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Do Right By…

Allie POV:

I wasn't sure what time it was, but I knew it was daytime cause it was light inside of the barn. Also, I could hear the sounds of children playing in the distance, so it had to be daytime. I was leaning against the wall, bored to death. Being locked up in a barn sucked. I was hungry and filthy, not to mention I felt like I was losing it since there was nothing to do and time seemed to drag on. Days seemed to run into each other too; honestly, I had no idea what day it was or how long I've been in my prison for either.

My ears perked up as I heard the sound of the barring board being moved from the door. I looked at the door in anticipation as I eagerly waited for Levicy to enter the barn with my rations. Rations I needed so badly right now since I felt like I was starving. Hey, a slice of bread and a glass of water is not enough to fill up somebody for an entire day.

When the door opened and in walked Levicy, I felt so thankful. "I brought ya some bread and water." She told me, shutting the door behind her and making her way over to me.

"Thank you so much, Levicy." I gratefully told her as she reached me.

Kneeling down next to me and handing me my rations, she assured me in a highly empathetic tone, "I'm sure you'll be let go soon since Cap's got Anderson's approval for a divorce."

My face fell as I held my bread and water a little too tight. Divorce? Anse wants us divorced? LEvicy took my bread and water from me, only to place it on the ground. I blinked in order to gain some composure before asking my mother-in-law (well soon to be ex-mother-in-law), "What? Cap's gonna divorce me so I get be set free?"

"It seems so, sweetheart." Levicy sadly nodded.

"Oh…" I trailed off in a sad sigh.

Patting my shoulder in a motherly way, she told me, "He's askin' Sully, since he knows people in North Carolina, if he can find any distant kin ya can stay with."

"I don't think he'll find any." Well, not unless he goes back to the future and digs around on .

"Well, if he does you'll have a place to go and if not, well, I'm sure Cap'll see that you're put up somewhere safe where ya can start over."

Shaking my head, I cried, "But I don't want to start over somewhere safe, I want to stay with Cap. I married him for better or worse, Levicy."

"I know, but perhaps a divorce is for the best. You can't live in this barn forever and if Cap won't go up 'gainst Anderson…well…divorce is the only option." Levicy told me with a sad look in her eyes. It was clear to me that she didn't want me thrown out of the family, but had no say in the matter since her husband was adamant that their son leave me; get me as far away from the Hatfield family as possible too.

"I understand."

"I gotta tend to chores an' the chil'ren, but I wish ya well, Allie." Levicy told me before standing up.

"Thanks, Levicy." I weakly smiled, causing her to smile at me before walking over to the door.

My heart fell into the pit of my stomach as I watched my soon to be ex-mother-in-law walked out of the loft. Oh god, everything's so messed up right now. I just want my husband, but it seems that he didn't want me anymore cause of his dad. Damn Devil Anse and his stubborn ways and extreme views.

Jessa POV:

I felt relatively good today, which was a relief to me since for months on end I've been feeling sick and poorly. Since I was having a good day, I didn't rely on Mary too much. Of course, she helped me with the kids, but I was able to do my chores without her help. I had her focus on doing some homeschooling assignments instead of chores.

Currently, we were in the kitchen finishing up dinner. I was making gravy while Mary was taking biscuits out of the pan and placing them into a serving basket. It was our evening routine, cooking together. Silas and Lydia were in the living room playing with some blocks while Todd sat on the couch, watching them. Todd seemed tired from work, but when I asked, he just denied it. It seemed like Todd was determined to make his older brother proud, even if that meant working himself ragged at the livery at such a young age.

The front door squeaked open, signaling that my husband was home. "You won't believe what's goin' on with Allie and Cap." I heard Shaw tell me as soon as he walked thru the door. "Cap told me that he asked Wall to draw up divorce papers cause Devil Anse wants Allie out of the family." He went on to say as he hung up his hat and gun belt before walking out of the entryway and into the main room.

"Wow. I never would've thought." I let out in awe as I stirred the gravy that I was finishing up.

"I told him not to do it." Shaw revealed as he took a seat on the floor next to our kids, who were playing with some toys.

"Why? You don't even like Allie." I asked while pulling the gravy off the stove and pouring it into the gravy boat I had waiting on the nearby counter.

"I know I don't like her, but I don't think that he should divorce her cause his daddy said so." Shaw told me with so much honestly flowing from his deep timbre as he joined our kids in stacking blocks. Looking at me over his shoulder, he added in, "I mean he loves her so he should be able to be with her."

"You just feel that way cause of what we went thru." I knowingly told my husband as I brought the gravy boat over to the table.

"Yea, reckon so." Shaw confirmed my remark as I set the gravy boat onto the table, making it clank slightly. "I just know how it feels to be kept away from that woman that I love and let me tell you, it sucks monkey balls."

"Shaw, watch your mouth. Last thing I need is the kids repeating you." I chastised my husband as Mary brought the large basket of biscuits over to the table.

