A Red Dead Redemption Story

Chapter 256 Meeting Mary Again
After the questioning, Arthur returned to the Saint Denis Hotel. As soon as he entered the lobby, Arthur's eyes were caught by a woman sitting with her back to him.

"Mary?"

Hearing this familiar voice calling her name, Mary stood up. When she turned around and saw that it was really Arthur, she couldn't believe it. The man in front of her was wearing a suit, even though he was still wearing the same hat on his head. The hat was familiar to her, but the man who was completely different from before turned out to be her Arthur.

Well, Mary quickly corrected this incorrect idea in her mind.

Arthur was not hers.

Mary held her right hand with her left hand and lowered it in front of her lower abdomen. Then she greeted her in a somewhat awkward but joyful voice:

"Hi, Arthur..."

"..."

As Arthur took off his cowboy hat, he turned back to Hosea and Charlie behind him and said:

"You go up first."

Hosea frowned. He wanted to say something, but in the end he just sighed, nodded, and went upstairs with Charlie and others.

Arthur came to the seat opposite Mary. After gently placing his hat on the table, he motioned for Mary to sit back as well. He considered and said:
"have you eaten yet?"

Mary nodded and said with unconscious surprise in her pretended calm tone:
"You've changed a lot, Arthur."

"Yes, we are always changing, aren't we?" Arthur said, waving to the waiter who was always paying attention to them and helping bring two cups of coffee.

"I remember you don't like sugar?"

Mary nodded, she didn't understand what her emotions were about now.

Arthur seems to be the same Arthur who was willing to sacrifice everything for him, but he can no longer calm himself down as he did in the past.

Staring at the unsweetened coffee in front of her, Mary asked:
"So you have completely left your past life?"

Did you leave by yourself?Arthur was not sure either. He could only say to Mary uncertainly:

"I thought I left, but didn't? It's hard to tell. You must have seen the news in the newspaper."

"Yes, I just read the news in the newspaper and found out that you are also in Saint Denis."

Arthur picked up the coffee and asked directly:

"So, you are in some trouble and need my help?"

After calming down the uncontrollable restlessness after seeing Mary, Arthur understood.

Mary must have encountered some trouble when she came to see him. She always came to him because she needed his help.

Isn't it like this every time?

She was always the first person she thought of when she was in trouble.

Although Arthur had a clear understanding of all this, just as he had promised Mary, he would appear whenever this woman needed him.

On the opposite side, when Mary heard Arthur's straightforward question, she subconsciously turned her head to the side, as if it was a bit difficult to speak.

Seeing Mary's appearance, Arthur also continued to ask very cooperatively:

"It's okay, tell me, what happened?
Under Arthur's questioning, Mary finally said hesitantly:
"Oh, Arthur...Dad, he..." "Your father?" Arthur interrupted instinctively. After he put down the coffee cup in his hand, he said in a less uncertain tone:
"You should be well aware that I don't seem to be getting along very well with your father, Mary."

After hearing what Arthur said, Mary was afraid that Arthur would refuse her next request, so she hurriedly explained:
"Arthur, I know that my father's attitude towards you is very bad, but you can't blame a father who makes mistakes because he loves his daughter... He just hopes that his daughter can have a better, better..."

Listening to Mary's delayed words, Arthur, who was relieved, smiled and said for her:

"A better person than I was, a person who was not a gangster. It's okay, Mary, I understand his choice. If it were me, I wouldn't let my daughter run away with a precarious gangster. .”

"..."

Listening to Arthur's relieved words, Mary fell silent. She opened her mouth to explain something, but she remembered her previous disappointing departure in Valentine, and the true stories she had read in the newspapers. Fake news, Mary knew, and it seemed it was really too late between her and Arthur.

Just listen to Arthur continue:

"A few days ago, at a friend's wedding, I also thought of you, Mary, or to put it bluntly, I often think of you when I am free and I am alone, but we all understand, don't we? I love you, but my life, my world, is not what you want, Mary."

It seemed that he finally had a chance to say these words to Mary face to face. Arthur continued:

"I still carry with me the letter you left for me in Valentine. Many of the words in it are correct. I used to blame you for giving up on me because of your family and your father. Yes. Yes, I admit, at that time I hoped that you would give up everything and live a life with me that you had never thought about and had never been exposed to. I was too naive to confuse love and marriage. "

Mary never thought that one day she would hear such a frank self-analysis from Arthur's mouth. This had never happened before.

In her mind, Arthur has always been a man who is not good at expressing his feelings. He only knows how to give with actions...

"Arthur, I don't know, I actually caused you so much trouble. I...I should go find someone else for help, but..."

Arthur smiled and continued:

"Am I the person you know who is best able to solve the kind of trouble your father encountered?"

"It's not that I don't love you, Arthur, do you know that?"

Arthur put away the pretended indifferent smile that had been on his face just now, and replied:

"I know."

"Oh, Arthur...we were very, very young at the time and couldn't understand how life would change so drastically."

When he was in Valentine, Arthur still thought about pursuing Mary again. Now he also wants to understand that some love does not have a result. It is destined to be only a beautiful memory and a beautiful experience.

A life with only love cannot go on, and wishful thinking is just wishful thinking after all.

Arthur said with relief:
"Who says it wasn't? Now that I think about it, it was a long time ago. Don't worry, just like I promised you, I will help you. Let's talk about it. Your hypocritical father is in trouble again. What's the trouble?"

"He's been gambling, drinking, and a lot of other things..."

Listening to the unspeakable parts behind Mary, Arthur sighed in a long tone:

"Oh, this dirty old bastard..."

Mary smiled helplessly and said:

"Stop that sarcastic look, it doesn't suit you now, Arthur."

(End of this chapter)