Chapter 5: Bahama Mama or Bust!
Two days went by & Jack was true to his
word she never say him again in the next five years. Rumor was he
never left his cabin. Said he stayed in it & sulked.
When the
W.(White) Pearl was about a week out to sea when Jess realized
something, she hadn't seen Ana the whole time. Her face showed
horror when she realized she must still be in Tortuga.
"Cap'n,
'ow far are we from the next port?" Shelly asked in the door way
of Chell's room.
"We ain't goin ta the next port. We've
got enough supplies ta get 'ome so tha's where we be goin'."
Jess said, "it could give Jack the time he needs ta catch up with
us. If I see 'im now I could go ballistic on 'im & Chell
ain't 'ere ta clam me down."
"Cap'n," Kat said from
Chell's door as well, "we 'ave enough energy ta dive fer three
days."
"All 'ands below deck!" Jess said on the intercom.
She told Tasha she was in charge. She walked next door to her room &
started to rearrange things in her room so she wouldn't think of
Jack every time she was in there. She got new sheets & all the
things that had removable cloth coverings were changed. She left his
room as it was name plate & all.
She was trying to move her
desk when a small book fell out. It was bound in black leather &
as she flipped through it she realized it was a diary. She closed it
& looked at the cover & saw it had her name engraved upon it:
Jessica L. Adams.
A knock on the door interrupted her thoughts &
she looked up to see Tasha's boyfriend Jesse standing in the
doorway. "Want some help movin this stuff? Me & the boys ain't
doin nuthin."
"Sure." For about an hour she told them where
everything went. When the left she went back to the diary atop her
bed. She opened it & realized that it was her mother's hand
writing.
August 16th
Dearest Jessica,
If I am not there
to see you read this, I know what happened. If you haven't figured
out what this is, it's a diary. My mum gave me one when I was your
age & now I give one to you. This tradition has been in my family
for generations so that a grandchild who does not know his or her
grand mother or grandfather may learn about the early stages of that
persons life. The other diaries are in my safe that is in the closet
of the quarters you are probably in right now. The key to it is the
one that you wear around your neck every day, now it's probably to
remind you of the good days, more so than less.
My mum once told
me & your uncle Mark to bleed on paper, not in our hearts. Mark
wrote very little in his diary once he got married to Sara. I also
wrote les after I married Shaw. I hope that you can bleed on paper &
not in your heart as well. We all know what can happen when emotions
get in the way, lets just say it ain't pretty.
Now as far as
some unanswered questions.
1. What's in the room that you
could not open, no matter how hard you tried?
· That room
is full of stuff that Mark & Sara left for Chell when
they died. We were not to give it to her until she turned 18 or
we died, we hoped it wouldn't be the later. Now we leave you with
the key. In your quarters there is a nightstand that has a smaller
drawer inside than it looks outside. This book would barley fit last
I checked. In the very back to this drawer there is a loose piece of
wood, press it down. A small hatch should open, inside should
be the key.
I think this be the only repeated question I
remember. As I write this we run from the royal navy. We are on a
wooden ship & sending the White Pearl home to safety before she
gets hurt. This will go with her as she will depart when this is
safely on board .
If there is one thing I'd give my life for
you to listen to, it's this: DO NOT LEAVE Chell ALONE ON THAT
ISLAND!!! I think the navy might try to attack her. Two princesses
fighting to defend their home are stronger than any navy alive.
Luv,
Mum & Dad
After reading this she slammed the book
down, realizing that they had passed by a royal navy ship called the
Dauntless which had been headed towards Bahama Mama. "DAMN IT!"
Jess shouted, "I hope she is okay. I should've known."
"Ye
should've known what?" Kat asked from the door way.
"Do ye
remember the navy ship we passed by on the way to Tortuga?" Jess
asked.
"Aye, it was called the Dauntless," Kat said, "headin'
east were they not?"
"Aye Kat, they were headed straight fer
Bahama Mama!" Jess said pointing to the island on the map in front
of her just to illustrate her point.
"Oh, No! I 'ope there
are some survivors left if we can't get there in time!" Kat said
worriedly.
"I jus' 'ope sis is ok. I don't think I could
take two losses at once." Jess said.
"She will be, if she's
anything like you, she would've found somewhere ta hide." Kat
assured her.
"Thanks Kat, yer Prolly right. By the way next
time ye see the boys tell them I said thank ye fer the 'elp."
Jess said not knowing that Jesse just walked in trying to find Kat as
Lance had asked for her in the kitchen.
"Anything fer ye Jess.
We all know what 'appened back there. We were in the bar when it
happened. Tha' may not 'ave 'appened ta me nor any other person
on this ship but we can tell yer 'urtin'. So we want ta do all we
can ta 'elp ease yer pain." Jesse said catching Jess by surprise.
"Well thanks, yer such a sweetie. I think I'm gonna write in
me journal fer a li'l while, savvy?" Jess said making Jesse
blush, "call me when dinner is done."
"Aye cap'n." her
company said as they walked out of the door.
