understand yours is not given easily, Deputy.”
She took in a slow breath and let it out through her nose. “What do you want, John?”
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A conversation in two parts.Series
- Part 8 of You'll be okay, I promise
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“So, what are you going to do now?”
“Now?” Sharky put his beer down and gave her a funny look. “I’m gearing up to hit that dance floor in fifteen to twenty. Gotta get good and buzzed before dishing it out, though, 'cause these moves are certified deadly without easing in all gentle-like.”
Hana coughed into her drink. “No, not that. I mean tomorrow. Or hell, within the next few days. I figured I’d cut you loose, and let you go back to doing your own thing.”
“Uh, that’s…you were?”
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The Widowmaker’s brought back to Fall’s End, and with its arrival comes a need to celebrate.Series
- Part 9 of You'll be okay, I promise
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Sharky has an idea. Just not one that the Deputy thinks she'll ever take him up on.
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- Part 10 of You'll be okay, I promise
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After a mission Sharky’s left with something he wasn’t prepared for: one sick deputy.
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- Part 11 of You'll be okay, I promise
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She wasn’t built for the cold. But with him, she didn’t have to be.
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- Part 12 of You'll be okay, I promise
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“-will you be willing to pay it?”
John’s voice rang through the room, and she quickly stepped away to get a better look at the screen. The broadcast looped back, and once again he started to speak.
“My brothers and sisters, today’s message is not for you. Your dedication remains strong to our cause, and to the Father.”
He wasn’t outside this time around. Not surrounded by his loving flock, with Joey not even ten feet away from him. This time he was alone. Sitting behind a large desk, he kept his hands folded in front of him. Everything neat and in place, as a solemn look entered his eyes.
This was restrained; stripped down, lacking the flashiness of the previous broadcast, and that had her worrying at her lip as he continued to speak.
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A moment of peace never lasts as long as it should.Series
- Part 13 of You'll be okay, I promise
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When events are put into motion giving her a shot at an impossible task - capturing John Seed - the deputy jumps at the chance.
There's only one problem.
She’s not the only one dying to get him, and keeping him alive when even his own people seem to want him dead isn’t looking to be an easy feat either.
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- Part 14 of You'll be okay, I promise