Chapter 2

A/N: Sorry for the long wait for the update.

Pa led us into the living room, where we sat on the chairs and the settee. "What is it that you wanted to talk to Jane about?"

Roy took off his hat and said. "I don't really know how to tell you this, Jane, but your father is back in town."

I looked at my family and then at Roy. "What? That man has the nerve to show his face around her again?"

Pa looked at my face closely and what he saw was a look that he'd never seen on her before. "It's ok, Jane. I'm going to let him hurt you again."

I hugged my Pa and said to the sheriff "If he's in town, do you think that he could come and try to do something to us?"

Sheriff Coffee looked at the rest of my family trying to decide on what to tell me and then he said. "There is a chance that he could come, but I don't think that there's going to be a problem to you. Listen, it was nice talking to you, but I better get back into town to make sure that there's no trouble in town."

I got up and walked the sheriff to the door and said "Thank you for telling me about my Dad, but as far as I'm concerned, Joseph Cartwright is my Dad." I said as I watched him ride away. I didn't know it though but my Dad was standing outside waiting for his chance to get us.