Ch- 6 The Darkest Hour

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I never thought I would ever be sitting in courtroom but here was holding Sarah Cameron's hand and JJ on my other side leaving little kisses on my shoulder blade

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I never thought I would ever be sitting in courtroom but here was holding Sarah Cameron's hand and JJ on my other side leaving little kisses on my shoulder blade. The judge gravel strikes, and she calls for silence. "John Booker Routledge, pursuant to the North Carolina statute section 14, you are charged with murder in the first degree with aggravated circumstances." I take a deep breath, preparing myself for what's coming, "if convicted, the maximum sentence would be the death penalty." My eyes widened and I could feel my hands and legs start to shake, my lip trembles, I can hear the shock and commotion in people's voices clamoring behind me. "Your Honor, he's 17!" I think I hear JJ's voice "quiet!" "He's 17! Are you kidding me?" Soft arms wrap around my waist, and cologne and salt water scent fill my nostrils. I know JJ is trying to stay strong for me but I can tell he's about to explored. "Hey, John B, we're gonna figure it out" JJ shouts, I feel his chest tremble when he speaks. Kiara is pulling Sarah away from the courtroom, while she tries to fight to get to John B who's getting escorted out of the room. I let out a loud sob, and I fall completely in JJ's arms. I cling onto his shirt, my fist gripping it tightly, and he helps me walk. Pope also helps him get me out of there. I know we're outside when the bright sunlight blinds me for a second. Groups of people gather around the Kildare County Courthouse. I'm now walking, but JJ still has his arm around my waist.
"Justice is served."
"He had it coming"
People's comments make me, take a deep breath, trying to catch my breath. I wipe the tears out of my face. "Is this a joke? Like, are we in hell or...?" Kiara says "I should have never come home" Sarah mutters, her voice hoarse from crying. "They're gonna kill him, guys. I know it" JJ says sounding angry and sad he wrapped his arms around me pulling me into him tightly. "Sorry for what you and your family have gone through. Thank God the system works." Someone tells Ward, as they walk by us. Kiara beats me to it, when she raises her voice and spits the words out of her mouth as if laced with venom, "Can you please shut up? Of course you think the system worked because it was made to protect you and people like you" "he'll have his day in court. A jury will decide." "He shouldn't even be in court! You should, 'cause you're a murderer." Kiara spits to Ward's face. "You have a lot of nerve showing up to court." "I know you're upset. I understand you're upset, okay?" Ward tries to calm her down, pretending to be the loving and caring father everyone thinks he is. "Upset?" "I know he's got you fooled. He's got you all fooled." "No, I'm not just upset!" Kiara throws herself at Ward, raising her fist to hit his face, but she can't get to him, cops grab her and push her back. "Show some respect!" Wards yells pointing at her I look at my mom and she stomps over to Kie and pulls her a warm embrace Kie started calming down a little bit thank god for my mom's loving arms. "Leave these kids alone Ward they been though enough as it is and for the record I have gotten John B an excellent lawyer that prove he's innocent and your a big fat liar" she yells my eyes widened my mother just called Ward Cameron a liar in front of people. My mom keeps her arm around Kie and than wraps an arm around Sarah too JJ wraps his arm around my shoulders, making me walk with him, my mom is pulling Kiara away, too. But she's not done yet. "It's not a coincidence that your daughter's sitting with us." One last punch to Ward's ego. We went back to the Chateau and it was now pouring down rain my mom went home to make sure that the lawyer was going to happen she wasn't about to let the boy who's like her son get killed. "I'm gonna testify under oath. I was there." Sarah says. "I just need to get a hold of my sister." "Sister?" JJ scoffs I reach for his hand to try and calm him down he grabs mine and grips it tightly, "Kie, do you have your phone?" Kiara