LAWLESS: Midnight Run

by CryingGypsy

19 year old Leona Martin has been running from her father for three years now. She ran to Chicago, New York, Mexico, and now she is settling in the small town of Blackwater Creek where she is now working as a local waitress for the Bondurants. Just when things were settling down a new Deputy gets assigned to the town and his devilish blue eyes are interested in Miss Martin

1. Prologue

I had been runnin' from my father and my past and all the things I done, but in the end nothing I said or did could change that fact that I was here right now in this little mess of a life. You see this is how I got here; looking my daddy straight in the eyes with a pistol to my head. Strange how when you break off an engagement and shoot your own daddy in the leg then running off to some states that he could never find you at, can lead you straight back to Chicago.

"Now look here Leona, you're my daughter and I love you very much but what you have done has disgraced me and this family."

Now I bet ya'll are wondering what I done to have my own daddy hold a pistol to me. well here it is the story of my life.

It all started when I was 16 years old, I was living in Los Angeles with my mama and my daddy but the thing was since I was little I was always watching myself my mama would go to some club and dance all night while my daddy, he was a mean ole' mister when it came to business. But on my 16th birthday when both my parents were out I packed just enough money from my daddy's safe, enough bread for at least four days, with plenty of water and put on my daddy's overcoat, with some pants that I had sewn for myself and ran.

I never turned back to that place, I left a note on the kitchen table saying I was never coming back and just live a life without me.

I had been living in New York, Chicago, Virginia and each time I had started a peaceful life my daddy's gang would show up. But they never could find me except that one time in New York, my daddy tried dragging me back his dark hands gripped my soft black hair and pulled me towards the car yelling horrible things my direction. When I was struggling I saw he had his pistol and I reached for it trying to aim it but instead of making a killing blow, I just wounded him; it was enough to get away though.

It has been seven months since that moment and Now I am working at the station in Blackwater creek with three brothers and a pretty chicago girl. That peace and quiet life that I wanted was here and I was enjoying it.

Until a certain special deputy arrived in town. Then I knew my quiet life was not gonna last very long at all.