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Chapter 16

"I'm coming" he said finally, detecting the urgency in my voice, he downed his rum then followed is out of tavern, batting away the wenches that flung themselves at him.

On the way back to the ships I was being question by Oliver and Will, but Dad stayed remarkably quiet.

We ran through the streets of Tortuga as quick as we could, Oliver kept pulling my arm as we ran, warning me not to overdo it for the sake of the unborn child inside of me. He didn't say anything about it though because Dad still didn't know about it. Will kept shooting me odd glances here and there, but I wasn't having any of it, I carried on running as if the baby wasn't even there, to be fair, I'd rather have a miscarriage than lose my life, along with fathers, especially by Clara.

We got to the Star Maker to find Elizabeth coming out of the cabin rubbing her eyes; she had evidently just got up from the nap she was in when I last left her.

"What's going on?" she asked sleepily as she sensed the uneasy feeling between us all.

"Clara" I said, I watched Elizabeth look up at me with wide eyes and rush to get the twins. I supposed living with Clara for just short of a year, with Clara picking up your babies every chance she got could do that to you.

"If this is just a complaint about what Clara may have done to you this time, then don't bother telling me" Dad said. I turned and glared at him.

"Do you really think that I would drag you from that tavern just to tell you what mishap I'd got myself in this time with Clara?" I sneered. Hormones at the ready.

"I don't know Luv, but you and Clara had been fighting over my attention everyday before I told you to live on this ship for a while" father said back.

"I was not!" I snapped "I didn't trust Clara from the moment I saw her and you knew that, but no, she had to be the different one, the one that you thought you truly wanted, Dad, why couldn't you just see what we all could before you threw me off the Pearl and gave the crew no choice to leave you, if you had, then we wouldn't be at this point and it wouldn't have turned out like this" I said, the anger was building up inside of me by this point and I thought I would explode, the look on father's face was enough for now. I loved his confused face.

"What point? Turned out like what?" he asked, flailing his arms around expressively.

"The point that your life is near its end if we don't get rid of Clara, as is mine! And the fact that the whole crew has fallen apart because of her" I said, tears streaming down my face as I spoke. Oliver came to wipe the tears away while Will stood, looking upon the scene solemnly. I batted Oliver away, not wanting to be protected just quite yet. Father looked at me like I had slapped him.

"What do you mean?" he asked. He took at step closer, as did I.

"I mean that Clara is planning to kill us, you for leaving her behind and me for being in the way" I explained, waving my arms about like father often did.

Elizabeth came out of the cabin, Jack and Lily in her arms, her brows furrowing as she tried to make sense of what we were saying.

"What do you mean Lily?" she asked. Dad looked at her briefly before turning back to me, his eyes gazing into mine.

"For leaving her behind where?" he asked, "I've never met her before" he stated, I wanted to laugh at him, he was truly clueless. "And what are you getting in the way of?" he asked.

"Lily, tell us the whole story" said Oliver, he came and rested his hand on my shoulder, I leant my head on his hand and looked at his confused face for a moment before telling the whole story.

"Right" I began "Clara is the woman from Tortuga that we helped when we found her getting beat up by her husband" I smiled briefly when I saw recognition and shock come into father's eyes. "We left her behind when she wanted to come with us, remember?" I asked him, dad looked down as if his boots had become interesting all of a sudden, he nodded slowly and I knew he was thinking things over.

"She wants to kill me doesn't she?" he asked quietly "she's after vengeance for us leaving her behind, what are you in the way of then?" he asked, I smiled as he finally believed me.

"You, Dad" I said. "I got in the way of you, she could tell I was onto her and she didn't like it, I bet she was overjoyed when you kicked me off my own bloody home" I said, I said the latter quieter, not wanting to contemplate the subject for too long.

"Sorry Luv" Dad said.

"It's ok Dad, I'm glad you finally understand what a witch that woman is, I tried to warn ye"

"Aye, ye did, I just refused to listen" Dad replied. I rushed up to him and embraced him, but not for too long that he got embarrassed about it.

"So what are we going to do now?" asked Will. Elizabeth handed Jack to him and moved Lily about in her arms.

"I have an idea" Dad said thoughtfully, eyeing the twins. He stepped forward to Will and eyed Jack before looking up at the baby's father.

"May I?" Dad asked, Will complied almost immediately, knowing that Jack's godfather wouldn't put his son or his daughter in any danger.

"Looks like these two are getting into adventures of their own and their only a few months old" commented Oliver. I could only guess what Dad was thinking and if I was right, the twins were to be a diversion in this escapade of disloyalty, suspicion and astonishing turns of events.

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