hands Sarah her phone. "Wheezie is the only other person that knows Rafe wasn't home that day." "Hold on" are the first words I say since we got here "our last chance at freeing John B... Is a kid named Wheezie?" "I don't know what else to do" Sarah says anxiously "I got us into this mess I'm gonna do my best to get us out." "Wheezie? Yeah, that will work"Sarah ignores JJ, and walks inside to call Wheezie."Well, she's right about one thing we gotta do something. Our boy is a PO-dub right now, okay? He's held captive by the enemy right now, maybe even scheduled for execution" "JJ, baby, please, this isn't helping" I tell him gripping his hand tighter. "Are we just gonna sit here?" He starts raising his voice making me finch a little bit he starts rubbing his thumb on my hand to say he wasn't yelling at me. "What's the plan? We kidnap Shoupe?" Kiara yells at him ugh I hate when she yells at him. "Maybe, like, that's not the worst idea actually." "Oh, it's not?" Kiara says, scrunching up her nose. "No!" JJ says back than began playing with my fingers "that is actually the worst idea I've ever heard." Pope interrupts "it's pretty bad." Sarah says, from inside the house. "You know? Please, just stay out of this." JJ asks Sarah, and then turns to Pope again. "Okay, Pope, look, we've been doing everything your way, and how has that been working out?" "Okay, okay, so what's your plan? You're gonna storm a jail, guns a-blazing?" "Look, Pope, all I'm trying to get you to understand is they got our boy. Are we just gonna sit here and do nothing? No! We're gonna go get his ass. We're gonna do something about it!" I look up when I hear JJ yell. Pope is on his face, finger pressing to my his chest, trying to get him to understand. "JJ, we're not storming a jail. It's not happening." "No, fine, man. Sit in your comfy chair. Do nothing. I'm gonna see what I can do. Make something happen, even if I have to do it by myself." JJ says, putting back his hat on his head. "You're not doing it by yourself." I mutter, standing up I'm not him letting do another plan by himself last time he did that it didn't end well. Kiara and Pope look so done with us, but I honestly don't care. I can't sit here and do nothing. I need to help somehow. My best friend/brother is in jail, I'm not going to let him die for something he didn't do not on my watch. JJ has a smug smirk on his face, watching me get up. He walks out of the Chateau, and goes straight to his bike. I follow him and he hands me my helmet, one I made him buy - not steal - when he first offered me a ride looking back he was probably flirting with me. Thunder booms over us loudly. JJ finally turns around "baby, if you're only coming to stop me don't bother" I handed him the helmet back "I'm not," I admitted as I got close to him. "I'm just-I'm just going telling you to be safe and don't do anything stupid, without thinking it through please?" "I can't promise you that, you know that, T-baby," JJ tells me and I nodded my head, understanding. "Okay, then at least call me when you have a plan figured out?" I requested and he nods. "And let me know if you're safe or not. Or, if you need any help-" He had cut me off by kissing me gently under the pouring rain. I've always wanted to be kissed under the rain, I thought it was romantic, like the ones you see in the romance movies. I felt my heart pumping at the slow and tender kiss. He pulls away. "I'll call you as soon as I think of something ." He pecked my lips again. Gazing into his blue ocean eyes before pulling away from him and walking back to the porch. JJ starts his dirt bike and leaves.I walked back up to the porch and sighed I couldn't sit out here any longer"I'm sorry guys but I need to go home and relax being here isn't helping my anxiety" I say "I'll walk you home T I have to wait for Wheezie's text anyway and being here isn't helping me either" Sarah said I smiled I never really spend any time with Sarah since she joined us "sure thing let's go see you two later" I said too Kie and Pope who just nodded at me. We began walking in the pouring rain really wish I bought an umbrella or raincoat I'm going to have to change my clothes when I get home "are you worried about JJ?" Sarah asked me "a little bit especially after