States' RPs

[No More Pretending]

He took his half of the money and threw the car into park, hopping out and running to find Cecelia.


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She caressed his cheek with her thumb and palm. "It's not okay... You're grieving still."

 

[SweeterThanSyrup]

Jasper followed him quickly, getting another text that told him exactly where hey needed to go. "This way" he took the lead. When he found the spot it was nothing but a dark old basement type place. Across the room he saw Cecelia tied up to a pipe near the top of the wall, being forced to stand when she obviously needed to lay down. She was covered in blood now in addition to her clothes being ruined.


A man with a mask stepped out then, twirling a surgical scalpel in his fingers "Do you have my stuff?" He asked casually


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Texas forced a small laugh "Really it's fine....ain't like I can do nothin bout it now....happened a long time ago..."

 

[No More Pretending]

He tossed him the cash. "Your record is in the process of being reviewed and cleaned."


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She pouted. "But you're still sad."

 

[SweeterThanSyrup]

He nodded and caught the bag of cash. "Thanks. Now you can have her" he said, slipping away into the darkness and was gone quickly.


Cecelia lifted her head weakly to look at the two of them, fear and tears in her eyes as she weakly started struggling in the hopes to get free and run away


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Texas nodded a little bit, trying to push back the unwanted memories again

 

[No More Pretending]

"Let's get you fixed up," he said softly, picking her up bridal style. He laid her in the back seat of their car and walked to the trunk, patching her wounds up carefully.


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She pulled him down into a gentle hug, holding loosely enough for him to pull away any time he wanted to.

 

[SweeterThanSyrup]

Cecelia was flinching each time he touched her, sniffling and crying still.


Jasper frowned slightly at a particularly wide cut on her side. "Carter, how deep is that? He might a stolen a kidney" he frowned deeper


"He did" she whined


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Texas hugged her back. He hadn't ever told anyone how upset he was about that horse. He had just drunk his feeling away and everyone assumed that was it. But he couldn't put it behind him. That was the reason he didn't have a new horse yet

 

[No More Pretending]

He growled. "That rat bastard..."


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She held him close.

 

[SweeterThanSyrup]

Cecelia sniffled "I just want Abigail.....just take me to Abigail..."


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Texas pulled away after a moment, rubbing his eyes for a second before trying to force a smile

 

[No More Pretending]

"She's in prison," Carter explained. "Getting interrogated about your whereabouts and the location of the stolen jewels."


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"It's easier to be sad for a while so you can be happy later."

 

[SweeterThanSyrup]

Cecelia started sobbing hysterically "No I want Abigail!" She wailed "I n-need her!"


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Texas smiled weakly and had to run more tears out of his eyes "I'm alright" he murmured "Boys ain't suppose ta cry.."

 

[No More Pretending]

"Jas... Go see if you can round her up or somethin..." Carter said.


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"That's bull shit," she said. "My father cries, and he's the toughest man alive!"

 

[SweeterThanSyrup]

Jasper sighed but left to to get her


Cecelia sat up, scooting away from him despite how bad it hurt to move


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Texas shrugged "Yeah, well my dad befer I was Texas told me boy don't cry" he replied "Course...he was a drunk bastard..." He shook his head and ran a hand through his hair.

 

[No More Pretending]

"I'm not gonna hurt you this time, I swear."


When he got there, she was just being taken out of the interrogation room. Her face was battered and her leg was bleeding through the bandages because the interrogator used the injury against her.


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"Well don't listen to him, then."

 

[SweeterThanSyrup]

Cecelia looked away, still trying to get further from him but she was out of room to move away


Jasper frowned as he approached, ignoring a greeting from the interrogator and instead made a quick grab for his arm, twisting it around to nearly the breaking point and pushed him against the wall "She's mine again" he huffed "I need her fer somethin'"


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Texas nodded a bit "Alright"

 

[No More Pretending]

He sighed, staying where he was.


The interrogator hesitantly agreed. Abigail, however, was not so compliant. She glared at him with the eye that wasn't swollen shut.


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She smiled.

 

[SweeterThanSyrup]

Jasper frowned as he pulled her along "Stop that, 's about yer little gal pal, she needs ya"


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Texas smiled back

 

[No More Pretending]

"Because of you, I bet," she snapped, stumbling. She was barely able to hold her own weight, but was hiding it.


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A man came in and handed her a letter. Her face lit up.

 

[SweeterThanSyrup]

Jasper rolled his eyes and picked her up, carrying her over his shoulder as he brought her back to where Cecelia was


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Texas tilted his head at her

 

[No More Pretending]

She glared.


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She smiled. "A letter from the eastern front... My fiancé is stationed there."

 

[SweeterThanSyrup]

Jasper carried her into the ship and set her down, uncuffing her


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Texas felt his heart sink a little bit "Ah, well open it!" He said with well concealed dissipointemnt

 

[No More Pretending]

She rubbed her wrists.


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Berlin opened the letter. "Wait... That can't be right..." She said softly, feeling her chest tighten in a pure rush of panic. He was gone? Just like that? "He promised he'd be careful..."

 

[SweeterThanSyrup]

Cecelia had cowered into a corner, whimpering and crying


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Texas tilted his head more and looked at her worriedly. "What's wrong?" He asked, though he had a bad feeling he already knew what was wrong

 

[No More Pretending]

She saw her. "WHAT DID YOU DO TO HER??"


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"He's gone."

 

[SweeterThanSyrup]

"Nothin!" Jasper snapped back "Some ass hole called us up sayin' he was gonna kill her unless we paid him and wiped his record so we fuckin did!" He huffed "He did that ta her!"


Cecelia winced at he yelling


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Texas felt his chest tighten a little, he felt awful that she had lost someone so important but at the same time now he had a chance again. "I'm so sorry, Berlin...."

 

[No More Pretending]

She tensed.


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She felt hot tears bubble into her eyes. "He said he'd be back, and we'd get married and we'd be okay... We'd have a family..."