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"I'm glad to hear to you say that boy. Especially that she can choose what kind of woman she wants to be."
"It doesn't matter, she's Lucy to me."
Angus smiled, "Tomorrow I'm getting you out of here."
"Tomorrow?"
Aiden grinned, "Sounds like a plan."
"Not yet, but it's gonna be. I got to get things rolling, they plan on hanging you day after tomorrow."
"Why wait so long?" Aiden chuckled.
"They gotta build the damn scaffold."
Angus winked and left.
Chapter Sixteen
Aiden fretted about the situation. Then it dawned on him that if someone didn't get word to Lucy, she might come storming in demanding to know where he was. He needed to talk to Angus again.
Angus in the meantime, went to talk to Frank and Gloria. They needed to know what was going on.
Frank opened the door to him, "Come on in, what's up Angus?"
"Nothing good I'm afraid." Angus shook his head as he entered their
small accommodations.
Gloria saw him and came to greet him with a hug.
"Sit down, I'll make you some coffee, Angus." Gloria told him.
There was a small table and four chairs and Angus took a seat opposite Frank so he could look at him and talk.
"Thank you, ma'am."
"Now, tell us, what is going on?" Frank insisted.
Angus looked at them both. "Aiden's back."
"And?" Frank leaned toward him eager to hear the news. "Did he find her?"
"Yeah, he found her. And he killed the men. But that's not the worst of it. That damn Major arrested him for treason."
"Treason?" Gloria and Frank both shouted the look on their faces told Angus they couldn't believe it.
"Yeah. They plan on hanging him. Day after tomorrow."
"Have you seen him?"
"Yeah, he's sittin' over there at the stockade. But there's more I gotta tell you."
"Go on, please." Frank encouraged.
"He told them that Lucy was dead."
"Dead!" Gloria nearly dropped the cup she was carrying. She brought it to the table and sat down for a moment to listen. "Is she?"
