I DO NOT OWN HATFIELDS AND MCCOYS OR THE DIALOGUE.

Logan County, West Virginia. June, 1881.

Roseanna's POV

While Jed and the McCoys were reeling from Billie Jo's strike on their kin, Roseanna was dealing with her own issues. It reached the boiling point one day as she and Levicy Hatfield were doing laundry. Levicy had been hoping to get Roseanna alone, but until now, the opportunity had not presented itself. As they hung up clothes, Levicy finally decided to speak her mind.

"Anderson is a good man." She insisted. "This trouble between our families, well...makes it hard fer all of us; and I gotta tell you,
deep down inside. I ain't got no belief in you n' Johnse being together." Roseanna was floored by this. Levicy had been the one who had convinced Devil Anse to let her stay and now she was saying that she and Johnse were nothing but a pipe dream.

"We can have a union in the sight of God." Roseanna insisted. "Children that weren't born on the wrong side o' the bend."

"No, ya need ta go back to ya own where you belong." Mrs. Hatfield said as she touched Roseanna's hair. "Hey, I can see you ain't a bad person; but this whole thing, it ain't right."

"You asking me to leave?" Roseanna asked in fear as Levicy's face turned sour.

"And don't you come back." She said with venom in her voice. "This bullheaded feud between yer pa and my Anderson is a kind of slow poison." Roseanna fought back tears as she finished her laundry and then saddled her horse. Roseanna knew that Levicy was right and hated her for it. No one supported their union. Not the Hatfields, not the McCoys. The only one who did was Jed and he was busy dealing with his own demons.

Pike County, Kentucky.

Roseanna headed across the river back to the McCoy home. All of the men were out tending to the crops and Sally was alone with the younger girls. She was surprised to see Roseanna back home, but allowed her to come in as she made bread for her family.

"I thought I was finally gonna git married." Roseanna moped as Mrs. McCoy shook her head

"I inherited 500 acres which I would pass along to you on the occasion of your marriage." Sally stated. "But my land will never be
in Hatfield hands; I can promise you that."

"Don't worry yourself now, Mama." Roseanna replied in a resigned tone. "Johnse and me ain't never gonna get married."

"Renounce your Hatfield defiler and your poppy might let you come home." Her mother offered. "You used to be his favorite. In time you'll meet a suitable boy...

"Mama. It's too late." Roseanna said, her voice filled with fear. "I ain't had my flow in two months. I don't know what to do." The horrible truth suddenly dawned on Sally McCoy.

"You come home with a Hatfield bastard in your belly?" she asked in shock. Roseanna wept as Old lady McCoy shook her head. Neither woman knew what to do. All they knew was that there was no way in Hell that Randall would let her come back now.

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