People can Change
Ch. 4
The sun was up and shining its light for everyone to see. However, there was one person who didn't see the sun, Scott.
Scott's mind was all cloudy as he tried to make sense of where he was. He kept swatting a hand on his head not realizing that the hand he was swatting at was Audra's hand.
Audra had taken over caring for Scott when she got back from talking to her fiancé about the wedding plans. Her mother needed sleep and her brothers needed to do their jobs so she offered to watch him and try to get his fever to break. Scott hadn't talked in the four days he had been there, so when he screamed it made Audra jump.
"Juliet!" Scott screamed. It was a few seconds later before he screamed again, "Uncle Hank, the past is the past! Get over it!" In his mind, Scott was screaming at his uncle.
Audra got her heart to slow down just as Nick barged into the room. He stared at Scott as he asked, "What's going on?"
"He's yelling at someone named Hank and calling for a lady named Juliet." Audra answered just as Scott again screamed.
"Juliet?! What does this have to do with Juliet?!"
Nick and Audra decided to stay quiet in hopes of getting answers to a number of questions they had. Heath had just walked into the room to see what was keeping Nick from lunch when Scott spoke, "Uncle Hank, get over the fact we love each other. Nothing you can say can change that. People can change, you know."
"Juliet, I love you and our children. I will be back. Churchville is my hometown."
"Haven't had this in a long time." Scott whispered those two sentences before slipping deep into the fog.
Nick, Heath, and Audra looked at each other. If anything, they'd gotten more questions than they had before. One thing was for sure, since no address of this Juliet was in the saddlebag when Jarrod had gone through them, they now had the name of a town. They hoped that this Juliet lived there. Juliet needed to know about Scott. Nick and Heath left the room to eat lunch while Audra pulled out paper and a pen to write to this Juliet. She hoped that this Juliet would believe her.
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Juliet was getting to Jackie's house after a long day's work. She would pick her children up, and then they would head on home. All of a sudden she felt eyes on her. She stopped her horse and turned, but saw no one. She turned back her head back facing the road ahead of her she started again on her journey to Jackie's place.
Jackie was watching two sleeping children and looking at the letter in her hand. It was address to one Mrs. Juliet Breckenridge, and Jackie wasn't too sure of what was in it. Maybe, Juliet was getting word that her husband was dead and now could move on. Jackie didn't have time to think on it when Keith yelled that Juliet was coming. She stood up, with the letter, and went outside to meet her friend.
Juliet dismounted her horse in front of her friend's house and, after tying the reigns to the post, walked up to them. It was at that point did she noticed Jackie's face.
"What is it, Jackie?" Juliet's mind went straight to her children wondering if something had happened.
Jackie didn't say anything as she handed the letter to Juliet.
Juliet looked down at the letter and though she didn't recognize the handwriting, she noticed that was from Stockton. Opening the letter she read:
Dear Mrs. Juliet Breckenridge,
My name is Audra Barkley. You don't know me. I am assuming that you are Scott Breckenridge's wife. If not please forgive me. Scott arrived here four days ago, unconscious. Actually, my brothers brought him here because he was wounded. He is okay for now, but the doctor says if the fever doesn't break then we will most likely lose him. He started to talk in his delirious state of mind and was calling for you or chewing out a man named Hank. I am sending you word hoping that you will arrive here shortly after getting this letter. I can tell that he loves you very much; you just have to listen to his voice when he calls for you. If you need any assistance, my family can provide for your journey here please do not hesitate to wire us.
Yours sincerely,
Miss Audra Barkley.
Juliet stared at the name Barkley and knew without a doubt that her and her two children would be traveling to Stockton to be beside Scott if he did die. There was no way she wasn't going to let him down in his time of need.