Shaw just waved me off. "Oh, they won't repeat me."

"Sucks monkey balls." Silas giggled, causing me to let out a sigh as I grabbed the bowl of mashed potatoes from the counter.

"Monkey balls." Lydia parroted in a giggle of her own, causing me to shutter.

"Yea…and I thought they wouldn't repeat you." I sarcastically told Shaw while bringing the mashed potatoes over to the table.

"Whoops, guess they did." Shaw shrugged. Looking at our kids, he told them, "Great, now ya'll got me in trouble with mommy."

"So, you think Cap's gettin' divorced or not?" Todd asked while Mary helped me set up the table by bringing a serving platter of roasted carrots over to it.

"Hard to say, Todd. Could go either way." Shaw shrugged as he continued to help Silas and Lydia stack blocks into walls and wobbly towers.

"Cause he's so worried about what his daddy thinks?" Mary asked as I placed the meat platter onto the table while she grabbed a pitcher of milk from the counter.

"Yep." Shaw popped his tongue.

"Well, enough of this talk. It's dinnertime, let's gather 'round the table and eat." I told everyone since I was both hungry and tired of talking about Cap and Allie's marriage problems. If Cap was dumb enough to let Devil Anse tell him what to do in his marriage then shame on him.

Sully POV:

I didn't agree with Cap seeking out a divorce at all. I felt that it was a mistake. Allie, despite what she did, was loyal to the family. She was just trying to help prevent a future fight and save Ellison. Of course, neither of us can tell Anse that. He'd have us committed so fast… So, sadly, Anse viewed Allie as a traitor, locked her up in the barn, and ordered Cap to divorce her.

Well, of course Allie can't stay in the Tug River Valley once they're divorced, so it's my job to find any kin she might have. Fortunately, I can time travel back to my house and search the internet. So, once all my students were gone, I locked the doors to the schoolhouse and went back to the future. To my house to be exact. Well it's actually a trailer on the out skirts of Tulsa that Shaw refers to as a shithole, but it always served me well. I just poofed right into my room, where I had my laptop set up along with a printer on a desk.

Quickly, I sat down at my desk and fired up my computer. As soon as I opened up my internet browser I went into Ancestry and filled out some basic information for Allie, being her name and birthday. I was estimating her birthyear, but I didn't check the exact box so it'll be fine.

Of course, what came up was her marriage certificate, proving that she married Cap, along with a few census records. I never found a divorce decree, which I found odd since Cap assured me, he was divorcing her ASAP. I'm not too sure that Cap's going thru with the divorce since I can't find any evidence of it on Ancestry.

Hmm. Moving on, I was able to find some information on Allie's mother. The most important thing being that her mother had an older brother that lived in Western PA and was an iron worker. Hmm, looks like I found what Cap was looking for. Quickly, I wrote down the name I found. Silas 'Sill' Payne.

I wanted to find out anything knew about my son, so I put in his information along with Jessa's. Before anything could load up tho my computer crashed. Damnit, this must be the universe's way of telling me to go home; that I had to live and see my son's future/life for myself.

Meanwhile A Few Miles Outside Of Town…

Abel POV:

After threatening my brother-in-law and shopping at the general store I went home and waited for my wife to come home from visiting Aunt Betty. I liked Aunt Betty; she was a nice old woman who didn't put up with any shit. She was also a very devout Christian, like most of the McCoy family. Hell, even my wife drug me to church just 'bout every Sunday. I wasn't really religious per say, but it made my wife happy so I went. Also, goin' to church meant that I was able to socialize more with my Kentucky in-laws since they went to services all the time.

I made a simple dinner of fried salt pork and potatoes so that Nancy wouldn't have to cook when she got home. Hey, she's pregnant and traveling a good hour or so to see her aunt, so the least I could do is cook her dinner. Hell, before meetin' Nancy I'd never been so considerate and caring 'bout a girl, but it seems that my wife changed that 'bout me. Also, it seems that being with Nancy's helped out with my PTSD and nightmares I have from my time as a soldier. Yea, I saw and done some real heavy shit while in the army. I'm hoping that having a family with Nancy and being accepted by her McCoy kin'll help smooth out any lingering problems I might still have.

I was sitting at the table, eating some food, whenever the door opened. I smiled at Nancy as she walked in. She was showing, round baby belly and all, and I thought it made her look cute. "Have a nice time at Aunt Betty's?" I asked her while she took off her riding gloves as she came over to the table.

"Yes, I did." She nodded, placing the gloves on the table and taking a seat. "We talked 'bout baby names an' the like."

"You tell her we're namin' it after your pap whether it's a boy or a girl?" I asked as she leaned back into her chair, relaxing a bit. Yea, we decided to name the baby either Harmon or Harmony depending on what it is. Oh, the night I suggested Harmony for a girl was the first and only time I ever saw Nancy cry. She was so touched by my name suggestion, so much so that she cried tears of happiness and gratefulness.

