Chapter 28
Madeline rose to her feet and was about to attack her mother. But Jack wrapped his arms around her waist, pulling her to him.
"Jack let me go!"
"No love."
"Mother, where is my son!" she demanded. Her mother just smiled. An evil, yet sick kind of smile. "Tell me where my son is!" Madeline yelled.
"You'll never find him dear. He's gone. Gone for good." Madeline tried to pry Jack's hands away from her. She wanted to tear her mother limb from limb.
"Jack, let me at her."
"No." Jack pushed Madeline at Mr. Gibbs and Mr. Taylor and they held onto her arms. She struggled the entire time they held her.
"Let me go!"
"Nay missy." Mr. Gibbs said sternly. She stopped struggling as she watched Jack saunter on up to her mother. She began to back away from him, but he reached out and grabbed her arms.
"Let go of me you bastard pirate!" she spat at him. Jack didn't let go of Madeline's mother and he didn't shirk away from her hateful words.
"You madam will tell me exactly who took my son and where he took them."
"No. I'm glad he's gone." Jack held on to every ounce of restraint that he had.
"I'm going to repeat myself madam. Who took me son? And if ye don't tell me, I will run you through!" He said, his voice full of rage.
"Go ahead, then I can join my beloved. You murderer." Jack flung her away from him. She fell into the sand and laughed hideously at him. Jack turned away from her and let out a growl. He quickly turned back to see Madeline, tears running down her cheeks.
"Mother, tell me where my son is. Please!" she pleaded. Again, her mother laughed.
"Are you begging now Madeline? Begging like you begged your lovers?" Mr. Gibbs and Mr. Taylor could no longer hold Madeline as she ran at her mother. She grabbed her by her shoulders and shook her.
"Tell me where my son is mother or I will run you through." Madeline saw fear in her mother's eyes. Tentatively her mother held up a piece of paper. Madeline snapped it out of her hands. She quickly unfolded it and read it by the light of one of the torches held by the crews.
Madeline,
Since you would never give me what I truly wanted, I've taken what you truly love.
Madeline stood up and looked out at the water. She crumpled the paper in her hands. Jack snatched it out of her hand and read it.
"Who is this from?" he asked. Anger seething in his voice.
"Jacquette." Was the only word she said.
"I thought you said that he was only your friend." He spun her around to face him. "Were ye lyin' to me?"
"No Jack. Not anymore. He wanted me and I rejected him."
"What do you mean you rejected him?" Madeline glanced around and saw everyone's eyes on them.
"Jack, please, not here."
"Yes here and now. What happened?" Madeline sighed. She hadn't wanted to tell Jack, but she had no choice.
"One night when he was here, we were drinking, and things got a little out of hand."
"Out of hand?"
"We were both very inebriated, and I was missing you so much and I was so lonely that things progressed into his bedroom."
"Bloody hell!" Jack swore and turned away from her. She quickly ran to stand in front him.
"Jack, please, nothing happened! I swear it!"
"How can I believe you when he has taken our son? And how far had things gotten out of hand? Tell me!" he shouted.
"I was in his bed. Naked."
"Damnation!" He started to walk away but Madeline forced him to stop.
"Jack, please! Nothing happened!"
"Why should I believe you?"
"Because I love you. I couldn't betray you or my love for you." Jack looked at her as tears filled her eyes once again. "I'm so sorry Jack."
Jack raised her face to him with his finger. He gently brushed her lips with his in a gentle kiss. He was still extremely angry, but he knew that she did love him.
"Let's go find our son." He said. His words now gentle.
"You'll never find him. I'm hopin' he's dead by now!" The words that came out of her mother were like venom. Madeline strode over to her and backhanded her on the face. She fell on the ground.
"How dare you hit your mother?" she said holding her now bleeding lip.
"I'll do anything I damn well please. This is partially your fault mother. He's your grandson!"
Madeline turned to Jack once again. "Jack, we need to take her somewhere."
"Where love?"
"She can't stay here, she has no home to live in."
"Aye love. But where?"
"Port Royal. She can stay with my uncle."
"Her uncle?" Jack asked in a moment of confusion.
"Aye. The governor." Madeline turned to her mother once again. "She can be reunited with him after so long."
Madeline's mother looked at her daughter with pure rage. Hatred flowing in her eyes. "I hope you burn in hell."
"I'm already there Mother, my son is missing."