Destiny: A Bermuda Love Story by Marilyn Baron

Author:Marilyn Baron
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Women's Fiction
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Published: 2013-07-27T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

Bermuda

Edward, My Love,

Richard Norwood has arrived. He will survey the islands and divide them into tribes. We have heard reports from Jamestown of deaths from disease, starvation, and Indian attacks. There is still no word from you. It’s been four years since we were together. I fear you are lost. I know I am lost without you.

Love, Elizabeth

Christmas 1613

****

Darling Edward,

Our small community has swelled to over six hundred people. I now fear I shall never see you again. I have waited so long for you to come. I am sorry, but I cannot wait any longer. You must be dead, for were you alive, you would have come for me. I know that in my heart. But if, by chance, you still live, then I hope you have a wonderful life and that you have finally found your destiny.

Yours Always, Elizabeth

1615

****

The rest of the letters were full of Anne, her birth, her attributes, her brilliance, and how much she reminded Elizabeth of Edward. She spoke of the kindness of her husband, how he had offered Elizabeth and Anne stability and protection.

Edward sagged against the cold stone bench facing the grave. He felt Elizabeth’s love even in death. He hoped she had found some measure of happiness in her life. Hoped she had found it in her heart to forgive him for leaving her, for betraying her trust. And he knew with certainty that although he would sail back to Virginia, he would never again know true happiness. His heart was buried with his true love here on the island he had helped found.

He looked up and saw Elizabeth standing there. No, he was hallucinating. It was Anne. He couldn’t stop staring. She was the mirror image of her mother.

“Father says it is getting dark and you should be coming home,” Anne said.

“Thank you, child.”

“You said you knew my mother?” Anne asked.

“Very well. We grew up together, in fact. I gave your mother that silver locket. Did she tell you?”

“She told me many things,” Anne said, speaking slowly.

Edward reached out his hand and Anne placed hers in it. He wiped at the tears on his cheeks.

“I’ve only seen my father cry once,” Anne stated. “And that was when my mother died. But he didn’t see me watching. Are you sad that my mother died? Is that why you’re crying?”

“Yes, I’m very sad.”

“She used to tell me that my real father was a pirate who sailed the seas and that one day he would come for us.”

Edward squeezed her hand as they walked toward the shipwright’s house.

“Your mother was a very special woman.” Edward sighed.

“Have you come to take me away?”

Edward was stunned.

“Take you away? No, I—Your father would not allow that.”

“But you’re the pirate my mother waited for.”

“Yes,” he said, looking at his child.

“Then, shall we go to Virginia? Father said that is where you’re from. Shall we all go together, you and me and Father?”

Edward turned to her.

“Your home is here.”

“Do you have any children?”

Edward hesitated.

“Yes, a boy, John. He’s about your age.

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