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Chapter Five
"And that Elizabeth is how your mother gained entrance to the household. She was a deceitful, unfaithful wife, I should have seen her coming."
Elizabeth turned away. "She just sounds misunderstood to me."
"Misunderstood?" Her father exclaimed. "She knew exactly what she was doing, and my father, god rest his soul, saw straight through her."
"What happened?" Will asked.
"Well, we got married, of course. My father was greatly displeased. He threatened to cut me off without a penny, but Emily made him change his mind. He saw that it would be a terribly rash thing to do. He never accepted Rosie, and refused to talk to her." Governor Swann sighed. "I'm glad he died before she left, his gloating would have been unbearable."
Elizabeth picked up the picture again. The artist who had painted it must have been very talented, the different colours of red stood out in her hair, and her wild fiery eyes stood out on her bronzed face. She was just as governor Swann had described her.
"Rosie came to me, a few months after he had died, to tell me she was pregnant. She could not lie to me, and told me straight away that it was another man's child."
"Well, I suppose you must credit her with her honesty." Will said, Elizabeth smiled warmly at him.
The Governor grumbled. "So I must forgive her, her trespasses, as she came clean about them?"
"Will was not saying that father." Elizabeth sighed. "And then nine months later she died."
"You have had no contact with her since then?" Will asked.
Elizabeth shook her head. "It's like she's forgotten about the daughter she left behind."
"Yes, Rosie had a selective memory, as well as selective hearing."
"I just want to know what she's like, that's all." Elizabeth replied. "Please, father, have you any idea where she might be."
"Probably gone back to where she came from. Look I didn't like to mention this before, but before she met me she was a lady of the night. And she worked mainly for pirates, her main haunt was a place called Tortuga. If you're really set on finding her, maybe you should make some inquiries there."
"Wait a second, I'm sure if she'd worked in Tortuga Jack would know her." Will said, suddenly. He was remembering the last time he had been to Tortuga, he had met two of Jack's 'friends' Giselle and Scarlet.
"Jack? Jack Sparrow? Dear me no, the navy will catch up to Sparrow long before you get to him."
"What do mean?" Elizabeth demanded.
"Well he's a wanted man, Elizabeth, murder, rape, and attacking a naval ship are only a few of his crimes."
"What? I cannot believe that of Jack." Will said.
"Murder and blowing up the naval ship, but never rape." Elizabeth said quickly.
The Governor sighed. "Well, no matter what he has done, he's going to be caught and hung."
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Alex jumped down from the crow's nest, he landed on the deck with a thud. He clambered up, and waltzed over to the side off the ship and peered into the water.
"There's a storm coming." He muttered, to his mother.
Rosie smiled. "And how's you figure that one?"
"Cap'n Jack taught me to recognise the signs, see the white on the water, that be one of 'em."
Rosie laughed. "Cap'n Jack teach you a lot, then?"
Alex didn't answer, he continued to stare out, squinting at the blurry horizon.
"What you a lookin' for? Cause it ain't gonna be found out there."
The fifteen year old shook his head. "I wanna find my father. I mentioned it to Cap'n Jack but he wouldn't tell me a nothin'."
"Good." Rosie said. "'Tis not his place to tell you, Alex." Rosie ruffled his hair, smiled and walked away.
She went to find Jack. He was standing by the wheel, a bottle of rum in one hand, his compass in the other, using his elbow to guide the wheel.
"Jack, we have a problem."
"Aye?" He asked, grinning at her.
"It's Alex."
Jack nodded. "I have bin trying to tell you for a long time, that boy is a problem." " I didn't mean Alex was the problem. I meant we have a problem wit' Alex." Rosie said, angrily. She was always quick to defend her son.
Jack took a swig of rum, and looked at her questioningly.
"He wants to find his father."
"Maybe someone should tell 'im his father's dead."
"Yeah, I'm just trying to find the right moment."
"Elizabeth is a beautiful girl you know. Very proper." Jack was eager to change the subject, any conversation concerning Alex usually led to an argument.
Rosie smiled. "I can just imagine her, oh I wish I could see her."
"She be a marrying Bootstrap's son."
Rosie nodded happily. "I cannot imagine anyone I would rather see her wit'."
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"A wedding? Really, we going to a wedding?"
"Well, I'm going." Jack replied, as he walked away.
Alex ran after him. "Can I come too?"
Jack stopped. "Sorry, mate."
"But.but that's not fair."
"Well, if that's the best argument you can come up wit', your definitely not coming."
