Meghan turned to look at me with her eyes widened in surprise while I continued to look at Jane.
"Omg! What are we going to do? He knows I tell you he knows!" Meghan gasped.
I calmly sheathed my cutlass and handed Meghan her dagger not saying a word. They both looked at each other then back to me. "Kani! What are we going to do?" Meghan asked.
"We are going to do nothing! You and Jane are going back home to your lives as if nothing has happened!" I stated.
Jane stepped forward and put her hand on my arm and asked, "But Kani what are you going to do now that he knows about you?"
"Me?" I shrugged my shoulders and said, "I am going to go do what I do best."
"And that is?" Jane asked.
"Well, first I am going to find the one that betrayed me then I am going to make sure that my sister is far, far away from here as possible. After that?" I shrugged and said, "I haven't figured that part out yet."
I turned to walk away but Jane stepped in front of me and said, "Kani! You cannot do this alone! My brother will be coming after you and he will have you swinging from the nearest yardarm!"
"What will be will be. This has already been set in motion and even I cannot stop it!" I stated.
"Kani, I can help you find the betrayer." Jane said.
"I think you best stay out of this or else your brother will think you and Meghan both have betrayed him. So please you and Meghan go back home" I said.
"Okay this is the deal. Just listen for a moment please Kani" Jane pleaded. I nodded and she continued on, "I will help you find the one came to my brother okay? I know his voice and I definitely will know those boots but after that you are on your own okay?"
"Why are you helping me?" I asked curiously. "I am about to kill your brother!"
"While I know this makes no sense but I want the betrayer as much as you. And yes, I know you want my brother's head on a platter and probably for good reason but I do want to help you find the one that has betrayed you. I don't know why but I like you and I think we can turn this around if you will let me." Jane stated.
"You are willing to help me knowing all the while that I am about to take your brother down. So the question still remains . . . why?" I asked.
"I love my brother but he has changed over these past couple of years. I don't know what has happened to make him so but I want to know what took place to change him. Make that I have to know what happened to him." Jane stated.
"Okay you can come with me but Meghan goes back and I will give no quarter on that missy so don't even try to debate it! You have children to protect." I stated firmly.
"But we had an agreement!" Meghan stated.
"And I am a pirate and a free spirit to boot so I do as I please when I please! So go back home and pretend nothing has happened. If he asks for Jane? Tell him she is on holiday alright?" I said.
Meghan nodded yes and asked "But will you keep me informed please? I will worry about you both."
"Jane will thru missives so that way John will not be suspicious." I said.
"But you will need gold for this venture and I am sticking to my side of the agreement whether you like it or not. So please let me at least help you with that!" Meghan said.
She reached down into her pocket and pulled out a few gold coins and passed them to me and pleaded, "God be with you Kani! And you too Jane! God speed and be safe!"
I nodded and turned to Jane and asked, "You ready? My ship is just over there."
Jane and I crossed the sandy beach and boarded the dinghy. As we rowed toward the ship my mind was racing with all that had transpired in the last hour or so. Jane's remark about the Lord and Master John's change in demeanor had me puzzled. Two years she said . . . that is when I came into his servitude. What changed him and why I wondered.
