𝐑𝐞𝐝 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟐 𝐈𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬

𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐥 | 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐮𝐫 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧

You had been with Arthur for roughly two years now and you loved him dearly and he loved you all the same but you always had doubts about Mary Linton but you still trusted Arthur to do her dirty work even though you begged him not to.

You woke to an empty cot and wondered where Arthur had gone and then you notice a letter on his table and see it's from Mary Linton who is in Saint-Denis. You sigh in disappointment, was this really so important that he couldn't even tell you?

You grab your satchel and make your way to Saint-Denis on your horse, with all these negative thoughts going through your head, you crossed over the bridge that entered Saint-Denis and went all over the town trying to find a trace of Arthur and finally you see him heading into a theater with that woman latched on his arm, you stopped your horse abruptly but your horse bucked you off and that caused enough sound for Arthur to look back and see you but all you do is shake your head and get back on your horse and start to head back to camp but then you shake your head at that idea, no... you would catch a train to Valentine and stay there for a few days.

What you didn't see was that Arthur instantly tore his arm from Mary as if he had finally understood what Mary's intentions were, you were the woman he loved, he longer loved Mary she was all in the past, you were the present. The future.

"Arthur... let her go" Mary says taking a grip of Arthur's arm once more but he pulls his arm back abruptly.

"No, Mary. You can't keep writin' me, that woman... well, I love her, and if I keep seein' ya then this ruins my relationship, I loved you Mary, but its...its all in the past now." Arthur says carefully making sure Mary truly understood what he was saying and she did, in fact, she respected it, she knew due to lifestyles that she and Arthur could've never happened so she let him go and gave a sad smile.

Arthur runs towards his horse and heads off back to camp and he searches everywhere for you but you are nowhere to be found and then remembers what you told him once that if anything went wrong to always meet in Valentine and without informing anyone he takes the quickest route on horseback to Valentine.

Arthur makes it to Valentine by nightfall and he decides to check the hotel and goes to the front desk and asks the man, "Did you see a woman come in here?"

"Yes sir, she seemed very distraught, are you a friend of hers?" the man asks as Arthur starts to go up the steps of the stairs.

"Yeah.. something like that" and checks the rooms and finally finds you in room 2B. He knocks on the door and you open it slightly.

"Darlin'... please let me apologize and explain...please.." He pleads in fear that you would say no and that he would finally be alone for good this time. You don't say anything you just open the door more and urge him to come in. You sat on the bed and gets down on his knees in front of you and grabs hold of your small hands.

"Sweetheart, I cannot begin to tell you how awfully sorry I am, I-I was plannin' on this being it the last time I'd help Mary and then I guess she tried ta trick me into somethin' or other," He says choking on his words a bit at the fact that he knew his actions hurt you tremendously and if you were hurt then he was hurt too.

You swallowed and thought about his words and understood them but you didn't want to forgive him this easily he betrayed your trust, he didn't even tell you that he was gonna see Mary but could also see that he knew that he hurt you.

"Arthur... you didn't even tell me that you were gonna see her, you were just gonna keep it a secret, she-she had her arm latched on yours where mine is supposed to be, I just- I just feel deeply betrayed Arthur" you sigh to yourself again, you didn't want to end things with him that was for sure but you felt such deep betrayal.

"I don't know why I didn't tell ya, I thought it would be quick and my intention was to tell her to stop the letters and I did after ya ran off, but darlin' she's my past, you're my present and you're my future, I love you." He says and by now a tear falls down his left cheek and you knelt down and kissed his tear-stained cheek and he looked up at you and you knew that he rarely ever cried.

You knew how much he loved and cared for you and knew he never meant for this to happen you wouldn't forgive him yet but you would stay with him this entire thing only made the two of you stronger and you didn't know that now but you would later on, "We'll get through this, together" You say as you pulled him to lay down on the bed and sleep for the night.