Suzy sighs. “A friend sacrificed his life for hers when she was six,” she says as she looks at me meaningfully.

“That is incorrect, Pirate Mother,” Master Mind says. “Two friends sacrificed themselves for her when she was six.” 

Suzy looks at him, and her gaze lingers around the thread that she and Joy had sewn Master Mind’s two halves back together. 

[Click on the title to read the entire diary entry!]

Suzy and I wait for Justin on the deck of Bonny’s Revenge. Joy has banished us from our own home because we asked too many questions. Charlie has not been banished, but he stands there on the deck and looks at Joy from afar and does not move to join her.

Justin finally appears on the deck, always in the same place, always at the same angle. 

He sees Suzy’s and my worried looks and immediately says, “What happened? Is she okay?” 

[Click on the title to read the entire diary entry!]