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Usual disclaimers – sob!
With thanks to Rowenablue, ducky, Marzbar, Chelsey, JHG, A
Depp Girl, Mrs. Depp, Miss Sophia, TGAP Oz and Hils, of course.
…
Chapter Sixteen: ‘What’s
the use of pirating if you don’t enjoy the fruits of it?’
Jenny opened a bleary eye, wondering what had woken her when
she realised that Jack was scrambling about for his breeches, almost
overbalancing in his haste to put them on.
‘Is there a problem?’ she asked, rubbing the sleep from her
eyes.
‘No, luv. We’ve
reached Tortola and are on th’approach to Road Town.’
‘Thank goodness for that,’ she smiled, kissing him as he
bent down to her. ‘I’m glad it’s only
taken a couple of days to get here.’
‘We’ll stay a week or more, get ya sorted an’ settled, eh?’
‘But there’s a meeting next week, isn’t there?’
‘Aye, but we’ll only be gone a day or so.’
‘All right then. Now
go on and be captain.’
‘Yes, M’am,’ Jack grinned as he went barechested and
barefooted from his cabin. ‘I’ll send
Patience or Sive ter come an’ help ya dress,’ he called back as he climbed the
steps to the main deck.
Jenny lay back on the bunk, enjoying listening to the sounds
of the ship and of the men working to bring her into port until a soft knocking
at the cabin door interrupted her daydreaming.
‘Come in,’ she called, smiling as both Patience and Sive
arrived in view. ‘I think you’ll need a
pulley to get me up,’ she grinned.
‘I’ll go an’ see what th’men can rig up,’ Patience laughed
as she scrambled onto the bunk to help Jenny right herself. ‘It’s bloody hard on a ship when yer
pregnant.’
‘I’ve found that out the hard way,’ Jenny agreed. ‘I don’t know how you got on going all the
way to Ireland.’
‘Me neither. I
wouldn’t have bloody gone if I’d known just how far it was!’
‘I’m glad you did though,’ Sive smiled. ‘Although it’s been hard since we arrived
here, I’ve noticed a difference in Muiris already.’
‘Aye,’ Patience nodded.
‘He’s not half so sickly now, is he?’
‘No,’ the young Irishwoman smiled. ‘I just hope we settle in Tortola.’
‘So say all of us!’ Jenny exclaimed, taking Sive’s hand and
shuffling to the edge of the bunk then sliding off, her nightgown riding up
around her hips. ‘This is so
undignified,’ she complained with a grin.
‘Jack would be doubled up laughing by now!’
‘Aye, an’ I’d clobber him with a broom!’ Patience replied,
winking at her friends.
‘You’ll give him nightmares about brooms, you will,’ Jenny
teased. ‘A new, tough Commodore? Pah!
Child’s play. Patience Connelly
with a broom? The most frightening
thing in the world!’ she laughed.
‘Jack isn’t what I expected,’ Sive admitted. ‘He’s not…’
‘He's not bad fer a pirate,’ Patience
put in. ‘An’ if either of ya tell him
that I’ll bash yer both with a broom…!’
she threatened, wagging her finger at the two laughing women.
‘An’ if they don’t need ter tell
me?’ came Jack’s drawl from the doorway.
‘You were eavesdroppin’, ya sneaky
bastard!’ Patience exclaimed.
‘Me?
Never,’ Jack grinned, walking across to his chest of drawers and taking
a clean shirt from one of the drawers.
‘Although I did suspect somethin’ when ya kissed me,’ he winked, pulling
the shirt on and doing up the customary two buttons halfway down.
‘You kissed my husband?’ Jenny asked,
arching an amused eyebrow.
‘No! Well, yes… but it wasn’t like that!’ Patience retorted, glowering
at Jack who was obviously enjoying having her at his mercy for once. ‘I gave him a peck on th’cheek when they
rescued us from Tortuga. There - happy?’
she sniped at the pirate captain.
‘Ecstatic,’ he laughed as he sat on a chair and pulled his
boots on.
‘If ya keep this up, yer’ll never get another,’ the Tortugan
woman threatened. ‘Ever!’
‘Ya know how ter break a man’s heart,’ Jack chuckled. ‘Ya might want ter dress up a bit, luv,’ he
told Jenny. ‘Condent will probably
invite us to his place as soon as we make berth.’
‘All right,’ his wife nodded, still smiling at the
banter. ‘There’s a nice cotton dress
that still fits me - I’ll wear that.
And I’m sure there’s plenty of dresses in the hold that will do Patience
and Sive.’
‘Should be,’ he nodded.
‘See ya later,’ he smiled as he gave Patience a quick peck on the cheek,
winking at Jenny as he did.
‘Get off me, ya pervert!’ Patience warned, shaking her fist
at his retreating figure. ‘I’ll set me
husband on ya!’
