Miss Orléans / Arthur Morgan x OC

17: Faith

The obvious shift in the pairs relationship was obvious to everyone, it would have takena blind and deaf folk to not notice it.

To not notice that Elizabeth Orléans and Arthur Morgan has finally came with terms of their relations and were now acting like love sick teens. Hosea even pointed it out to the gang, causing lots of laughters. How the two were acting reminded him plenty of when they were all much younger, when Arthur was still trying to win the women over even though he already had her heart.

Yet at the same time, nothing has changed in the three days have passed.

Arthur would only spend a few moments in the mansion, and those moments were spent with the kids and sometimes Elizabeth. He seemed much more happier, with him greeting Elizabeth more enthusiastically then anyone else, and playing with the kids often before having to leave to do deal Lilianas situation.

Elizabeth went about her normal day, taking care of her kids, going into her office to do paper work, and to attend business meeting with the occasional time where she would sit down with the gang. Get to know some of the new people and catch up with the old.

"Be kind Javier," Elizabeth groaned, green eyes rolling in somewhat annoyance and agitation, "I was only doing what I thought was right at the time," for some reason the two had gotten into the subject of her leaving the gang. Charles and Bill were seated with them as they were gathered around the fireplace in the house.

"And you though abandoning us was the right choice?" The man in questioned replied, his voice was slightly aggressive. Javier tolerated many things and people, but he did not tolerate traitors, "Dutch gave you a home and you decide to keep secrets and just leave?"

Knowing where the man was coming from, Elizabeth couldn't really get angry. However, it didn't stop her from getting annoyed, "Try carrying a kid and making sure they don't die before they are even born! Constantly surrounded by enemies and always on the run, the gang ain't an ideal place to raise a child."

"You could have told us!"

"So Dutch could have convinced me to stay, and what? Potentially gave my kid get shot in Blackwater! Have them freezing their ass of in the mountains! Poor Jack has been enduring so much and dealing with the life of an Outlaw, have the lot of you fools ever stopped and wondered if this is healthy for him?" Elizabeth didn't mean to get so aggressive or worked up, but she was being treated by most of the gang as some traitor who sold them out to the Pinkertons, "Do you bastards understand that just letting you live here puts my kids in danger? I'm a mother! Those two kids are my world, wouldn't you want the best for the people you love?"

Javier was going to retaliate again, but Bill interrupted him, "Has a point Javier, it ain't like Eliza just left us for no reason. Give her a god damn break."

"You're defending her too Bill?!"

"Look, I ain't happy she left the gang like that, but we're living in her damn mansion! So why don't you shut in your pride and just just accept that Eliza left the gang, not betray it. I'm so damn sick of hearing you complain about it!"

There were only a selective few who Elizabeth knew would understand where she was coming from, and Bill Williamson was not one she was expecting to come to her defense. During her time in the gang she wasn't the fondest of Bill due to his nasty attitudes at anyone who wasn't white. The closest they've ever been was when they shared jokes and stories at the campfire and nothing else. He was one of the first to join Dutch's gang and he looked up to the man tremendously, Elizabeth would have thought he would ha seen her as scum for leaving.

"Thank You Bill," Elizabeth muttered but the man heard her and gave her a nod. Letting out a tired sigh, the mother watched the flicker fires dancing with the burning wood. Shade of green in her eyes turning slightly orange, "I'm sorry for leaving Javier, it was wrong of me at the time. I was just a stupid young girl back then, forgive me because I am trying to do this gang right."