Danger lurking around chapter 2

Meanwhile, in Hamilton, Lucas tried to call Elizabeth, but couldn't - there was a problems on the line. So he sent a telegram ...

URGENT ELIZABETH

HAMILTON, . RUNNING AG LUCAS

Elizabeth was in class, inside the Jack Thornton School, the one Jack had built as a church school for the community, but mainly for the welfare of a certain teacher. In the middle of the lesson, Bill ran in and handed her the telegram, apologizing for interrupting her lesson, but saying that the telegram had come from Hamilton and was urgent.

She opened it and went pale, her eyes running across the paper and getting paler and paler. Bill had been unhappy with Elizabeth for a long time, like many other townspeople, but seeing her astonishment and pallor, he quickly became concerned...

— Elizabeth!

— Elizabeth!

She raised her eyes in a mixture of pain, astonishment and tears and went on to say:

— It's all right, Bill.

Turning to the class, she said: We're going to finish early, get your materials and your lunchboxes, I want you to go straight home and explain to your family that I had to end the lesson early. I need you to do pages 101 to 104 for Wednesday. Tomorrow we have recess. Dismissed. She quickly put everything in her basket and left the school. She didn't even notice that the telegram had fallen under the table.

Elizabeth stopped by Rosemary's house, picked up Jack and gave her friend a big hug. Rosemary, after more than a year of friction with Elizabeth, stood still without understanding anything.

Elizabeth went into her sprouted house, bathed Jack, fed him and put him to sleep, after which she packed a suitcase with a few clothes for herself and a larger one for Jack along with some cookies and snacks for him and several photos of his father. In her fanny pack she put documents, a letter from Jack Junior, a photo of Jack and him getting married and a photo of Alien Nathan and her together as a family, she also added Jack's gun and six bullets and his dagger, she wasn't going out without protection. Calling Ned, she asked him if she could call Henry Gowen and ask if he could take her to the nearby town where the train would leave at three o'clock. While everything was being arranged, she decided to write to her friends to apologize and say goodbye.

TO ALL OF YOU. ROSEMARY, BILL, LEE, CLARA, HENRY, ABIGAIL, ALIEN, NED, JESSY, FRANK, CARSON, FAITH, NATHAN AND ALL THE OTHERS.

A LONG TIME AGO WHEN I REALIZED MY FEELINGS FOR NATHAN, I SAW THAT I WAS IN LOVE, BUT I WAS IN LOVE WITH A MAN IN RED SERGE AND I ALSO NOTICED TWO OTHER THINGS...

1-I COULDN'T LOVE ANYONE, AFTER ALL, JACK, MY FIRST LOVE, HAD JUST DIED, WHAT RIGHT DID I HAVE TO LOVE SOMEONE IF HE HAD LOST HIS LIFE, WHAT RIGHT DID I HAVE TO HOLD ON TO NATHAN WHEN HE HAD THE RIGHT TO BE HAPPY, I COULDN'T LET HIM TAKE ME IN THINKING HE WAS IN LOVE WITH ME, BECAUSE HE WOULD BE DOING IT OUT OF LOYALTY, COMMITMENT AND RESPECT FOR HIS BROTHER IN UNIFORM, I COULDN'T BE A BURDEN TO THEM.

2-I'M NOT BRAVE. JACK ALWAYS SAID I COULD DO ANYTHING. BUT I REALIZED THAT JACK'S DEATH WAS TOO MUCH FOR ME. I COULDN'T OVERCOME THE FEAR OF LOSING ANOTHER MAN I LOVED. THE FEAR OF SOMEONE TAKING HIS LIFE LIKE THEY DID TO JACK TERRIFIES ME EVERY NIGHT IN NIGHTMARES. SO I RAN AWAY... BUT IN ORDER TO RUN AWAY I NEEDED TO GET AWAY FROM ALL OF BECAUSE I KNEW THAT SOMETHING WAS GOING TO HAPPEN SOON AND I MIGHT HAVE TO LEAVE HOPE VALLEY WITH JACK JUNIOR AND SECONDLY BECAUSE I NEEDED TO RUN AWAY FROM EVERYONE WHO COULD GET CLOSE TO NATHAN AND SO IN ORDER NOT TO LEAVE HIM ALONE I PREFERRED YOU TO HAVE HIM CLOSE AND I WALKED AWAY.

ROSE, YOU WERE AND ARE MY BEST FRIEND;I MISSED YOU SO MUCH THAT I USED TO TALK AND CHAT ABOUT YOUR PICTURE AT WERE THE BEST EX-FIANCÉE A MAN COULD HAVE,THE BEST ACTRESS,THE BEST TO MAKE BEAUTIFUL WEDDING FORGIVE ME ONE DAY.

LEE,JACK'S BEST FRIEND;BUT FOR ME YOU WERE THE BIG BROTHER I NEVER HAD.A BRAVE MAN WHO STARTED A LUMBER COMPANY,JUST TO SAVE A TOWN AND BE CLOSE TO THE WOMAN HE WHY DID I TREAT YOU LIKE THAT IF I CONSIDER YOU MY BIG BROTHER,I'M SURE YOU'RE WONDERING...WELL,BECAUSE YOU WERE MY BROTHER I HAD TO PROTECT LOVE AND PROTECTION YOU GAVE ME,NOT EVEN MY REAL BLOOD FAMILY WAS ABLE TO GIVE ME. I WANT YOU TO KNOW, WHEN THIS LETTER IS OPENED, THAT I WILL HAVE LEFT IT AT THE REGISTRY OFFICE IN THE NEIGHBORING TOWN, AND THAT LUCAS HAS ALSO LEFT IT AT THE REGISTRY OFFICE IN HAMILTON, THAT YOU LEE TOGETHER WITH ROSEMARY ARE JACK JUNIOR'S GUARDIANS, SHOULD THE NEED ARISE, AND THAT THE DATA FOR JACK'S LAND, WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN PAID OFF, IS ALSO ALL PREPARED, DON'T LET ANYONE TAKE THAT AWAY FROM HIM. I LOVE YOU VERY MUCH MY BROTHER.

NED, EVERY PHONE CALL AND TELEGRAM FROM JACK, THAT YOU RAN TO DELIVER TO ME WAS A HOPE IN MY GESTURES AND YOUR AFFECTION EVERY DAY OF MY LIFE, WAS ONE OF THE REASONS FOR ME TO TRY TO GET UP, FORGIVE ME FOR EVERYTHING.

HENRY,ONE DAY I TOLD YOU TO GET YOUR HEAD UP AND MOVE ON,BECAUSE YOU HAD MADE MISTAKES BUT YOU HAVE ALREADY PAID FOR YOUR SINS.I LIKE YOU NEED TO GET UP AND MOVE ON,EVEN THOUGH I KNOW IT'S HARD.I UNDERSTAND YOU MY FRIEND,SOMETIMES PEOPLE TRY TO BRING US DOWN,THE PROBLEM IS THAT THEY ARE PEOPLE SO CLOSE TO US,PEOPLE WHO SHOULD HELP US AND PROTECT US,BUT THEY LET US DOWN TOO YOUR LIFE,HENRY YOU WILL FIND YOUR SON ONE DAY I ALWAYS PRAY FOR THAT,BUT I WANT YOU TO FIGHT UNTIL THE END,DON'T EVER FORGET THIS FRIEND OF YOURS AN ALMOST ME.

I LOVE YOU ALL...