Well I wasn't planning on updating today but I don't really feel like unpacking right now so what better way to procrastinate? And I felt guilty about putting it off since it is already finished and all. I hope that you like it! THis is the last chapter but there is an epilouge that will follow.

Just a little note there is some character death, but it is just a little!

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"Daniel! Thank God you're back!" Lord Fairfax exclaimed with a hand over his heart. William had almost been stabbed right in front of him. He didn't think he could handle it if he had to live through the death of one of his sons.

"Yes. And I brought someone who, once she has her say, will clear up everything." Daniel said calmly while levelling his pistol at Riley who was sitting on the floor looking dejected and sulky.

"Who is this?" Henry Summers asked still a little shaken up from Riley's sudden change from smiling doof to homicidal maniac. Daniel nodded to the dark-haired stranger to go ahead and gave a signal to Willow. She quickly slipped out of the room.

"My name is Mrs. Jenny Giles and I run a boarding house with my husband Rupert in London." She paused and looked at Dawn who was fighting to stay awake. "Perhaps we should go somewhere else? So the young lady can get her rest?" Jenny asked concerned.

"No!" Dawn said as forcefully as she could. "I was attacked because of all this and I want to hear what you have to say." She looked defiantly around the room determined not to be left out for once. Henry nodded his head and patted Dawn's arm affectionately and was impressed by the strength of his little girl.

"Very well. As I was saying, Rupert and I run a boarding house and we take in young women who are in the-ahem- family way." There was an awkward pause while everyone digested this information. "Well, about four years ago, Sir Finn" She nodded towards Riley "brought a young lady to us, who Daniel has told me you, is of your acquiantance."

"This Harmony girl?" Lord Fairfax asked.

"Yes. She was very far along and my husband and I were informed that it was Sir Finn's child. She has been living with us at the boarding house for the past four years with her daughter Amy. Sir Finn has been paying for their lodging and has also come to visit the child every now and again." The room was thrown into silence as everyone digested Mrs. Giles' news.

"So William is not the father then?" Henry Summers asked tentatively.

"No." Jenny answered. "Although, I do recall Harmony prattling on about him when she first arrived, she always maintained that Sir Finn was the father."

Lord Fairfax sighed in relief and turned to look at Henry. "Well Henry. What do you say?"

Henry looked over at Buffy who was still sitting by William's side looking shocked. She was absently holding his hand and was leaning into his side. William was looking at her Buffy with a look of adoration on his drunken face. Henry sighed.

"I have no objection if it's what the kids really want." Joyce and Dawn both smiled as Henry and Lord fairfax shook hands.

"Hey! Hey! It's all a lie! I don't believe you all are just going to trust some strange woman you've never met before! And she is obviously a servant! I mean-"

Just then Willow entered the room with a sleepy Amy and Riley's objections were cut short as Amy wriggled out of Willow's arms and ran to Jenny Giles with a joyous smile on her face.

"Mrs. Giles! Mrs. Giles! What are you doing here!" she quickly hugged her and started to chat in a way that only four year olds can. Jenny smiled at her and listened patiently. Lord Fairfax turned to Riley with a murderous look on his face.

"Get off my property this instant!" Riley stood up hesitantly, Daniel still had his pistol trained on him. Suddenly, Riley lunged at Daniel and tackled him to the floor. Jenny shielded Amy as they moved towards the group. Lord Fairfax and Henry Summers moved in to try to stop the fight but- BANG. The gun went off and a pool of blood began to sink into the carpet as both men stilled.

"Daniel!" Willow yelled and rushed to the pair. She pushed Riley's bulky form off and found Daniel covered in blood. "No!" She yelled as she began to cry. Lord Fairfax paled and slumped into a chair in shock. "No." Willow whispered. "I love you." There was no sound as everyone in the room tried to understand what had just happened.

"Love you too." Daniel answered and opened his eyes. Willow gasped and Lord Fairfax looked as though he was about to cry in relief. Daniel stood up and helped Willow up as she cringed at all the blood that was covering. Daniel rubbed his head where he had hit it in the fall and looked over to where Riley was laid out. "Wow. THat git sure does bleed a lot." Daniel said and Willow tried to sputter out a response but eventually just gave up adn hugged him tightly.

"You're not dead!" She exclaimed once she got her voice back. Daniel chuckled.

"Nope." He frowned. "CAn't say the same for Riley though." They looked over where Riley was still bleeding with a mixture of relief and pity. THere was nothing anyone could do to help him now.

"So I'm not a dad?" William asked as he slowly caught up with everyone around him, the alcohol finally disappating from his system. Buffy smiled from her spot next to him on the floor.

"No." She answered and frowned slightly at the serious look he had on his face.

"Well, it's for the best really. I want to have lots of Bitty Buffy's running around...but I don't really think the idea of little Harmony's is the brightest." Buffy laughed at this and soon the others joined in. After a moment the laughter subsided.

"By the way...where IS Harmony?" Jenny asked. A question that none of them had really thought up till then.

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Harmony reached the town a while after Riley had left her to go back to the manor as their search for Amy had been unsuccessful. Shortly after he had turned back, Harmony had seen Jenny Giles riding up to the manor accompanied by Daniel Fairfax. She may not be the sharpest tool in the shed but she knew enough to figure that her and Riley's plan had been found out.

Sneaking into the stable after the pair had left, Harmony took a horse and made it to the village. This was her chance. The only way and the only time to escape what her life had become. She didn't like being a mother and living at the boarding house was boring. Mr. and Mrs. Giles were alway lecturing her and trying to get her to do things she had no interest in. Like work. Or learning.

She knew where she wanted to go and what she wanted to do...after all red WAS always a good color on her. Smiling absently she took Riley's stolen wallet out of her pocket and purchased her passage. As her coach pulled out of the station Harmony's last thought before falling asleep was:

"France, here I come!"

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Ha ha! So Riley is dead and Harmony is now a whore (I know what a stretch!) Hope I didn't worry anyone too much with my character death warning!