you loved is sent away and comes back years later with a young child that she says was fathered by someone else while she was away. It did not make any sense that he would not calculate what happened and put it all together. Jonathan wondered if maybe the man did know, and he wondered if William came back to his mother and asked her if the child she had borne was his.
It was possible that something like that had happened. And maybe his mother had rejected William for rejecting her. Or maybe Jonathan's grandmother made sure to keep William Smith at arm's length from his mother.
Or it was just quite possible that William Smith had no regard for his mother at all. Maybe his decision to move on and marry someone else said everything that needed to be said. There was no reason that William Smith could not have married Jonathan's mother. The woman he married was not of a higher social status and her family background did not offer anything that William needed to cement his status. So Jonathan had no clue why William chose Lulu over his mother.
None of that mattered anymore though. William Smith was gone now and his mother was not into courting or marrying at this point. The only thing that really bothered Jonathan was that his mother had never married. She was such a wonderful woman. She was the one who nurtured him and soothed him as a child. She had been there every step of the way. There was no way that she deserved to be treated the way she had been treated.
So that was all the more reason why Jonathan had to avenge the situation. William Smith had practically robbed his mother of the opportunity to marry and be truly happy. She had always said that Jonathan was the reason she was happy, but to Jonathan, there always seemed to be something missing. So now he knew what it was. It was the fact that his mother had not only loved a man who did not truly love her, but she had loved a man that left her to care for and raise a young child on her own and had not even offered any financial support.
He needed to make this right. For himself and for his mother's sake.
*
Jonathan stood on the platform. He had finally arrived in San Francisco, and he wanted to immediately descend upon the city and get to the task at hand. But he needed to first check into a hotel and clean up. It would be nice to get something to eat as well. He asked for the closest hotel, and was directed to one that was about two blocks away on Seville Avenue.
The walk there did him some good because it gave him a moment to stretch his legs and move about. San Francisco was very welcoming. The people were polite and they seemed to move at a much slower rate than in Boston. It was strange to be in a new city. Jonathan had never been too far outside of Boston and he wished that he could truly enjoy the adventure of the trip.
He wanted to ask around about Amelia, the woman who was his sister. But the last thing that he wanted to do was come to a new city and start bringing attention to himself. Especially before he got a chance to meet Amelia first.
Jonathan decided that he would not ask around, and instead he would meet up with Ben Abbott, the Pinkerton detective he had hired. He really did not have the money to hire a Pinkerton, but this was the kind of thing that he had to invest in. There would be no way that he could have found his sister on his own, and here Ben came to San Francisco and found her within a week. That made the money he had to use out of his mother's secret savings stash well worth it.
Besides, once he tapped into his inheritance, he would be able to pay his mother back plus some extra.
For some reason, the meal that he ate on the train was the best that he had ever had. The anxiety mixed with anger that he had felt on the train was no longer filling him from the pit of his stomach. Jonathan was ready to do the thing that would change his life. He wanted nothing more than to look Amelia in the face and blow her mind with the fact that
It was possible that something like that had happened. And maybe his mother had rejected William for rejecting her. Or maybe Jonathan's grandmother made sure to keep William Smith at arm's length from his mother.
Or it was just quite possible that William Smith had no regard for his mother at all. Maybe his decision to move on and marry someone else said everything that needed to be said. There was no reason that William Smith could not have married Jonathan's mother. The woman he married was not of a higher social status and her family background did not offer anything that William needed to cement his status. So Jonathan had no clue why William chose Lulu over his mother.
None of that mattered anymore though. William Smith was gone now and his mother was not into courting or marrying at this point. The only thing that really bothered Jonathan was that his mother had never married. She was such a wonderful woman. She was the one who nurtured him and soothed him as a child. She had been there every step of the way. There was no way that she deserved to be treated the way she had been treated.
So that was all the more reason why Jonathan had to avenge the situation. William Smith had practically robbed his mother of the opportunity to marry and be truly happy. She had always said that Jonathan was the reason she was happy, but to Jonathan, there always seemed to be something missing. So now he knew what it was. It was the fact that his mother had not only loved a man who did not truly love her, but she had loved a man that left her to care for and raise a young child on her own and had not even offered any financial support.
He needed to make this right. For himself and for his mother's sake.
*
Jonathan stood on the platform. He had finally arrived in San Francisco, and he wanted to immediately descend upon the city and get to the task at hand. But he needed to first check into a hotel and clean up. It would be nice to get something to eat as well. He asked for the closest hotel, and was directed to one that was about two blocks away on Seville Avenue.
The walk there did him some good because it gave him a moment to stretch his legs and move about. San Francisco was very welcoming. The people were polite and they seemed to move at a much slower rate than in Boston. It was strange to be in a new city. Jonathan had never been too far outside of Boston and he wished that he could truly enjoy the adventure of the trip.
He wanted to ask around about Amelia, the woman who was his sister. But the last thing that he wanted to do was come to a new city and start bringing attention to himself. Especially before he got a chance to meet Amelia first.
Jonathan decided that he would not ask around, and instead he would meet up with Ben Abbott, the Pinkerton detective he had hired. He really did not have the money to hire a Pinkerton, but this was the kind of thing that he had to invest in. There would be no way that he could have found his sister on his own, and here Ben came to San Francisco and found her within a week. That made the money he had to use out of his mother's secret savings stash well worth it.
Besides, once he tapped into his inheritance, he would be able to pay his mother back plus some extra.
For some reason, the meal that he ate on the train was the best that he had ever had. The anxiety mixed with anger that he had felt on the train was no longer filling him from the pit of his stomach. Jonathan was ready to do the thing that would change his life. He wanted nothing more than to look Amelia in the face and blow her mind with the fact that
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