Southern Rose [Gone with the Wind]

The man's expression remained unchanged, and he still smiled, but that smile was malicious and full of threats. "It's a pity that I didn't die. Are you sorry?"

"You are dead, I buried you." Josephine tried to be calm, but her white knuckles gave her away.

"Then, perhaps I am really dead, and now my ghost is coming to you."

Josephine took a step back in a panic, reaching out and grabbing Rhett's sleeve tightly.

Rhett glanced at the man: he had seen Wolfe and Terent, and this man must be Hastings.

Well, I didn't expect the damned person to be alive.He suddenly understood why Josephine had been preoccupied and restless these days.

"Mr. Hastings." He held out his hand calmly.

Raphael Hastings glanced at him coldly, and Rhett was startled at that moment: This guy!It is by no means a simple character!Ordinary people would never have such cold eyes that seemed to freeze others.

"Go away! I'm talking to my wife, what are you?"

Rhett choked for breath: Damn it!

"Your wife?" He also said coldly: "She is Mrs. Wolfe now, and she will soon become Mrs. Butler. As a dead person, you are too arrogant!"

Josephine just wanted to clap her hands!

Raphael ignored him, "I'm here to take back my property. Josephine, I don't need to hold you accountable for wanting to kill me, but you ran away with my money and my son, which shouldn't be."

Josephine snorted, "Since you are not dead, why did you come to me after so many years?"

"You took my money, I always need some money to come to you..." Raphael approached her with a mocking smile, "It seems that you have a good life after I died. Tell me, How many husbands have you lost?"

Rhett was puzzled and Scarlett was completely stunned.

As for Josephine, her complexion changed, and she shouted sharply: "You are dead, you have nothing to do with me marrying someone else!"

"I don't care how many times you remarry. What I'm asking is how many husbands you have died."

Scarlett laughed heartlessly, "Ha", "Several."

Rhett glared at her angrily, "Scarlett!"

"Miss Scarlett, please leave, this is a family matter between me and Josephine." Raphael was polite.

Scarlett made up her mind to watch the whole scene, "I'm Josephine's cousin, I think I'm qualified—" She was suddenly stunned: Is she qualified?No matter, she just wants to stay.

Raphael didn't seem to care much about her, "It's up to you. But, don't interrupt me any more, I don't like it, and Josephine doesn't like it even more."

He glanced at Rhett Butler, "As for you, Mr. Butler, you should be glad that you haven't become her husband yet, so you escaped the fate of death."

"You misunderstood Josephine."

"Really? You should ask her why she thinks I died in India with nothing left? And why did I die?"

"It's because you deserve it!" Josephine took another step back and hid behind Rhett, "You, you...I—"

"You don't want to marry him, do you?" Rhett pondered. Josephine has never been afraid of anything, or at least, she has never been afraid of being alone. When she married Hastings, it seemed Only 16 years old?And the Robillards didn't know she was married in France until she gave birth to Victor.This is an incredible thing: which husband with a certain social status would not let his wife inform his biological parents?This is too disrespectful!

The only reasonable explanation is that Josephine did not want to marry Hastings, so Hastings forced her to marry until she had a child and she could no longer "leave".

Josephine whispered, "He pushed me and locked me up."

It's so sad.Rhett immediately realizes that Hastings isn't exactly a "good guy," which can be tricky.If he followed his own way, he would never come to his "ex-wife" alone to settle accounts.

——Today is their wedding, and all the close relatives and friends who came here, if... Hastings uses some harsh methods, it is hard to say what will happen.

Raphael Hastings smiled slightly, "Josephine, you are not honest enough to say that. Can you be honest, have I really locked you up? For example, today, I can completely lock you up when the priest asks you if you want to Show up again when you want, so that others will know that you are a woman who kills her husband, a woman with a heart of snakes and scorpions, and you can no longer disguise yourself as a pure white camellia. Am I treating you badly? You honestly."

"It's not me! I never said I wanted you dead." Josephine was a little impatient. "Even if you didn't imprison me, but you took me to such a remote place, I couldn't get out of the forest even if I broke my leg. What's the difference between imprisoning me?"

Raphael was noncommittal, "I never violated your wishes. If you said you didn't want to at the wedding, I would never stop you from leaving. But you didn't say it, which means you love me the same."

Josephine said angrily: "The devil wants to love you! I don't love you at all, I only love you—" She stopped suddenly.

Rhett had already understood: what these two people said may not be true, and Josephine might love Hastings' money more.

Raphael is not an idiot either, he looked rather lonely for a moment, "Yeah, you only love my money. Well, my patience is limited, before I lose my patience, you leave with me."

"No." Josephine said angrily: "You are dead, I want to marry someone else. Rhett—"

Reed said: "Mr. Hastings, this matter should be between you and me. I think we can find a better way to resolve it."

Raphael squinted at him, and said contemptuously, "Who are you? This is between me and Josephine, don't say you are not her 'husband' yet," he deliberately emphasized the word "husband" Pronunciation, "Even if you are married to her, she can leave you at any time if she wants. You are stupid, you don't understand, no one can force Josephine, she has a bad temper, and will not allow a little disrespect .”

