High Tide // JJ Maybank

Chapter 4

"Why does she get to tickle the wire?" JJ asks looking at Pope.

"She's the best." Pope answers.

"Vomit." I mumble.

"Shut up, Kat. No one is as gross as you and JJ." Pope retorts giving me a pointed look.

"Hey now, don't talk to her like that. We love being gross." JJ defends.

"Should I use an accent?" Kie asks nervously.

"Well you definitely don't want them to know it's you, do you?" I question.

"Definitely disguise your voice." Pope agrees.

"How would you like me to talk?" Kie says in an English accent.

"Not like that." JJ states.

"Yeah, no."

"Batman."

"Batman." Kiara repeats with a deep, grumbling voice.

"Spot on, let's do it." JJ encourages the girl.

Kiara presses the call button. The four of us all stare down at the phone, the number displayed across the screen. A small collective gasp sounds when we see that they had answered.

"Hello?" A voice crackles through the speaker.

"Hello." Kiara grumbles. She looks at Pope, muting us. "I can't."

"Just talk."

"I can't." She repeats.

"Oh for fucks sake, I'll do it." I say grabbing the phone. I unmute us just as the voice speaks again.

"Hello?"

"Is Gavin there?" I question, using an English accent.

"See, that's how you do an English accent." Pope announces.

"Sorry!" Kiara whisper yells.

"This is Gavin. Hello? Who is this?"

"I know what happened on the tarmac." I state.

The man let's put a nervous laugh. "Um, who's this?"

"It was Rafe Cameron." I continue. "But you know that, don't you?"

"Okay, who is this?"

"Don't ignore my question. You lied about it too. You know exactly what I'm talking about. We're gonna prove it."

"You're gonna tell me who this is now."

"Peterkin just might still be alive if you decided to act against the Cameron's. Don't you think, Gavin? You're certainly not gonna be getting away with this either."

"Listen to me! Who is this?"

"No, you listen to me, you coward. You're going down, just like Rafe Cameron." I press the end call button.

"Dude, your girlfriend is scary." Kiara laughs, looking over at JJ.

"Definitely don't wanna get on her bad side." JJ gives me a proud smile, looking over at me.

"All right. We tickled the wire. Phase two complete." Pope interjects. "Now we wait and listen."

"Okay."

We wait until we see Gavin leave his house through the front door and get into his own car. He flips his lights on before beginning to pull out of the driveway of his house.

"Hey, he's coming. Stay down." Pope instructs.

We duck down as the car drives next to mine. The lights light up the inside of the Jeep as he passes.