Ruby came walking down the stairs slowly followed by Mandeep who was
carefully holding up the train on the skirt of her dress. Elizabeth and
Will were downstairs greeting everyone and getting ready to settle back
home. She knew Mandeep still had a million questions about Jack and she
still hadn't thought of a way to tell people or a solution that would save
her from having to tell people.
As she stepped onto the main floor of the house she could hear loud voices in happy reunion. She followed them until she walked back into the room where she had first met Jack, now stood the Governor, Elizabeth and Will. All three of their heads turned to see Ruby, who pasted on a large smile, enter.
"Welcome back you two,"said Ruby loudly as she walked over to the newly weds with open arms.
"Oh Ruby, I missed you,"cried Elizabeth as she flung her arms around her cousin. The two girls hugged before pulling apart and looking each other over. Ruby looked over at Will and smiled, she leaned over and hugged him slightly and kissed his cheek.
"You two look absolutely well,"said Ruby,"So relaxed and in love."
"Thank you,"said Elizabeth,"How are you?"
"Elizabeth, I do not know how you handle it,"stressed Ruby,"there is so much chaos here, I swear if I lived here I would be well aged before my time." Elizabeth laughed as she slightly hugged her cousin again.
"None of you stress yourselfs, in two nights time we will be having a ball to welcome you two home,"said the Governor. Ruby silently groaned as Elizabeth and Will smiled brightly. The last thing she wanted as another encouter with Port Royal's high society, she had enough problems to deal with.
"Come with me, we have lots to talk about,"said Elizabeth taking Ruby's hand and practically dragging her from the room. Ruby followed Elizabeth from the room and the house out to the garden where Elizabeth finally let go of Ruby and slowed her pace down. Ruby walked next to her cousin through the lush green garden.
"What have you done to keep yourself busy well we were away?"asked Elizabeth.
"I have toured Port Royal, shopped, spent time with the Comoddore,"said Ruby.
"Commodore Norrington?"asked Elizabeth.
"Yes, he and Uncle took me on a tour of the city,"said Ruby. Elizabeth looked over at her cousin as they walked, Ruby's face was stiff and her voice had a forced properness to it.
"You hated it didn't you?"asked Elizabeth. Ruby turned and looked at her cousin as relief washed over her face.
"Dreadfully,"sighed Ruby,"I swear those two are the most boring old maids I have ever met. And your maids, they were nerve racking, constantly being noisy and waking me up at God forbbiden hours of the morning. Then to top things off the Commodore dared searched the house."
"He what?"squealed Elizabeth in surprise.
"He swore a criminal was in the house,"said Ruby shaking her head.
"What? Who?"asked Elizabeth.
"Some pirate he was looking for,"sighed Ruby as she lied. She didn't know why she told Elizabeth that, but she had Jack on her mind.
"Jack Sparrow?"asked Elizabeth stopping in her tracks and looking at Ruby,"Did he come?" Did he come? That's putting it mildly thought Ruby as she stopped as well.
"I never did quite catch a name, but it sounds familar,"said Ruby lying again as she played clueless,"Is he the man you mentioned in your letters?"
"He is,"said Elizabeth,"he was to come to the wedding but he did not show, Will was upset by his absence."
"Then I suppose that is who it was,"shrugged Ruby,"The Commodore seemed quite intent on bringing the man to justice." Elizabeth shook her head as she sighed, Commodore Norrington had let Jack get away one purposely but since then he had been hell bent on catching Jack.
"Jack is a good man,"said Elizabeth biting her lip,"if it were not for him I suppose Will and I would not have married, we would be most likely dead." and I wouldn't be married thought Ruby.
"So tell me how was your trip?"said Ruby changing the subject. Elizabeth smiled again as she thought of her honeymoon with Will.
"It was simply grand, I wished we could have stayed forever,"sighed Elizabeth, Ruby smiled as she seen her cousin's misty love-caused expression. Her wedding was to be like that, not some stumbling drunken mistake and definately not to a pirate. It was true that Will's father was a pirate and Will had commited acts of piracy but Will was not wanted by every authority in the British Empire. Ruby listened as Elizabeth described the whole trip, she tried to use Elizabeth's words to distract from her thoughts of Jack. Her husband Jack, it was true that she made Jack's now piracy out to be more than it really was. She could ultimately fight it, Jack would now be considered a relative by marriage to the King.
