He took a few puffs from his pipe, still getting used to the thing.
"I met a waitress, Eliza. We talked, got intimate, and she got pregnant. She knew the life I led, I weren't the settlin' sort, and so expected little of me. Still, did what I could for her and the boy, Isaac. Returned to her often as I could with money and toys later on. Spent time with her but mostly the boy, even taught him to fish." he smiled, exhaling smoke "He was a good kid."
Arthur shifted to sit more comfortably beside Erron, "I came back one day, saw two crosses outside the house, learned from a neighbor that they'd been killed in a robbery."
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He took a few puffs from his pipe, still getting used to the thing.
"I met a waitress, Eliza. We talked, got intimate, and she got pregnant. She knew the life I led, I weren't the settlin' sort, and so expected little of me. Still, did what I could for her and the boy, Isaac. Returned to her often as I could with money and toys later on. Spent time with her but mostly the boy, even taught him to fish." he smiled, exhaling smoke "He was a good kid."
Arthur shifted to sit more comfortably beside Erron, "I came back one day, saw two crosses outside the house, learned from a neighbor that they'd been killed in a robbery."