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Chapter Four
Bill Turner stared at his Captain.
"What?"
Jones growled. "Tell him what you did to his father after he dropped a cannon on me men"
Mr. Turner looked at Henry.
"I whipped him"
Henry stared in disbelief. How could his grandfather flog his own son?
"Good ye told him. Now take him to the brig. The shackles stay on until the morrow. The boy will work with Maccus" Jones ordered.
Henry was in shock. He allowed his grandfather to drag him to the brig.
Carina was sitting on the floor when Henry was thrown into the cell.
Henry stumbled into her as he was unable to get his balance.
"Henry?"
No answer. She slapped him. The slap worked some but not fully. Henry brought himself back to earth. He had scared Carina.
"Henry are you hurt?" she asked, her voice was full of anxiety.
Henry didn't know what to say. How does one tell their loved one that their grandfather had flogged their own child.
Still worried for her hopefully soon to be husband, Carina helped Henry to his feet.
"Henry what did Jones or whoever that fish face person was, want?" Carina asked.
"We're bait. We're bait, hostages. Well at least I am anyway. You are here as leverage, a way to keep me in line. That's what Jones said anyway" Henry said at her.
Apparently something was still bothering him deeply. She didn't know how to help. She helped him to sit down comfortably before looking at him.
What she saw worried her. Henry was pale, to the point she could say white as a bed sheet. There were already bruises on his face. His sandy blonde hair had been pulled out of its neatly tied pony tail. She looked down behind his back at his hands. His hands were shackled together.
"Carina, Jones told me something" Henry started.
She looked at him.
Here was a young man who had bravely fought off pirates, committed what the navy said was an Act of Treason for trying to save his navel captain and crew, and very dead Spaniards, was speaking quietly as to not scare her even more as she already was.
"What did he tell you Henry. Please tell me. Henry your scaring me" Carina said.
"My father was whipped by his own father after he accidentally dropped a cannon he and his father were lifting, on Jones' men. If I don't do as am told, Jones is going to have my Grandfather, Bill Turner, whip me!" Henry said angrily.
"What are you going to do?"
She had a very good idea what he was going to do and knew she wasn't going to like the answer.
"Am going to give my father a reason to kill Jones"
Carina sighed. Not only was Henry brave and smart, Henry could also be stupid sometimes too. She just hoped he knew what he was doing.