Later that evening Ruby sat in her room sitting on her bed. Throughout dinner she had been distracted, everytime she looked at Elizabeth and Will with their loving gazes she couldn't help but think of Jack and her marriage. After dinner she had claimed to be exhausted from the day's events and retired to her room. Now on her bed she thinking about Jack and what she was going to do about her new marriage. She was interupted from her thoughts by a soft knocking at the door. As Ruby climbed off the bed to answer the door a thought that it could be Jack behind the door came through her mind. She stopped for a moment before remembering the house was heavily guarded now that the whole family was home and Jack would be coming through the window if anything. Ruby opened the door to find Irfann standing at her door, she stepped back and let her guard enter her room.
"What is the matter?"asked Ruby softly as she shut the door behind him, she could tell by the look on his face he knew about her and Jack and the marriage. Irfann turned and looked at Ruby regretfully.
"I wanted to discuss your union with Jack,"said Irfann. Ruby nodded and crossed her arms over her chest.
"I am required to inform you that this marriage is a deadly risk to your life,"said Irfann,"Jack is a pirate and if any one of his enemies were to find out that he had a wife, especially one of your status."
"I realize that,"said Ruby,"But this is not much I can possibly do." Irfann sighed as he bit his lip before speaking again.
"There is but it may not be an ideal one,"said Irfann,"You must destroy the marriage certificate and leave for India at once, Jack would not dare follow. If he were to step foot on Indian soil he will be killed on sight." Ruby considered his words for a minute before shaking his head and walking over to the bed and sitting down.
"He has the certificate,"said Ruby softly. She could hear Irfann sigh loudly before she looked up at him.
"I am sorry, I was not thinking. It was so fast and shocking,"said Ruby as tears started to roll down her cheeks,"Oh my God what am I to do?" Ruby's words caught in her throat as she sobbed. Irfann stood awkwardly watching as the young girl in front of him broke down in tears. Ruby felt like the last straw had been pulled and down came a the world's heaviest weight on top of her. Her tears fell rapidly as she cried into her lap.
"Ruby, Ruby what is wrong?" Ruby looked up at the sound of Elizabeth's voice. She could see her cousin motioning for Irfann to leave as she walked over to the bed and sat next to her.
"Ruby,"Elizabeth's voice was soft andcomofrting as she wrapped her arms around the sobbing girl,"Ruby, what is wrong?" Elizabeth was worried, Ruby never cried, she was the strong one that held everything together.
"Oh my God Elizabeth, I have done something completely stupid,"wailed Ruby leaning into her cousin's arms. Elizabeth soothingly rubbed Ruby's back trying to clam her down so she could tell her what had happened.
"Shhh, calm down Ruby,"cooed Elizabeth. Ruby sat up trying to control her sobs so as she could breathe normally.
"Come on, now tell me what is wrong,"said Elizabeth pushing the hair away from Ruby's face.
"I cannot,"whispered Ruby raspily.
"No Ruby, you can tell me anything, we will work it out and make things better,"said Elizabeth.
"No,"sniffled Ruby,"this, no one can make better."
"Oh Ruby, we do not know that until you tell me,"said Elizabeth,"I am your cousin, you can tell me anything."
"No, not this,"said Ruby looking over at Elizabeth with bloodshot eyes.
"Wait, I shall have a glass of rum fetched for you,"said Elizabeth,"You need something to calm your nerves." Ruby shook her head frantically, she knew that if she drank too much in her state she might accidently confess her marriage to Jack. Elizabeth shifted on the bed with concern.
"Something must be seriously wrong, Ruby you are turning down alcohol." Ruby smiled slightly through her tears as she looked up at Elizabeth. Softly she sniffled and wiped the tears from her cheeks as she composed herself.
"Elizabeth, when you announced your engagement to Will was there a scandal because he came from a lower class?"asked Ruby softly. Elizabeth found the question strange as she thought about it for a moment.
"I would suppose, my father seemed upset a bit that I would not marry Commodore Norrington, but he seen that Will is a good man who loves me and will take care of me,"said Elizabeth,"Why would you ask?"
"Nevermind,"said Ruby waving her hand,"It was a silly question to ask."
"Ruby, what ever you have done, it simply could not be as bad as you think,"said Elizabeth,"and you know you can tell me, I will not tell a soul. Not even Will." Ruby wiped the last of her tears as she looked away from her cousin for a moment as she contemplated telling Elizabeth, maybe she would have an answer or a solution. Ruby deseperately needed someone on her side who wasn't joyed by her union with Jack or found it troublesome. Taking a deep breathe Ruby turned back to her cousin and searched for the right words.
