𝗛𝗜𝗚𝗛 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗢𝗟 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥 (𝙅.𝙈.)

Forty

The woman takes a small hammer to test the gold and see if it would break, but it passed that test too. "Wow would you look at that" JJ says sarcastically.

"Hold your horses we haven't got to the acid test yet" she says. "ooo the acid test... my favorite" JJ looks me in the eye and I slowly shake my head. Gosh he was full of it.

She pours a small drop of acid onto the gold plate. She mumbles to herself. "Ma'am I'm telling ya this is as real as the day is long" JJ says. "It looks like somebody tried to melt it down" she looks between the two of us. Oh shit.

JJ hesitates for a second. "My girlfriend" he gestures to me. The lady looks at me. "She had all this jewelry laying around the house and she thought it was best to melt it down... to consolidate it" he adds sarcastically. Jeez JJ, throw me under the bus.

"7 pounds?! That's a lot of Jewelry" the lady looks at the scale before looking at me. "I dated a kook, that's all he ever bought me" I shrug. I was an awful actress, but she believed it.

"Ok to be honest ma'am, we're trying to raise money for my mom's hospital bills... it's been really hard to see her fall apart with alzheimer's" JJ pretends to shed a tear.

I look back at Kie who was behind the bookshelf behind us. "Alzheimer's?" She mouths with a confused look. I smile before turning back and looking depressed. "Mhm... give me a minute" the old woman says, heading into the back.

"Take your time ma'am" JJ says, still pretending to cry. Once she leaves, Kie and Pope make their way over and whisper something to JJ. He whispers something back but I push them away when I see the lady start to return.

"So I talked to my boss, and um this was I can do" she says as she slides a small piece of paper across the counter. "50,000?" Me and JJ both ask. "You think we walked in here not knowing the spot price?"JJ asks. "I know for a fact this is worth 140 at least" I add.

"Well sweetie, you're in a pawn shop" she replies to me with a sarcastic smile. I was about to cuss her out but JJ stops me. "90 or we walk" He says with his arm around my lower back. "70, half price and um I don't ask questions about where you got this" she whispers, getting a bit closer to the both of us.

JJ pauses for a second. "I'm gonna need that in large denominations please" he finally says causing the whole group to smile, except for the grumpy old lady in front of us. "Well here's the snag, I don't have that much... not here anyway, I can write you a cashiers check" she replies.

"No ma'am we want the cold heart that's what that sign says, cash for gold.... And that's what I expect" JJ states, pointing to the large sign on the wall. "Well I have to send you to the warehouse. I have the money there, is that alright?" She asks. He pauses again, narrowing his eyes. "Where's this warehouse?" He asks.

The old woman gives us directions to a place located deep in the cut, and before we know it we're on the way out there. "So... they keep money out here?" Pope asks, taking a look at the surroundings. We pass an old house completely boarded up.

It doesn't really look the place where someone would keep 70,000 dollars. "That's what she said... hahaha that's what she said" JJ looks at me with a smile. "Remind me how I ended up with you?" I ask, shaking my head with a smile. "Because no girl can resist me" he replies. "You keep telling yourself that Buddy" I say, patting his shoulder.

"I've never even heard of resurrection drive" Sarah states. "That's cause you're rich" JJ replies. "You've never heard of it either" I give him a confused look. "Thank you" Sarah says, smiling at me. JJ glares.

"Alright there's nothing but weeds back here" Kie says. "Just because it's just weeds doesn't mean there's nothing like-" JJ stops when he hears a police siren from behind us. "Cops? Out here?" I ask, looking behind us.

"Are you kidding me?!" JJ jumps from his seat. "What did we do?" Sarah asks. "Why are we getting pulled over?" Pope asks. John B quickly puts the vehicle in park then spins around to JJ. "Stash that" He says, referring to the gold. "I hate cops" JJ says.

"Did you bring the gun?" I ask, lightly tapping his arm. "No? Ok? Everybody told me to leave it back at the place" he says. "Thank god, please just put everything else in your bag" Kie sighs in Relief. "How much weed do you have on you?" I ask as they quickly shove the bag under JJ's seat.

Everyone stops talking when they hear a gun click. I couldn't believe my eyes. It was Barry holding a rifle to my brother's head. How do I know Barry you might ask? Well I dated Rafe Cameron, and you know the rest of the story.

"Let's go ahead and see them hands up in the air right now" he says. We don't do what he says. "All y'all's hands up in the air right now!" He yells. We all slowly raise our hands. "You outta the car, let's go" He says to John B.

"Let them out" John B gets out of the van slowly with his hands still raised, slowly making his way around the van to let us out. He slides the back door open. "All of y'all out right now!" Barry yells, holding the gun to us. Sarah got out first.

"There you go pretty girl, let's go" Kie hops out next, followed by Pope then me then JJ. "Lizzie, long time no see. I see you've moved on from Rafe" Barry says. JJ starts to approach him at a quick pace. "One more step and I'll shoot her" He faces the gun towards me.

JJ pauses. "JJ! Drop it!" John B yells. Eventually, he lets it go. "On the ground! All of you!" Barry points the gun at everyone. W all keep our hands up, laying in the banking beside the van. I laid next to JJ, we were both flat on our stomachs with our hands behind our heads.

"Don't let me see you look up!" Barry yells as he gets into the van. He starts to search, that bitch from the pawnshop played us. "It's a set up guys" Kie says, trying not to look up for the ground. "That old bat shanked us" JJ says before pounding the dirt.

John B starts to get up from the ground, and Sarah starts to cry. She didn't want him to get shot. "John B what the hell are you doing?!" I ask, trying to be as quiet a I can.

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A/N

Hope y'all enjoyed this, more to come soon :)
Also, I love how Sarah still calls him John B in life or death situations, like when are you gonna drop the 'B'?💀