Note: This chapter is taken right from information taken from the game; the death of the Butcher Brothers at the hands of Landon Ricketts (you read it in a newspaper in-game).

Summer of 1896

The old Bacchus Place was the new home for the family. It was the first time Landon had taken a breather from his ways. He was very nervous about his daughter, but he did his best. He loved looking into her big brown eyes. He did indeed miss his independence, but he loved his family. Was this the end of his ways?

"Landon, we need food," Lucinda told him one afternoon.

"I'll go into town and get supplies," Landon said.

"Stay out of the saloon," Lucinda said. "Irene and I need you sober and safe."

"I'll do that," Landon agreed.

Outside, Landon saddled his horse and mounted up. He rode towards Thieves' Landing, the nearest town, at a slow gallop. He reached town and rode to the general store. He hitched the horse and went inside to get what he needed. He then packed the supplies into the saddlebags.

As Landon was about to mount up, two men on horses rode to him and stopped their horses.

"You Landon Ricketts?," the first man asked.

"Who's asking?," Landon asked.

"Charlie and Ryan Butcher," the second man replied. "You know who we are just as much as we know who you are."

"Yeah, I know who you boys are," Landon said as he nodded. "The so-called most feared bounty hunters in these parts. You're known to have never turned in a bounty alive."

Ryan smiled. "You're next on our list, Ricketts," he said.

"Wait," Landon said. "I have a wife and a daughter now. I won't fight you. I'll let you take me in alive. Do it for my family, not for me."

Ryan looked at his brother. "What do you think, Charlie?," he asked.

"No," Charlie said. "I like our reputation, Ryan."

Landon dove for cover. The gunfire began. Landon struggled to stay in cover, not wanting to leave his daughter fatherless. He fired back at the brothers.

Ryan fell backwards off his horse. The horse reared up twice and then ran away. Ryan screamed in pain.

"Charlie, I'm hit!," Ryan called. "Kill him! Hurry!"

Charlie, still on his own horse, started shooting towards Landon's position. Landon fell back as a bullet grazed his left arm. He fired back and struck Charlie, who fell off his horse to one side. The horse backed away and then just balked and whinnied.

Landon rushed to his horse, mounted, and galloped out of town. He did not ride straight back to the Old Bacchus Place yet. He could not lead these people to his wife and daughter. They could be harmed also.

When the Butcher Brothers caught up with him, Landon easily killed both men.

Once the two men were dead, Landon rode his horse at a walk to the bodies. Still on horseback, he looked down at each man, shook his head, and then rode on towards home at a fast trot.

Once he got back to Lucinda, Landon told her everything. "This was self-defense, Lucinda," Landon said. "They were going to kill me. But we need to lay low for awhile. The authorities will never believe me."

"I understand," Lucinda said.

Landon picked up Irene. "I did what I had to do," he said, as if telling his baby that. He looked at Lucinda. "I'd die if anything happened to either of you." He took a deep breath.

"You need to quit this life, Landon," Lucinda said. "I know you love us both. I know you do."

Landon gave Irene to Lucinda. He didn't know what to say.

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