She woke in the night to yelling. as did the rest of the house, When it came to tempers one could never measure up to the devil Anderson ...

not thinking she entered the room hiding on the steps eyes meet. Will was only in shorts and his hair a mess. the other kids snooping on the stairs with her. Johnsy and Rosanna standing taking the grunt of his fury.

"Maria that best not be you hiding there only in your shift." lavicy caught the girl.

"you're far too old to be in mixed company like that now. Everyone off to bed. The guest will stay in the girls room."

Thinking it was dissolved the next day maria was a little nice to the mccoy at breakfast. she didn't rise and help no she showed up to eat. Unknowing to the Hatfield that she would soon be apart of their homestead for more then one night.

" is that girl truly back in this house or are my eye's deceiving me?" she asked robert e. but Cap answered " no my darling they are not."

"what foolish people." the two boys agreed.

"Nothing good will come from this truly."

'I aint helping him get that bullet out." where Maria's last word before going out to tend to the clothes.

Cap planed on finding a way to be along with Maria sometime that day. He started plotting a way, blocking out the bickering going on.