Alex stopped annoyed. "Give me one good reason why I can't come."
"Give me ten good reasons why you should."
"Alright, I will." Alex said, stalking off.
Rosie laughed as she watched him. "Maybe we should let him come, Jack. He don't know bout his sister, maybe this is a good time to tell him."
"It's up to you. But don't you think it might be too much for Liz if her brother shows up on her wedding day?"
"Oh Jack, you're so thoughtful."
Jack smiled as she walked off. "I just don't wanna bring the little brat, that's all."
"I don't like this Jack." Annamaria mumbled.
"What's that?"
"Going back to Port Royal, there be a price on your head, or neck I should say."
"You're forgetting one thing."
"Yeah, yeah I know you're Captain Jack Sparrow."
Jack looked at her in surprise. "No, I've got the chick's mother wit' me, that's what."
Annamaria laughed. "And that's gonna stop you being hanged how?"
Jack shrugged. "Why don't you go and do what you're paid to bloody do?"
"What you're paying me now?" Annamaria.
"You get paid well enough love."
She scowled, and walked off.
At that moment Alex came running up. He thrust a piece of paper into Jack's hands. "What's this?"
"Ten good reasons why I should come to the wedding."
Jack looked down at the paper.
Everyone else is going. I really want to go. I ain't been on land for donkey's years. I want to meet your mates, see them that helped get the Black Pearl back. I'm part of the crew. It's not fair. I've been real good. I really really want to go. Rosie said I could go. You'll be bored stiff without me.
Jack looked up. "I'll think about it." Alex nodded and ran away. He screwed up the paper and lobbed it out into the crashing waves.
"What was that?" Rosie asked, as she watched her son talking to the parrot.
"Ten good reasons why Alex should come to the wedding."
Rosie laughed. "Arr let 'im come Jack, what 'arm could it do, hey?"
"Well you can look after 'im then."
"I'm not bloody looking after 'im. I'm gonna be with me daughter, ain't I? I 'aven't seen her since she were five, how can I justify such an absence."
"Well, I'm not looking after 'im. Wait a sec.I'm 'aving a thought here, Rosie." Jack said, with a grin.
A/N Next chapter, yay! Please review and tell me what you think. Remember if you have any suggestions on how I can improve my story leave them in a review or email me. Zipporah_rose@yahoo.co.uk
Chapter Five
"And that Elizabeth is how your mother gained entrance to the household. She was a deceitful, unfaithful wife, I should have seen her coming."
Elizabeth turned away. "She just sounds misunderstood to me."
"Misunderstood?" Her father exclaimed. "She knew exactly what she was doing, and my father, god rest his soul, saw straight through her."
"What happened?" Will asked.
"Well, we got married, of course. My father was greatly displeased. He threatened to cut me off without a penny, but Emily made him change his mind. He saw that it would be a terribly rash thing to do. He never accepted Rosie, and refused to talk to her." Governor Swann sighed. "I'm glad he died before she left, his gloating would have been unbearable."
Elizabeth picked up the picture again. The artist who had painted it must have been very talented, the different colours of red stood out in her hair, and her wild fiery eyes stood out on her bronzed face. She was just as governor Swann had described her.
"Rosie came to me, a few months after he had died, to tell me she was pregnant. She could not lie to me, and told me straight away that it was another man's child."
"Well, I suppose you must credit her with her honesty." Will said, Elizabeth smiled warmly at him.
The Governor grumbled. "So I must forgive her, her trespasses, as she came clean about them?"
"Will was not saying that father." Elizabeth sighed. "And then nine months later she died."
"You have had no contact with her since then?" Will asked.
Elizabeth shook her head. "It's like she's forgotten about the daughter she left behind."
"Yes, Rosie had a selective memory, as well as selective hearing."
"I just want to know what she's like, that's all." Elizabeth replied. "Please, father, have you any idea where she might be."
"Probably gone back to where she came from. Look I didn't like to mention this before, but before she met me she was a lady of the night. And she worked mainly for pirates, her main haunt was a place called Tortuga. If you're really set on finding her, maybe you should make some inquiries there."
"Wait a second, I'm sure if she'd worked in Tortuga Jack would know her." Will said, suddenly. He was remembering the last time he had been to Tortuga, he had met two of Jack's 'friends' Giselle and Scarlet.
"Jack? Jack Sparrow? Dear me no, the navy will catch up to Sparrow long before you get to him."
"What do mean?" Elizabeth demanded.
