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I know the feeling of being busy. I’ve been busy all day. I could have stayed at least another hour at work, but I was tired.
Sorry my reply was so short! I’ll do better next time.
Elissa grinned her mischievous grin. “You wouldn’t have found it, but search if you’d like.” She laughed. Elissa has braided it into her hair. It had enough volume that the hilt was in her hair and the blade in sheath was in the braid. Elissa was glad that he agreed to dance. “I slipped it off you and you never noticed. I’d have thought a pirate wouldn’t be so easy to pickpocket.” She pulled him out to an empty space so they could dance to the lively tune.
It was enough!
“He was the best. Father would have said he was a bad influence, but I don’t think so. I’d like to think that all that I am today is because of him. I couldn’t have asked for a better friend.” Elissa smiled, a fond look in her eyes as met his gaze. “I still think highly of him.” Elissa suddenly stood with a grin. “C’mon. I’ll teach you to dance my way and then you can teach me to dance your way.” She held her hand out to him. “I’m barefoot so if I step on your toes it won’t hurt and I’ve had worse happen to my feet, so it won’t hurt if you step on them. C’mon.” She gave a jerk of her head, hoping that he’d dance with her. “You don’t have to know how to dance. Just let the music lead you. It won’t let you down.” The small drink she’d had of her father’s scotch had help to calm her and lift her spirits. Anymore would have been too much as she was already feeling a little lightheaded. But it didn’t matter so long as she saw Joseph smile. He really was a handsome rogue. “Dance with me and I’ll give you the dagger, but you have to promise to give it back. It’s the only gift my friend ever gave me. It is all I have had to remember him by all these years. I can’t have it taken from me forever.” She hoped maybe this bribe would be enough to get him to dance with her.
Awww, he cares about her feelings and wants her to cheer up! Sorry, it just made me smile.
“I’m used to noise.” Elissa said with a small smile. “In fact noise makes it feel more like my ship. I don’t like silence.” Elissa found solace in noise, it reminded her of the fun they’d had on her ship and the markets that she visited. Noise never bothered her, bedlam had been noisy, people always crying or screaming. Silence was what bothered her. Her home had always been quiet after her mother had died and she hated the silence.
Elissa smiled when he said his back was fine. Her heart fluttered when he smiled at her. His smile was a reward all its own. “Do you dance?” She asked Joseph with a mischievous grin. “Too bad no one has a violin, I love how they sound. Father wanted me to learn…I used it for target practice when I was learning how to shoot a pistol.” She laughed. “I defied him every chance I could and my best friend helped me.” She wasn’t going to mention that he was her friend, not in front of the crew. She didn’t want to upset him and she didn’t know how they would feel knowing that she had information about their captain that he didn’t even know.
Elissa smiled when he said his back was fine. Her heart fluttered when he smiled at her. His smile was a reward all its own. “Do you dance?” She asked Joseph with a mischievous grin. “Too bad no one has a violin, I love how they sound. Father wanted me to learn…I used it for target practice when I was learning how to shoot a pistol.” She laughed. “I defied him every chance I could and my best friend helped me.” She wasn’t going to mention that he was her friend, not in front of the crew. She didn’t want to upset him and she didn’t know how they would feel knowing that she had information about their captain that he didn’t even know.
Sorry for adding more. I was re-reading it and my brain thought up more. I saw you hadn’t replied yet. I hope that was alright.
Elissa’s heart dropped when Rhea said he’d hung. How close had she been to losing him? She smiled when he accepted her offer. “An Indian mystic taught me this. It never fails.” She said standing behind him. “Breath in and out when I tell you to.” Elissa placed her hands at the base of his neck. “Breathe in.” She instructed ready to push down firmly when he breathed out. The action would pop his back and release the tension in the neck and shoulder muscles. “Breathe out.”
She was about to sit back down when Peter spoke. Elissa paled suddenly when he mentioned Bedlam. The flashback came almost at once. “Don’t send me back.” She begged instinctively. Her breathing became rapid as the memories pulled her in. She was trembling.
Adam noticed the change at once, how she paled and her eyes became dark and distant. He was on his feet and at her side in an instant. “You aren’t there now.” He said firmly, grasping her shoulders. “Elissa.” He snapped trying to bring her back. Her eyes focused again as she gasped for breathe. “Drink, just a little to calm you.” Adam instructed handing her the tankard that had been previously offered to her. “Sit before you fall.”