what happened the last time he went off on his own but he promised to call me once he has a plan" I told her "you believe him?" She asked "well yes I do because when we got together he swore to me he would keep every promise he makes" I tell her she chuckles "wow you two certainly make dating look easy me and John B are married and we're not nearly as strong as you and JJ are" I pouted her and John B seemed to be totally in love but from what she said there's some issues. We arrived at my house and my mom's car was in the driveway what's she doing home? I unlocked the door and opened it "MOM?" I yelled no answer weird we entered the house and than I heard talking coming from the kitchen must be on the phone with someone better not disturb her "let's go she's probably talking to her lawyer friend" I told Sarah who nods and follows me to my bedroom. I never thought me and Sarah Cameron would be laughing and giggling loudly in my bedroom but here we are I changed out of my wet clothes "anything from Wheezie?" I asked her while sitting at my keyboard "nope nothing this waiting around while John B is in jail is killing me and my family are the reason he's there in the first place and my brother shot me" she said flopping onto my bed I pouted at her "and I thought my family was messy" I joked and she chuckled "hey um can I ask you something?" "Sure" "where's your dad?" My breath hitched the pogues knew better than ask me about my father the only one that knows about him is JJ but he just knows the basics since I'm not ready to fully talk about him "all you need to know is that he abandoned my mother and me 5 years ago he abused my older siblings and mom for years and cheated on my mom multiple times he's the reason we moved to this island in the first place and I haven't spoken to or seen him for years" I told her, her eyes were widened "wow that's a lot I'm so sorry but if it helps I know what's it like not knowing who your father really is" she said I nodded and smiled at her I'm glad I told her and she seems to understand that I'm not going to say anymore on the subject. Suddenly my phone rang and I quickly looked at it, it was JJ I hit answer "hello?" I asked into the phone "hey, baby," JJ coos I could feel my cheeks turn red just from the way he talks. "What's the plan J?" I sighed, running a hand through my wet hair. "It-Alright, I talked to John B," JJ cuts me off. "And I need your help. Please , I'll explain the plan when I meet you." I looked at all the music I had in front of me I really should practice "I really need to practice my audition is in just 2 days so-" "Baby, please?" JJ whined. "I really need your help. It could all go wrong if you're not there" "no amount of practice is going to make me better anyway, if I agree, where would you like to meet?" I questioned. "I'll be there, in twenty minutes." JJ requested. "See you soon baby oh and bring your rollerblades," " alright see you soon" I replied back before hanging up on him. "You should go," Sarah told me as I approached her. "JJ sounds like he needs you, plus by opinion your more than ready for that audition" she said I smiled and hugged her "thanks S I tend to over practice when I'm nervous even when I know I'm ready." "Okay, be safe, have fun, I'll let you know when Wheezie gets in contact," Sarah promises me I pulled away from her. "But hey, don't have too much fun!" I flipped her off, knowing exactly what she meant and she laughs at me, leaving my room. I got my rollerblades and headed to meet JJ outside I heard my mom was still on the phone in the kitchen who is she talking too? I walked towards the kitchen and heard my mom talking no yelling into her phone, "Yes it's bad and too top it off he's framing our daughter's best friend for a murder he did not commit yes I believe her and I was right to not trust Ward Cameron unlike you, I don't care you were tricked he's a monster and so is his son" ok now I'm confused why in the world is my mom talking about Ward Cameron sounding like she knew him in the past and who was she talking too? A friend maybe? And does it have anything to do with that picture I find? My phone vibrated in my hand I looked at it JJ had texted 'I'm here' I sighed I'll deal with my mom later right now JJ needs me.
