Storm Chaser // JJ Maybank

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Taking Heyward's advice we head to the nursing home Pope's great-grandmother is in.

"Guys, the thing that Limbrey said, I don't think she meant to let it slip. She said the key leads to the Cross of Santo Domingo," Pope tells us.

"Wait. Can I see that?" JJ asks. Pope hands him the key.

"Are we supposed to know what that is?" Sarah asks.

"I'm guessing it's some sort of historical artifact of great importance," Pope offers.

"Well, according to the interwebs, it was a gift from New Spain to the Spanish king," Kie tells us.

"New Spain? Is there an Old Spain?" JJ asks.

"Shit, talk about over-gifting. Look at that thing." Kie holds her phone up with a drawing of the cross. "Looks like there's a person standing next to it."

"So it's a giant-ass cross," I state.

"It was widely considered at the time to be the most extravagant tribute ever from the provinces. It was lost off the coast of Bermuda in 1829," Kie tells us.

"Did you just say Bermuda?" JJ asks.

"Oh, no. Not the triangle," John B remarks.

"It always leads back to the triangle, dude," JJ insists. "Like every single time something's weird, it's Bermuda."

"What does a key found above your mee-maw's pharmacy have to do with any of this?" Kie asks.

"Yeah," Sarah agrees.

"Where do we come in?" Kie asks.

"I don't know. That's a good question," Pope says.

We pull up to the nursing home. Everyone starts to get out of the van.

"Hey, actually, I think I'm gonna do this one by myself," Pope tells us.

"Are you sure?" Kie asks.

"Yeah, I can handle it. I don't really need you, so..." Pope says directing it at Kie.

"Oh, we're just all one big happy family today, aren't we?" JJ remarks.

"Hey, man, pick you up in a bit," John B tells Pope.

We head into town. Kie, Sarah, and I head into a store to get a drink while JJ and John B stay in the car.

"I gotta ask. What the hell is happening with y'all's relationship?" I question.

"I told Pope I just wanted to be friends," Kie tells us.

"That's why he's acting all butthurt?" I ask.

Kie nods. "Yeah."

I turn to Sarah.

"I think John B is mad about what happened with Topper," Sarah tells me. "Of course I thanked Topper. He saved my life,

and I'd put him through so much already. And you'd think that that is the crime of the century."

"Tell me about it. All of this crazy shit's happening, and Pope's giving me the silent treatment for not being in love with him," Kie says. "

"And we're the dramatic ones," Sarah remarks.

"Sure," Kie says with a laugh.

We head back to the nursing home. Pope is waiting outside for us.

"There he is," JJ says.

Pope sighs as he gets in the van.

"So, how'd it go?" John B asks.