21, the bell tower

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chapter twenty one, THE BELL TOWER

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chapter twenty one, THE BELL TOWER

 "We're really just going to sit around and do nothing?" Elaine asked, looking around at the pogues and Sarah. They were sitting at a table in the wreck.

"Look, he'll come around, all right? It's, he's doing a JJ thing" John B tried to assure the girl and when she let out a sigh he got quiet.

"you think he'll go home?" Kiara questioned, making Laney look up.

"There's about a zero percent chance that JJ goes home," Pope said, the boy looking from the window.

Laney wasn't sure if Pope was right, even though she had known him for far less than Pope had, going home was something she probably would have done before she decided to run away.

Pope explained to the group what they could do and they were all listening. His plan was solid and the boy was right, they needed to make sure they found someone who wouldn't screw them over, not again.

"Okay, so tomorrow morning?" Laney asked and Pope nodded,

"Yeah, we have to get this asap, we can't risk losing it," Pope told her.

"All right, let's do it" John B agreed and they all nodded except for Sarah.

"What about the thing with my dad," She asked and Laney turned her attention to the pair.

"What thing?" Pope asked, his stance changing.

"I have to go fishing with Ward," John B said, making the pogues sigh.

"you can't get four hundred mil 'cause you're gonna go kill fish?" Kiara asked, unimpressed.

"blow it off" Laney suggested.

"I have to go, okay? He, He saved me, all right? If it weren't for Ward, I'd be in foster care." John B told them, his head down.

"Oh, bullshit!" Elaine scoffed, the burst of emotion making everyone look at her. "That's bullshit and you know it!" She told John B. Before he could try and talk she continued.

"you know that my brother would have given you a place to stay, you know he would have had your back. Don't sit there and act like Sarah and her family were the only choice. Stop acting like you had no other option because you did, but you chose the Camerons." She let out, standing from her spot and walking out of the restaurant. Kiara got up and followed after her.

They sat at the edge of the water for a while, just tossing rocks and chatting. She was trying to blow off steam. She knew she probably shouldn't have blown up on the boy like that but he was sitting there acting as if Ward Cameron was this big superhero who saved him when no one else would.

Elaine Tate had no doubt in her mind that Sam would have taken him in, her brother already treated him as family. John B said it himself earlier that summer, Sam looked out for him when no one else did.

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