‘I’d like ter see him try,’ Jack laughed as he shut the
cabin door behind him.
‘Are you two always like this?’ Sive wondered as she helped
Jenny out of the nightgown.
‘No, sometimes they’re worse!’ Jenny chuckled, running her
hands down her extended belly and smiling as the baby kicked in response. ‘Does the birth hurt? I know I had John,’ she said quietly, he
smile fading. ‘But he wasn’t very big
when he was born.’
‘Depends if ya’ve got th’mother-in-law from hell tryin’ ter
deliver it,’ Patience sniped, remembering when Shay’s mother accused her of not
pushing when Erin was actually turned the wrong way round inside her.
‘It can do,’ Sive nodded.
‘It hurt when Muiris was born, but I had no trouble with Evin.’
‘I can’t wait for this one to be born,’ Jenny smiled once
more, rubbing her tummy. ‘And I know
Jack is excited as well.’
‘He’s just a big child himself,’ Patience grinned as she
fetched Jenny’s undergarments and helped her on with them, catching her friend
as the ship lurched in the water, throwing them all off balance. ‘Watch what yer doin’, ya stupid eejits!’
she yelled, glaring up towards the main deck.
‘Where’s this dress?’ Sive asked, secretly wanting an
opportunity to look inside the drawers of the chest out of curiosity.
‘It should be in the third drawer down,’ Jenny informed
her. ‘It’s dark green.’
‘That should suit you,’ the young Irishwoman smiled as she
pulled open the drawer, shifting through dresses of various colours until she
came to the one Jenny had said.
‘It does, even though it’s a little low cut,’ Jenny
grimaced.
‘At least ya’ve got somethin’ ter show off in a low dress,’
Patience complained. ‘Make th’most of
it, once th’nipper comes along, it soon goes.’
‘I will,’ Jenny laughed as she wriggled as best she could
into the dress. ‘There, all decent,’
she smiled. ‘Now you two go and get
someone to take you to the hold and find something for yourselves.’
‘All right,’ Patience grinned, hoping that there would be as
good a choice as usual of fine dresses.
…
‘Jack!’ Edmund Condent beamed as the boat from the Black
Pearl approached the quayside.
‘Good ter see you again.’
‘Edmond,’ Jack smiled, climbing from the boat as it was
moored by one of Condent’s men, and shaking his friend’s hand. ‘Thanks fer th’wecome.’ He turned and helped Jenny from the
boat. ‘This is my wife, Jenny.’
‘A pleasure to meet you,’ Condent smiled. ‘Jack always did have good taste in women.’
‘Thank you,’ she smiled as he kissed her hand. ‘It’s very kind of you to offer protection.’
‘Ah, Jack has paid me handsomely for it,’ he grinned.
‘Yes, and I expect value for my money,’ Jack replied darkly.
‘You’ll get it, you’ll get it.’ the pirate captain assured
him. ‘Shay!’ he grinned, moving to
shake the Irishman’s hand. ‘I see
you’ve started already,’ he laughed, looking at Erin asleep in his arms.
‘Aye,’ Shay nodded.
‘This is Patience, my wife, an’ Finan and Sive, my brother an’ his wife.’
‘So many of you to house,’ Edmund Condent mused. ‘Good job I have just the place in mind.’
‘You do?’ Jack enquired.
‘Where?’
‘Let’s go back to my house and talk about it there. Less ears to hear…’
‘Good idea,’ Jack agreed, taking Jenny’s hand and leading
his group as Condent and his lacky’s took them through the streets of Tortola
to his house on the outskirts. Two of
his men pushed open the wrought iron gates and the self-styled king of Tortola
escorted them up the path to his front door, which was immediately opened by a
butler.
‘You live as well as Governor Norrington,’ Jenny mused, as
they entered the building, although she didn’t say that she thought Valentine’s
mansion had been far more opulent before its destruction.
‘What’s the use of pirating if you don’t enjoy the fruits of
it?’ Condent chuckled.
‘Exactly,’ Jack agreed, eyeing up the paintings on the
walls, the elaborate ornaments on tables and mantles and the silk rugs on the
floor of the sitting room that Condent had taken them into.
‘I’ll arrange refreshments for you all, then we can discuss
where I have in mind.’ Edmund Condent
left the room, leaving his guests alone.
‘It’s incredible!’ Sive breathed as she looked, wide eyed,
around her. ‘He lives better than
th’King.’
‘Valentine’s was more lavish,’ Patience shrugged.
‘Yes, I thought that myself,’ Jenny agreed. ‘Too lavish. I prefer this place.’
‘I prefer any place where that bastard hasn’t been,’ the
young Tortugan sniped.
