Chapter 13
A few hours later Emma woke to someone moving around in her room. She sat up sleepily, yawned and then smiled a little when she saw Jack. She could only see the outline of his features because there was only the smallest hint of sunlight seeping through the window.
"Jack, are you always going to be here when I wake up?"
"I brought you some breakfast. We're almost to Port Royal, and you're coming ashore with me. Eat up and get dressed, love, we be goin' ashore soon after sunrise, savvy?"
"But it's so early," Emma moaned.
Jack laughed, "Yes indeed. Yer bloody brilliant, love, bloody brilliant."
Jack left and Emma quickly ate the breakfast he'd brought. She washed her face in the basin and brushed her hair, then when walked over to the wardrobe and opened the doors. After quickly skimming what Jack had brought along for her in way of clothing she could easily see that all of these dresses were going to require that she wear a corset. Emma groaned, knowing that of course Jack couldn't have known about the dresses she had stashed under her bed to keep them from being thrown out when she got a new wardrobe each season. That was where most of her comfortable dresses were. She also realized that there was no way she would be able to do the laces of the corset herself. She sighed in exasperation, she was on what Jack claimed to be the embodiment of freedom, yet she couldn't even dress herself.
There was a knock on the door. "Yes?" Emma called, looking at the door by way of the reflection in the mirror.
"It's Anna Maria, Miss."
"Come in!" Emma turned as the woman entered. "And please, Anna Maria, I do have a name," she smiled.
"Aye, but you're a lady as well."
"And the daughter of a pirate," she smiled, raising her eyebrows.
"Do you have everything you need?"
"Not quite, would you mind helping me with this wretched corset again?" Anna Maria laughed and helped Emma to lace up the bodice.
"Once you're finished getting ready the captain wishes for your presence out on the deck, ready to land as soon as possible. He says to tell you that he is almost ready."
"That's a lie!" Emma and Anna Maria both laughed.
"Well, you may be willing to risk the captain's bad side, but I fear I'm not, I must go back out there and do my duties."
"Heaven knows they need a woman out there to keep things running smoothly," Emma smiled. Anna Maria laughed and left her cabin. Emma fixed her hair up and out of her face and then lay down on the bed and reached for Robinson Crusoe.
A few hours later Emma woke to someone moving around in her room. She sat up sleepily, yawned and then smiled a little when she saw Jack. She could only see the outline of his features because there was only the smallest hint of sunlight seeping through the window.
"Jack, are you always going to be here when I wake up?"
"I brought you some breakfast. We're almost to Port Royal, and you're coming ashore with me. Eat up and get dressed, love, we be goin' ashore soon after sunrise, savvy?"
"But it's so early," Emma moaned.
Jack laughed, "Yes indeed. Yer bloody brilliant, love, bloody brilliant."
Jack left and Emma quickly ate the breakfast he'd brought. She washed her face in the basin and brushed her hair, then when walked over to the wardrobe and opened the doors. After quickly skimming what Jack had brought along for her in way of clothing she could easily see that all of these dresses were going to require that she wear a corset. Emma groaned, knowing that of course Jack couldn't have known about the dresses she had stashed under her bed to keep them from being thrown out when she got a new wardrobe each season. That was where most of her comfortable dresses were. She also realized that there was no way she would be able to do the laces of the corset herself. She sighed in exasperation, she was on what Jack claimed to be the embodiment of freedom, yet she couldn't even dress herself.
There was a knock on the door. "Yes?" Emma called, looking at the door by way of the reflection in the mirror.
"It's Anna Maria, Miss."
"Come in!" Emma turned as the woman entered. "And please, Anna Maria, I do have a name," she smiled.
"Aye, but you're a lady as well."
"And the daughter of a pirate," she smiled, raising her eyebrows.
"Do you have everything you need?"
"Not quite, would you mind helping me with this wretched corset again?" Anna Maria laughed and helped Emma to lace up the bodice.
"Once you're finished getting ready the captain wishes for your presence out on the deck, ready to land as soon as possible. He says to tell you that he is almost ready."
"That's a lie!" Emma and Anna Maria both laughed.
"Well, you may be willing to risk the captain's bad side, but I fear I'm not, I must go back out there and do my duties."
"Heaven knows they need a woman out there to keep things running smoothly," Emma smiled. Anna Maria laughed and left her cabin. Emma fixed her hair up and out of her face and then lay down on the bed and reached for Robinson Crusoe.