Southern Rose [Gone with the Wind]

The typical tone of a machismo noble young master.

Well, she doesn't want to pay attention to this kind of crap.Most of the inexplicable jealousy of a man is because of his own face, and it does not mean that he really loves you.Ryan has never experienced what "failure" is like, and it is a normal reaction to feel unwilling.

who cares!

She rolled over and soon fell asleep again.

Thomas didn't come back until late in the morning, woke the cook, had breakfast, and went upstairs to catch up on sleep.

"How?" Josephine asked.

"How about what?"

"What did you do to him?"

"It's okay." Thomas said lightly: "He yelled at me like a pussy, and I beat him up."

Josephine sat up, "Beat me? Is he injured? Is it serious? You men, can you stop being so violent?"

"who care."

That's right, he really doesn't care how miserable the other party is.But Josephine still had to care, she got out of bed, called Mrs. Jenkins, and asked her to send someone to check on Ryan's situation.

Before the servant came back, one of the Tellent managers called and begged to see Mrs. Tellent—oh, Mrs. Wolfe now.The manager, pale and trembling, said that Ryan Talent had just died and that Mrs. Talent had been killed by his wife's new husband.

Josephine frowned, "Send someone to Boston to inform Mrs. Talent and Stanley."

The manager asked in panic: "What should I do with Mr. Tarent's... body?"

"Just... put it in the room for now. Where does he live? A hotel?"

"Correct."

"Have you called the police?"

"not yet."

"Don't call the police for now, I'll ask a lawyer later."

She sent the manager away and asked Percy to follow the manager to deal with Ryan's body.Then went upstairs and woke Thomas up.

"What did you do?" she asked coldly.

"What?" Thomas asked in a daze, not very happy.

"You killed Ryan, didn't you?"

"He wasn't dead when I left."

Ruthless guy!

"You don't have to kill him! So how do you want me to tell the Tarent family? Dueling is illegal—" she didn't finish.In fact, for a nobleman like Thomas, killing people is not a big deal at all.

"If you die, you die. It's not the first time I've killed someone for you."

Josephine asked angrily: "Are you killing people for me?" This guy!How can it be said that killing people is as light as blowing breath?

"At least... the first time."

Josephine was very troubled, "What should I do now? The Talents are not ordinary people, they will kill you at any cost, even if you are an Austrian nobleman."

Thomas looked a little more serious, "Don't worry."

so annoying! "How could you not be worried? You killed my ex-husband's brother in less than 24 hours after I married you!"

"Then I apologize to you, okay?"

Beating his chest, "Is this something that an apology can solve? You killed Ryan just because he loved me!"

"He loves you, but you don't love him, he just can't figure it out!" Thomas said contemptuously, "He asked for it!"

He briefly talked about the process of meeting Ryan. It was nothing more than a few words without speculation. Yes, if the force value is not enough, the end is to die in vain.

Poor Ryan!Unlucky Tarent brothers!

Now old Mrs. Tarent was going to hate her!

Stanley arrived in New York overnight.The Tarent family did not call the police, because it must be a scandal, and it would be very disreputable for a brother-in-law to covet his widowed sister-in-law and die in a duel with her new husband.

Stanley, a sickly man with no sympathy, demanded Thomas's life for his own, and Josephine's intercession was useless.He also found someone to attack Thomas. Thomas was injured and had to decide to run away.

"I can't kill Stanley too." Thomas said: "He wants to avenge his brother, which I can understand. If my brother dies like this, I will kill him too."

Josephine laughed at him. "You seem very reasonable in such a strange thing. You shouldn't kill people."

"I have to go. I'll be waiting for you in London. After you arrange things in America, come and find me right away." Josephine was not alone. She had children, so she couldn't just leave.

Josephine sighed, "You go. You murderer!"

Thomas ran away, and Stanley took Josephine to court, demanding Cynthia's custody, and Josephine immediately hired a lawyer to fight for custody.

The mother is still alive, so there is no reason for the child to be raised by the child's uncle.The Talent family believed that Josephine had remarried, and that Cynthia, as the heir of the Talent family, would not be able to grow up in someone else's family.

Lawyers from both sides came and went in court, and both sides spent a lot of money, which made the two lawyers very happy.New York and Boston are also discussing why the Tarent family is now vying for the custody of the young lady Cynthia. Coupled with the news of Ryan's death, people think that it is probably because the Talent family will only have such a first child. It's been three generations, so old Mrs. Tarent must get custody of her granddaughter.

As a result, Josephine was unable to leave for London.

More than two months passed quickly, and one day in early April, the American Civil War, which lasted nearly four years, came to an end.

On this day, Cynthia's custody dispute did not go to court.

Josephine has been very reclusive recently and rarely goes out.Thomas left most of his servants, taking only two footmen with him.He thought New York was too messy and Josephine had too few servants.

Josephine was worried that Stanley would directly find someone to snatch Cynthia away.

Stanley has actually tried twice. Josephine wrote a letter to scold Stanley, and Stanley's reply was very rude, saying that Ryan's death determined that their previous kinship was over, and she was no longer Philip. As a widow, he doesn't need to be polite to her.

Indignant, Josephine wonders why her charms have no effect on Stanley.That's right, the murderer Thomas was indeed guilty, and he shouldn't have killed Ryan anyway.He satisfied his vanity, but was forced to run away and leave such a mess to her.Of course, Stanley competed with her for the custody of Cynthia because he wanted to punish her. She is now a sinner of the Tarent family and is not worthy of raising Philip's daughter.

Brother Charles returned to the United States ahead of schedule and could not wait for his wife Agatha to give birth.After he arrived in New York, he talked with Stanley every day, but Stanley didn't let go.

Charles did the same, "I think relatives are going to become enemies now."

Josephine can't explain: the murderer is her new husband, so she can't get rid of herself.

"I'll take Cynthia and take her to Europe." She frowned, the frequency of frowning was too high recently!

Charles shook his head, "Stanley will not give up. There are no other men in his family, but there are other Tarents. They will stop you and even go to Europe with you."

"He knows that I won't give up on Cynthia!"

"Cynthia's name is Talent, and they wouldn't abuse her or anything. You're her mother, no one can deny that."

The author has something to say: There is always someone who is going to die, but this time the husband cannot be killed.