Garrett kept the train at Fort Laramie for two more nights. Both nights he spent with Captain Jefferson. Sam tried not to think about the two men because he didn’t like the feelings that thoughts of them evoked, even though he couldn’t identify the emotions he experienced. He wasn’t sure it was jealousy; at least not jealousy of Jefferson himself. But, if he was jealous, it was of the emotional bond that clearly existed between the two men. Jealous and maybe envious, he decided when he did allow himself to think about it. Most of the time, he just kept busy in order to keep his attention focused elsewhere.
The morning of their third day at the fort, they assembled the wagons. None of the members of the train had decided to return east. Those that needed to replace wagons had done so. As t
