for @blackbearde // ( ed ? )
when stede had sent a message that he wanted to see his kids again, mary hadn't really had the heart to say no. they'd agreed to meet up in a place a distance away from barbados, so as not to have a dead man walking through town, undoing all of their hard work.
so when stede goes off with alma & louis, it leaves mary with this . . . ed is what stede had called him.
" i tried to kill him, you know. " with newfound independence comes the allowance to be interesting instead of saying something boring like 'hello, i'm mary', plus stede is an idiot, so it's up to her to make sure this ed isn't taking advantage. " i don't know what you see in him, but he sure sees the same thing in you. "
















