[Somehow this chapter makes me think of that scene on 'The Ladies Man' when the actor girl says, "How dare you leave me alone with the baby!" and she slaps Jerry Lewis.]
Jack turned around and saw me. He stepped towards me and took my left hand. He put it to his lips and kissed it, rubbing his thumb on my wedding ring. He brought his head up and stared at me with his big brown eyes. Tears fell from both of our eyes as I raced towards him and wrapped myself in his embrace. For two seconds I felt safe and I hadn't felt safe in eight years. The moment died when I remembered. I pushed him away.
"Jack, how could you do that to me?"
"Amanda, please, let me explain." He was cut short by Kimmi tugging on my skirt from behind me. I bent to pick her up and Peter and Sarah stood next to me. Jack crossed his arms. "I guess that I could ask you the same question." He motioned towards Kimmi.
"Don't be stupid, Jack. She's your baby. I'm not like that." I shot him a look.
"I don't mean to interrupt, but could somebody explain all of this to us?" I turned to the man next to Elizabeth and was stunned to see a mirror image of Bootstrap. I gasped and looked back at Jack.
"Who's he?"
"I'll explain later." Elizabeth led us to a quiet park where we all sat down to sort everything out. Of course, this is easier said than done. We sat there for a while until the little Bootstrap cleared his throat.
"So, um, could one of you two explain how you know each other?" I looked back at Jack and then back at him.
"She's my wife. At least she was." I glared at Jack and he turned away, crossing his arms.
"Jack, please." I turned back to the couple in front of me. "Details about us will come out with time, but little pitchers have big ears." I nodded towards the three children playing behind me. "But you have not told me who you are."
"Will Turner." He shook my hand. "You knew my father?"
"William was a good man, and a good pirate." Will laughed and looked back at Jack.
"Jack said the same thing." Jack put his arms together tighter and looked away.
"Excuse us for a second." I grabbed Jack's arm and pulled him with me to a bench. "Will you please grow up, Jack?"
"Grow up? You're the one who left me eight years ago!"
"Yah, well, I wasn't the one in the bar with women in my lap. Do you know how much that hurt me?"
"Yes, but do you know how much it hurt when you left me? I can't live without you, Amanda." He reached out to touch my cheek. I pushed his arm away.
"I'm not ready to forgive you, Jack. I just can't." My eyes filled with tears but I didn't want him to see. I ran back to where the children were and taking them, I left the park.
[Sorry if the chapters are short, I can't tell on my new office software how many pages it is.]