I DO NOT OWN HATFIELDS AND MCCOYS OR THE DIALOGUE.
Tug River Valley. 2 weeks later.
Meanwhile, Johnse had not taken Roseanna's leaving well. He turned to drink in order to dull his pain and began screwing whores. It was on one such night that he decided that enough was enough. As he stumbled out of the tavern, the whore he had just screwed went after him.
"Johnse, where ya going?" She inquired.
"Going ta see ol' Randall McCoy, gonna git Roseanna back." He slurred as he went outside and fell on the ground.
"You can't go there, Johnse, you're all drunk and crazy." the whore argued.
"I'm gonna stare old man McCoy in the eye." he insisted. "I'm gonna tell him...I'm gonna tell him straight-out."
"You're gonna get yourself killed." she pointed out as another woman rode up. It was none other than Nancy McCoy. She had come into town for a drink and was surprised to find the son of Devil Anse Hatfield falling drunk on his ass.
"Let go of my arm." Johnse said as he struggled towards his steed.
"He wants to ride into Kentucky and see old Randall McCoy." The whore explained as Nancy went over to him.
"I'm Nancy McCoy, Roseanna's cousin." she explained as Johnse moved past her.
"I gotta go."
"They're gonna think you mean them harm.
"Well, I'll shout out, I don't mean you no harm." Johnse offered. "I just...I just wanna talk things out."
"Well, if you go with me you'll be safe." Nancy offered as she pulled Johnse into her wagon.
"Hey, you're Roseanna's cousin Nancy." Johnse said in realization.
"That's what I said." Nancy replied.
"Yeah, I know who you are because you look like her kind of..." He said as the wagon took off for Kentucky.
The next morning, Johnse Hatfield woke up in bed and saw a woman next to him.
"Roseanna's cousin, Nancy." He recalled. "You kind of look like Roseanna in the daylight too...more at night, though."
"I went and visited my sister Alifair yesterday." Nancy lied. She had not visited Jed and Alifair and had found out her condition from her aunt Sally and planned to use it for her own purposes. "I suppose you know yerr once-intended is staying there."
"No, guess the old man is still riled ta Hell at me and her fer shaming his family." Johnse sighed, still feeling sore about the whole thing.
"Well, especially now that Roseanna's with child and all." Nancy commented as Johnse sat straight up in bed. Roseanna...pregnant with his child?
"I'm...i'm gonna be a daddy?" Johnse asked nervously. He got out of bed and moved to change. He had to get Roseanna back, they were going to be a family one way or another.
Pike County, Kentucky
"Because she carries his child, Roseanna believes herself in love with Johnse Hatfield." Perry Cline explained as he had all of the McCoy boys gathered around him. He had come to the McCoy house in order to salvage his marriage prospects.
"Does our pap know about this?" Jim inquired.
"As strong as he is, I fear it may break your father's heart." Perry said mournfully. "Shame we can't remedy the situation before he finds out...if it weren't for Johnse, Roseanna might come to her sesnse and accept an offer of honorable marriage." In that instance, Tolbert knew what he had to do.
"Let's go." He said to his brothers as they all went for their guns.
"Hey, what are you doing?" Cline asked as the McCoys saddled their horses and rode off to find Johnse. "Boys, Boys! Where you going?" As they left, Perry smirked to himself and donned his hat. Things were going just as he planned. Johnse Hatfield would soon be dead and Roseanna would have no choice but to be his wife.
Meanwhile, Johnse was riding himself over to Jedidiah Graham's place when he was intercepted by Tolbert and his brothers.
"Well just the boys I wanna see." Johnse said, unaware of the danger he was in. "You can ride with me to your brother in law's. I'm going there to rescue my bride and make an honest woman of her."
"Just you shut the hell up!" Tolbert gritted through his teeth as he whipped out his revolver. "You ain't lying your way out of it this time."
"I ain't lying, just found out Roseanna's carrying my baby." the Hatfield replied. "So I'm going to get her, seeing as how our daddies are being such horses' asses." This was too much for the eldest McCoy boy as he smacked Johnse in the head. As he fell to the ground, Tolbert began kicking him.
"Damn ya!" He swore.
"Get off of me, Tolbert!" Johnse exclaimed. "Why you wanna hurt your future brother-in-law?"
"I'm gonna kill you because you soiled my sister's honor!" Tolbert exclaimed in return as he raised his gun high.
"I told ya i'm gonna marry her!" Johnse vowed as Tolbert brought the gun down on his head.
"What we gonna do with him?" Pharmer asked nervously.
"We could always take him up ta uncle Harmon's place?" Jim offered as Tolbert picked Johnse up and put him on his horse. The Hatfield defiler wasn't gonna survive the night, he'd see to that.
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