"I think you may need the drink,"said Ruby softly as Elizabeth creased her eyebrows in confusion,"I suppose I should start from the begining." She took another deep breathe and started.
"The day after you and Will left I had a visitor arrive unexpectantly here at the house who missed the wedding," Ruby paused and bit her lip as Elizabeth frantically searched her brain trying to remember who did not attend the weddning. Finally as if a bell rang Elizabeth looked at Ruby with large eyes as she remembered who was invited to the wedding but did not show up.
"Jack,"whispered Elizabeth softly. Ruby nodded as Elizabeth's interest heightened.
"As the days went by Jack and I, we became friends. I thought it was harmless because you had mentioned your friendship with him in your letters and that he was an honorable man,"continued Ruby.
"Jack, he did not, he would not do something dishonorable to you,"gasped Elizabeth. Ruby shook her head.
"No, quite the opposite,"said Ruby.
"Well continue,"urged Elizabeth.
"As our friendship continued to grow a few incidents occured,"said Ruby as she seen Elizabeth's questioning expression,"we kissed." Her cheeks started to flush as she thought of Jack's lips and his touch.
"Then one night, our actions progressed and in the end I spent the night with him,"said Ruby. Elizabeth gasped as her eyes widen to the size of full moons.
"You slept with Jack?"whispered Elizabeth in disbelief.
"It gets worse,"groaned Ruby,"the night after I slept with Jack, I joined him at a tavern. Then from what I can remember when we were leaving, we ran into the Commodore's men. To keep from being captured we ran and ended up in a church." Ruby inhaled deeply before telling Elizabeth the big part.
"I do not remember much from there on, but the next morning I woke up on Jack's ship with a messenger boy from the church delivering our marriage certificate," Ruby's words spilled out with no boundries as she told Elizabeth, whose mouth now hung out. The silence in the room was unnerving for Ruby as Elizabeth tried to comprehend what her cousin had done.
"What am I going to do?"asked Ruby. Elizabeth went to speak but couldn't find the words to say.
"I must tell Will,"said Elizabeth getting up from the bed. Ruby quickly grabbed her cousin and with all her strength pulled her back down to the bed.
"No, you said,"cried Ruby,"please, I need someone who will help me." Tears were brimming in Ruby's eyes again as she stared at her cousin. Elizabeth slowly leaned over and hugged her cousin as she came to realize the state she was in.
"I am sorry, I just cannot believe Jack of all people entered into marriage,"said Elizabeth.
"That is not the issue at hand,"said Ruby,"Liz, what am I going to do?" Elizabeth pulled back from Ruby and bit her lip.
"Do you want to be married to him?"asked Elizabeth. Ruby shook her head regretfully.
"I enjoy his comapny, but marriage? No,"said Ruby wiping her tears,"this will destroy my life if it becomes public." Elizabeth sighed and took Ruby's hand gentily.
"Have you told Jack this?"
"No,"said Ruby,"I have not spoken to him since this morning when I left him."
"Then that would mean, last night? Last night you were married,"said Elizabeth. Ruby nodded confirming it.
"Irfann suggested I destroy the certifcate and leave for India immediately,"said Ruby. Elizabeth shook her head at that idea.
"Jack will follow,"said Elizabeth,"if he married you then he will not let you go that easily."
"I know,"sighed Ruby,"but what am I to do? Leave my life behind and join him."
"Jack is not a bad man, as I said he is honorable despite the pirate tendencies he has and he is loyal,"said Elizabeth,"I doubt he will treat you any way less than the lady you are."
"I cannot,"sighed Ruby. Elizabeth looked sympathetically as she squeezed Ruby's hand.
"I cannot say at this moment I know the answer to give you,"said Elizabeth,"My only suggestion could be is to retire for the night and when we are refreshed in the morning start to solve this problem." Ruby nodded, she did need a good night's sleep, she wasn't thinking straight.
"Do not worry about it for the time being,"said Elizabeth getting up from the bed,"as I said, everything will be okay." Ruby nodded as she looked up at Elizabeth with blood shot eyes.
"Please, I beg of you, do not mention any of this to Will, please,"said Ruby. Elizabeth nodded.
"I swear my word on it, I will not say anything."
"Thank you,"whispered Ruby. Elizabeth nodded before kissing Ruby's forehead and giving her one more hopefully look before leaving Ruby alone in the room. Once alone in the room Ruby looked around the room and listened to the deathly silence. Slowly she dragged her weary body to the head of the bed and pulled the blankets back. She slipped underneath them and leaned over to the bedside table and blew the flickering flame of the candle out flooding the room in darkness.
