𝗖𝗨𝗣𝗜𝗗𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗜𝗜 ➳ 𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗗𝗘𝗔𝗗 𝗥𝗘𝗗𝗘𝗠𝗣𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗜𝗜

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟕.

Night washed over Scarlett Meadows on a hill past the train tracks, Eleanor noticed O'Driscolls often camped up here by for once they weren't here so she took the spot for herself. She grinned down at the large bill stacks that occupied both of her hands, the cigarette in her mouth falling into the corner of her lips as she chuckled to herself at the sight. 

Before she had set up camp, Eleanor had turned in the goods she collected from James to the fence at Emerald Ranch.

"It's been a while since I last saw you, Ma'am," Seamus had greeted her as she placed the heavy satchel down onto the counter made of crates. He wasn't wrong, the last time he saw her was after the train robbery. "Looks like you hit somethin' good."

"Someone," Eleanor corrected him. "Alden at the Rhodes train station gave me a tip off," Eleanor explained to the man as she watched him begin to organise the goods she had retrieved. "The fool was robbing the Grays right under their noses, stealing from them while selling them off for himself. Man was rich, too much for me to carry but I suspect after the guards checked on him they would've found the stolen goods for themselves." Seamus chuckled at her story, his eyes enlarging at the sight of three gold bars. 

"That's a lot of money right there," He whistled, the gold weighing his hands down. 

"Well you best be able to pay me otherwise I'll be taking my business elsewhere," Eleanor sneered, warning the man to pay her in full. Seamus looked at her with narrowed eyes.

"Of course I do," He grumbled before placing the gold bars down and began to continue going through the satchel. Seamus and Eleanor had a strange relationship. The two worked together but didn't really like each other. At the end of the day though they were both happy with the business. 

Soon enough Seamus had finished, handing her two thousand dollars in bills. Eleanor was shocked to see so much money but it was expected with the gold bars. The two had talked a little longer before Eleanor left, a grin of success worn from ear to ear as she returned to Seyfret, two thousand dollars richer. 

Eleanor puffed out a cloud of cigarette smoke as she stacked the two stacks together, sitting up from where she had propped herself up against her saddle as she flicked the built up ash off of the end of her cigarette. Eleanor recalled herself being over the moon about the robbery on the train, but this robbery was one of the best she had in a long time. 

Eleanor knew she would give one thousand to the gang, the rest would be hers. She wasn't going to risk her life to get nothing out of it for herself. She knew Dutch would be surprised when she came back to the camp with one thousand dollars in just one day. She had to take it to him as soon as she could, riding around with that much cash is dangerous. 

Sticking the cigarette back between her teeth, Eleanor stuffed the two stacks of money into her saddle bag before tucking the bad underneath the saddle, hiding it from the eyes of trouble if anyone tried to sneak up on her. She had decided to camp out for the night as she knew Rhodes would be stormed with Grays and law after she robbed a worker at Caliga Hall. She couldn't help but wonder if they figured out it was her who robbed James. She expected the woman who had informed the guards what was happening to have recognised her, or maybe the woman just didn't like what she saw and got concerned. 

Eleanor laid down on her back, her saddle comforting her head. She pulled the cigarette from between her teeth, holding the burning tobacco as she blew a cloud up into the night sky. She watched as the cloud slowly dissolved into the night sky, disappearing. She then dug the burning end of the cigarette into the ground beside her and twisted, putting the cigarette out. Eleanor then reached for her revolver, grabbing the weapon and tucking it beneath her saddle also.