Big Brother

Joe and Ben arrive home. Ben walks into the house while Joe takes the horses out to the barn. He walks in and as astonished seeing Amelia cleaning the stalls. He remembered what Carter had said and he knew that it couldn't be true but something inside of his wanted to ask Amelia about it.

He was uncertain on how to bring it up or if he should bring it up. He thought about what would happen if it was true. Would he still be able to see her as his beautiful baby sister? Would he still think of her as his precious baby sister? All these thoughts raced in his head.

He decides to ignore all his thoughts and ask her straight out. Amelia turns around and sees him in the doorway with a gazed look on his face.

"Little Joe" called Amelia trying to get his attention. Joe blinks and sees her looking at him. "You alright?" she asked curiously.

"Yeah I'm fine. How about you?" asked Joe brushing off the embarrassing feeling he had. "I'm doing much better especially after I talked to Adam this morning" said Amelia. Joe smiles and walks passing by her and sits down on a bale of hay.

"I'm sure it helped" said Joe. She walks over to him and sits beside him. "I suppose you have something to say" said Amelia.

"I think you need to not let Carter get to you and make you breakdown" said Joe. "I can't help it he knows what buttons to push and you know how my temper is" said Amelia. Joe nod knowingly.

He turns to her. "What cause you to have a breakdown last night?" asked Joe curiously but more worriedly. "I was angry about what happen before the trial and him coming back but I was mostly angry about him being sent to prison instead of being hanged" said Amelia.

"I understand you being angry heck we all are but you can't let him do that to you. You are too strong of a girl to let someone anger you like that" said Joe. He puts his arm around her.

"Besides if you need a shoulder to cry on let me know" said Joe comfortingly. Amelia smiles and puts a hand on his knee. "How did I get so lucky to have a brother like you?" Joe smiles and chuckles to himself and says "I'm the lucky one to have a sister like you". Amelia laughs and hugs him.

They pull away and Joe look at her with a serious look on his face. "What happen last night when you went to see Carter?" asked Joe.

"Nothing just that he admitted to threatening Judge Longworth and trying to kill me and Adam. He said that he was gonna kill every Cartwright in sight" explained Amelia. "Then I told him that if he hurts any of you then I was gonna kill him".

"You don't have to worry everything is gonna be alright" assured Joe. "You don't know that. You don't know what's gonna happen" insisted Amelia.

"You're right I don't know that" said Joe as he gets up. He turns to her. "You trust me don't you?" he asked. Amelia was surprise he would say a thing like that and gets up.

"Of course I do" assured Amelia. Joe takes her hand in his. "Then believe me when I say everything is gonna be alright. I never steered you wrong have I?"

"No but there's always a first time" teased Amelia. "Ha ha very funny" said Joe pretending to be not amused. He looks at her and smiles. "I love you" he said. "I love you too" said Amelia.

Joe kisses her on the forehead and helps her finish her chores before going inside for lunch.