"Well he's a wanted man, Elizabeth, murder, rape, and attacking a naval ship are only a few of his crimes."
"What? I cannot believe that of Jack." Will said.
"Murder and blowing up the naval ship, but never rape." Elizabeth said quickly.
The Governor sighed. "Well, no matter what he has done, he's going to be caught and hung."
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Alex jumped down from the crow's nest, he landed on the deck with a thud. He clambered up, and waltzed over to the side off the ship and peered into the water.
"There's a storm coming." He muttered, to his mother.
Rosie smiled. "And how's you figure that one?"
"Cap'n Jack taught me to recognise the signs, see the white on the water, that be one of 'em."
Rosie laughed. "Cap'n Jack teach you a lot, then?"
Alex didn't answer, he continued to stare out, squinting at the blurry horizon.
"What you a lookin' for? Cause it ain't gonna be found out there."
The fifteen year old shook his head. "I wanna find my father. I mentioned it to Cap'n Jack but he wouldn't tell me a nothin'."
"Good." Rosie said. "'Tis not his place to tell you, Alex." Rosie ruffled his hair, smiled and walked away.
She went to find Jack. He was standing by the wheel, a bottle of rum in one hand, his compass in the other, using his elbow to guide the wheel.
"Jack, we have a problem."
"Aye?" He asked, grinning at her.
"It's Alex."
Jack nodded. "I have bin trying to tell you for a long time, that boy is a problem." " I didn't mean Alex was the problem. I meant we have a problem wit' Alex." Rosie said, angrily. She was always quick to defend her son.
Jack took a swig of rum, and looked at her questioningly.
"He wants to find his father."
"Maybe someone should tell 'im his father's dead."
"Yeah, I'm just trying to find the right moment."
"Elizabeth is a beautiful girl you know. Very proper." Jack was eager to change the subject, any conversation concerning Alex usually led to an argument.
Rosie smiled. "I can just imagine her, oh I wish I could see her."
"She be a marrying Bootstrap's son."
Rosie nodded happily. "I cannot imagine anyone I would rather see her wit'."
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"A wedding? Really, we going to a wedding?"
"Well, I'm going." Jack replied, as he walked away.
Alex ran after him. "Can I come too?"
Jack stopped. "Sorry, mate."
"But.but that's not fair."
"Well, if that's the best argument you can come up wit', your definitely not coming."
Alex stopped annoyed. "Give me one good reason why I can't come."
"Give me ten good reasons why you should."
"Alright, I will." Alex said, stalking off.
Rosie laughed as she watched him. "Maybe we should let him come, Jack. He don't know bout his sister, maybe this is a good time to tell him."
"It's up to you. But don't you think it might be too much for Liz if her brother shows up on her wedding day?"
"Oh Jack, you're so thoughtful."
Jack smiled as she walked off. "I just don't wanna bring the little brat, that's all."
"I don't like this Jack." Annamaria mumbled.
"What's that?"
"Going back to Port Royal, there be a price on your head, or neck I should say."
"You're forgetting one thing."
"Yeah, yeah I know you're Captain Jack Sparrow."
Jack looked at her in surprise. "No, I've got the chick's mother wit' me, that's what."
Annamaria laughed. "And that's gonna stop you being hanged how?"
Jack shrugged. "Why don't you go and do what you're paid to bloody do?"
"What you're paying me now?" Annamaria.
"You get paid well enough love."
She scowled, and walked off.
At that moment Alex came running up. He thrust a piece of paper into Jack's hands. "What's this?"
"Ten good reasons why I should come to the wedding."
Jack looked down at the paper.
Everyone else is going. I really want to go. I ain't been on land for donkey's years. I want to meet your mates, see them that helped get the Black Pearl back. I'm part of the crew. It's not fair. I've been real good. I really really want to go. Rosie said I could go. You'll be bored stiff without me.
Jack looked up. "I'll think about it." Alex nodded and ran away. He screwed up the paper and lobbed it out into the crashing waves.
"What was that?" Rosie asked, as she watched her son talking to the parrot.
"Ten good reasons why Alex should come to the wedding."
Rosie laughed. "Arr let 'im come Jack, what 'arm could it do, hey?"
"Well you can look after 'im then."
"I'm not bloody looking after 'im. I'm gonna be with me daughter, ain't I? I 'aven't seen her since she were five, how can I justify such an absence."
"Well, I'm not looking after 'im. Wait a sec.I'm 'aving a thought here, Rosie." Jack said, with a grin.