Silver Waves(Book 1Living Treasures)

Chapter 7: Charlotte's Story

(unedited version)

"Sam! How have ya bin?!" Sapphire greeted the man standing in the doorway cheerfully,

nearly tackling him. Sam grinned," I've bin good and yerself?"

"I've bin fantastic! Oh! I nearly forgot, Sam this is Silver and Silver this is Charlotte

and me's good friend Sam," Sapphire introduced us enthusiastically.

"Pleasure to meet ya Silver, I hope your stay here on Tortoise Island is a good one,"

he greeted warmly, with a small hint of sarcasm at the last part.

"Thank you," I replied then realized the food was ready and went to the oven to

pull the pies out.

"Sapph, the crew is here, I swear they're like wolves who c'n smell a good meal fer

miles," he joked.

Sapphire laughed," well I'm glad I can boast having the best meals on this 'ere

isle."

I pulled out the pies and handed them off to Charlotte, and Sapphire," the pies ain't gonna

serve themselves, come on."

A pang of sadness hit me when I remembered Stick had said something like that not long before he

was killed protecting me. I pushed the thoughts aside before following

Charlotte, Sam and Sapphire to a big room with a long dining table, twenty or

so sailors sat around it talking loudly to each other.

When they noticed us come in, one by one they stopped talking and looked at us or rather the food

in our hands. Sapphire grinned," Even'n boys, who's hungry?"

They all cheered, we set the food on the table. Most of the men were about to start serving when

someone yelled," Men! Haven't ye forgot'n ta say somethin' to the ladies for their hard work?"

I looked to see that Sam was standing at his seat. The men nodded and turned back to us

again," thank ya ladies" they chorused. A smile crept onto my face; both Sapphire and Charlotte were also smiling. The room became noisy again as the men started eating and talking. I followed Sapphire back to the

kitchen.

“I don't know about you folks but I'm starving," Charlotte exclaimed.

Both Sapphire and I nodded, I grabbed the two pies that were left and set them on the table.

We all served ourselves and started eating in silence, I took a bite and let the heavenly

taste fill my mouth," delicious! Can I have this recipe Sapphire?"

Sapphire grinned and nodded," yes definitely."

I looked at Charlotte, “So what is your story? If you don't mind me asking..."

Charlotte smiled slightly, "'Tis a bit long but you might as well know: I was born

into a very wealthy family in a rich seaport town. One day when I was around

fourteen, around four or five pirate ships came and laid siege to our town. My

parents were killed during the first month..... that’s when I learned to act