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Elizabeth ran hard and fast making her horse sweat profusely. She knew they would be after her, sooner or later they would realize what she had done. She traveled looking back over her shoulder every so often soon they would realize she had murdered their friend. White Oaks, that was the place she had to leave because of all of this. Jane was annoyed but she helped Elizabeth escape, she owed Jane her life.
A sign for Lincoln appeared stating she was a mere two miles away, she had gone very far without realizing it. Suddenly her horse threw her off and collapsed onto the ground. She pulled down her ragged skirts and crawled over to the poor dying animal. It was exhausted. She pulled her gun out of its holster and closed her eyes. The blast echoed around the area and she looked up to see her horse at peace.
She began to walk slowly towards Lincoln, Jane must be holding them up. She had arrived at White Oaks at the tender age of twelve, crawling up the steps of the house bleeding, dying. She had been caught in the middle of a gunfight that involved her father. He had died, she had gotten caught in the cross fire. Jane had taken her in and looked after her, nursed her back to health and Elizabeth made her money as a waitress until the age of sixteen. Then at sixteen she had been asked to join Jane and her band of whores. For two years she had worked alongside Jane and the many men that passed through their doors. However, she hated it, it paid well, until earlier that was, she had shot a man who refused to pay and then tried to get more out of her.
Lincoln became clear and she continued to walk noticing the stares she was receiving. People didn't like her kind in their town. She went and sat on the fence thinking of where to go when out of nowhere a stone came flying in her direction. She just had time to duck when another one came. People were throwing stones at her yelling "Get out of our town whore"…"We don't want you here".
She pulled out her guns and cocked them. Staring wildly at everyone, they stopped throwing stones and began to laugh, a woman with guns, she will hardly be able to use them.
Elizabeth was about to shot the ring leader, an old well dressed man with a black mustache standing next to the sheriff when a hand grasped her shoulder. She turned and looked up into the face of a young blonde cowboy "C'mon, lets not stay here, my carriage is over there".
She eyed him wearily and agreed, taking his hand and letting him lead her to the wagon. He got in and she stood on the ground and waited.
"I must let you know, I charge quite highly".
He looked at her astonished "I wasn't asking for that, get in I'm taking you to my employer John Tunstall, he'll help you get back on your feet".
"Who are you?" she answered quite shocked he was trying to help her.
"My name is Josiah G. Scurlock and I'm here to help you, I work for John Tunstall as a regulator. He is trying to recruit more people but at the moment there is only three of us, he has a soft spot for runaways and so on but if you want he will get you a job as a house wife".
She stared at him, "A housewife? And what do I get in return?"
"A house to stay in, food to eat and three shillings a week, by the way my friends call me Doc."
"Mine call me Lizzie and yes I will come with you".
Doc eyed her and then smiled, "Good, women must be taken care of, I think".
He held out his hand and helped her into the carriage, she got in willingly and they began to move out of the town itself and into the countryside.
"Who was the man, who got the town throwing things at me?" Lizzie asked quite curious now.
"That was L.G Murphy, a nasty piece of work and he has it in for John, I'd stay away from him if I was you, he is a dangerous man".
The carriage moved on for about ten more minutes and Lizzie say a small house come into view with a shed like structure beside it and then various farm yard animals.
"Well", said Doc grinning, "Welcome to your new home".
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