CHAPTER 11

Philip, was making his rounds, the town was still in danger, even with these two men being arrested, there were still at least three more gangs in the vicinity doing robberies and assaults on farmers. Today he would only make rounds, close to the school, the germinated houses and Elizabeth's house, he now had five more young mountie in the cities, and the rounds would be made in several places and more times a day, leaving the bureaucratic part to Philip, due to his experience and his position as captain. It was funny, but even he himself couldn't remember why he was promoted captain, he had already read in his file, he had seen heroic acts, but he didn't remember anything. He wanted to stay as close to the city as possible, and so he chose this route, he would keep an eye on Elizabeth and her students, as he now knew that if any of those children were in danger, this woman would risk her own life to stop them. save them. He was disgusted with what they did to her, that in the confusion she forgot her lunch, and her stomach kept rumbling. It was late when he noticed Lee's car pulling up to Elizabeth's new house. She and Rose went down arm in arm and with Lee, who was carrying a huge basket, they entered the house. From afar he saw the couple trying to convince Elizabeth to go with them, but apparently it was unsuccessful, that's when he noticed that they started the car and left. It was already the end of the afternoon, she fulfilled her class schedule, before going home, she should have been feeling pain, but at no time did she show it and she must not have complained, but she was standing at the door leaning against the frame watching the car go to bed. From a distance, even from afar, Philip noticed her face in pain, her mouth tightened and she rubbed her arms, she was a woman of great strength and very stubborn. Philip chuckled to himself and thought, it must have been this stubbornness that convinced Jack Thorton to marry, a man who was totally against marriage and chuckled to himself. He kept looking at the house even after she entered, he saw lights on in the bathroom room, she should be in the shower by now. His mind wandered as he imagined her removing her dress and then her corset and her undergarments. In church, as he helped her, he ended up seeing her legs, and they were the most beautiful thing he had ever seen, clear skin, she looked super soft, they were well shaped, tempting thighs, which would drive any man crazy, he closed his eyes eyes and from the top of his horse, he had the sensation of seeing her without clothes with her back to him, getting into the bathtub and sitting down with a smile on her face, even from her back he could feel her smile. Philip couldn't breathe, the air was lacking, his heart felt like it would explode from so much beating, drops of sweat ran down his forehead, he felt the scent of lavender enveloping his mind. His body throbbed to smell her and see that beautiful woman there... It was when Duke, his beautiful horse neighed and moved back and forth, that Philip realized he was daydreaming about Elizabeth. It seemed so real, that image of her, her scent and even the birthmark in the shape of a heart on her right buttock, what a beautiful body, it was a feeling that I was by her side... But that's when her penny dropped , he started trotting and said to himself:

- Your an ass. You daydreaming. My mind playing tricks on me, even the birthmark invented it, and so he left, he would try to sleep in peace at least that night.

Meanwhile, Bill walked from one side to the other, the night began to fall, but his sleep did not come. He was too worried about Elizabeth's health and baby Thorton's health, how could he love someone like his daughter as he loved Elizabeth, and besides, now that a tiny flea was behind his ear, he had a tiny, tiny doubt. under Constable Philip. He would go crazy, he needed help and so he decided to walk and when he realized he was already in the cafe telling everything to Abgail; she also found the policeman's reaction strange, seeing Elizabeth hurt inside the infirmary and Abgail agreed with Bill that he did the same as Jack. Abgail was telling Bill that everyone was horrified by Elizabeth's situation, she had never heard or seen this type of situation in Hope Valle, but that Philip did more than a policeman normally would in this situation, he was a beast, every time. times he looked at Elizabeth, his eyes looked like they were going to glare at someone.

- You know Bill... When I arrived at the ward, he stopped me, with wide eyes, gesticulating and walking desperately, and asking me to come in soon and find out with her and the baby, he was crazy with worry about them. I actually saw Jack there at that time. And she remembered Jack's despair when she and her sister were kidnapped by the Tolliver gang.

"Abgail, I know I'm going crazy over this. You know me very well, I've seen a lot of signs. He has several of Jack's maninas, but how he reacted to her attack left me with a flea behind my ear. You know he lost all his memory and no one in charge really knows how that happened, just that he was on duty, and another thing Jack was buried, but the coffin closed and sealed, now that the pain is gone a little I can see a lot of mistakes in that process and I can't get the answers.

Abgail came closer to Bill and hugged him. His surprise only lasted a few seconds before he wrapped his arms around her waist.

- I would so much like it to be Bill, for Elizabeth and baby Thorton to be happy again, they deserve a happy family. And saying that, she looked up, meeting those piercing green eyes of Bill's.

Philip, after a long walk to calm down, arrived at his germinated house, where he lived alone, after a good bath, he sat on his bed and started a small sketch where he saw the sergeant and Elizabeth lying in the field, he loved to draw. After a few hours, sleep came, but with it came a dream... They were horrible images of a war, many shots, screams and many mountie wounded or falling beside him dead, all of them killed in battle. The enemy... It wasn't just one, it was several enemies, because city invaders, arms dealers and wyske, several dangerous gangs from all over the country were together as our enemies, they came together in a way to try to conquer the country with your evil. His head ached, several flashes of people came and went, a platoon all shooting and trying to protect themselves, the orders of a mountie leader could be heard, but he was on his back, other mounties helped him, everyone organized themselves to protect each other, what was going on there? Who were they? His mind couldn't think straight, there was smoke, a lot of smoke, groans and screams, in addition to the gunshots, my face hurt a lot, a lot of blood flowed, my body felt like it had taken a whiplash, his friends in uniform beside him moaning, some without arms or no leg, the guy lying in my arms was dead, unfortunately he passed away. A low voice could be heard in the distance from the captain:

- Get up, take cover, the enemy is closer than we think, and then I felt a horrible pain in my head, followed by a great noise. I didn't understand anything, it seemed like day and night were coming in and out all the time, a lot of pain, his eyes didn't want to stay open, his head wasn't accepting his commands.