Kapitel 5: Chapter 5
Alexander told Victoria everything that he knows about the lands that he has traveled on. They traveled through the dirt roads until a farm has appeared in their sights. It brought a huge smile to Alexander's lips as he turns towards Victoria to see her not smiling. He loses his smile and turns back towards the road. He clears his throat, "That right there is mine and my cousin's home."
"Who is your cousin?" Victoria asks politely.
"An odd fellow named Adam Smith. He is always about and trying to become a pirate just so that he can name a ship after my late aunt." Alexander says angrily, "He is a disgusting piece of shit."
Victoria looks over at Alexander, "Do you not like your cousin?"
Alexander shakes his head, "I would never like a man who does not commit himself to be a better man."
Victoria looks away, "Have you not figured that he might not want to share much about himself?"
"Please ma'am, he is not much a helper."
"Is he at your house?"
"If he is than I would need to kick him out." Alexander slows down the horses. He turns towards Victoria, "Do not let him get to ya, he is a ladies man."
"I will not be moved by his words." Victoria looks at Alexander.
"I do not take ya as a lady who would be. Would you like me to clean your outfit?" Alexander fully stops the horses next to a barn.
Victoria scoots herself off the seat before jumping down from the seat, "If you do not mind."
Alexander gets off the cart and unattached his horses from the cart and walks them into the barn. He comes back out shortly and begins to go over to the cart, "You may go inside, if you see a muscle man without a shirt on at this time, that's Adam."
Victoria heads towards a cottage and goes near the door. She hears yelling on the other side and freezes for a second. It reminded her of when her mother and father would yell to her about how to be a good wife. She grabs hold onto the handle while taking in some deep breathes and opens the door to see an older lady yelling at a muscular man without a shirt on. Alexander was right, there is a man without a shirt on. Victoria stands in the doorway and watches the event unfold in front of her.
"Ever since my brother and his wife died, you have done nothing around this house to help! My husband should have never let you stay in this house, you disgrace piece of donkey shit!" The older lady yells at the man.
"And my father regretted of ever being your sibling! I remember days that he hated your ever living being!" The man shouted back.
"My brother would never hate me! We were practically unable to separate from each other!"
"Not from what I heard!"
"Go back to your woman handling self and get the hell out of my house!"
"You cannot get rid of me because at least I am bringing money into this place and you know this! Your husband told me to watch over you and Alexander and as damn hell that is what I am going to do!" The man yells louder.
Victoria stands there as she cups her hands together. Forgetting to breathe as she holds herself still, hoping that Alexander would enter and break up this scene in front of her.
Alexander moves Victoria out of the way and chimes into the conversation, "You know what Adam! Me and ma would be better off without you here! We do not need you!"
Adam turns his brown eyes at Alexander only to see Victoria standing slightly in the doorway, "Look at you bringing home a woman and you 2 call me the sinful one."
The old lady smacks Adam outside of the head with a broom, "Because you are a sinful son of a bitch!"
"Silence old lady, we have a guest here!" Adam turns towards the woman.
"Do not you ever speak to my mother like that!" Alexander yells at Alexander.
"Enough! I have seen enough to know that this place is a hell hole to never be entered!" Victoria says out loud to where the 3 people all stared at her. She felt her knees buckling from underneath her weight as she felt her heart wanting to stop from her wanting to leave, but she needs a place to stay for the night.
Adam looks over at Alexander and his mother before turning around, "Have at it with you all." He walks away before slamming a door.
Alexander let's out air from inside of his lungs as he turns towards Victoria, "I am sorry for that, let's you some clothes so that you may be comfortable."
Victoria nods as she enters the house and closing the door behind her. She hates separating arguments, but sometimes it's needed. She begins to follow Alexander as they go inside of a room to find that there is a gun laying on a bed. Her eyes go onto Alexander as he goes over to pick it up. She backs up a bit.
Alexander turns to Victoria, "You know Ms. Brimswald. Me and my ma heard a great deal about you and the bounty that has been placed on your head. If you are brought back dead or alive, we can be able to live without Adam here." He aims the gun at Victoria, "Good bye Mrs. Harbor."
Victoria turns around and runs out of the room to see the mother with a gun in her hands.
"You will give me a new house without that ladies man here!" She shot the gun at Victoria.
Victoria moves out of the way to feel her being impacted by the bullet. She notices that her arm is bleeding and turns around to see that Alexander runs into the room. He aims the gun at Victoria. He holds his finger on the trigger, but before he could do so.
Adam runs into the room with his own gun and shoots Alexander in the head. Splattering blood and pieces of his brain all over the place. Adam drops his gun as he watches Alexander's body drop to the ground and stares at the old lady who becomes frightened.
"Y-You shot my son!" The old lady yells.
"And you were trying to kill a woman." Adam drops his gun and picks up Alexander's gun and aims it at the old lady.
