He’d been hiking back then, took a bad fall off a cliff. Lucy saved him, hired a car to drive him over a hundred miles back to Pine Hollow.
His leg was busted, he couldn’t remember who he was or where to go, so he followed Lucy home like a lost puppy.
Lucy called him “Bull”-kept bitching about the inconvenience while doing daily acupuncture sessions that fixed his leg.
She was talented, could make wild greens taste like gourmet food.
He was grateful.
Thought Lucy was kind and good-hearted.
Pretty too.
Later he overheard people talking: “Lucy keeping him around like that-who’s gonna want to marry her now?”
Talk about damaged goods!”
And he’s useless anyway, can’t even carry a bucket of water.”
ucy got pissed. “He’s been through hell and you’re still running your mouths!”
He’s educated, speaks beautifully. I’m happy to take care of him!”
hat made William even angrier, so he impulsively proposed to Lucy.
mmediately regretted it.
le had this nagging feeling he’d leave this ce eventually.
ut seeing Lucy’s face flush pink, suddenly he wasn’t sorry anymore.
le figured it was fine-when the time came, he’d take Lucy with him.
hen Lucy had Henry, and her slim figure and smooth skin were history.
he got these obvious stretch marks across her belly.
ucy wasn’t the cute girl he’d married anymore.
he’d scream her head off arguing with vendors over a few cents.
he became just like every other rough woman in the vige.
le started getting sick of Lucy.
Then Emma burst into his world.
Sometimes he couldn’t help thinking it would’ve been better if Emma had been the one to save him.
He thought Lucy was terrible at raising kids too.
She never cared about Henry’s homework, only got strict when he caused trouble.
Day-to-day, she spoiled him rotten.
He knew Lucy couldn’t raise a Winchester heir properly, couldn’t be a proper Winchester wife. So he used his mother as an excuse and took the coward’s way out-dumped Lucy and brought Emma instead.
He thought Emma deserved to escape these mountains. <fna091> This update is avable on f?i?n?d?n?o?v?e?l?</fna091>
But if Henry hadn’t triggered these old memories, he would’ve almost forgotten that Lucy used to be a pretty likeable girl.
His expression grew determined.
He told Henry. “In a few days. We’ll go see her in a few days.”
But when they finally made time to go back, Lucy was nowhere to be found.
The vigers said she’d left the same day they did.
They figured she’d gone to look for them.
The bank card and phone he’d left her were still sitting under her pillow.
It suddenly hit him-Lucy loved him and wanted nothing in return.
Henry got anxious.
‘Where’s Mom? Why isn’t she here?”
William felt dazed.
Thinking back to how Lucy had acted thosest few days, he felt weirdly panicked.
He figured Lucy must be really pissed off.
But he reassured Henry anyway.
She’s mad at us.”
Don’t worry though, she’lle back in a few days.”
When she does, you’d better say something nice.”
Henry nodded hard.
ucy had run away from home once before.
hat time he and Emma had been talking toote, identally fell asleep in the garden.
ucy had aplete meltdown, crying and screaming.
or the first time, he’d reallyid into her,
Making a scene like this-what will people think of Emma?”
Lucy went dead still. That hurt her more than a p to the face.
So she ran off and spent the night in the mountains.
But it wasn’t long before she came crawling back.
All apologetic smiles, sucking up to him.
“I was wrong. I trust that nothing happened between you two.”
She whispered, “But you didn’t even try tofort me. Didn’t even look for me.”
Heughed it off. “You alwayse back on your own.”
This time would be the same.
He left his number with the neighbors-if Lucy came back, call him.
But he waited and waited, and that call he was expecting never came.