Here's two new chapters, my dear friends and readers. Please write a review if you haven't done so already. I just adore them. I also edited chapter 7 because I noticed I forgot a line Jim said to Johnse, and the line where Lavicy says "Back! Back! Don't you touch that boy anymore, Anderson Hatfield." So please go read from there to get it all in your head again. And remember I made chapter 10, so read that before this one, please. Thank you so much. Also please read a dear friend of mine's Hatifield and McCoy story "Never leaving you alone" By: lorenmichelle. Thank you.
William had just pullen me away from the barn and outside. "Calm down, Lassie, calm down." he soothed. I listened and calmed. He was about to kiss my forehead when we both turned our faces in the direction we heard a horse trotting. Who the hell would come here at a time like this? Randol McCoy. 'Dear God' I thought... Why? Me and William walked calmly, side by side, behind Randol. William had his shotgun. We got up to the porch, and William and I stood next to the door-way where the front door was open. Uncle Wall, Lias, Uncle Jim, Cotton, Billy and Bill were all standin on the porch as well, shotguns handy. Anse and Lavicy walked out slowly. "I've come un-armed, to ask you for my boys. You got my word, I'll turn them over to the law in Pottville." Randol stated, calmly but scared. He looked at me standing next to Cap and relaxed a little. Anse grimaced "Your boys stabbed my brother. That stabbed him over, and over again and then shot him." Randol looked down for a moment, ashamed. "Pentally's same for that in Kentucky than it is in West Virginia." He assured. "How is Ellison?" he asked, very maturally and politely. Uncle Anse grimaced and looked around, not answering.
I guess Randol got the drift that he wasn't gonna answer because he said sweetly "I pray he recovers." Anse grimaced cockily "You still believe in prayin?" I shot him a nasty look. Anse still played it calm and answered "I do." Anse nodded and said very rudely "Then we'll leave it to the Almighty. If my brother survives you can have your boys, and we'll let Kentucky Law take it's course. If my brother dies," he hesitated "If my brother dies, your boy'll stay here and our law of Justice will be done on em'." I grimaced at him harshly for how cruel he was being. I know my daddy's in there suffrin, but if Randol was playin it this nicely then Anse could too. And Anse dosen't wanna make the mistake again of usin' God's name like that. Randol grimaced only slightly and said "is there anything I can say or give you that'll move you from that?" "No." Anse quickly responded. Randol looked like he understood and said "I'd like ta see my sons." he said, in a very pleading way. Anse smirked and grimaced at the same time. "I don't think so." I let out a small gasp and looked at him. I looked at Will and he shook his head at me as if he knew I were gonna protest. I looked at Lavicy. She was in the same situation I was in.
Randol grimaced fully this time "Then let their mother see em'?" Anse looked around thoughtfully but knew that me and Lavicy was gonna say something sooner or later. He turned to Lavicy and me. We both did the same gesture and spoke the same tone. "Yea." we quiclky said together. God, we was so much a like. Anse turned to Randol, very unsatisfied and said "we'll send for her." Randol nodded once and got on his horse. He was pissed about not seeing his sons. Anse and Lavicy, me and Cap was just about to turn to go inside when "Devil Anse Hatfield." Randol said, pissed off. "I rouge the day I saved your life. May God damn your eternal soul." he said, very, very pissed off. Now I was scared. Cap was pissed at what he just said. Anse turned to him, and Lavicy tried stopping him but "That might be, Randol. But I don't recall God saving your ass that day. We saved eachother, because that's" he tried saying, but Lavicy said "no, no, Anderson." catchin him by the chest. However, Anse walked another step and she knew she wasn't gettin in the middle this time. She walked inside. He continued, "that's what men do in war. This all sits here sits the way it sits b'cuz of us and no one else."
He took another step and rudely grabbed Williams shotgun from him and pointed it at Randol. I gasped. "You feel the need to bring up God one more time and which side he sits on," he turned the saftey off and continued "You won't be makin' a ride home." I stomped up to Anse and put my hands firmly on his shoulder and chest like when Lavicy does and said "No, Anderson." Randol looked at me in relief and shock that I could calm this man, or as he says 'devil', so quickly and easily. He started walking off on his horse and Jim started down the stairs following him. "ayeee?" he cooed in a cocky, sarcastic way. "I hope youuu, and all your kinnn, and friends and babies try ta come rescue, so we can kill ya all at once, not drag it ouut?". I grimaced at him harshly. William took ahold of. Uncle Wall saw my expression and said "Jim!... Shut up." If there were any decent men in this family it was Uncle Wall and Ellison. Uncle Wall had reason with the McCoys, and so did Ellison. Johnse, of course did, but he was just so damn dumb. I nudged outta of Wills grasp and marched down to Jim. I shoved him, not knowing he had been drinkin, and that's the only reason of him being a dick.
I also didn't know that Uncle Wall, Billy and Cap were right behind me. "You stupid son of a bitch you!" I said shoving him. "Their still part of my family, you know. How sick can you be to see summin' like that?" He shoved me back pretty forcefully and hit the ground. "Whaat? I didn't do nu'in? Sides, all they ever did was slap ya around anyways." he said rudely. William shoved him. "Touch her again you stupid drinkin' fool." he said harshly, then turned to me, as Billy helped me up. "Allie, he's just drinkin. He dunno what the hell he's sayin." Uncle Wall rubbed my back as Jim started walkin back to the house. "Still, William. He knows what kind of life she's had before. He had no right. But Allisyn, Cap is right. He's only drinkin. He loves you like a daughter. He never ment to hurt you." he assured me. I nodded. "As I." he smiled and I smiled bigger than ever and hugged him. We all walked back to the house. ... The next day, I headed outside to give Cap a mug of water. It had been a little warm today, and he was cuttin' boards. Anse walked out. "Whudda'ya doin?" he said, kind of coldly. Cap called back "Cuttin' the boards!" as he was sawing away. Anse was now next to him. "What for?"
William shrugged "is' a possibility that Uncle Ellison's dyin'. I was just-" he started to say but Anse grabbed the saw from him, rudely. William took a step back, scaredly. "Don't you cut no boards." he said harshly, and flipped over the work Cap had done. I jumped and Cap walked backward until he was against the wall of the shed. "I'll tell you, when you can cut any boards." he said harshly again. "Yes'ir." William said, looking down, scared, and sad. Just then I heard Cotton, crying in complete saddness, horror, and remorse. I saw him break down and I took a step forward and then freezing, tears already at my brims. Anse slapped his cloth on his leg and looked at William, gesturing for him to continue making the boards. William was crying. And I was frozen. Anse sat beside Cotton as he was still broke down. I remained frozen. I remained frozen until I saw the doctor and Johnse carrying my daddy's dead body out. Anse, Cotton, the doctor, Johnse, and William all turned their necks staring in my direction as I screamed the most horrifieing, loudest scream managable. "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
Oh dear, dear, dear. What will happen next? The suspence is even killing me.