After a fifteen minute ride on my rollerblades, JJ and I finally at a house "who's house is this?" I asked him "my cousin's Ricky" he said "as in the cousin that sold you-" I said he just nods knowing what I meant I groaned this is already turning into a very bad idea. "Yo!" JJ whistles to his cousin as I wave at him awkwardly. 'Listen, man, all you gotta do is leave the ambulance running. It's a small favor to ask, Ricky, just a small one.' JJ begs his cousin as he fixes his bike. 'It's not as much about the favor as the general stupidity of the plan.' Ricky says looking between JJ and I before going back to fixing his bike I sighted even his cousin isn't liking this plan. ''Come on. Just leave the ambulance running, Ricky. You gotta do this one for me, bro.'' JJ continues to plead to his cousin. ''You're gonna wind up in jail, cuz.'' Ricky shakes his head and I let out a sigh. 'I mean, that's gonna happen anyway, G, eventually.' JJ nervous chuckles and and I take deep breath does he really think that? ''Might as well be for a good cause.'' He shrugs. ''Yeah, well, I'm not having any part of it.' Ricky states. 'You've come up with a lot of dumb ideas, but, uh, this might be the dumbest.'' Ricky sighs as he turns his back to us scavenging through his tool box, JJ grabs my hand as we follow after him. ''I wouldn't be asking you to do this if it wasn't important, and let me remind you, you owe me, man. Who ran that load up to Cape Gear when your hemp came in hot?'' JJ questions pointing at him as Ricky lets out a sigh of frustration. '' Me, all right?'' JJ states I don't even want to know what Ricky made him do but guessing it was legal. ''I'm sorry about your bud. I really am. But I'm not helping you commit suicide. sorry. Now leave me alone. I gotta focus.'' Ricky tells us and JJ groans. '' I'm working an overnight later, so if you're cool..'' Ricky ramble on. ''No, yeah. I'm cool.'' JJ says pulling Ricky in for a hug. "So your the girl that stole my cousins heart by the way he talked about you he made you sound like a supermodel" Ricky said looking at me I blushed and looked at the ground "well too me she is a supermodel" JJ stated that made me blush harder "thanks but I'm no supermodel rockstar maybe not a supermodel" I replied "you should of heard the things he said about you when he first told me about you" Ricky said my eyes widened "dude don't" JJ whined "no please tell me what he thought of me when he first met me?" I asked now very curious. ''Now we gotta go, say hi to Stephanie for us.'' JJ says smiling as we turn around to leave. ''Now wait a minute..'' I go to speak but he places his finger on my lip cutting me off. He walks over to the table and grabs the keys to the ambulance and I cover my mouth with my hands stopping myself gasping. "he is so going to hate you but genius!" I exclaim running over to him and pulling him in for a kiss. "I'm sorry, Ricky. I'll make it up to you." JJ mutters as he drives the ambulance away. I have the skates on my lap, was sitting with my knees facing the door and my arms folded on my chest. JJ glances at me sending me a little smile and I just smirked at him he snorts, and I see his knuckles white, gripping the steering wheel. "Am I in trouble for calling you a supermodel or for telling every guy in school to stay away from you?" "I don't know, JJ. What do you think?" "I think both...?" JJ asks, lowering his voice and squinting his eyes a little. I don't answer. I turn my head to look out of the window. I hear JJ sigh, and he takes one hand from the wheel to push the skates from my lap, so he can caress the skin on my leg. "Come on, T I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said those about you... before at least meeting you first and but, in my defense, it wasn't my fault you looked so good in that outfit" "I don't care if I had on the prettiest dress in the world! You still said those things!" I say, and I chuckle under my breath. "I know, and I'm sorry!" "Why would you even think those things about someone you didn't even know!" "Because I liked you!" "What?" I frown. "we only met at the end of my first day I liked you, too. Did I go around telling everyone that you looked like a god? No" JJ glances at me, before turning his eyes back on the road again. A tiny little smirk on his face, and I wouldn't have noticed it if I hadn't seen his cute dimple. "What?" I say, scowling. "You liked me? Even on your first day?" he says, with a smug face. "Oh, God." I groan, rubbing my eyes with the palm of my hands. "Seriously? Out of everything I just said?" "I didn't know you liked