As she stepped onto the main floor of the house she could hear loud voices in happy reunion. She followed them until she walked back into the room where she had first met Jack, now stood the Governor, Elizabeth and Will. All three of their heads turned to see Ruby, who pasted on a large smile, enter.
"Welcome back you two,"said Ruby loudly as she walked over to the newly weds with open arms.
"Oh Ruby, I missed you,"cried Elizabeth as she flung her arms around her cousin. The two girls hugged before pulling apart and looking each other over. Ruby looked over at Will and smiled, she leaned over and hugged him slightly and kissed his cheek.
"You two look absolutely well,"said Ruby,"So relaxed and in love."
"Thank you,"said Elizabeth,"How are you?"
"Elizabeth, I do not know how you handle it,"stressed Ruby,"there is so much chaos here, I swear if I lived here I would be well aged before my time." Elizabeth laughed as she slightly hugged her cousin again.
"None of you stress yourselfs, in two nights time we will be having a ball to welcome you two home,"said the Governor. Ruby silently groaned as Elizabeth and Will smiled brightly. The last thing she wanted as another encouter with Port Royal's high society, she had enough problems to deal with.
"Come with me, we have lots to talk about,"said Elizabeth taking Ruby's hand and practically dragging her from the room. Ruby followed Elizabeth from the room and the house out to the garden where Elizabeth finally let go of Ruby and slowed her pace down. Ruby walked next to her cousin through the lush green garden.
"What have you done to keep yourself busy well we were away?"asked Elizabeth.
"I have toured Port Royal, shopped, spent time with the Comoddore,"said Ruby.
"Commodore Norrington?"asked Elizabeth.
"Yes, he and Uncle took me on a tour of the city,"said Ruby. Elizabeth looked over at her cousin as they walked, Ruby's face was stiff and her voice had a forced properness to it.
"You hated it didn't you?"asked Elizabeth. Ruby turned and looked at her cousin as relief washed over her face.
"Dreadfully,"sighed Ruby,"I swear those two are the most boring old maids I have ever met. And your maids, they were nerve racking, constantly being noisy and waking me up at God forbbiden hours of the morning. Then to top things off the Commodore dared searched the house."
"He what?"squealed Elizabeth in surprise.
"He swore a criminal was in the house,"said Ruby shaking her head.
"What? Who?"asked Elizabeth.
"Some pirate he was looking for,"sighed Ruby as she lied. She didn't know why she told Elizabeth that, but she had Jack on her mind.
"Jack Sparrow?"asked Elizabeth stopping in her tracks and looking at Ruby,"Did he come?" Did he come? That's putting it mildly thought Ruby as she stopped as well.
"I never did quite catch a name, but it sounds familar,"said Ruby lying again as she played clueless,"Is he the man you mentioned in your letters?"
"He is,"said Elizabeth,"he was to come to the wedding but he did not show, Will was upset by his absence."
"Then I suppose that is who it was,"shrugged Ruby,"The Commodore seemed quite intent on bringing the man to justice." Elizabeth shook her head as she sighed, Commodore Norrington had let Jack get away one purposely but since then he had been hell bent on catching Jack.
"Jack is a good man,"said Elizabeth biting her lip,"if it were not for him I suppose Will and I would not have married, we would be most likely dead." and I wouldn't be married thought Ruby.
"So tell me how was your trip?"said Ruby changing the subject. Elizabeth smiled again as she thought of her honeymoon with Will.
"It was simply grand, I wished we could have stayed forever,"sighed Elizabeth, Ruby smiled as she seen her cousin's misty love-caused expression. Her wedding was to be like that, not some stumbling drunken mistake and definately not to a pirate. It was true that Will's father was a pirate and Will had commited acts of piracy but Will was not wanted by every authority in the British Empire. Ruby listened as Elizabeth described the whole trip, she tried to use Elizabeth's words to distract from her thoughts of Jack. Her husband Jack, it was true that she made Jack's now piracy out to be more than it really was. She could ultimately fight it, Jack would now be considered a relative by marriage to the King.
