Imagines

Outlander Jamie x OC x Lord John 2

Everyone stood outside Isabelle's room as she was being looked over.

"I could have helped her, I do have training." Claire stated

"You honestly think I would let you?" Jenny stated "That poor girl has been through enough without the recently returned wife of her child's father. To deal with." The doctor came out and adjusted his grip on his bag.

"Well?" Jamie wondered

"She and the bairn she carries are perfectly fine." Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"I do suggest that she rest for a few days and I have given her a tonic to calm her. But other than that she should be up and about in no time. Jenny she is asking for you." The doctor left and jenny went to see Isabelle.

"What happened outside?" Jamie asked his wife.

"We were talking, or rather I was trying to talk to her. She was working." Jamie had his thinking face on for a moment. He sighed.

"What is it?" Claire wondered

"Something Belle said once..." he trailed off. He shook his head at the thought and knocked on the door. He heard a faint come in and opened the door. Both women turned their attention to Jamie.

"Jenny could you give us a moment please." Jenny nodded and left the two alone. Jamie moved forward.

"The doctor said that the wee bairn is good."

"They are" she nodded, there was a awkward silence between the two.

"Not one letter since I have been here." she stated. Jamie looked down ashamed. "Plenty of letters from Young Ian, yet nothing from you." she then got out of bed.

"You said you would look after us, that you would write but nothing, I've been waiting her like an idiot waiting for news of your return yet you said nothing!" her voice slowly raised

"Our child. Isabelle." Jamie stated

"My child! You have done nothing for them since you found out, you abandoned us. Your sister cares more about them than you." she slapped him.

"Please dunna stress yourself and the bairn."

"You being here, stresses me out. Not only that you bring your long lost wife along. That is not even what I am mad at you with, at least you got her back, you had that chance. But me, you didn't even write ahead, you just turn up here with her. What is worse she has no idea about me either." she started to cry.

"You...you are just like my father." she pointed at him ruefully

"Isabelle don't say that." Isabelle's father wasn't a very nice man. He abandoned her mother for another woman and was barely there for Isabelle and when he was it was for his own purposes like to create alliances between friends. Her mother had a field day and threatened Isabelle's father that should he continue he would regret it. Isabelle's mother had more power than her father and she never let him forget it. Isabelle was to marry Francis and no absentee father would change that.

Other than fate.

"Get out."

"Isabelle..." Jamie breathed. Isabelle picked up a cup and threw it at him, it missed and hit the wall.

"Get out!" she yelled at him. Jamie left and Isabelle sat back down on the bed.

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In the early hours of the morning at first light, Isabelle was awake before anyone else. She grabbed some of her things and some of her child's things before sneaking away leaving only a note for Jenny. While the others slept, Isabelle left with a horse and cart. Not long after her departure, Jenny woke from her slumber and went to check on Isabelle, finding her note she said nothing and went about her day.

Jamie and Claire woke up and went downstairs.

"Have you seen Isabelle, I knocked on her door but she dinna answer." Jamie states

"She's gone." Jenny says not even looking at him.

"What do you mean gone. Gone where?" Jamie stood straight not believe his ears.

"She's left, gone to find her family. She must have left at first light."

"Dammit." Jamie cursed, Jenny gave her other a pointed look but never said anything else. Claire looked sad almost.

"Why would she leave?" Claire wondered

"If there is one thing I have learnt about her is that she is stubborn, once she get something into her head it would take the heavens itself to remove it." Jenny commented

"Wait how do you know she went to find her family?" Jamie questioned and Jenny stopped what she was doing, she removed the single piece of paper from her pocket of her dress.

"She told me." Jamie went to take the piece of paper. But jenny didn't let him.

"You brought this on yourself Jamie Fraser. Now that woman is doing what she thinks best is for her and the child, which is being far away from the two of ya." She slipped the note back to the pocket of her dress and carried on.

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Isabelle travelled for a long time she got far along during the day and stopped at a small town for the night. She had heard that her sister and her family were in Jamaica, she would seek help from them till the baby was born at least. She had come up with a lie that if her sister wanted to save face would believe and project.

A few days of travel she reached the docks and  tried to buy passage one one of the few ships that were travelling to Jamaica yet none of them would take a lone woman, let a lone pregnant woman. Isabelle stood a little defeated, wondering what to do. She could always return to Lallybroch, but then there would probably be a storm waiting in the form of Jamie Fraser. She didn't want that. She could find a place to working board, but that still left her with no way to travel for a while.

"Merde!" she cursed  going through her options.

"Is everything alright Miss?" a gentle english voice questioned. She turned to the person who was speaking.

"Pardon?" she wondered

"I asked if everything was alright, you seem a little distressed." he repeated

"Oh." she replied " No one will take me on their ship to Jamaica."

"And why would you wish to take such a voyage in your condition." the man wondered curiously

"It's because of my condition, that I wish to travel. My sister is supposed to be there, and you can obviously see why i want to be there." she pointed to her bump. The man thought about it for a moment.

"Mademoiselle..." he trailed off

"Dubois, Isabelle Dubois."

"Mademoiselle Dubois, my ship is docked here for supplies and we are traveling to Jamaica, would you like to accompany me?"

"Why, why would you help me?" Isabelle questioned

"Why would anyone not, you are a lady in distress trying to reach your family, what kind of gentleman would I be if I did not help." Isabelle looked shocked at the english man

"Thank Monsieur..."

"Grey, Lord John Grey." Isabelle smile at the kind man.