ALL’S WELL AS ENDS WELL
Chapter Twelve
I led everyone into Rose’s
stateroom and looked into a closet, finding three lifebelts. I handed them to
everyone except Katy and myself. Cal appeared around the corner with some other
men. My eyes widened. I had forgotten that Jack had taken a coat and that Cal
had had Lovejoy put the Heart of the Ocean into his pocket.
"Check his pockets,"
Cal said. The men did, and of course, they found the diamond and that the coat
didn’t belong to him. I hit myself hard on the forehead. Why do they make these
things so hard to remember? Jack was handcuffed and taken belowdecks.
I whispered to Katy, "You go
with Jack. I’ll go with Rose."
"Fine." Katy scowled.
"I’m stuck with the handcuffed one."
"You know, Katy, if you eat
some sugar, I’m sure you’ll be able to get that key. Believe me, you’re
dangerous when you eat sugar."
"There should be some in the
sitting room." Katy looked around until finding the sugar bowl and gulping
it down.
"Now, Katy, go get Lovejoy’s
key."
"A-a-a-a-a-all right!"
Katy said, buzzing with sugar.
"Use the sugar rush wisely,
or else the lazy curse will get you quickly," I said. Katy nodded and
rushed off to where Lovejoy and Jack had gone.
*****
"Which room? Which
room?" Katy sang merrily. She was running very fast, hoping to beat the
water. All of a sudden, a door opened. Katy hid. It was Lovejoy. She saw the
key poking out of his breast pocket. Katy licked her finger and made pretend
tear streaks. She went running up to Mr. Lovejoy. "Oh...Mister. I can’t
find my parents and the ship’s sinking, and--" Katy broke out in fake
tears. Mr. Lovejoy took pity on her and picked her up. While heading down the
hallway, Katy was fumbling with the key. She grabbed it and put it in her pocket.
Katy kicked Lovejoy and jumped out of his arms. "Later, sucker!" Katy
said before running around the corner again. Mr. Lovejoy was too surprised to
even care.
Katy stopped at the door and
knocked. "Jack, are you in there? Still alive? Heart beating?"
"Katy, just open the
door," Jack said. Katy opened the door. "You’ve got the key, I
presume?"
"Of course!" Katy said,
putting her hand in her pocket, but it wasn’t there. "Crap," Katy
said, looking down at the floor. The room was filling with water.
"You don’t have the key, do
you?" Jack asked.
"It’s in the water
somewhere...ah-ha! Got it!" Katy said. She quickly unlocked Jack’s
handcuffs. They walked out the door. Katy saw the little boy who was killed in
the movie. "Jack, help me rescue this kid," Katy said, walking over
to the kid. Jack picked him up and they made their way upstairs. Luckily, the
gates weren’t closed. Jack and Katy ran through them and made it up to the
upper deck. "Phew," Katy said. "I wonder where Christine and
Rose are." Katy spotted Rose, Sean, and I. Sean and I were pulling on Rose
and Cal was trying to get Rose to come with him.
"Katy, do you think we
should help?" Jack asked.
"No. Christine’s got good
strength." That was true. Soon enough, I pulled Rose away from Cal. Soon,
the five of us were reunited.