Pinky Promise / JJ Maybank

5

The next morning the twins woke up to a knock at the door and they both opened their eyes to see sheriff Peterkin standing at the door "Get decent, kids. We need to talk"

John b and Liv had went and got changed and when they came back out Peterkin started talking "Sorry to break in like this, but DCS called. Wanted me to check in on you both. See how you were doing"

The twin started to clean up, throwing away any beer bottles laying about "So, how are you, besides the-" she circles around her eye with her finger, pointing out the bruise that has formed on John b's eye from last night

John b stops what he's doing and looks up at her "Oh, no, I'm- we're great."

"Yeah, fantastic." Liv starts "Uh... thanks for coming by"

"I'm so glad to head you say that, John b, Liv, but I heard a few things that worried me. Let's see if I remember" she presents to think "Oh, yeah. One of the thing I heard was that you uncle Teddy, your guardian, hasn't been in the state for three months"

"That's false" John b replies and at the same time Liv says

"Ok, that's not true"

"You don't have to say anything, I know it's true. I called the school. They said you both used to be good students, but now you're failing all you classes"

"Ok, first of all, I was never a good student" Liv drops the bag she was holding and goes and sits on the pull-out

"Yeah" John b agrees "And I'm only failing one, and it's history. He's a dick. He has it out for me-" Peterkin cut him off

"I heard there was a fight on the beach yeasterday, and a gun was involved"

"Okay. Gun? No." Liv denies from her spot on the couch

"Did I get in a dustup? Yes, was there a gun? No. No way" John b scoffs

"That's okay. I know who it is, I'll get to him." Peterkin says, bringing up JJ making Liv worry about what his dad would say, most importantly, do "All I'm worried about right now is making sure your both in a safe home"

John b scoffs again "Yeah, super safe. Super sound, sturdy. You know" John b knock on the table trying to show how stable it was

"Yeah, and uncle T's coming, so..." Liv says making Peterkin turn to look at her

"That what he told you?" the older woman questioned

"Yeah" Liv nods

"If he is coming, I think toy should be aloud to stay"

"Thank you" John b says

"But if I stick my neck out for you, you have to help me. Tit for tat" she replies sternly

"What does that mean?" Liv asks confuses

"Let me see, how can you help me?" Peterkin says, ignoring Liv's question "Oh, I know. So a body was found on the marsh yesterday. Were you in the marsh yesterday?" She asks the twins but mostly John b

"Yeah, we were fishin' for some drum" John b replies

"You catch anything?"

"Nah, we were skunked" Liv mentally face palmed at John b's lie, know that right after a storm you would catch a lot of different things and apparently Peterkin knew that too

"Strange. Fishing's usually good after a storm. All sort of things get stirred up" This makes John b's face drop as he releases his mistake, but Peterkin decides to move past it "You come across a wreck yesterday?"

"No" the twin reply at the same time

This makes Peterkin sigh "You skimmin' jus above the surface, kids" she brings her hand down "Now, down here is foster care, juvie. Pretty big drop for smart kids like you" She then raises her hand so it's level with her head "Up here is you and your little friends doing whatever you want. Outer banks... Or foster care on the mainland. You one inch above the surface, kids. If I were you, I'd start flappin' my wings. Now you sure you didn't come across a wreck yesterday?" she asks again