Samuel had been about to tell William to get out when the man had changed the topic to something that apparently was going to happen. His brows furrowed and creases formed on  his forehead, making him appear much older than his thirty one years. The thought that he could lose his forming family with Elizabeth and his only surviving sibling made his heart heavy. He'd only been married to Elizabeth for a handful of years but they'd known each other for much longer...and he'd basically helped raise Keziah. The lines between brother and father had been blurred. He'd been old enough to see her grow up and fully understand that the sweet little ten year old of yesterday had turned into a feisty twenty year old in what seemed like the blink of an eye.

When William gave an explanation as to hos he'd known this was going to happen, Samuel was skeptical. His father-in-law was from Germany, even had the thick accent despite having lived in the colonies for most of his life. Even Elizabeth had a slight accent that warped her w's into v's, ut it was certainly less pronounced than her father's. William had no such accent but he hadto give the man the benefit of the doubt. Any possibility of a threat against those he held dear was taken quite seriously by Samuel. That's why he'd brought his sister to Boston where he coukd keep an eye on her. 

A man out in he countryside wouldn't hesitate to take advantage of a grieving widow because neighbors were scarce. But here in the city there was always someone out in the streets. Samuel sighed,crossing his arms ofer his chest. "If what you are saying is true...then we're doomed. There's no way out of Boston other than the harbor and I doubt the Redcoats would let us depart peacefully." They werein a real pickle here. Samuel bit the inside of his lip as he thouht of the possibilities. It seemed far fetched that he'd cook this up just to stay with a single woman. 

"We have to stay here. My sister won't abandon her home so easily and my wife is heavily pregnant." Traveling in her condition wasn't the best course of action. Samuel didn't want to risk her or the baby if this threat proved to be unnecessary. After much internal deliberation he came to the conclusion that his sister was safer with a stranger than on her own. 

"You may stay with my sister, but any foul actions to or against her will result in you being on your own." Samuel said. He didn't think the man was from around here and he couldn't really come to terms with how he'd seen the man appear from nowhere just as the skirmish was beginning. All Samuel knew was that he man hadn't been there one second then the next he was standing there. "I would much rather have someone here to protect her. Some of the soldiers have taken a liking to watching her when she's outside." Keziah either pretended that she didn't feel their gazes on her or she just really didn't know. Mousy or not, she was still a woman and some men felt thay was enough to hold some measure of authority over her.

Keziah finished helping Elizabeth with her hair and she followed after the pregnant woman, telling her a story of back when Samuel was an awkward teenager who liked to carry his little sister around. The story made Elizabeth laugh and Samuel smiled bashfully. He could tell Keziah here in a little while about the new arrangement.