His wife had spent the rest of the afternoon fielding congratulations from various co-workers, and when she realized that someone was going to go tell Auggie, she'd pushed back from her chair and gone to talk to him.

"I hear congratulations are in order, Walker," he said, leaning back in his chair.

Annie winced. "I was going to tell you..."

"No offense taken," he told her with a grin. "So, how is married life treating you?"

She went on to tell him what she knew of her arrangement with Webb, and how things were going to go as far as she knew them before slinking back to her desk. When five o'clock rolled around, she was still firmly entranced in her work when Clay's shadow fell across her desk.

Looking up, she blinked. "Hey."