CHAPTER 23
Andrew Hargraves already knew that Charles and William Thatcher were imprisoned in Hope Valley. Those two were hard-headed, when they put something in their head no one took it away, they wanted to take possession of Elizabeth Thorton and get the bastard out of the way. Well...Hargraves thought and agreed with Charles, that widow was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen, she had a beauty and Grace that would make anyone envious of having her by their side, in addition to the fact that the family was millionaires. There was the problem of the little bastard Thorton, but they would get that out of the way soon. Hargraves knew that one of his best decisions in life was to meet and befriend Willian Thatcher and Charles, after which his purchasing power increased hundreds of times with certain benefits received, and as a bonus he took great pleasure in helping to get the Jack Thorton of his way, the one who thought he was a hero. If he had stayed Hargraves' promotion to superintendent would never have left. But it was easier to get him out than everyone thought, and the mountie made mistake after mistake and never managed to figure anything out. Now Hargraves was preparing with some of the best lawyers in the country, because they had to get Charles and William out of this mess and if everything went well he would even be able to hand over his little daughter Elizabeth on a plate, this would earn him millions.
Haa... thought Hargraves laughing. "Are you still there Philip? I love your life as I made it. You are in my hands, you will be my puppet, it would be wonderful if you yourself gave Elizabeth to Charles at the altar, it would be an honor I would give you, and I would laugh... Hmm, I think I need to go to Hope Valle, some good conversations with you, my kinsman Philip, and soon you will help me release Willian and Charles.
Hargraves laughed more and more, he loved his new self and everything he achieved with these friendships. Money and power are all he ever wanted.
Furthermore, there was Wynn, hitting this man was very pleasurable, especially because he didn't even know everything that was hitting him... And who would have thought that Captain Nathan would be able to escape from that concentration camp... It was created just for those six men. At least one died, it already gave a good taste in the mouth. It was supposed to be hell for all of them until death and not giving them a chance for a promotion for returning from the war, shame that Jack Thorton died without his promotion, it was the funniest death I've ever seen...
Hargraves did everything he could to make Captain Nathan lose his promotion. Additionally, he had a sister named Collen who was separated and the mother of a little four-year-old named Alien, his little niece. Hargraves tried to make them lose custody of the child, taking legal action on behalf of his father Dylan, he was an addicted gambler and petty thief, but Hargraves did everything he could and managed to erase his criminal record. They haven't lost custody yet, but these last few months that family was suffering a lot, and even Nathan couldn't enjoy his promotion. He threw so many problems into that family, which became a snowball, Collen had been unemployed for months, had two accusations of theft on duty in her name and this prevented anyone from offering her a new job and this was being another obstacle for her to stay with the child. Dylan had proven in court that Collen had left home and he claimed that she was after men, that on top of that she was a thief. Nathan knew his sister very well, he knew she did nothing wrong, but even though he found evidence, she often disappeared from the legal process. There was someone big inside the system, doing some things wrong, Nathan had already seen this and mentioned it to Corporal Gab, his longtime friend, who worked in the neighboring city. They were looking into that and other things.
Gab in turn was also having a bad year, he didn't know what had happened, but as soon as he arrived from the Northern Territory his parents had been thrown out of his care with the claim that the state was taking him back for lack of payment, even with all the proof of payment and document saying that the land was theirs, it was a big fight, until today his parents were living together on an uncle's farm, besides, he loved Collen, Nathan's sister, but he knew that She wasn't ready for a new relationship yet. He saw the marks on her when he helped her once and it made his heart break with pain. Nathan knew Gab's love for Collen and he was very happy for them to be together. Nathan would really like his sister to be happy and find love like what Jack Thorton told him about there in the Northern territories, seeing the love with which that mountie spoke about his wife who he didn't even know was a wife due to amnesia, showed Nathan that true love existed and overcame any barrier. That love was Grace, that Jack survived and all five of us found the direction of our homes and families, that woman who loved Jack Thorton so much, even on the other side of the country, managed to show him the right direction to take. Nathan and Gab had already agreed to go to Hope Valle, try to find Jack and his wife, but a problem always arose, and the two ended up postponing the trip. Both Nathan and Gab were sure that even without memory, Jack would be very happy with his wife, his reaction to learning that he was married before they each left home, they knew that that couple had their love written in the stars. Well that would be if he hadn't regained his memory. Patrick O'Reilly also spent a miserable year, as soon as he returned from that concentration camp his life seemed lost, he had also arranged to meet the five families of the soldiers who escaped together to celebrate their freedoms, after all it would only be a few days' journey for a until the other, but shortly after arriving home, there was an attack and he and his wife almost died, she broke her arm and he broke his leg and two ribs, even though the trauma to her arm was less than Patrick's , he would do anything he could to trade places with her. It was killing him to see his sweet wife in pain, but now seven months later, only he still had sequelae, to walk he needed to use a crutch and thus avoid putting weight on that leg.
Private Simon, in turn, was the youngest of that group who was imprisoned for days being tortured, as soon as he arrived home he was sent to jail, on the grounds of being a war deserter, by his superior Andrew Hargraves. That day, this man laughed so hard when he saw Simon coming out with his hands and feet shackled, warning him that he would learn to obey and be a good boy in prison. Simon was an orphan, he was raised in an orphanage his entire life, leaving to join the police. He only had his sister Lina and soldier Marlen. Lina was not his blood sister, but she was left at the orphanage on the same day as him, at the time he was six years old and she was an eight-month-old baby, Simon fell in love with her instantly and made her his little sister, protecting and loving her. girl for the rest of her life. Lina had been searching for months and trying to find out where the other four soldiers trapped with him were, but with only part of their names she had still not been able to find them.
Hargraves, had yet to finish off Wynn, he was picking off one by one, every man and their family, every one who ever got in his way like Wynn Delane, a man who had the courage and audacity to say in the barracks documents that Hargraves I was no good for the mounties, due to their cruelty and coldness towards human beings, I am the son of a major, the grandson of a major and the great-grandson of a major, and the whole family like that until I lost sight, who is Wynn Delane, to ask them to check my psychology? Then came the golden chance, Charles and William Thatcher, I already had a good reason to end Jack Thorton and a great reason to end Wynn, but these two millionaires gave me even more reasons...
- ELIZABETH! With it I can finish them all off at onceā¦
