Part 14
I did not see Marian for a while, then we, the gang were in the middle of a plan to rid the Sheriff of his money once again. I plan which well….let me just recall that it did not go well for the Sheriff and for one moment I thought it would not go well for us either. We spotted Marian as she rode into Nottingham, I caught her eye and she distracted the guards for us. Then…..then she and I talked…actually she talked……. I listened.
She explained how she hated how her life was, her restrictions…I wanted to help…I did not have time right at that moment…she was upset…not just with me…with men in general and her life…I think perhaps she had fallen out with her father. Gisborne too had been inundating her with gifts. I understand that she has to be her own person not someone that Edward or Gisborne think they can make her. Although to be fair to Edward I think he knows he cannot change her and does not want to…not now…perhaps then…I know he is proud of his daughter I know he loves her as a father loves his child….I wonder what my father would think of me now?
Would he be disappointed that the lands are not still mine? I think he would want to fight for what I believe in…in my heart my title and the lands are mine, in my soul they are mine…until I die. But at the same time perhaps it is time to let them go….along with Marian…at least Locksley will have one deserving person living on it's soil…..Marian. I know she will do the best she can for my people and perhaps that is why I am letting her go?….I just do not know anything anymore.