Later that evening Ruby sat in her room sitting on her bed. Throughout dinner she had been distracted, everytime she looked at Elizabeth and Will with their loving gazes she couldn't help but think of Jack and her marriage. After dinner she had claimed to be exhausted from the day's events and retired to her room. Now on her bed she thinking about Jack and what she was going to do about her new marriage. She was interupted from her thoughts by a soft knocking at the door. As Ruby climbed off the bed to answer the door a thought that it could be Jack behind the door came through her mind. She stopped for a moment before remembering the house was heavily guarded now that the whole family was home and Jack would be coming through the window if anything. Ruby opened the door to find Irfann standing at her door, she stepped back and let her guard enter her room.
"What is the matter?"asked Ruby softly as she shut the door behind him, she could tell by the look on his face he knew about her and Jack and the marriage. Irfann turned and looked at Ruby regretfully.
"I wanted to discuss your union with Jack,"said Irfann. Ruby nodded and crossed her arms over her chest.
"I am required to inform you that this marriage is a deadly risk to your life,"said Irfann,"Jack is a pirate and if any one of his enemies were to find out that he had a wife, especially one of your status."
"I realize that,"said Ruby,"But this is not much I can possibly do." Irfann sighed as he bit his lip before speaking again.
"There is but it may not be an ideal one,"said Irfann,"You must destroy the marriage certificate and leave for India at once, Jack would not dare follow. If he were to step foot on Indian soil he will be killed on sight." Ruby considered his words for a minute before shaking his head and walking over to the bed and sitting down.
"He has the certificate,"said Ruby softly. She could hear Irfann sigh loudly before she looked up at him.
"I am sorry, I was not thinking. It was so fast and shocking,"said Ruby as tears started to roll down her cheeks,"Oh my God what am I to do?" Ruby's words caught in her throat as she sobbed. Irfann stood awkwardly watching as the young girl in front of him broke down in tears. Ruby felt like the last straw had been pulled and down came a the world's heaviest weight on top of her. Her tears fell rapidly as she cried into her lap.
"Ruby, Ruby what is wrong?" Ruby looked up at the sound of Elizabeth's voice. She could see her cousin motioning for Irfann to leave as she walked over to the bed and sat next to her.
"Ruby,"Elizabeth's voice was soft andcomofrting as she wrapped her arms around the sobbing girl,"Ruby, what is wrong?" Elizabeth was worried, Ruby never cried, she was the strong one that held everything together.
"Oh my God Elizabeth, I have done something completely stupid,"wailed Ruby leaning into her cousin's arms. Elizabeth soothingly rubbed Ruby's back trying to clam her down so she could tell her what had happened.
"Shhh, calm down Ruby,"cooed Elizabeth. Ruby sat up trying to control her sobs so as she could breathe normally.
"Come on, now tell me what is wrong,"said Elizabeth pushing the hair away from Ruby's face.
"I cannot,"whispered Ruby raspily.
"No Ruby, you can tell me anything, we will work it out and make things better,"said Elizabeth.
"No,"sniffled Ruby,"this, no one can make better."
"Oh Ruby, we do not know that until you tell me,"said Elizabeth,"I am your cousin, you can tell me anything."
"No, not this,"said Ruby looking over at Elizabeth with bloodshot eyes.
"Wait, I shall have a glass of rum fetched for you,"said Elizabeth,"You need something to calm your nerves." Ruby shook her head frantically, she knew that if she drank too much in her state she might accidently confess her marriage to Jack. Elizabeth shifted on the bed with concern.
"Something must be seriously wrong, Ruby you are turning down alcohol." Ruby smiled slightly through her tears as she looked up at Elizabeth. Softly she sniffled and wiped the tears from her cheeks as she composed herself.
"Elizabeth, when you announced your engagement to Will was there a scandal because he came from a lower class?"asked Ruby softly. Elizabeth found the question strange as she thought about it for a moment.
"I would suppose, my father seemed upset a bit that I would not marry Commodore Norrington, but he seen that Will is a good man who loves me and will take care of me,"said Elizabeth,"Why would you ask?"
"Nevermind,"said Ruby waving her hand,"It was a silly question to ask."
"Ruby, what ever you have done, it simply could not be as bad as you think,"said Elizabeth,"and you know you can tell me, I will not tell a soul. Not even Will." Ruby wiped the last of her tears as she looked away from her cousin for a moment as she contemplated telling Elizabeth, maybe she would have an answer or a solution. Ruby deseperately needed someone on her side who wasn't joyed by her union with Jack or found it troublesome. Taking a deep breathe Ruby turned back to her cousin and searched for the right words.
"I think you may need the drink,"said Ruby softly as Elizabeth creased her eyebrows in confusion,"I suppose I should start from the begining." She took another deep breathe and started.
