chapter fifty-five "it's weird that we are not the weirdos"
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The six pogues were now driving to go to see pope's great grand-mother
"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 said playing with the key in his hands
jj held out his hand as he was sat next to john b and behind jo "wait. can i see that?"
"are we supposed to know what that is?" sarah questioned
"i'm guessing it's some sort of historical artifact of great importance" pope answered as jj handed the key to john b
"might have something to do with the royal merchant?" jo asked looking at pope
"i don't know. maybe?"
"well, according to the interwebs, it was a gift from new spain to the spanish king" kie said making her friends look at her
"new spain? is there an old spain?" jj questioned making jo chuckle and shake her head
"shit, talk about over-gifting. look at that thing" kie said showing the photo to the group, the cross we're bigger then a men
"jb, can i see that?" jo asked teaching out her hand towards the brunette boy that handed her the key
"so it's a giant-ass cross" jj observed
kie read again what wikipedia said "it was widely considered at the time to be the most extravagant tribute ever from the provinces. it was lost off the cost of bermuda in 1829"
"did you just say bermuda?" jj questioned
"oh, no. not the triangle" john b said
"it always leads back to the triangle, dude. like every single time something's weird, it's bermuda" jj said playfully hitting john b who was shaking his head
"okay, what does a key found above your mee-maw's pharmacy have to do with any of this? where do we come in?" kie said looking at pope
"i don't know. that's a good question"
after a while the pogues arrived at the retirement house where pope's great grand-mother were staying. jj hopped down the van and opened the door to let the others out. pope hopped down first and when kie was about to get down too he spoke up "hey, actually, i think i'm gonna do this one by myself"
jo and jj looked at each other then between pope and kie "are you sure?" kie asked
"yeah, i can handle it. i don't really need you, so..." pope answered
"oh, we're just all one big happy family today, aren't we?" jj joked making jo chuckle but the other two stayed silent and pope walked away
"hey, man, pick you up in a bit" john b said before driving away.
