"Elizabeth will you marry me?" asks Charles, Elizabeth gasps she wasn't expecting this, she was so surprised she was a quiet for a few moments trying to get over the shock. Little did she know that Jack was there listening waiting as seconds ticked by. "Well, Elizabeth?" insists Charles beginning to get impatient. Elizabeth couldn't help but stare at the ring and get lost in the different ways light gleamed off of the diamond. It was like her life the many directions it could take at this exact moment. She thought of Jack and her love for him, however she also thought of how Mounties shouldn't have wives and if they were to have them they would be issued to them. She thought of her family and how thrilled they would be if she came back with Charles. The closeness she would have with her family once again and many of her friends who she dearly missed. Then there was the thought of staying with Jack and how her parents would try to rule against her. In that moment she may love Jack and being so shocked by the proposal and how she also loved Charles she found herself trying to reject but however had a poor choice of words.
Jack had waited too long to hear her answer, even though he desperately wanted to know what she would say, he knew that he already lost her if she was even entertaining the idea of marrying Charles. He walked away and went straight to the jail wanting to lock himself inside because as his heart shattered he thought jail sounded better than his life at that moment.
Everything began to swirl around Elizabeth so fast she couldn't keep up or interject as Charles celebrated by immediately whisking her off her feet where Elizabeth couldn't help but laugh as her stomach dropped like a cement block. Charles immediately took her to the stagecoach so they could tell their families. As Elizabeth got on she tried to figure out how she really had gotten there, engaged, or with Charles.
"Charles I-" she began to say many times but got interrupted every time by him telling her how great everything was going to be in Hamilton and how he couldn't wait. In that moment she knew she had lost the fight with her parents, her family, and her upbringing; as she made her way back to Hamilton. As soon as she arrived she was whisked away for an engagement party and as everything went by she began to get swept up in it all. She began to feel like this was her idea and not that she was practically being forced to marry someone she didn't truly love.
"Oh my dear we are just so happy you have returned with Charles you've been gone for far too long" her mother greets her. They were all waiting knowing that Charles would succeed with the engagement their family would be back together like Hope Valley never even happened.
Elizabeth was able to do things she hadn't been able to do since she left for Hope Valley she could attend functions, be a patron of a charitable organization, become a member of a charitable organization, and plan gatherings.
She had telegraphed both Abigail and Jack explaining what had happened, she hoped deep in her heart that Jack would come for her and then she'd be free. However she didn't realize this was a want of hers as she sadly tried to close the chapter of Hope Valley.