MERCEDES, jj maybank

32.

ROTTEN WORDS

"Ah, nice!" Sarah starts, "Crackhead Wasteland!"

Pope shakes his head, "I don't know about this, man."

JJ brings the van to a stop and quickly scans the premises, holding Barry's ID in one hand, still not having left his JJ mindset which was started to piss his friends off. The whole ride from the side of the road to Barry's was dead silent as they all just wanted to go back home.

"Dude why are we at Barry's?" Pope asks.

JJ toys with the door, unlocking it and stepping out, "This will only take a second."

Trinity stays quiet, watching him walk off into the tarnished house. Dogs bark in the distance as John B slides open the side door.

"Where are you going?" He shouts.

"Yo soy justicia!"

"Did you glean anything from that?" Pope looks to Kie, she shakes her head and watches JJ

"You know, somebody should probably go—"

"Yep, I got it." John B steps out of the van and pauses for a second.

"You good?" Kie asks.

John B holds out his hand to Trinity, "Care to join me?"

"Sure." She sighs, grabbing his hand and jumping onto the ground.

The two walk side by side in silence to the door, in front of them JJ was raiding the place like a raccoon rummaging through the garbage for food.

"Yeah, so what's your plan, slick?" John B asks.

"Well!" JJ sighs, not turning to look at either of the two by the door, "As thou hath stealeth from us, we shall stealeth from ye!"

"Yeah, that kinda got lost in translation—"

"An eye for an eye John B." Trinity quickly explains, earning a wide smile and a quick wink from JJ but she wasn't in the mood to be glad from his praising,

"Yeah yeah, JJ that's great but what's going to happen after you rob a drug dealer? Huh?" John B shifts in front of JJ to gain his full attention.

"JJ he's right, he knows who all of us are and he probably knows people—"

JJ scoffs, "I'm not scared of this guy - or his 'people' for that matter." He uses his fingers as quotation marks.

"No, I know what Barry's like - you're going to end up like Rafe—"

"Never...ever compare to that rat bastard ex of yours, okay?" JJ turns to face Trinity and points in her face.

"JJ listen to us! We're looking out for you!" Trinity follows him around the house.

"I don't need anyone to look out for me."

"This isn't gonna end well!"

"I don't care, Trinity, I don't have time to worry about what's going to happen, I have a chance to get all the money I need to pay my Dad so I'm gonna take that chance!"

"JJ if this is about the restitution I'll help you pay it off! Please! You don't realise what's going to happen!"

"You're not thinking properly, man."

"No I am thinking very proper John B," JJ turns to Trinity, "I get what you mean though, Kooks at Figure Eight don't have this problem do they?"

"JJ that's not fair—"