A Life Of 'Shine - Lem Fike

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"Oh Arthur- Arthur's back. He's back!" Abigail cheered. Nora watched the female as she hugged Arthur, smiling to herself while the other Van Der Linde gang members had greeted the enforcer's return.

It was now did she realised everyone had slipped into that one building with Arthur, talking with him as he came back from his trip, leaving her alone outside in the swampy air.

She did not mind, not at all. It was now with this new found silence did she have a chance to concentrate and focus on that previous conversation with Javier, linking it to Abigail's warning and then too what she thought of Micah. From what she had known of him, Mr. Bell was that of "pleaser". He would always try and agree with Dutch's plans- without any concerns or regards for others involved.

She remembered an encounter during one of her visits where Dutch had mentioned Micah being the only one left with loyalty. How he would never second guess Dutch and was always willing to go along with the leader's plans and as she recalled, it was Micah's idea to rob that ferry in Blackwater that eventually led to this downfall, this mess of events.

She didn't trust him at all, even when she wanted due to not knowing the man well enough there was this slightest feeling she could not shake around him. This feeling was indescribable, but it was a bitter one; or close too and now with all that went on she grew more concerned for this group. Perhaps, when she had time she could pull Arthur Morgan away from the other's to express her concerns in private.

For now she was to sit in silence just outside of the old building the other's were staying in. She felt it rude to disrupt their reunion and decided against walking inside to make her presence known, she was no Van Der Linde gang member so for now she was too wait until someone were to join her; or wait until nightfall where she could sneak inside and sleep.

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"You gonna us, Miss Morgan?" Nora had grown so used to the quiet out here that this new person talking with her caused her to visibly jump. She looked besides her, eyes straining in the harsh sunlight but was able to see well enough to make out it was Arthur Morgan who had joined her.

"I have no place in there, not for now, Arthur. Go back; join your family."

Arthur gave off something close to a chuckle but it was untimely stopped by a coughing fit he could not help but have. She frowned, focusing on the state he had come back in.

"Are you alright, Mr Morgan? You do not seem well."

"I'm fine, just Guarma I s'pose."

"Guarma?"

"Yeah, washed up there. Was meant to be headin' towards the south pacific but Guarma was where we ended up."

She frowned, seeing how unwell he appeared worried her but she was not one to pry into a man's health and would have to take his word for it.

"So, why are you out here anyway?" He asked, joining her to sit down. She shrugged at first, unsure of an answer to the question, although they both were aware she had something to say in response.

"Guess it's just a matter of,, feelin' like I would be intrudin' if I joined y'all. It where I'm s'posed to be for now, go back inside. Those people really missed you, don't wanna waste your time talkin' too me."

Arthur sighed, gently patting Nora's knee before moving his hand to rest upon his own. She forced a smile, an act to reassure Arthur that she was alright with just sitting out here but he was not leaving, not moving to join the others.

"Don't mind my company then, Miss Morgan."

"You're stayin' out here?"

"If that is okay with you; I do not wish to intrude."