me since day 1." "Of course I liked you, dummy." I sigh. "I was always around you. After day 1" "yeah, but... I didn't even think you liked guys like me." He shrugs, now confused. "I liked any cute guys that flirted with me. And because you were always with a different girl." I point out. "I thought you didn't like me. You sent me many, many, many mixed signals." "This is crazy." JJ chuckles. "I went out with those girls because I was convinced a girl as amazing as you couldn't possibly like a guy like me... So, we could have been dating for 2 years now, if we had talked instead of both of us being stubborn. "Yup." I confirm, a slight smile on my face, thinking how dumb and stupid we both were. JJ checks the time. It was 10.20 PM. "Now, we're just waiting on John B's call. Come on, buddy," he then looks over at me "everything ok baby?" "Before you came to get me I ears-dropped on a call between my mom and someone and it sounded intense" "intense how?" JJ asked reaching his hand out to touch my thigh "well I heard words betrayal, stabbing in the back and Ward Cameron" I said JJ's eyes widened "why on earth would your mom be talking about the Camerons?" I shrugged "I don't know but it sounded like she has some sort of history with Ward, I'm going to confront her either tonight when we get home or tomorrow either way I have to find out" I say "I hate to say this baby but maybe your mom knows more about the treasure than just what you told her" I didn't want to believe my mom knows about Ward and the treasure but why else would she be talking about him? "Hm," I murmur, starring ahead in the empty parking lot. Some sirens go off behind us quickly and I cursed under my breath. JJ gives me a look telling me that he's got this as a cop car drives up next to us. The cop parks beside us JJ avoids the cops gaze for a little while "I hate when it's slow like this, you know?" The cop asked us. "Tell me about it, man," JJ answered, still avoiding the man's gaze "hey, what happened to Ricky?" The cop had asked. "He bangs out?" JJ finally looks at the cop. JJ exhales. "Something like that." "One three Eddie. We got an unknown at KC Detention." A female speaks on the radio JJ picks up the radio. "Uh, yeah, ten-four. I'll be right there. Thank you so much. Over." JJ puts down the radio. "Duty calls, I'll see you later, Officer. Uh, you have a good night, though, okay?" "Hold up." The officer told us as JJ turns on the ambulance. "I got nothing to do. I'll pace you." The siren blares, turning on his emergency lights and I couldn't help but smirk and look out the other window quickly and he starts driving. JJ looked at me, smiling. "Too easy," JJ murmured to me and began to follow the cop. We had eventually driven up to a gate. A guard shines a flashlight into the ambulance. "It's straight ahead to transfer bay," the guard told us "copy that," JJ answered. "Thank you, sir." The large gate opens and JJ drives through. He backs the ambulance into a garage at the transfer bay. A jail nurse stands nearby JJ looks at her and slaps his door. "All right, load him up." "You gonna get your patient here?" The nurse asked us. "Yeah. Right. Yeah, I'm gonna get the patient" JJ had quickly said "well, come on then." The nurse ushers and I climbed out of the ambulance, JJ following. JJ muttering to himself about his patient and I rolled my eyes as the nurse turned around. The nurse turned to us. "Where's Ricky?" "Ricky? Uh, food poisoning" My boyfriend quickly lied. "You know, uh, Ming Dynasty off of Highway 25? Them egg rolls, dude. Now, they'll get ya. They'll get you good. Uh, so where's the patient at?" "Patient fell out." The nurse continued, leading the way. "No LOC, but he's orthostatic. Stage 4 lymphoma. He's been in and out of chemo for the last three months." JJ and I glanced at each other secretly. This is not John B. A man wheels out another man, not John B. A droopy eye older man in a wheelchair. JJ clenched his jaw and looked at the time. "Uh, is that the only patient tonight there, ma'am?" I quickly asked the nurse chuckled. "Why? You wanna take one more tonight?" "I mean, we would if we had to," I looked over at the nurse. "That's what I'm trying to say. Uh..." I muttered under my breath. "Darn it." I'm not a good liar when I'm stressed. "I was just thinking that we were called in because our patient had appendicitis." JJ had continued. "No? Okay" "this is our only patient." The nurse looked at us suspiciously. "Right," JJ muttered. "Where did you guys say you worked?" The nurse narrows her eyes at us JJ puts his hat on backwards and faces the