“That’s an unusual engagement present.”
“Probably for a lot of women, but not me,” Sammi said with a smile. “Then I find this ring box with a note. It asks if I’ll marry him and if the answer is yes, come to his house pronto. Let me tell you, I ran harder than I’ve ever run in my life. I couldn’t get there fast enough. I get in the front door and there’s another note stuck to the newel post with one of my knives. It just had this big arrow on it pointing upstairs.”
She paused to take a drink and then said, “I’m up those stairs in a flash and I run in his room and he’s got all these candles burning. It was beautiful. Mitch is sitting in his skivvies on the bed and he says, ‘Hi Sammi, what brings you by’ and I start hollering that I’ll marry him. He still got down on one knee and proposed again before putting on my ring. I’ll never forget it as long as I live.”
Hannah smiled. She loved Sammi’s colorful way of talking. “I’m very happy for you two. Are you planning on having children?”
Sammi’s smile disappeared. “Only if we can adopt and we haven’t talked about it again yet.”
Hannah said, “Oh. I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to be so personal.”
“Don’t be. It’s ok. I can’t have kids. I had some injuries to my ovaries and I, um, well, you’re a nurse so I guess it’s ok. I don’t always have a monthly,” Sammi said.
“Oh, I see. There can be different reasons for that. Have you been examined recently?” Hannah asked.
“Not since it happened,” Sammi said.
“Well, I would be happy to if you’d want me to. You don’t have to answer right now. Just think about it and come to the office if you decide to have an examination,” Hannah said.
Sammi nodded. “I’ll think about it.”
“Ok. So, since you’ve been here, you’ve never known Owl to court anyone?” Hannah asked.
“Nope. Of course, most of that time he was recovering, so he wasn’t really up to that kind of thing,” Sammi said.
“What happened?” Hannah asked.
Sammi sighed and told Hannah about her and Owl going after the thieves who’d stolen her gun and knife collection. She related the events involving the fight inside the cabin and how Owl had gotten stabbed. Hannah was shocked. She knew that Sammi was a tough woman, but she hadn’t realized just how violent she could be. No wonder Owl said that you didn’t want to make her angry , she thought.
She saw Sammi’s eyes fill with tears and took the deputy’s hand.
Sammi said, “He doesn’t want me to, but I still blame myself for him almost getting killed. I don’t let him know it, because it only makes him mad. I can’t help it, though. I walked in that bunkhouse where they had him right after it happened and saw him lying there all bandaged up and I could have died, Hannah.” Sammi laughed through her tears then. “He didn’t like seeing me cry and said something like, ‘stop crying or you’ll drown me with your tears’. He didn’t mean it to be, but it was funny. I can’t tell you how happy I am that he made it.”
Sammi looked at Hannah and was surprised to see a tear escape the other woman’s eye. Hannah looked back at Sammi and then laughed. “I can’t stand to see anyone else cry. If I see one tear, I cry, too.”
Sammi laughed and wiped her tears away. “Sorry about that.”
“There’s nothing to apologize for. I
“Probably for a lot of women, but not me,” Sammi said with a smile. “Then I find this ring box with a note. It asks if I’ll marry him and if the answer is yes, come to his house pronto. Let me tell you, I ran harder than I’ve ever run in my life. I couldn’t get there fast enough. I get in the front door and there’s another note stuck to the newel post with one of my knives. It just had this big arrow on it pointing upstairs.”
She paused to take a drink and then said, “I’m up those stairs in a flash and I run in his room and he’s got all these candles burning. It was beautiful. Mitch is sitting in his skivvies on the bed and he says, ‘Hi Sammi, what brings you by’ and I start hollering that I’ll marry him. He still got down on one knee and proposed again before putting on my ring. I’ll never forget it as long as I live.”
Hannah smiled. She loved Sammi’s colorful way of talking. “I’m very happy for you two. Are you planning on having children?”
Sammi’s smile disappeared. “Only if we can adopt and we haven’t talked about it again yet.”
Hannah said, “Oh. I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to be so personal.”
“Don’t be. It’s ok. I can’t have kids. I had some injuries to my ovaries and I, um, well, you’re a nurse so I guess it’s ok. I don’t always have a monthly,” Sammi said.
“Oh, I see. There can be different reasons for that. Have you been examined recently?” Hannah asked.
“Not since it happened,” Sammi said.
“Well, I would be happy to if you’d want me to. You don’t have to answer right now. Just think about it and come to the office if you decide to have an examination,” Hannah said.
Sammi nodded. “I’ll think about it.”
“Ok. So, since you’ve been here, you’ve never known Owl to court anyone?” Hannah asked.
“Nope. Of course, most of that time he was recovering, so he wasn’t really up to that kind of thing,” Sammi said.
“What happened?” Hannah asked.
Sammi sighed and told Hannah about her and Owl going after the thieves who’d stolen her gun and knife collection. She related the events involving the fight inside the cabin and how Owl had gotten stabbed. Hannah was shocked. She knew that Sammi was a tough woman, but she hadn’t realized just how violent she could be. No wonder Owl said that you didn’t want to make her angry , she thought.
She saw Sammi’s eyes fill with tears and took the deputy’s hand.
Sammi said, “He doesn’t want me to, but I still blame myself for him almost getting killed. I don’t let him know it, because it only makes him mad. I can’t help it, though. I walked in that bunkhouse where they had him right after it happened and saw him lying there all bandaged up and I could have died, Hannah.” Sammi laughed through her tears then. “He didn’t like seeing me cry and said something like, ‘stop crying or you’ll drown me with your tears’. He didn’t mean it to be, but it was funny. I can’t tell you how happy I am that he made it.”
Sammi looked at Hannah and was surprised to see a tear escape the other woman’s eye. Hannah looked back at Sammi and then laughed. “I can’t stand to see anyone else cry. If I see one tear, I cry, too.”
Sammi laughed and wiped her tears away. “Sorry about that.”
“There’s nothing to apologize for. I
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