Michael Collins

Serving Justice in Hope Michael Collins

The train was about three miles outside of town. From a distance, Hope seemed like a large train depot with the large train yard obscuring the town. It seemed like all her life Joleen was told about this town and how the railroad was its lifeblood. From here, it seemed the blood took over the body. Joleen watched as the town grew as she came closer. She knew her life was about to speed up. This would be an adventure. Her mother had an experience on a trip. She met someone she fell in love with and left with a better understanding of life. But that was then, and this is her adventure. She wants to live her life her way. Her father was the sheriff of this town and died to protect it. Joleen wants to live to serve justice. This is her story. Joleen goes back to where her family's story began to make a life for herself away from the society who's trying to make her fit into their norms. For a woman in the late 1800s, freedom, and adventure could only be found in an untamed west. But nothing lasts forever.