The Immortal Doc Holliday: Requiem: (The Immortal Doc Holliday Series Book 12) (The Immortal Doc Holliday On-going Series) by M.M. Crumley

Author:M.M. Crumley [Crumley, M.M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lone Ghost Publishing
Published: 2023-04-17T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Doc sipped his whiskey in silence for a while, just staring out at the ranch yard. It looked almost exactly the same as it had the last time he'd seen it. It was almost as if the ranch was outside of time. Everything else moved on around it, but it stayed still, stuck in a perfect moment.

He cast a glance up at Andrew's house, trying not to get drawn into memories, trying to stay in the moment with Pecos. He could still see Andrew's face that first time they'd rode into the yard and Bill had run out to greet him. Janey had watched from a distance; but when Bill and Andrew were done hugging and laughing, she'd sauntered over and given Andrew a gentle kiss before punching him in the arm and yelling at him for being gone so long. Their laughter still echoed through Doc's mind.

He closed his eyes for a moment, trying to chase the memories away, but when he opened them, all he could see was Andrew's face. Every time they rode into the ranch yard, Andrew would cast a glance over his shoulder at Pecos's house, almost as if he expected to see Pecos waiting for him, but he never was. Not once. Except for now. Now that Andrew was gone, Pecos was finally here. And Pecos was sitting here, looking up at Andrew's house as though Andrew might step out the doorway and wave at him. But he wouldn't. Not ever. Andrew was gone, and neither Doc nor Pecos would ever see him again.

Doc shook his head, trying to clear it. Andrew was happy. And Doc was trying to be happy that he was happy.

"Aylen said the entire ranch was gone," Pecos said, breaking into Doc's spiraling thoughts. "She said it was all broken up into little tiny lots and ugly houses. But it's not. The boy saved it."

"He worked hard to keep it just so," Doc agreed. "You wouldn't believe the things he went through to keep planes and cell towers away."

"There's a lot..." Pecos trailed off.

"There is," Doc said. "But at least you don't have to deal with microwaves," he added with a chuckle.

"Microwaves?"

"They heat up food really fast, but it doesn't matter," Doc shrugged. "It's just a joke Andrew once made. Anyway, you've read Andrew's journals, so you know they were all alright. They missed you, but they lived. They lived like few people ever do," Doc said.

Neither of them spoke for another few minutes, then Doc said softly, "I can't imagine what it's like for you. I grew into it, and I kind of knew what to expect because Andrew spouted doom and gloom for all the years I knew him. To go from then to now? Andrew always said that Aylen must be really special."

"I've loved her since the first time I saw her," Pecos replied. "I know that don't make sense, but I just..."

"Knew," Doc supplied.

"Exactly. I gave up everything to be with her," he added. "Everything."

"You aren't regretting it, are you?" Doc asked.

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