Needless to say, tensions amongst the gang had been high for the last few days as they all headed off west. No one had left the gang so far although that didn't mean that anyone was exactly happy about the fact that the plan had failed yet again. It was repetitive seeming and it was tiring. John, well... John hadn't been wrong about how their luck seemed to continually repeat itself... get money, get ready to leave, lose money and have to start the process all over again. With the way the world was changing, every time they pulled a heist it was only getting more and more dangerous.

Everyone seemed to stay hungry as they traveled, hungry and tired due to the fact they hardly stopped to sleep for fear of the law catching up to them before they made it out of the more civilized parts of the country and away from the towns. They had to go as far west, as far out in the middle of nowhere that they could before they could finally be at peace when stopping. So far, they really weren't far enough west of Blackwater to feel safe. Getting the money back from Blackwater had luckily been a success. In fact, Charles and Sadie had only recently returned to the group with the money, Dutch claiming that it was enough to settle themselves down and more. Celina sure hoped so and she sure hoped that nothing happened that they would have to start pulling heists again. They couldn't attract attention to themselves, they just couldn't do it. Having the Blackwater money in their possession once again helped to lift the spirits of the gang somewhat although John seemed to not even care at that point.

Celina chewed on her bottom lip thoughtfully as she stared ahead at John who was riding just a bit in front of her. It was rough, seeing people lose their faith in Dutch, lose their faith even when they had the money they needed right in their grasp. Bill, well, he had been pretty quiet for himself during the trip so far, not caring to pay Dutch much attention or to jump to his defense when someone questioned him. It had hurt Bill, Celina knew, when Dutch had said what he had about him, thrown the Williamson gang in his face like he had as if it was set to happen. Celina looked over at Bill who rode alongside Javier, what was the future really going to be like for them, or any of them for that matter? It was unclear, painfully unclear as to what waited for them ahead.

Trelawny, actually had departed from them yet again, as he always did. He had left the next morning after fleeing the law after Beaver Hollow. It was better that way, Celina thought, that he leave when he did and go off to the woman he was set to remarry. She was happy for him, truly that he was going to be out of this mess hopefully permanently. She cared for the magician, as a friend would and to have him out of harms way that she knew of was like a gift to her, to know that he was safe... at least until he got his own self into trouble with his schemes which he was most certainly going to do.

Celina stared slowed her horse to a halt as she stared over the ridge they were currently traveling across. The sun was setting, the orange and yellow hues it caused glowing brilliantly against the darkening sky. Staring at it as she faced the west, their ultimate destination it seemed, she felt a shred of hope spark back in her heart. Maybe they would make it.. maybe, just maybe, they would all get a shot at a new life.

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A/N: End of Book One...

I've decided to make the next update begin a new book of it's own, the second book will be called 'On The Horizon' and a substantial amount of time will be skipped over but I will of course cover what had taken place during the skipped time. Hopefully the next book will be up within the next few days... or maybe tonight XD who knows, depends on how I feel lol.

In the mean time, leave me some comments on this book if you would? And let me know what you would like to see in the next update/ second book lol. My guess is that there will be quite a bit of time skips and I need to take a little bit and refresh on the first game. After writing this and playing RDR2, there's no way I can turn Javier into the law or kill Bill lol, it's going to be YouTube videos for me XD

Hope everyone enjoyed this book (I would think you did since you've read to this point) and I am looking forward to presenting you with the next one and covering how the Williamson gang is going to come to be... could very well be some deaths, guys so brace yourselves but where I am going with this book, it has got to happen... bear with me and I hope none of you will stop reading.

Disclaimer: I do not own Red Dead Redemption 1 or 2 or anything associated with it.