June 11, 1901

Tombstone. 

I saw Angel and Will walking down the street and waved to them. I thought about the prints I had from Will and pictured his file, knowing I did indeed have his prints. I knocked on the sheriff’s door and then walked inside as Angel was uncuffing Will, putting him in jail. 

“Hi there Sheriff. Nice to see you having something to do again.” 

“Same,” Angel said with a smile. 

“What’d he do this time?” I asked. 

There was a knock on the door and Dee shouted in, “I am here for Will’s bail! Me and Irish!” 

“I’ll tell yha in a moment, Trin.” 

I nodded and chuckled hearing Dee, going to sit down at the desk. 

“Alvright Vill iz 15 mins or 40 dollars. V

ich vould you like bail or time?” 

“Irish? She not opening the door. You try,” Dee said outside and I looked over at the window with a smirk. 

“Ma’am, I am here to pay bail for Mr. Will. I don’t know what charges he has against him, but I can assure you he is surely innocent,” a man’s voice came outside and I rolled my eyes, not recognizing him, but I assumed it was Irish who Dee had spoken to. 

“Vill, is fifteen minutes or forty dollars in bail,” Angel said as she snapped her fingers, trying to get Will’s attention. “Iz your choice. You vant them to pay bail or sit here for the fifteen minutes?” Angel looked at me then and said, “Miz Trin, can you let them know I’ll let them in in a moment if Vill vishes to be out on bail instead of serving time. But iz got to be up to him to tell me vich he prefers.” 

“Alright Sheriff.” I walked over to the window and looked out saying to the two, “I’m sorry folks, but we’re waiting on Will’s decision whether or not he’s paying bail or doing jail time. I’ll let you know when he decides. It’s up to him.” 

“Oh okay,” Will said from inside the cell then. “I will pay bail.” 

“Don’t believe we’ve met, Sir. Or ma’am,” I said, looking between them. 

“Dee has me money,” Will said and I made note of her name. 

“Miz Dee, come on in,” Angel said as she went to open the door. 

“This is Irish,” Dee introduced the man. 

“Pleasure to meet you both. Detective Trin Paige. Irish, eh? New to the area?” I asked him. 

“For hiz crimes he owz the courts 40 dollars in bail,” Angel told her. 

Dee took out the rolls of money from her corset and paid the amount to the box on the wall. 

“I am just a travelling sales man from Ireland. Looking to settle in this town. Mr. Will was showing me around  before. I know we are running for the train station and got separated,” Irish said. 

“I came back to find he’s arrested, so I am not sure to why he was arrested,” Irish told me. 

“Well I ain’t sure just what happened yet either,” I admitted. 

“Him and Ms. Dee there have been mighty nice to me since I arrived, but I am still getting the lay of the land,” Irish said as I heard Angel releasing Will as his bail was paid.

“I vill, put in the report for your arrezt,” Angel told Will. “Courts vill contact yah and all that.”

“This is all just a misunderstanding,” Will assured her. “I’m sure my witnesses will shed some light on this at court.” 

“Now I need to go lock up the bank,” Angel said and the others left to get a drink as I told Angel I’d wait for her. I worked on my files while I waited and then Angel returned, giving me the arrest report to read over. 

“Same story different day, it seems,” I said as I read the report. “Shame you can’t get him for attempted bank robbery. Not enough evidence, I s’pose.” 

“But I got him for other thingz,” she said with a nod. 

“Yes you did.” 

“Innocent men don’t run and pull gunz on the sheriff.” 

“Especially after ya saw em on the bank roof. At least he drew his gun on you. Oh wait he wasn’t running from the roof, you just saw him from your position on the roof. But he was still running,” I said as I read, understanding the scenario better now. 

“Vhy I requested him to be searched juzt in case. He’s the only person I saw.” 

“You know… You can get him for shooting law without killing… Since he shot at you.” 

“No, he didn’t hit me. Iz vepon unholstered.” 

“Dang. That’s a shame... Not that you didn’t get shot... But… You know what I mean,” I said with a chuckle. I closed my notebook and said, “Damn that felt good.” 

“I know, didn’t it?” Angel grinned. 

“I think we deserve a drink. I’m buyin’.” 

“Oh, then no vay I’m saying no.” 

“You pick the saloon.” 

“Kate’s of course. Iz the best saloon,” Angel said with a grin. 

We walked over to Kate’s and saw Will, Dee and Irish were already there. We had drinks with them and talked for a while before I rode back to Diamond to get some writing done.