nurse. "Dare County, ma'am." JJ plastered on a smile. "I worked over there. Never seen either one of you before." The nurse was definitely going to catch us if we don't lie good enough. Then we're busted. JJ approached the nurse. "Well, that's cause, you know, we both just moved up in the ranks so fast. Look, we would love to stay here and chat, but we gotta get moving, all right? We gotta get our patient to the hospital" "JJ," the inmate murmurs. "Is that you?" The patient eyes JJ. I almost groaned. Of course, this inmate knows JJ. I saw the nurse exchange looks with the guard. "He's delusional as shit," JJ speaks. JJ struggles to unlock the back of the ambulance. "We just got different rigs up in New Bern. Uh, that's not gonna work." He flips through different keys. "I think it's... There we go." The door opens. "All right." I clapped my hands. "Let's get him up there."I looked over to the back doors of the ambulance. "Let's go." The guard says as the nurse and the guard helps the inmate up into the back of the ambulance. "So, where is your guy's third partner?" The nurse questioned and JJ and I looked at each other. Not so subtly... JJ looked at the nurse. "I told you. Egg rolls." "Who's gonna look after your patient if you're driving?" The nurse continued "I will, ma'am," I told her quickly. "No, you two will be in the back." The nurse eyed me. "There's always two people in the back and one person in the front driving." "Well, they told me the officer could drive." JJ quickly stepped in. "No, he's an inmate. I gotta be in the back." The officer had said. "Well, there you go." I had said. "I'll drive, JJ and this kind sir will be in the back." "But you're the nurse, you're crucial. Just like the DR is." The nurse gestured towards JJ and I. Darn it, she thinks I'm the nurse and JJ's the DR. To be fair, I had picked one of my sister's old nurses uniforms. "Wait, hold on, officer." JJ had said. "So, you're saying you're gonna be responsible for us not taking care of our patient. Is that what you're telling me? Because look at him. He's weak, feeable, and pale and shit. And we gotta do our medical stuff on him, or else we're gonna lose him, okay? You don't want that on your hands, do ya?" JJ climbs into the back and he helped me up into the back, too. The officer turned to the nurse. "This didn't happen." "All right, let's go" JJ had said and closes the doors, the officer coming around and I turned to JJ. "Oh my god, I've never liked you more ," I whispered to him. "That was incredible. You're an amazing liar." JJ smiled down at me, he was about to kiss me but I swerved past him as the nurse was watching us through the window. "Not now. We have company creepy company." "Right, right," JJ muttered. I watched as the nurse goes to the phone that had been ringing for a long time. She picked it up. The officer had jumped in and began driving, JJ and I giving each other looks. I took a seat beside the inmate, my palm beginning to grow sweaty. JJ and I stayed quiet, not really sure what we're supposed to be doing. I was freaking out on the inside. This is extremly illegal, and if we get caught, our butts are in jail. "Be advised, a 10-63 in progress." A woman had spoken on the radio. "I repeat, a 10-63 in progress. Do you copy?" "Copy," the officer replied "continue with the patient onto the hospital." The woman continued to speak. "We have a backup on the way. Do you copy?" "I read. Ten-four." The officer had replied, his eyes on the road. JJ cleared his throat. "Officer, is everything good up there?" The guard closes his window to the back. "Officer." JJ gave me a look. "Shit" "what does a 10-63 mean?" I quietly asked and JJ shrugs "I think it's our time to dip." JJ had quickly told me and walked over to the back of the doors, which was locked. I looked out the window and saw that cops sirens were on, they were following us. JJ quickly texts Kie and SOS Emergency. "Come on, Kie, I need a miracle," JJ muttered. "JJ," I mumbled, looking at him worriedly "we're getting out of this." JJ had quietly told me, grabbing my hand as we now sit down on the seat together "I'm gonna get us out." My hands begin to shake as more cops began chasing us. "Noo!" I yelled, anxiety crashing down on me. JJ starts flipping through keys. "I think it's... There we go." The door opens. JJ was pacing in the ambulance. "Hey, your first time could be in the back of ambulance that would definitely be different" "JJ!" I gasped. "I'm not having sex with you right now and I would rather my first be in water than in this thing while be chased by cops" "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm