The Dr. Tam Journals – Part 10 – War Stories

Kaylee had calmed down enough to feel hungry and she and Simon decided to have breakfast. Kaylee promised once again not to say anything about Jayne, but inside she was still simmering with anger. That Jayne could betray Simon and River to the Alliance did not surprise her but that he had actually done it made her boil with rage. Kaylee and anger were not a good combination because she was rarely mad at anyone and had trouble hiding her feelings. The time she found out about that joke the Capt’n had played on Simon, saying she was dead, that time she had been mad as hell too, but not for long. But this, she knew she would never forgive Jayne for this. Simon hadn’t been her husband then, but she did love him and River was so helpless and needed all their help. Jayne would get a piece of her mind, maybe not today, but sometime soon, and she didn’t care who knew about what he had done.

She was amazed at how Simon was so cool about the whole thing. He said he had talked to Jayne about it, and before they left their room he related what had happened in the infirmary when Jayne had hurt his back that time when Saffron had come back. Jayne denied he had ratted them out, but Simon and River didn’t believe him and neither did Kaylee. She remembered the time before the train job when he had talked about doing the very same thing and the time when the Alliance boarded the ship after they found the derelict spacecraft. He had seemed eager to trade the Tams for their freedom then. Despite his few good qualities, his strength and skills at arms that saved them at times, Jayne was not to be trusted and that more than overshadowed what usefulness he was to Serenity and her crew.

Simon checked on River before they went upstairs and she was sleeping peacefully so he decided to leave her alone for a while. Kaylee noticed he had placed some water and headache pills next to River’s bed also and a little note, too. He was so thoughtful. They made their way upstairs and Kaylee sudd