Early June 1973
Angelica was glad that she had finally graduated from high school and would be taking off a year to find herself. Her grandparents wanted her to become a nun and she had no interest in doing so. They had allowed her to date a classmate who was going to become a priest. They had gone their separate paths. She had worked at the St. Augustine Fish House for a couple of weeks and loved it.
Jack Sparrow loved the Fish House and it was the first time in three years that he been there. His mother Grace had taken him there right before he went into the navy. Not much had changed. It didn't look very different from when he left.
"Hello, Mrs. Sparrow and who is your guest. I haven't seen him in here. I'm Angelica, by the way."
"I'm Jack Sparrow, Grace's son. I just got out of the navy after serving 3 years."
" Nice to meet you. What would you like to drink?"
"Two Rums for both of us." said Grace.
"Okay."
Jack couldn't take his eyes off of Angelica. Grace elbowed him on the arm.
"Do you know who that is?"
"No, mom, I don't."
"She's Angelica Garcia. Her grandparents are some of the wealthiest people in St. Augustine."
"Well, that's nice."
"She's out of your league, Jack."
"I was just flirting with her mom."
"You think she's drop dead gorgeous, don't you Jack."
"I do think she's attractive but what in the heck is she doing working as a waitress."
"We are in a very upscale restaurant. Many of the wealthiest people in St. Augustine have their high school and college age children work in this and other upscale restaurants."
"Jack here has a birthday today." said Grace to Angelica.
"Mine was yesterday?"
"How old are you dear, if you don't mind me asking?"
"Seventeen. I'm not legal until next year." said Angelica laughing.
After Angelica got their order, Grace looked at Jack who was embarrassed that she'd asked Angelica how old she was and told him to cool it until she was of legal age. Jack rolled his eyes.
March 1974
After hearing a very loud thud, Angelica and her grandmother ran into her grandfather's office and found him on the floor. An ambulance was called and shortly after arriving at the hospital, Angelica's grandfather died. After hearing of her husband's death, Angelica's grandmother had a heart attack and died in the emergency room at St. Augustine General.
A couple of days later their funerals were held in the Lady of Lakes Church in downtown St. Augustine. She was very surprised that Jack Sparrow showed up at the viewing and funeral as were others After a week off, Angelica went back to the Fish House.
Angelica had the day off on her 18th Birth in June of 1974. Eyebrows were raised in the restaurant when she dined with Jack Sparrow. Since her grandparents died, she had talked to him on the phone everyday when their schedules permitted.
Soon she was being seen with him in places that someone like her wouldn't be seen in or at least wouldn't be seen with people who were socially and economically beneath them. Restaurants and bars for the common folk of St. Augustine is where Jack took her, not the upscale bars and restaurants where her peers went on dates and socialized.
It wasn't long before everyone in St. Augustine knew that Jack and Angelica were a couple.
Father Perez had heard from other parishioners in the church about Angelica dating Jack Sparrow. He decided to have a talk with her after her great-uncle expressed concerns about this.
"Are you serious about becoming a nun?"
"I don't know if I really wanted to become a nun, Father. I think I'm falling in love with Jack Sparrow."
"Have you become intimate with him?"
"No, I haven't."
"You need to make a decision. Why don't you go down to Winter Haven where there is a convent. I'll make the arrangements. You will be down there three months."
August 1974
Angelica quit her job at the Fish House and shortly thereafter went down to Winter Haven, Florida. She wrote a letter and mailed it to Jack telling him that she was leaving as this would have made it more difficult to do in person. She needed to know if this is what she wanted.