It was true that the Robillards had said that Josephine had a bad temper, but he had never experienced it.Rhett wanted to have a "conversation between men" with Hastings, but Hastings ignored him at all.

He is also considered to be a leader in the social field, but this situation is really difficult. If it is other women, he will not care what they think, and they will think that he is a real man if he comes out to settle this kind of thing.This is also the consensus of southern ladies, but is Josephine a real southern lady?Will Josephine allow him to duel Hastings to decide where she "belongs"?

Then he thought that Hastings "died" in India, and Josephine had nothing to do with it on the surface.Or tempted others to do it?

Is that super rich Thomas Wolfe?

Rhett's mind was spinning wildly.

And Josephine has decided to run away.

"Red, what should I do?" Josephine's voice trembled, "Don't let me go with him, he hates me, he will kill me. I don't want to die..."

She was so frightened that her face turned pale, tears were about to drop, she was so pitiful and pitiful, which made people feel sympathetic.

"Don't be afraid. Do you want me to deal with him privately?"

Josephine nodded wildly, then shook her head again, "He won't, he would rather kill you in front of me, just to tell me that I can't escape."

Rhett felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't think of it for a while.

"It's not that easy to kill me." He said conceitedly, "So, are you willing to let me help you?"

Josephine whispered in his ear: "He's dead, and theoretically you can't kill a dead person again."

Rhett smiled, "I know."

At this moment, he realized that something was wrong: Josephine wanted Hastings to die wholeheartedly, and she didn't mind letting others do it; and Hastings wanted to get her back, of course he would not kill her, but Will kill him as a stumbling block.

Oops!He thought maybe he would die today.

Hastings has a physical advantage, being a little taller than him; he also has a "moral" advantage, being Josephine's first husband.This gave Hastings a mental edge that made him feel unashamed.

no.He thought to himself, he couldn't just lose in momentum.Josephine is unwilling to return to Hastings, and he is unwilling to lose her. The best way is of course to "dissuade" Hastings from leaving, no matter actively or passively.

Raphael sneered, "What? Do you think you are qualified to duel with me?"

Josephine rushed to answer: "Eligible!"

"Don't mess around, Josephine." Raphael stretched out his hand, "Come here. I have been busy running for my life and making money these past few years, just so that when I see you again, I won't be a penniless poor ghost. I see you Pass Victor, I'm glad you raised him well. And your daughter, I'll love her like my own daughter. I'm not going to help you raise Wolfe's kids, though. As long as you Come back to me, and I promise you, that child will not be killed."

Josephine glared at him angrily, "You always regard yourself as my master, you own me and my children, this is bullshit! I thought you should learn to change after you died once, if you haven't changed at all , why do you think that I am still willing to come back to you?"

"If you don't come back, I'll kill Wolfe's child. And maybe your daughter too."

Josephine took out a revolver from nowhere, pointed at Raphael, "Get lost!"

People in the auditorium were talking and laughing, waiting for the wedding ceremony to begin, and hardly anyone noticed that the doors of the auditorium were closed.

A gunshot stunned everyone.

Most of the men had been on the battlefield and were no strangers to gunshots, so they quickly determined the direction of the gunshots: the room behind the altar, the bride's lounge.

Charles quickly walked over, only to find that the door next to the altar was locked.

When the men broke open the door with all their strength, they hurried to the bridal lounge, only to find that the bride was gone.

The groom was gone too.

Only Scarlett stood there with a pale face and said nothing.

And a pool of blood on the floor.

The Robillard family was stunned at first, and then panicked: "Josephine? Josephine! Who knows what happened?!"

The daughter of the Robillard family never appeared in the United States again. It was rumored that she eloped with someone to Europe, or India, or the Far East; others said that Josephine was killed by Captain Butler, and Robbie The Ladd family did call the police, and Rhett Butler was indeed the first to come under suspicion.

Scarlett was severely frightened, and she did not tell the story of the day until a few days later, but she only knew part of it: Josephine's first husband, Hastings, was not dead, he asked Josephine to go with him, and Josephine was unwilling and shot and wounded Hastings; Butler took Josephine away, and Hastings chased him out.What happened after that?She couldn't imagine it at all.

A year later, the Robillard family received a letter from Josephine, asking his brother Charles to send the three children to Lisbon.

Lisbon faces the sea, and Josephine has a three-story villa by the sea.

The villa is a building hundreds of years ago. The exterior walls are being repaired, climbing plants are cleaned, and damaged walls and masonry are repaired.

The carriage stopped outside the door, and Charles Robillard got out first, followed by Emile Robillard.

The children got out of the carriage one by one, first Victor, then Cynthia, and finally, the nanny picked up Tom, who was not yet two years old.

Cynthia raised her face, “Grandma, is this where mother lives?”

"I think so."

"Where's the mother?"

