Although it pained me to give Skylar some of the cassava fritters we had made, I knew that it was the right thing to do. After all, she had instructed her pirates to look for cassava and bring it to us, and we had profited after not having done any of the labor at all. At least it doesn't mean we have to share with the rest of the pirates, I thought. I don't know how much cassava is left on the island, and I don't want to run out of it. Maybe I should
have told them what the plant looks like, after all.
"We should leave Skylar to starve," Yvonne grumbled, crossing her arms and pouting pettily after I had sent Skylar's man on his way. "She allowed Francis to flog Rosie and torture her so badly! How can you give her some of our food after all that?"
"It's the smarter choice to make," Euph
