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(Normal Pov)

Dohn was not very thrilled for the fact that his only daughter was pregnant or the fact the father was white. Secretly he was very afraid. He didn't like how whites treated blacks and he did not want any one, white or black, putting stress on Eula for what she had done. His fatherly instinct was telling him to beat the hell out of Forrest Bondurant. His knuckles turned white on the steering wheel. As he drove he noticed the Bondurant's bar was coming up. Without second thought he began merging over in front of one of the gas pumps. He cut off his car and slicked his hair back and then looked at the back seat which had his shot guns, pistols, and his favorite machine gun.

His jaw clenched however and he simply got out of the car. He walked up the bar's porch with incredible speed.

"Forrest Bondurant!" he called out and pulled open the door and barged in. Howard was sitting at the back of the bar and when he saw Kincaid Sr. he immediately stood up. Jack and a woman, Dohn had never seen were at a table, looking up and shocked at the tall, muscular man. Dohn's eyes moved to the back room and sitting calmly in his chair was Forrest Bondurant who was slowly lifting his head at the sound of his name being called. Dohn stood in front of the door.

"We got something to talk about." he said seriously. Howard stood in his spot a bit nervous and Jack and the Bertha moved beside their brother and watched. Forrest slowly stood up and turned and exited the room and closed the door behind him and as he was doing this Dohn had already walked up to him and in one good motion, his fist came up and connected with the Bondurant's jaw sending him into the door hard. He slid down swiftly.

"Forrest!" Howard called out moving over with his fists up but Dohn dodged his punch and kneed him directly in his stomach then punched him one good time in the ribs, a crack splitting the silence in the room, and Dohn pushed him down and Howard groaned and Jack ran to his aid. Dohn looked down and swiftly grabbed Forrest by the collar of his sweater.

"That's for deflowering my daughter." he said and slammed him against the door. Forrest's hat was crooked and his eyes were mad with rage as he gripped Dohn's wrists. Blood trickled down his nose and lip. He would not fight the man for soon he would be his father in law and his daughter was the mother of his child. Deep down Forrest wanted to destroy the older man.

"I should kill you for getting my daughter pregnant and endangering her life further by having these fucking affections for her." he said with annoyance and Forrest's eyes only showed the rage he was hiding and Jack held on to Howard who was groaning from the massive punch to his ribs. Forrest steadied his eyes on Dohn and continued to grip his wrists and Dohn's hold on his collar and the old Kincaid could tell the Bondurant boy was thinking of something to say. After a few seconds he shook his head.

"You ain't going to come between me and her." he said in a low tone, but it was hard tone as well one the older Kincaid knew of. Behind that tone was truth and he slowly released Forrest's sweater and the younger man straightened his hat up and continued to stare at the older man. Dohn took a step back.

"Being a man isn't about how many men you've killed in the war and it's not the size of the gun you carry that makes you a man. It is his motivation and will to die for his family that makes him a man." he said as if giving his own piece of advice to him. Forrest listened and didn't even make a response. He just looked down and then up. Dohn slowly backed away then looked at Jack and Howard before exiting the bar and moving towards the car and getting in and driving down the road to another area of town. He needed more ammunition and thought this would be a good time to get him.

(Eula's pov)

I had spent the remainder of the day in my room simply resting. Arliss and Ray were not home yet and the sun was soon starting to set. I was a bit worried and hoped they would be home soon. I did not want their bootlegging business to take them away from their home life and I also did not want them to get caught. It seemed like Deputy Rakes was taking out all the bootleggers and soon my brothers and the Bondurants will be left…and be next. I heard the front door open and I sat up.

"Momma!" I heard someone call frantically. It was Arliss. "Momma!"

"Oh my god Ray!" I heard her yell. I immediately shot up from my bed and rushed down the stairs only to pause at the last step. Ray was in Arliss' arms covered in blood eyes shut. That was what I really noticed. Mother was in front of him crying with her hands on Ray's cheeks.

"We got to get him to a hospital. Where's dad!" Arliss yelled. Mother was frantic and crying.

"I don't know I don't know!" she yelled. I moved over to them trying to see Ray and I placed my ear on his blood covered chest. His heart was beating slowly. Blood was leaving the wound in his side. I moved back only to see I was covered in blood.

"I can get us a vehicle." I cried out and ran out the door.

"EULA WHERE ARE YOU GOING!" mother yelled but I could not turn back now. I had to run to the Bondurant's bar and ask Forrest for his truck. I ran fast and hard. My lungs were starting to burn already. I was barefoot and rocks cut into my feet and I didn't care. I ran fast and hard. The wind hit my chest and my hair flew back as I kept running. How did this happen? Ray was hurt. Ray was never hurt. I kept running pushing myself even though my pregnant body demanded I stopped. I wasn't going to let my brother die. I could see the bar up ahead and I saw the truck and I was happy but only for a second as I needed to get that truck home. My feet were burning and I looked down to see blood shaped footprints on the ground and I moved up the stairs.

"Forrest! Forrest!" I yelled running inside the bar only to see Jack and Forrest, who was bruised in the face, carrying a groaning Howard who now had blood spewing from his mouth and they looked to be coming towards me.

"Oh my god what happened?!" Jack and I asked in unison. Forrest had dried blood on his chin and under his nose. His eyes were shocked and he maneuvered Howard on Jack and moved up to me. My heart was pounding now.

"Eula, what happened? Why are you covered in blood?" he asked. By now I was crying.

"Forrest please help me Ray has been shot and I can't find my father and we need a car please help me." I replied. Jack lifted his head.

"Your father just came in here and broke Howard's ribs. We think it punctured his lungs we need to get him to the hospital now! Now Forrest!" he yelled. Forrest looked at them.

"Jack shut up and calm down." he said and slowly looked back down at me as if trying to think.

"Forrest please help." I begged and he looked at me with the softest eyes. What was he going to do?