Of course, most of the civilians had been weeded of the opponents of King George. They were mostly a pro-King group with their families and businesses...heavily invested in the rule of the British over the American colonies.When the farmers and other merchants came in from the countryside, they were carefully screened to make certain they were all followers of King George and would cause no trouble inside the marketplace or in the vital dock area where all of the supplies were landed almost on a. Muttering a curse under his breath that was stolen by the raging wind, Will grabbed a hold onto the lowest branches of the tree, and began to climb. Before long he was cursing as sharp bark bit through the gloves his hands, as he ascended high into the tree. Pausing for a moment to gather his breath, Will barely heard the knight below. "Halt! Who is there?" No answer came save the the caw of a raven. The very sounds of the forest around them had ceased.A shape slinked into sight, with flesh. “I know what you’re saying, Selena. But there was no denying the love that came over me; I mean for your real dad, Selena. And we did everything we could to make it good for the other man. Do you know there’s a ten million dollar bank account already set up for him to make life good for him. Your dad set that up for him before I even married him,” said Victoria. “We wanted to do right by him. But, as you do seem to understand, the man didn’t care about any of that. He wanted things to be the. Despite the odds being against them the Elliotts prevailed. John finished school and got a decent job. Then Jackie continued her education once both of the k**s were in grade school, and she too got a nice job.They became very active in their local church and enrolled their k**s into Catholic school. Jackie had decided to do her best to ensure that her c***dren had better moral values as teenagers than she had so that they would not have to face the early struggles that she and John had to.