‘Don’t we all,’ Jack muttered darkly, putting on a smile as
his friend and a maid entered the room.
‘Please, sit down, won’t you?’ Condent implored. ‘No need to stand on ceremony.’
‘Thank you,’ Jenny smiled, sighing with relief as Jack
helped her sit, then taking a china cup from the maid and sipping the bitter
coffee.
‘Where do you have in mind?’ Jack enquired, eager to find
out.
‘There’s a natural bulwark out Wickhams Cay – just a lump of
rock really, with a few trees. But
there are five houses built on it, more than enough for your needs.’
‘Bit close to th’sea, isn’t it?’ Jack pondered, stroking his
beard braids. ‘Be a bit rough during a
storm, not to mention th’fact they’d be sittin’ ducks if someone would want to
attack.’
‘It’s quite sheltered at Wickhams Cay, you get a swell but
nothing serious, thanks to the reefs that surround this town,’ Edmund Condent
grinned. ‘It was the home of my
predecessor and served him all right… until I came along,’ he chuckled.
‘How far out do th’reefs stretch?’ Shay asked. ‘A ship could still get close enough ter
fire.’
‘Around th’Cay, they stretch for about a quarter of a mile
or so,’ Condent informed him. ‘It’s as
safe as anywhere on this island.’
‘An’ how big are th’houses?’ Shay enquired, determined to find out as much as he could. ‘As ye can see, a small place is no use ter
us.’
‘The house at the top is the largest, then there is a
smaller one a bit further down and the remaining three are much the same size –
two rooms a piece, with space in the roofs.’
‘Sounds ideal,’ Jenny smiled, excitement shining in her
eyes. ‘Fin could fish from there as
well.’
‘Aye,’ Jack nodded thoughtfully. ‘Do you mind if we take a look by ourselves?’ he asked of his
cohort. ‘Just to get a feel of
th’place.’
‘Of course,’ Condent agreed. ‘You know where it is, don’t you?’
‘Aye, I know th’general direction.’ He turned to Jenny. ‘Are you up to walking, luv? It’s not far.’
‘If we take it slowly, I’ll be fine,’ she assured him,
taking his hand as he helped her from the settee. ‘Thank you,’ she smiled at her host.
‘It is a pleasure, Mrs. Sparrow,’ he nodded, taking her free
hand and kissing it again. ‘I shall
look forward to seeing you all about town.’
…
The group, consisting of Jack, Jenny, Shay, Patience, Finan
and Sive stood at the foot of the man-made causeway, which lead to the large
mound in the sea, contemplating it.
‘It’s certainly big enough,’ Shay commented. ‘I can just see all th’nippers runnin’ riot
around here,’ he grinned.
‘Would it be safe with the sea?’ Sive worried.
‘They’d have ter learn to swim before they could walk,’ Jack
told her. ‘An’ that includes you,
minx,’ he teased. ‘Let’s go up an’ have
a look.’
‘Not bloody likely,’ Patience snorted as she started to
follow.
They walked along the path that zigzagged upwards, passing
two of the smaller houses, which were in need of some repair, and came to what
had obviously been a garden laid out around the slope but which was now
overgrown.
‘I could live here,’ Jenny smiled, imagining in her mind how
the garden would look after it had been cleared and re-planted.
‘You could?’ Jack exclaimed. ‘I thought you wouldn’t like it.’
‘Ya sure we don’t get storms around here. It’s a bit exposed,’ Patience fretted,
looking worriedly out to sea.
‘We wouldn’t be safe from storms anywhere in Tortola – it’s
very flat,’ Jenny reasoned, her heart already set on the embankment as a
home. She went and peered in through a
broken shutter of the third smaller house, pleased to see that it wasn’t in
quite such bad repair as the others.
‘These will do for Fin and Sive, if they want one, and for the crew,’
she grinned excitedly.
‘Ya really like it, don’t you?’ Jack smiled benignly, taking
her hand and squeezing it.
‘Yes,’ Jenny replied.
‘Please can we live here?’
‘All right,’ he grinned, kissing her head. ‘I’ll make arrangements.’
‘Will it be ours?
Not his?’ Patience nodded her
head back towards Condent’s home. ‘Yer
ain’t just borrowin’ it?’
‘Aye,’ Jack nodded.
‘Whever we live, I shall own, don’t worry. I don’t intend being beholden ter anyone.’
Patience nodded, looking slightly more relieved. ‘An’ our house will belong ter Shay?’ she
pressed.
Jack arched an eyebrow at her. ‘Don’t ya trust me ter keep my word?’ he drawled. ‘Your’s an’ Shay’s house will be yours. Fin an’ Sive will lease theirs from me, fer
a small rent.’
‘I trust ya, but I just wanted ter hear ya say it,’ she
said, his words about being beholden ringing true to her as well.
