Chapter 6

At the house Amelia was sitting on the settee in the living room waiting anxiously for her father and brothers to come home from visiting Joe.

She prayed that Joe wasn’t upset with her. She was just glad that they made amends when they did. She hated that her brother was in jail and that she had to testify against him.

She starts to cry thinking about everything that had happen. She begins to think about how this would affect her family after the trial. The thought of Joe being found guilty and hung was almost too much for her to bear.

She couldn’t imagine life without Joe and prayed that everything was gonna be alright.

After a few moments she had calmed down from her melt down and had fallen asleep and was woken up by the sound of the door opening.

She sits up and turns to see Ben, Adam and Hoss walking through the door and immediately walks over to them as they were taking off their gun belts and hats.

“How’s Joe?” asked Amelia anxiously. Ben takes her over to the settee and has her sit down with Hoss and Adam following. Adam walks over to his favorite blue chair and sits on it while Hoss sits down next to Amelia and Ben on his red chair.

“Joe understands the circumstances and isn’t the slightest upset with you in fact he is quite worried about you” said Ben.

Adam decides to talk about something else. “Joe wanted you to know how appreciative he was of you wanting to go to jail for him” said Adam.

“He also wanted you to know that he loves you very much” replied Hoss.

Amelia smiles relieved that Joe wasn’t upset with her. “I don’t think I have the strength to sit on the stand and testify against Joe” she said discouraged.

She frowns causing her father to be concerned. “What’s the matter darling?” he asked.

“I’m scared that the Judge is gonna fine Joe guilty and hang him because of my testimony. If Joe is found guilty I would never be able to forgive myself and he would hate me and so would all of you “said Amelia bursting into tears.

With that said Amelia runs up the stairs. Adam and Hoss look at each other then glance over to Ben.

“What do you think is gonna happen during the trial?” asked Adam curiously. “I don’t know all I know is that this trail is having a serve impact on this family especially for Joe and Amelia” said Ben.

“I hope they can get through this” said Hoss. “Well what they just went through that night I’m sure they can get through this too” said Ben.

Tired from all the events that had happen Ben and the boys walk upstairs to bed.