𝐓𝐎𝐔𝐆𝐇 𝐆𝐈𝐑𝐋 | 𝐒𝐀𝐃𝐈𝐄 𝐀𝐃𝐋𝐄𝐑 𝐗 𝐎𝐂

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I rode into our homestead. I was coming back from visiting Lenny and Hosea's grave. With so many lost friends, I had to visit graves a lot.

I tried my hardest to visit all of them. I brought them flowers.

I even payed visits to Molly and Kieran. I didn't want for them to be forgotten.

I most frequently visited Sean though.

And with Charles coming back into my life, he told me where Arthur was buried. A mystery that had bothered me for years. I found myself visiting him often now too. I owed my life to him.

I laughed as our dog, Copper barked. "Hey, boy." I greeted him as he followed my horse. I hitched Canela and hopped off. "You been good?" I kneeled down giving Copper a pat on the head. He wagged his tail and I laughed. "Yeah, you been good."

I stood up and took out a cigarette. I placed it between my lips and took out a match. I lit the match with the bottom of my boot then lit the cigarette.

I inhaled smoke as I walked up to the door. I was taking it easier with the smoking. I reduced my use of cigarettes from five a day to three or two. For me, that was an accomplishment. Smoking had always been a stress reliever for me. I couldn't help it.

I opened the front door and walked in. There, I saw Sadie looking around the house frantically. She picked up ammo and placed it into her bag.

"Sadie?" I questioned and she looked over at me. "Hey." She stopped. "Are you smoking?" Sadie asked quickly and I shook my head. "No..." I put the cigarette out on the nearest ashtray.

"Rosa, honey, I told you-" Sadie started but I interrupted her. "What are you doing?"

"I-" Sadie paused and laughed a little. "I found him. I finally found him."

"Micah?" I crossed my arms and she nodded. "Yeah, well- I found one of his boys. Cleet. The small guy. You remember him?"

"Yeah..." I remembered.

"Well, he's down by Strawberry. We gotta go now, Rosa." Sadie told me. "You got everything you need?"

"I guess-" I looked down at my holstered gun. It was the same one Dutch had gave me all those years ago.

I looked at Sadie unsure like. "are you sure we should do this?"

"Why the hell shouldn't we do this?" Sadie looked at me with furrowed brows. "Rosa, you want him dead just as much as I do. Micah deserves death and you know it."

I paused to think.

Now is the time, Rosa.

"Okay..." I nodded. "Okay, let's go get him."

"Alright." Sadie nodded. "Come on, let's go get John."

"John?" I questioned. "Sadie, I thought I said-"

"I know, but..." Sadie got close to me. "He needs this, Rosa. I talked to him about it, and he needs it real bad. This is his choice. Besides, we'll take good care of him, won't we?"

"Fine." I nodded. "Let's just get him killed and get it over with."

Sadie and I rode over to Beechers Hope. The ride was silent. I thought about it all. About Micah.

We rode into their ranch. Charles called out for John. He and Abigail came out. "Hello, you two." John said.

"John. Abigail." Sadie greeted. "Charles." She dismounted her horse. "We found him. We found Micah."

"No." Abigail immediately said.

I stayed on my horse and looked down. I couldn't look at Abigail's hurt face. Not again.