A Red Dead Redemption Story

Chapter 264 Goodbye, Mary
The next day, it started to rain in mist-shrouded Saint-Denis.

It was not the kind of majestic heavy rain, but the falling drizzle. Under the dim sky, the entire Notre Dame Church looked particularly cold.

When Arthur walked into the church, there were not many people inside. He sat silently in the corner of the last row, and the rain had already wet his clothes.

The priest stood in front of the coffin and said to the people below:
"Good morning and thank you for coming on this cold day."

"Before Mass begins, let me ask Mary Lynton's brother, Jamie Gillis, to say a few words."

Everyone turned their attention to Jamie. Even though Arthur was sitting in the corner at the end, he could still see Jamie's eyes that were red and swollen from crying.

Jamie took out a piece of paper, tried his best to restrain his sadness, and said to everyone:

"My sister, Mary, didn't like funerals, but I still want to thank everyone for coming to her funeral. To be honest, standing here, I don't know what I should say. Mary rarely Talked to me about death because she always thought of me as a child who didn’t understand the world.”

Although his voice started to choke unconsciously, Jamie still showed a strong smile and continued:
"I feel lucky to be one of the most important men in her life, his brother..."

Speaking of this, Jamie suddenly saw Arthur sitting in the corner, and just when everyone was puzzled by Jamie's sudden interruption, Jamie had already stepped down from the front, and he came to Arthur, without any explanation He pulled Arthur to the position where he was standing just now, and then said to the people below:
"For the rest, let the man Mary loves continue talking."

"..."

Arthur stood silently. After looking back at Mary who was lying peacefully in the coffin, he spoke slowly under the eyes of everyone who were either puzzled, scrutinized, or hostile:
“When I look back on the first half of my life, bitterness seems to have formed the base of my life.”

Arthur did not look at the people underneath, but held the coffin in his hand, looked at Mary and continued:

"I don't have a complete family. My parents died young, and my father was still a bastard like your father when he was alive."

In the audience, Jamie held down Gillis who was about to rush after hearing this. He did not let his bastard father interrupt Arthur's speech.

"To be honest, I think I like drawing. If I had been born in an ordinary family, I think I might have a chance to become a painter. You know, I started to mix in the society when I was 14 years old. , robbery and fighting, they almost constituted my entire life at that time.”

"And it was on days like this that Mary appeared, and she became a rare sweetness in my bitter life at that time. She is the woman I love most in my life. However, it is a pity that although we love each other deeply, Because of many reasons, everything seems to be strongly opposed to our relationship."

"...Later, Mary married that man, Barry Linton. At that time, we didn't know that when we were young, we missed a person, and we missed a destiny."

Everyone felt Arthur's uncontrollable sadness, just like in the play, those heroes and heroines who cannot love each other.

Arthur's narration made them unexpectedly learn that Mary actually had such a past.

"When we met again, it was already [-]. By this time, Mary had become a widow. I did not know Mr. Linton, but I admit that I was jealous of him for having such a good wife. Wife, Mr. Linton must be in hell at this moment, being punished for the things he did that displeased her and for leaving such an excellent lady widowed."

"Puff." Everyone showed a quite understanding smile.

Even Gillis agreed with what Arthur said. This damn Linton, if he knew that he would make his daughter a widow, he would never let her marry him.

Just listen to Arthur continue:

"When we met again, Mary became a widow, and I was still alone. Although I said bravely that my relationship with her was an old thing, in my heart, I have never been able to truly express my love for her." Let this relationship go."

"I once wrote in my diary that I feel like the luckiest person in the world and I feel like a fool. This woman drives me crazy. No one can play me around like her. Even though I told myself I wouldn't be stupid again, unfortunately, I think I will." "And sure enough, I did it anyway, and I tried to get her back..."

Hearing this, although Gillis no longer tried to rush up to interrupt Arthur, he still shouted angrily:
"Bah! You bastard, I knew you were going to be trouble!"

After Arthur heard the good-natured laughter from other people present, he also laughed softly, and then continued:

"Mary, she is a beneficiary of civilization and a person bound by our so-called civilized society today. She lives a more comfortable life than most girls I know. While others are still struggling to make a living, When she was worried, she didn't need to worry about whether there would be enough food tomorrow, so she didn't understand the kind of life I lived before, where one meal might not necessarily lead to the next."

"She also doesn't understand why I can't give up my past. After all, the rules of civilization are like a shackles, tightly binding her. She is unwilling to disobey her father's wishes, even if her father is an alcoholic, The old bastard who tricks, sells off his wife’s belongings, and beats her up, yes, Mr. Gillis, I’m talking about you.”

"..."

To Arthur's surprise, Gillis did not refute, but suddenly burst into tears uncontrollably.

may.

Having lost his daughter, he is probably just a sad father now.

Arthur did not say more on this topic, but continued to outline Mary's life. He said:
"It may be subjective to say so, but she didn't marry the person she liked, but married the person the family thought was right, just as each of us is struggling in a quagmire that only belongs to us, life seems to be There are so many choices, but we don’t really get to choose, do we? Mary.”

Although Mary broke through the shackles given to her by life and told Arthur loudly that she still loved him and wanted to go far away with him, Arthur never had the chance to promise her again.

"Our love is destined to be a kind of miss and regret."

Goodbye, brave girl.

"Goodbye……"

The reason why some people are valuable is because they have seen through you, but they will not leave you.She knows your bad, but she understands your good even more.

"Goodbye, Mary."

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　Today is a new month, and I suddenly found that I have been updating for more than a month, and I have never stopped updating (praise me!)

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(End of this chapter)