"The day after you and Will left I had a visitor arrive unexpectantly here at the house who missed the wedding," Ruby paused and bit her lip as Elizabeth frantically searched her brain trying to remember who did not attend the weddning. Finally as if a bell rang Elizabeth looked at Ruby with large eyes as she remembered who was invited to the wedding but did not show up.
"Jack,"whispered Elizabeth softly. Ruby nodded as Elizabeth's interest heightened.
"As the days went by Jack and I, we became friends. I thought it was harmless because you had mentioned your friendship with him in your letters and that he was an honorable man,"continued Ruby.
"Jack, he did not, he would not do something dishonorable to you,"gasped Elizabeth. Ruby shook her head.
"No, quite the opposite,"said Ruby.
"Well continue,"urged Elizabeth.
"As our friendship continued to grow a few incidents occured,"said Ruby as she seen Elizabeth's questioning expression,"we kissed." Her cheeks started to flush as she thought of Jack's lips and his touch.
"Then one night, our actions progressed and in the end I spent the night with him,"said Ruby. Elizabeth gasped as her eyes widen to the size of full moons.
"You slept with Jack?"whispered Elizabeth in disbelief.
"It gets worse,"groaned Ruby,"the night after I slept with Jack, I joined him at a tavern. Then from what I can remember when we were leaving, we ran into the Commodore's men. To keep from being captured we ran and ended up in a church." Ruby inhaled deeply before telling Elizabeth the big part.
"I do not remember much from there on, but the next morning I woke up on Jack's ship with a messenger boy from the church delivering our marriage certificate," Ruby's words spilled out with no boundries as she told Elizabeth, whose mouth now hung out. The silence in the room was unnerving for Ruby as Elizabeth tried to comprehend what her cousin had done.
"What am I going to do?"asked Ruby. Elizabeth went to speak but couldn't find the words to say.
"I must tell Will,"said Elizabeth getting up from the bed. Ruby quickly grabbed her cousin and with all her strength pulled her back down to the bed.
"No, you said,"cried Ruby,"please, I need someone who will help me." Tears were brimming in Ruby's eyes again as she stared at her cousin. Elizabeth slowly leaned over and hugged her cousin as she came to realize the state she was in.
"I am sorry, I just cannot believe Jack of all people entered into marriage,"said Elizabeth.
"That is not the issue at hand,"said Ruby,"Liz, what am I going to do?" Elizabeth pulled back from Ruby and bit her lip.
"Do you want to be married to him?"asked Elizabeth. Ruby shook her head regretfully.
"I enjoy his comapny, but marriage? No,"said Ruby wiping her tears,"this will destroy my life if it becomes public." Elizabeth sighed and took Ruby's hand gentily.
"Have you told Jack this?"
"No,"said Ruby,"I have not spoken to him since this morning when I left him."
"Then that would mean, last night? Last night you were married,"said Elizabeth. Ruby nodded confirming it.
"Irfann suggested I destroy the certifcate and leave for India immediately,"said Ruby. Elizabeth shook her head at that idea.
"Jack will follow,"said Elizabeth,"if he married you then he will not let you go that easily."
"I know,"sighed Ruby,"but what am I to do? Leave my life behind and join him."
"Jack is not a bad man, as I said he is honorable despite the pirate tendencies he has and he is loyal,"said Elizabeth,"I doubt he will treat you any way less than the lady you are."
"I cannot,"sighed Ruby. Elizabeth looked sympathetically as she squeezed Ruby's hand.
"I cannot say at this moment I know the answer to give you,"said Elizabeth,"My only suggestion could be is to retire for the night and when we are refreshed in the morning start to solve this problem." Ruby nodded, she did need a good night's sleep, she wasn't thinking straight.
"Do not worry about it for the time being,"said Elizabeth getting up from the bed,"as I said, everything will be okay." Ruby nodded as she looked up at Elizabeth with blood shot eyes.
"Please, I beg of you, do not mention any of this to Will, please,"said Ruby. Elizabeth nodded.
"I swear my word on it, I will not say anything."
"Thank you,"whispered Ruby. Elizabeth nodded before kissing Ruby's forehead and giving her one more hopefully look before leaving Ruby alone in the room. Once alone in the room Ruby looked around the room and listened to the deathly silence. Slowly she dragged her weary body to the head of the bed and pulled the blankets back. She slipped underneath them and leaned over to the bedside table and blew the flickering flame of the candle out flooding the room in darkness.