Fulcrum

Chapter eleven

Walker wasn't exactly pleased with being tasked to spy on a friend. No scarth that he wasn't okay with spying on someone he saw as family. It made him feel physically sick especially when he would arrive to see her and she gave him a look of complete trust. Which he didn't deserve, not in his mind anyway. He kept telling himself he was doing this to prove she was innocent and if things got wild, he would tell her she would never have to see him again. But at least then he would know she wasn't stuck in a cage like an animal.
"Walker everything alright?" Felicia asked him.

He had arrived to see her early this morning, and while she loved that something was clearly eating at him. She could see it in his face, and she was worried.
"Sorry just a little jumpy," Walker  responded. "Avis has been quiet."
"Yeah I'm worried about that as well," Felicia answered. "Normally he loves boasting about his victories, he must be planning something big," she continued. "I wanted to tell you something." Felicia felt it was best to bring up what happened yesterday with Liam and his kids instead of later. It probably wouldn't end well but she could handle him being angry at her for awhile, not talking about it would cause problems later on.

"You can talk to me about anything kiddo." Walker told her.
"You know I am not a kid anymore," Felicia reminded him even though she was smiling. Walker said that was debatable since he still considering her a kid. "I saw Liam yesterday he told me about what happened with the drive," she explained. "So I'm having Jake look through it, he can hack anything."
"Can you trust him?" Walker asked.
"He's a little off but he's never given me a reason not to." Felicia responded.
"Mommy." Asher said appearing from the back room and giving her a hug.
Aww hey sweetie what are up to? Felicia sighed as she hugged him back.
"Sleepy," he answered and waved at Walker. "Hello."

Walker smiled and waved back, since Asher wouldn't be able to hear him if he said anything.
"Aww look at my two favorite guys," Felicia said. "I think he would have fun with Stella and August." She wanted her son to have more people to play besides herself, but she had to make sure that was alright with Walker. Get ready for breakfast okay, I'll be there soon. Felicia signed, Asher nodded and ran back to sit at one of the tables holding the black horse.
"Hey is that?" Walker asked recognizing the stuffed animal.
"Yep that's Blacky but I call her Emily now, Asher has declared it as his now," Felicia responded. "I've had to ask Jessy and Cleo to sew her up a few times," she continued. "But that's not what I wanted to tell you."

"I already know you saw and talked with my kids," Walker responded as if he was reading her mind. "Stella told me all about the strange girl Ashyla who beat August in pool."
"Yeah that was fun, I've missed them a lot but I can't use my real name in public it gives away my secret identity." Felicia responded.
"You don't need a secret identity kiddo you can just be yourself." Walker said. It was the truth he wished she would accept, she didn't need to act like Cat woman to have a place in the world.
"But what if people don't like me for who I am?" Felicia asked.

"Who cares what they think," Walker answered. "What matters is how you see yourself." Felicia had never heard advice like that before and with words like that, she didn't need to ask him about what Liam told her. Because she already knew that he had considering taking her in since he kept treating her like a kid.  "I never really was a kid," she admitted. "Apart from when your family came to see me," there was a moment of silence before she asked her next question. It was definitely not one Walker was expecting her to ask. "Why did you save me that night?"
"What?" Walker asked not understanding what she meant.
"The night of the fire," Felicia answered. "My mother was dead and I was alone, why did you do it?"
"Felicia it was my job..." He began but she cut him off.

"No I mean when you did you choose to save me?" Felicia asked. "I mean no hate towards your other rangers but I don't think they would have chosen to save me after that," she continued. "You came to see me and kept coming back, but never said why."
When did she become this smart? Oh yeah in the past ten years. He thought to himself, he never questioned his actions back then because she was a child that needed saving. And he had children, but she was a woman now and she was asking him the cryptic question of why. Maybe it was because of what happened before he even became a ranger, an old wound he never talked about.  The memory for him was still painful and he didn't want to think about the child he never got to know.