‘She’ll be wantin’ it in blood next,’ Jack winked at Shay as
they all carried on up the slope.
‘As long as it’s yours,’ Patience sniped without malice.
‘So, d’ya like it, minx?
Even though you’ll have ter learn to swim?’
‘Who says?’ she retorted, looking worriedly at Shay. The idea of going in the water still
terrified her.
‘I’m sure ye can start by paddlin’ in th'shallows,’ her
husband assured her. ‘An’ if ye really
wanted ter learn, Fin’d teach ye.’
‘Yes,’ Sive put in.
‘He taught me an’ I never thought I’d learn.’
Patience shook her head vigorously. ‘Ain’t goin’ near th’stuff!’ she vowed.
‘I’d offer to teach you, but I’d probably sink!’ Jenny
laughed, patting her belly.
‘I thought whales floated?’ Patience teased.
‘Not this one,’ Jenny remarked, still grinning with
excitement.
‘We could anchor th’boat down there,’ Fin put in, pointing
to the other side of the outcrop. ‘It
looks sheltered enough.’
‘Aye,’ Jack agreed.
‘We’ll have ter find out how shallow th’reefs are, though with a boat,
ya should be all right.’
‘Yes,’ the older Irishman nodded. ‘I’ll perhaps wade so far out an’ check.’
‘I might come with ya an’ draw a chart of it – just in case
ya need to leave in a hurry.’
‘All right,’ Fin replied. ‘Thank ye for all of this.
I don’t know how ter repay ye.’
‘Just make sure ya look out fer Jen an’ catch us plenty of
fish,’ Jack grinned, his joviality disguising the seriousness of his request.
‘Don’t ye worry about Jenny, we’ll all make sure she an’ yer
child are safe.’
‘Thank you,’ Jack replied simply, stopping as they came to
the smaller of the two large houses set high on the mound.
‘It looks big enough fer us,’ Shay smiled, trying to peer
through a crack in the shutters.
‘Can we go in?’ Patience wondered, looking around the white
building.
Shay tried the door, grinning as it opened. ‘Aye, apparently we can,’ he said, leading
the way into a small hall.
Patience followed him, noting how dusty and dirty the place
was, reasoning that it had not been lived in for quite a few years.
‘We’ll leave ya to it,’ Jack called as they disappeared into
what he hoped would become their home.
‘Not far now,’ he smiled at Jenny, nodding at Sive and Finan as they and
their two small sons sat on a low wall outside the house.
‘No. I just hope
it’s nice inside.’
‘One way ter find out, come on,’ Jack urged, pulling her by
the hand up the last few hundred yards to the top. He tried the door, grinning at Jenny when it opened and he
stepped inside, blinking in the relative gloom of the hallway. Jenny released his hand and opened a door to
their left and peered into it.
‘Oh!’ she exclaimed.
‘It’s a study and library.’ Her
eyes wandered up and down the empty shelves that lined one wall of the
room. ‘It would take forever to fill
these!’
‘Aye,’ Jack laughed.
‘My few books by William Shakespeare’ll look a bit lost on there. I could draw some replacement charts an’
keep them here for safety,’ he mused, wandering around the room and looking out
of the window over the outcrop and town of Tortola.
‘Come on, let’s go and see the rest of it,’ Jenny urged,
disappearing out of the door.
‘Wait fer me!’ he chuckled, wondering where she had gone.
‘There’s a cloakroom here,’ she squealed from within a room
to Jack’s right. ‘And two store rooms.’
Jack wandered down the corridor, taking in the grand
staircase and wood panelled walls. He
entered the dining room, smiling at the view over the sea from the large
windows on two walls.
‘Oh,’ Jenny gasped as she followed him in. ‘This is beautiful!’
‘Aye,’ Jack agreed, taking her hand once more and bringing
it to his lips. ‘It feels like home.’
‘Yes,’ she nodded.
‘As soon as I saw the embankment, I had a feeling we would like it. Let’s try the next room.’ She all but dragged her husband from the
dining room in her eagerness to view the whole house as quickly as she could.
‘Hey!’ Jack protested.
‘Yer not supposed to go this fast when yer that big!’ he
chuckled.
Jenny opened the door at the end of the passageway and
stopped dead in astonishment.
‘Bloody hell!’ Jack swore as they stared at the hexagonal
shaped windows at the end of the room, giving them majestic views of the ocean.
‘I don’t care if it takes all of what you have at the Isla
de Muerta, we are living here,’ Jenny declared, walking in a daze to the
windows. ‘It is…’
‘Incredible,’ Jack murmured. ‘Ya can watch th’Pearl come in.’
‘Yes,’ she grinned.
‘I hope the master bedroom is above this room.’
‘If it isn’t, it soon will be! Let’s go an’ find out…’
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