Chapter 12-That Damn Jealousy

Angela knocked on the door to Romi's cabin but she heard no reply. She let herself in and saw Romi was fast asleep. She quietly walked over to the table and sat down to continue writing her letter she had started to her parents in Spain. She wanted to get it finished before tonight so that she could send it in Cuba.

When she was finally done she looked over to the bed and saw that Romi was still dead asleep. She decided to go find Will and see if he could send the letter for her. She found him still overlooking the crew patching up the hole. She came up beside him and put an arm around his waist, which startled him.

"Oh Angie, how are you sweetheart?" He gave her a kiss and pulled her into his arms. "I'm fine. Actually I was wondering if you could do me the favor of taking this letter into town and mailing it for me to my parents."

Will sighed out loud and looked over the railing again to see how the crew was progressing. He looked back at Angela and lifted an eyebrow at her. "Alright, I'd better go right now before it gets dark."

She could tell he didn't want to do it, but was grateful that he would go. "Thank you Will, it means a lot to me."

He gave her a half grin. "I know, it's why I'm doing it."

She gave him a long kiss to thank him. He grabbed the letter and yelled down to the crew. "I'm going into town for a short while, I'll be back as soon as I can but if there is any news before I return make sure to announce it to the Captain."

The crew nodded. "Aye Will."

He left quickly and Angela went to the kitchen to make herself something to eat. She decided to make something for Romi just in case she woke up and was hungry. She was probably gone for about 20 minutes and when she went back to the cabin she noticed the door was open. She walked in and saw Diego standing at the foot of her bed.

He turned around seemingly alarmed that someone came in, then tried to pass it off. "Angela, you frightened me. I just came in to see how Romi was doing."

Angela looked at him with no expression on her face. "Well as you can see she's fine." Diego nodded. He knew that he didn't sit well with her. "How have you been?"

Angela maintained her look. "Fine, thank you."

She placed hers and Romi's food on the table and turned back around with her arms folded as if waiting for him to leave. He got the point. "I'll be getting back to my work then." He began to walk out the door but stopped and turned back around to face Angela.

"I hope you understand, I only have the best intentions for Romi. I'm not the same person I used to be." Without waiting for a reply he turned on his heel and shut the door.

The noise caused Romi to awaken. She opened her eyes slowly and focused them on Angela. "Angie? What are you doing here?" She didn't lift her head since she still felt a bit woozy. "Jack asked me to look after you while he took care of things on the ship. I also got you something to eat if you'd like."

Romi's eyes wandered to the food on the table but she was definitely not hungry. She remembered her first pregnancy and that for the first 3 months she couldn't eat very much because she was sick to her stomach all the time. She hoped it wouldn't last that long this time around. "I'm not very hungry Angela but thank you for thinking of me."

Angela felt compassion for her friend. After all she had been there as well when she was pregnant with Brennan. "Alright, but at some point in time today you have to at least try and get something down ok?"

Romi nodded her head while maintaining her head on the pillow. Angela sat down to eat her lunch and the two talked for a while. She thought it best not to tell Romi about Diego's visit so as not to upset her.

Will returned to the ship rather quickly and Jack was now watching as the crew was finishing up the hole. Brennan and Celeste were in the background talking as they ate their lunch on the floor of the deck. Will came up next to Jack. "Hey Jack, I see they are just about finished."

"Aye. I want the crew to get things prepared to aweigh anchor in the morning."

"Aye Jack. Do you know if Angela is with Romi?"

"She is, I asked her to be with her since she's been feeling sick. I think I'm going to go see how she is mate."

"Alright, and please tell Angie that I sent out her letter."

"Sure." He turned around and walked to his cabin. When he came in he saw that Romi was asleep again and even Angela had fallen asleep in her chair. He gently shook her awake. "Angela. Come on now dear, wake up."

Angela opened her eyes quickly and looked at Jack. "Oh my, I can't believe I fell asleep." Jack just smiled. "Don't worry, Romi's still asleep. And Will has returned, said he sent out your letter already."

"Oh good. Will you be staying here then? I'm going to just go and take these dishes back to the kitchen and check up on the kids, alright?"

"Go ahead. I'll stay."

Angela left the room and Jack lay down next to Romi, he put his hat over his eyes and quickly fell asleep.

After what seemed like only minutes later, Jack awoke and saw that it was dark outside. He also noticed that Romi wasn't in the bed anymore nor in the room. He got up and walked outside onto the deck. He scanned the ship with his eyes then he heard giggling coming from the front of the ship. He set off in that direction and came to a halt when he saw Romi laughing with Diego. Alone.

Jack could feel the blood rush into his cheeks and the jealousy within him stirred. He stood there for a moment not knowing if he should interrupt them or just walk off. He decided he needed to break it up and made his way to them.

"Ah Romi, there ye are luv. Was lookin' all over for ye." He came up next to her and put his arm around her possessively then looked Diego straight in the eye, which made Romi feel a bit uneasy.

"Hi Jack. I didn't want to wake you, you looked so peaceful." She put her head on his shoulder and that made Jack feel a little better.

"Captain, the hole has been patched up. Will said we'd be sailing in the morning then?"

"Aye we will." Jack still held his gaze on him. Diego decided this was the time to make his exit. "Right well, I'll be getting to bed then. Good night." He managed to slip Romi a wink without Jack noticing.

"Good night." Romi turned to face Jack. "Jack I do wish you'd be a little nicer to him. I Don't understand why consider him to be a threat."

"How could ye not? He finds ye and strikes up a conversation and ye think he's bein' honorable?"

"Jack, you have to stop behaving like a child. He hasn't done one wrong thing so far. He's very respectful to you and helped fix the ship. What more do you want from him?"

"I want 'im to leave the ship."

Romi felt exasperated. She gave one last sigh as she looked at her husband and left him standing there alone. She decided to go back to sleep. At least she didn't have to deal with anything while asleep. Jack, after standing there trying to compose himself, went back to the cabin, and called it a night.

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