freaking out right now!" JJ panicked. "This could be the last time I ever see you- your mom will really, really hate me now." "Why would you even think that?" I had cut him off. "JJ, we've been through thick and thin together. If you think this is gonna stop us now, then you're delusional as shit." JJ collapses on the floor, sliding down against the back of the doors and dropping his head and his face begins to crumbles. I hated seeing JJ cry. I had quickly dropped down beside him. "This is not the end, JJ" "I hate crying in front of you," JJ whispered, his voicing cracking. "And I'm so sorry I got us into this mess." I connected our lips together, bringing him in for a passionate kiss. Tears were mixed in, making the kiss salty. I pulled away and wiped his tears away. "Your my world, T-baby. And I'm sorry I haven't been the best boyfriend lately. I'm also sorry I didn't get you a promise ring" "promise ring?" I beamed but when I saw his face fall, I cupped his face with my hands. "Hey, baby. I don't care about a ring, or a house, or even kids, All I care about is you. I love that you're already thinking about our future together. As long as I end up with you, I'm perfectly happy," JJ brings me in for a hug and I nuzzled into his neck, taking in his scent. Suddenly, we slammed backwards and my head hits the wall and I groaned in pain. "What the fuck-"The ambulance had slammed down on its breaks and that's when we had our chance. "Go, JJ!" I had quickly told him. "Go, go!" I had opened the side door, quickly getting JJ out. JJ and I turned our heads as we sprinted away to see Kie's SUV. JJ and I both laughed together, running into the woods. We don't stop running, I had tripped over a few branches. "Ugh!" I fell onto the ground, my hands stopping me from face planting into the ground. "Baby!" JJ had quickly pulled me up and we turned a few corners in the woods, running with all our might. We had made it towards another street, Kie's SUV was waiting for us. "Come on!" Pope called as JJ and I piled into the SUV, the two of us breathing heavily as Kie speeds off. I was way out of shape. My heart was pounding in my ears very loudly and I felt dizziness consume me. "Oh, my God" I had panicked, placing two hands on my heart. "I'm seriously not gonna ask," Kie told us. "Look, we busted the wrong guy out of jail," JJ informed them. "Sue us." "What?" Kie exclaimed. "At least we were trying." JJ bites back. "Why are you always doing such stupid shit?" Kie snapped. "And dragging poor T along. "Well, I'm gonna end up in jail anyway, so..." JJ trailed off and I glared at him heavily. "So, why does it matter?" "Quit saying that what about our future? Did you not really mean any of it? JJ's face softened. "T-baby, I-" "No." I looked out the window to the passing houses. "Don't want to talk to you right now" The car fell silent until Pope spoke up. "You guys okay?"JJ stares off. "Yeah." And I don't even reply, anger boiling up inside me. "Just a doozy of a day." I pulled my knees up to my chest, burying my head in between and closed my eyes. I just want to go home. Kie dropped me off at my house because I needed to be at home tonight before I left the car I looked at JJ and reached for his hand I took it and squeezed it to let him know I was mad but didn't hate him he got the message than did our special simple for I love you I smiled and did it back. I got into my house and walked straight towards my bedroom. "Sweetie oh good your home there's something you need to know" my mom said from behind me I groaned I really didn't want to do this right now but guess we are "what is it mom?" I asked her "well first your be happy to know your uncle is coming tomorrow" I looked at her confused "why is uncle coming? He's never been here before" I said "actually he has he loved this island in fact he was best friends with John B's father" my eyes widened ok that's new and strange "what about Ward Cameron? I asked "I'll let him explain that one" mom said I nodded than yawned "mom can you please explain more tomorrow I'm really tired" " no problem sweetie goodnight" she kisses my head than leaves my room I snuggle more into my blankets and fell asleep not knowing tomorrow was going to bring more surprises, shocks and unexpected family connections.

Finally another chapter 2 more weeks till season 3 I can't wait I'm gonna try and not binge watch it in one day but I don't think I'll be able to contain myself LOL. Anyways enjoy the double update and please, comment, like and vote.

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