She slowly sat and took a small drink of the scotch. “I’ve been there. My crew was there.” She said in a hushed voice.
“Don’t think on it,” Adam told her. He knew the place. He’d first been assigned there and after seeing what it was like, what they did to people he left. Piracy was better than that place.
“I was fourteen! Do the rumors say that? I was only fourteen years old when he had me thrown into that place!” She cried. “They treated me like I was crazy. I just wanted my mother back. I just wanted my best friend to come home. I was lonely, not crazy. He didn’t care. He wanted me gone.” She sat there shaking her head. “They locked me in the dark. I had to stand, the room wasn’t big enough for me to sit. They called it the coffin.” She looked up but not at anyone.
“Drink more.” Adam instructed holding the cup to her lips. He understood how she could fall apart. They all had stories. They all had their breaking point. He knew the horrors of Bedlam but only from the standpoint of a doctor. “You aren’t there now.” He looked to Joseph. “I think it’s time she gets some rest. Will you take her back to your cabin? I can talk with you later about Bedlam, I was a doctor there, for a day, but still...” He hated admitting that he’d been a doctor at that place. Adam may have been a pirate but even he wasn’t heartless enough to send someone, much less a fourteen year old girl, to Bedlam. He doubted anyone on the ship was that heartless.
Elissa took another drink before shaking her head. “No, I’m alright.” She said, calmer now than the last time she spoke. “I’m fine now. I don’t want to ruin your fun. I’m sorry, Bedlam is just a bad memory for me. It’s one of my stories I want to forget.” She looked to Joseph. “I don’t need to go back to the cabin. I’m alright, I promise. How’s your neck now?” She didn’t want to ruin the enjoyment that Joseph was having. After the way he’d left earlier she knew he needed it.
She was about to sit back down when Peter spoke. Elissa paled suddenly when he mentioned Bedlam. The flashback came almost at once. “Don’t send me back.” She begged instinctively. Her breathing became rapid as the memories pulled her in. She was trembling.
Adam noticed the change at once, how she paled and her eyes became dark and distant. He was on his feet and at her side in an instant. “You aren’t there now.” He said firmly, grasping her shoulders. “Elissa.” He snapped trying to bring her back. Her eyes focused again as she gasped for breathe. “Drink, just a little to calm you.” Adam instructed handing her the tankard that had been previously offered to her. “Sit before you fall.”
She slowly sat and took a small drink of the scotch. “I’ve been there. My crew was there.” She said in a hushed voice.
“Don’t think on it,” Adam told her. He knew the place. He’d first been assigned there and after seeing what it was like, what they did to people he left. Piracy was better than that place.
“I was fourteen! Do the rumors say that? I was only fourteen years old when he had me thrown into that place!” She cried. “They treated me like I was crazy. I just wanted my mother back. I just wanted my best friend to come home. I was lonely, not crazy. He didn’t care. He wanted me gone.” She sat there shaking her head. “They locked me in the dark. I had to stand, the room wasn’t big enough for me to sit. They called it the coffin.” She looked up but not at anyone.
“Drink more.” Adam instructed holding the cup to her lips. He understood how she could fall apart. They all had stories. They all had their breaking point. He knew the horrors of Bedlam but only from the standpoint of a doctor. “You aren’t there now.” He looked to Joseph. “I think it’s time she gets some rest. Will you take her back to your cabin? I can talk with you later about Bedlam, I was a doctor there, for a day, but still...” He hated admitting that he’d been a doctor at that place. Adam may have been a pirate but even he wasn’t heartless enough to send someone, much less a fourteen year old girl, to Bedlam. He doubted anyone on the ship was that heartless.
Elissa took another drink before shaking her head. “No, I’m alright.” She said, calmer now than the last time she spoke. “I’m fine now. I don’t want to ruin your fun. I’m sorry, Bedlam is just a bad memory for me. It’s one of my stories I want to forget.” She looked to Joseph. “I don’t need to go back to the cabin. I’m alright, I promise. How’s your neck now?” She didn’t want to ruin the enjoyment that Joseph was having. After the way he’d left earlier she knew he needed it.
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