"Y-You will not shoot your aunt, w-would you?" The old lady backs up.
Adam pulls the trigger and watches the bullet go through the old lady's chest. He watches blood out of her chest as she falls onto the ground. He turns towards Victoria to see her on the ground trying to keep herself stable, but he knows all too well that she is putting up a face to hide herself. He drops the gun and holds out a hand to Victoria.
Victoria notices the hand and looks up to see Adam waiting on her to grab his hand. She shakily holds out her hand over to Adam and grabs it.
Adam helps Victoria up onto her feet and helps brushes off some pieces of brain that were on her. He notices the injury on her arm, "Tch, those 2 always were after a single piece of gold and willing to kill anyone for the sake of a lot of gold." He walks out of the room while Victoria can barely stand on her feet.
Victoria breathes hard as she stares at the scene in front of her. Breathing hard and becoming pale as she feels her knees becoming weak. She attempts to walk over to a wooden chair to sit down on, but she soon falls and breathes heavier as she stares down at the ground with her hands on either sides of her. The floor seems to be getting further and further away from her as she continues on staring at the ground. Is this what it's like to kill someone?
Adam walks back into the room to see Victoria back on the ground and breathing heavily. He is holding one of his favorite white shirts and a pair of Alexander's pants that might fit her. He walks over to her and sets the clothes down onto the chair near them and sits on the ground. Watching her trying to get her bearings about what just happened.
Victoria slowly turns herself over onto her back and sits on her butt. Still breathing heavily as she looks back at the bodies in front of her. She feels a hand go onto her shoulder as she jumps and turns to see Adam placing a hand onto her shoulders.
"I have not been planning on shooting them, but I have over heard them in wanting to kill a rich lady for the past week that 'tis not even funny." Adam says calmly. His eyes go onto Victoria and notices that her breathing starts to slow down.
Adam gets his hand off Victoria's shoulder and stands up, "I put some clothes on the nearby chair, please change into that once you are bathed. There is a tub in the small room that is the second door on the left. Go in there if you wish to hide for now and take some time to process everything. Only come out if you are comfortable." He walks over to the old lady's body and picks it up only to fling it over his shoulder. He walks over to the door and opens it before heading out of the house.
Victoria shakily gets off the floor and stands up. She looks over at the chair that has the clothes on it for her. She grabs the clothes and quickly rushes over to the room that Adam said about. She sees a huge bucket in it with warm water while closing the door behind her. A single candle lights up the room as she sets the clothes on the ground and begins to undress herself. She felt her arms hurt while getting the fabric out of the wound. Knowing that she already needs to clean up the wound immediately. She takes off the dress and her shoes as she runs over to the tub and slowly gets in. She hears Adam footsteps walking back into the house as she begins to clean off the wound first. Taking out pieces of string from her arm. She knows that this isn't her first time since her father was drunk the first time and shot her in the leg when she was younger. That was the first day that she has been called a disgrace to the family.
Victoria stops cleaning the wound and places her hand over the gushing blood as she slowly brings the wound into the tub. Letting the water clean out any lead that got into her bloodstream. Blood got into the water and made it a bit red from the blood. Victoria removed her hand from the wound to let the water clean it up as she holds back whimpers of pain.
Adam knocks on the door and enters the room to see Victoria cleaning out the wound. He leaves the room and comes back after a few minutes with some bandages. He walks over to Victoria to see that she is covering herself. He laughs and says, "You do not need to cover yourself, I have seen the old lady and my mother not wear any clothes while I was growing up. Being naked is a part of nature."
Victoria looks at Adam as she eyes the bandages in his hands. She looks back up into Adam's brown eyes. They remind her of ships that Isabelle would show her, especially the darker wood colored ones.
Adam puts the bandages onto the ground, "May I have your arm?"
Victoria brings out her wounded arm and reaches over to Adam who is picking up a bandage. She feels the bandage going around the wound and being tightened as Adam ties up the bandage. The words have finally formed, "Are you going to report me or kill me?"
Adam looks at Victoria in her blue eyes as he notices that they remind him of the rivers and streams that he would play in with Alexander before they have drifted apart. He chuckles a bit, "I will not report you, I have friends who are criminals and hide from the law. Whenever an officer comes by here and would ask me if I know anything, I tell them that I know nothing and carry on with my day."
Victoria looks down at the bloody water, "W-What would you do if you got blamed for something that you have never done?"
"I would change my name, style, and where I live." Adam eyes Victoria closely. He watches how her reactions are. Her face wants to hide her pains, but he knows all too well that she has some severe traumas that she has never gotten over. A part of him wants to help her out. He gets up from the ground and walks over to the door, "Come out when you are ready. Do not get the bandage wet or I will have to get you a new one so that I can clean that one. Also put on the new outfit, do not wear what you wore here, it will give you away." He turns back around and picks up Victoria's old outfit and walks out of the room while closing the door behind him.
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