"Yes; she thinks it's a good thing t'do too."

"You hungry?" I asked before gesturing to the potbelly stove and adding in, "Skillet's on the stove."

"I et some at Aunt Betty's." Nancy told me as a way to decline my offer of food. "So, what'd ya do today? Help Tolbert or work Uncle Rand'l's fields?"

"Neither. I went into town to grocery shop, but ended up threatenin' Cap Hatfield after hearing some church ladies gossipin' 'bout how Allie's locked up in Devil Anse's barn."

Nancy's beautiful black eyes widened as she shrieked, "What? Devil Anse imprisoned your sister and you're just sittin' 'round here ettin' supper?!"

I cringed at the sound of my wife's shrill reaction. God, sometimes her shrieks could go right thru ya. Before Nancy would berate me and call me a bad brother, I told her, "I told Cap to free her or else I'd be 'roundin' up my McCoy in-laws to raid the homestead and free Allie. He assured me he'll free her and he'll divorce her too." I hope she approves of what I did.

Nancy POV:

My ears perked up when my husband said that Cap Hatfield was gonna divorce Allie 'long wit' freein' her from Devil Anse's barn. My oh my, the things I can do with Allie divorced, disgraced, and all 'lone with just Abel and me as kin. I'm sure that I can easily convince the heartbroken girl to join the McCoys.

"Well, Abel, when they're divorced, we'll be there for her." I told my husband, in turn causin' him to just nod his head. "Perhaps we should partition off a corner with some curtains an' put a bed there so Allie'll have a makeshift room here wit' us." I suggested in a way that'd make my husband believe that I truly cared 'bout his sister's wellbein'.

I cared 'bout takin' down the Hatfields; Allie just happened t'be a key for me t'do that.

"Yea, I'll do that." Abel nodded, shovin' a forkful of pork an' fried taters into his mouth.

"Don't worry, wit' us an' my McCoy family your sister'll be fine." I assured my husband wit' a soft and sweet smile, one that was a bit fake if I must be honest.

Allie POV:

I was stirred awake by the sound of the board barring the door being pulled off. It was being pulled off a bit harshly too by the loud noise that echoed in the air. I lifted my head up and blinked my eyes open while thinking that this is it, this is when Devil Anse comes in here to make me disappear forever during the middle of the night. Hey, that's what always happens in movies so…

When the door opened and the moonlight flooded in, highlighting who was walking in, I couldn't believe my eyes. I wasn't my father-in-law at all, but the tall form of my husband. "Cap?" I called out to him, more or less so he'd tell me why he's here. Was it to tell me that he wants a divorce?

"It's a'ight, Allie, I'm here." Cap told me as he rushed over to my side.

"What are ya doin' here?" I asked him as he stopped right in front of me.

"Bustin' ya outta here an' takin' ya back home." He told me in a 'duh' type tone as he took ahold of my hand and pulled me up to my feet. Since I'd been sitting for days on end, standing and putting my full weight on my sprained ankle hurt slightly and made me wince. Upon seeing me wince, Cap asked, "What's wrong? Ya hurt?"

"I twisted my ankle when your dad threw me in here, but I'm fine."

"Goddamnit…" My husband swore before scooping me up bridal style. "Chil'ren are sleepin' on the wagon. I'll put ya in back wit' 'em." Cap told me as he quickly walked out of the loft and down the barn stairs, carrying me as if I weight close to nothing too.

"Your mom said that you were gonna divorce me, but here you are taking me and the kids home behind your dad's back." I told Cap as he walked over to the wagon, which was parked right in front of the barn.

"Yea, well, I got the papers made up by Wall an' asked Sully t'look into findin' any distant kin of yours, but after talkin' with Shaw at work I just couldn't go thru wit' it." Cap told me, his deep rolling timbre breaking and hitching with honesty, as he placed me into the back of the wagon before rounding it and climbing up onto the buckboard.

A soft look of awe crossed over my face as I watched my babies sleeping right next to me. Captain W. was curled up in a blanket while Levicy was snuggled in a Moses basket. "I'm glad that whatever Shaw said stuck with you, but I'm shocked that he took up for me in the first place." I told my husband as he snapped the reigns, causing the horses to pull the wagon away from the barn.

"I know he doesn't like you, but I think our situation's the reason why he advised me to do right by ya. Y'know, bein' torn from the woman ya love." Cap told me as he drove us away from his family's homestead.

Hmm, who knew he had a heart underneath his black aurora and essence. Shaw sure is a confusing man, one minute he's a hateful bastard and the next he's giving out love advice like some kind of guru. I still don't like him, but I'm grateful that whatever he said to Cap made him choose me over Devil Anse.

I just hope that my husband choosing me over his father doesn't make him our enemy.

AN:

So, in the end Cap picked Allie. Yay! Yikes, how do you think Devil Anse is gonna react to that?