Consequences

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Mena licked her suddenly dry lips as she readied herself to tell her cousin about her little adulterous encounter with the nameless handsome pirate. After a moment of composing herself she finally opened her mouth to speak.

“I swear Elizabeth…if you tell anyone about this…it will ruin my life.”

Elizabeth’s tea colored eyes grew wide as she beckoned for Mena to join her on the bed. Mena sank down onto the bed beside her cousin and leaned back into the overstuffed pillows before continuing.

“It’s true…I did nearly get myself into a little trouble back in Nassau.”

“I knew it!”

Mena frowned at Elizabeth making her cover her mouth quickly.

“Do you want to hear this or not?”

“Yes…yes…I’m sorry.”

“I decided to venture down into the Merry Wench the night before I was supposed to leave to come back here.”

“The Merry Wench?! Mena…isn’t that the seedy little tavern where all the…”

Mena cut her off quickly.

“The tavern where all the pirates congregate? Yes…that’s the one.”

“I can’t believe you went in there!”

“I wanted to see what it was like…curiosity got the better of me…and it nearly cost me my life.”

“What happened?”

“This disgustingly drunken nasty old pirate tried to make a pass at me…and I would have never had a chance…”

“But?”

“But this man came to my rescue.”

“That’s it…a man came to your rescue?”

“Yes…that’s it.”

“You’re an awful liar Mena…I want the whole story or I’m not going to give you your stupid letter from your precious Wesley.”

“You’re a real brat you know that Elizabeth?”

“Being that we grew up together I can honestly say that I got it from watching you Mena.”

“Now that is a rotten thing to say!”

“Oh for God’s sake…just get on with telling me the rest of the story!”

Mena folded her arms across her breasts annoyed at her cousin’s persistence in wanting to hear everything about her time in Nassau.

“Fine…you really want to know everything?”

“Yes…for the love of sanity…yes!”

“Fine…the truth is the man that came to my rescue was a pirate himself.”

“Another pirate came to your rescue? I can’t imagine a pirate doing something out of the goodness of his heart…so tell me what did he want in return?”

“Nothing…he bought me a drink and we sat and talked. He was quite pleasant actually…and very handsome.”

Elizabeth stared at Mena as if she had grown a second head all of a sudden.

“Are you hearing yourself? He was a pirate Mena…not prince charming! It was all a scheme to get in with you.”

“Oh don’t be ridiculous! It was nothing of the sort…he was simply helping me that’s all!”

“Oh really? So he just kept that other filthy pirate from manhandling you and all he wanted was to just have a drink and a little bit of conversation with you?”

Mena glanced down at her hands quickly to avoid her cousin’s unnerving stare. After a while of maddening silence Mena finally looked up at Elizabeth with watery blue eyes.

“I can’t hide anything from you can I?”

“Oh dear God Mena…what happened in Nassau?”

“As I said he was very pleasant and very handsome.”

“Yes…so you did…now go on…tell me the rest.”

“We had more than one drink.”

“How many?”

“I don’t know Lizzie…I lost count…I got drunk!”

“Oh I don’t like where this story is headed at all Mena!”

“It gets worse.”

“I was afraid it might.”

“After getting drunk in the Merry Wench tavern I let him help me upstairs to one of the rooms above the tavern and…”

Her voice trailed off as she looked away her cheeks becoming noticeably redder by the moment. Elizabeth reached out and grasped her chin gently turning her face back towards her.

“Mena…did he…force himself on you?”

“Oh…no…nothing like that.”

“Then what?”

“Lizzie…we…it was…my choice…I wanted him to have me.”

“Oh Mena no…you’re not saying that you…that he…are you?”

“Yes…we made love.”

“And…so where is he now?”

“I don’t know…he was gone when I woke up.”

“No matter…we can track him down. What’s his name?”

Mena’s face reddened even more before she replied in a low voice that was barely above a whisper.

“I don’t know that either.”

“Oh for God’s sake Mena…you let him take you to bed and you don’t even know his name?”

“I know how awful this looks Elizabeth…my good name is at stake here! And if Wesley were to find out…”

“Oh you little twit…your reputation and Wesley are the last thing you should be concerned with! My God…what if you’re pregnant? Have you thought about that?”

“P-pregnant? Oh…no I…I guess I hadn’t thought about that.”

“Did he…spill his seed inside you Mena?”

“Elizabeth!”

“Don’t bother getting all embarrassed now Mena…did he?”

“Yes…he did. Oh God Elizabeth…what am I going to do if I’m pregnant? Wesley will know it’s not his…we haven’t ever been together that way!!”

“Well then as a precautionary measure…I suggest that you charm your fiance into bedding you…and quick!”

Mena nodded as she stood and walked back over to the terrace to look out at the ocean once again. Elizabeth was right…she had to get Wesley to bed her…and soon. Because if there was the slightest chance that she was pregnant she had to make it look like it was with Wesley’s child. Her blue eyes watered as she closed them. A vision of the handsome pirate that had swindled her virginity away from her appeared in her head. How could she have been so careless? And to not even ask his name…what a mess she had gotten herself into now. She only prayed that she wasn’t pregnant with his child.

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