The door was half opened, and a man who looked like a housekeeper came out, "Mrs. Robillard. Mr. Robillard."

"Where's your wife?" Charles asked.

The door is magnificent.

The dark wooden floor has been around for a long time, and carpets are laid everywhere. The carpets are brand new, thick and with complex patterns; luxurious.

The maid led Emile and the children upstairs, while the master was standing on the top of the stairs.

"Mr. Hastings." Emile was a little nervous.

"Call me Raphael." Raphael Hastings smiled amicably, "Josephine is in her room. She has not been feeling well these days and hasn't gotten up yet. Victor, my son, Come here and let me see you."

Victor looked at his grandmother cautiously.

"Go, this is your father." Emile nodded to him.

Victor followed Raphael downstairs, turning his head every step, "I want to see my mother first."

"Wait a while, let grandma talk to mother first." Raphael said in a gentle voice, "Look, you are a big boy now. You don't remember me. I am your father. When you were young, I went to India."

"Mother said . . . that you were dead."

"Your mother wrote to Savannah about me. What did your grandmother tell you?"

"Grandmother said you were... injured and never made it back to Paris. Then Mom took me back to Savannah and you didn't know where I was. Is that so?"

"Almost. Are you happy that I'm not dead?"

Victor nodded solemnly, "I'm very happy. Before... I still remember Katie and Edgar, they called me for not having a father, being a - a 'bastard', I don't know what that means, but I know That's not a good word, and I'm sorry. Are you really my father, sir?"

"Yes, my child."

Victor sighed softly.

Raphael didn't ask him why he sighed.

"From now on, you will live with us, and Cynthia."

Victor asked puzzledly: "Where is Tom? Isn't he with us?"

"His father is going to pick him up."

Victor felt distressed and empathized, "He is so young! Would mother be willing to send him away?"

"Probably reluctant."

"Can't I see him again?"

"When you grow up, you can go to Vienna to see him."

"Can't mother go and see him?"

"No."

Victor bit his lip: Will mother accept it?The mother doesn't seem to like her children very much, but she said that she loves every child; other mothers love their children, and she does the same, but she doesn't know how to love them.well!Mother is a bit stupid.

Can she accept "losing" a child?he does not know.

"Okay, this is an adult's business, you don't have to worry. You are my son, my heir, and I will teach you well from today on."

Josephine sat on the balcony in her nightgown.

"Mother."

Emile walked over quickly, "How are you? Your complexion is not very good, are you sick?"

"No." Josephine smiled bitterly, "I'm pregnant again."

Emile was deeply distressed, "What's going on? I thought...he died in India a long time ago."

"Yeah, I thought so too."

"I don't like him, and I'm even afraid of him." Emile whispered, "Is... is he still the same as before?"

"Changed a little bit." Josephine sighed.

"So... you... now... what do you think?"

"That's it. It's not bad now, what will happen in the future... Let's talk about it in the future."

"Is it okay for you to pick up the children?"

"No problem. The Duke sent someone to pick up Tom. Raphael is unwilling to raise Thomas' child, but he doesn't mind the dead man's child."

Emile sighed in his heart: Poor Philip!

"I can't bear Tom, don't send him away. I can rent a villa nearby, and you can go to see him when you are free. How pitiful it is for a child without a mother!"

"Mother, I don't want to send him away, but I have no choice. I have to agree to one of his requests before he can agree to one of mine. Besides, he is only going to Vienna, and I can visit him whenever I want. Mother— —” Josephine hesitated to speak.

It wasn't until the dinner that Emile realized what kind of request Hastings had agreed to - Rhett Butler was also at the dinner table!

Emile Robillard was shocked!

(End of text)

The author has something to say: Alright, it's over, Sahua!

In fact, the ending has been thought of long ago, but it seems that Rhett Butler is not quite like the hero, which is a bit bad.

Before writing the article, I didn’t expect that the issue of political correctness in foreign countries would also be a problem in Jinjiang. The author was quite surprised and affected.I need to review it here. In the future, writing articles should try not to be influenced by readers.

The story can't be finished, and it's okay to write another 50 words, but I don't want to write it anymore, it's annoying.

The hostess is not a good person, so she urged Thomas to send someone to assassinate Raphael, but Raphael survived and came back to find his wife.Quite simple. (The author's brain is limited and he can't handle complicated plots).

In the original book, it was written that Scarlett didn't want to have another child, and there was no good way to do it. She just refused to let Rhett into her room, and in fact separated the beds.Rhett is not an affectionate man, in fact, he often talks to women who have lost their way, and has an illegitimate child.Scarlett thought that she loved Ashley almost from the beginning to the end, but in fact, it didn't even count as a spiritual cheating, and a spiritual cheating must have a cheating partner.Ashley was also not very good, saying that he was "becoming estrus and ending with courtesy", but after being bumped into by his sister India and hugging Scarlett (that is, a simple hug), he didn't send a message to India and Eddie in time. Mrs. Ersing explained.

There is no episode!

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