Chapter Fourteen: Shopping and Uncertainty
Will and Cordelia wound their way through the many vendors in the streets. She had already purchased three simple dresses appropriate for the climate. Jack had given her a small pouch of gold to purchase anything she wanted. There are only a few other things she was looking for, like some boots, a shirt and breeches to work in and a small knife to protect herself. Will bought a beautiful string of pearls for Elizabeth. They talked of this and that, until as Cordelia knew they would, they arrived on the subject of Jack.
"How long have you know Jack exactly?" Will asked.
"A few weeks, maybe a month. However long it takes to sail from Boston. Why do you ask?"
"There's a great amount of tension between you. I feel like I could cut it with a knife. Has something happened, other than what you told me?"
"No. I've just been recently startled out of a comfortable and secure life. I mean look, I'm buying breeches and a knife, it's absurd."
"Well then why don't you buy passage on a ship? Port Royal is only a day's sail away and I have friends there."
"I..uh...I don't have money and I'm not well suited for this weather."
A knowing smile played on his lips. He looked at her with raised eyebrows and a grin worthy of Jack.
"Don't look at me like that!"
"Sorry. Shall we buy your breeches then?"
"Yes," she grumbled.
Will was too clever for his own good. He was looking for something that wasn't there. Yes. That was it. But a voice in the back of her mind kept asking 'Are you sure?' all the way back to the Pearl.
