There's a moment in every kid's life when you feel like anything's possible. When you feel like you've got the total mojo. You could, I don't know, free-climb El Capitan, land on Mars, or, uh... get elected president. The whole world's there for the taking if you've got the sack to go for it. And then, when you least expect it, some Kook shows up and tells you there's no eternal mystery. And then all that talk about free-climbing and Mars and the president... bullshit. Magic gets cancer and dies.
"It's not there. Look, just... just pull the drone up." Jordyn sighs. "Shit."
"Look, we can do another pass. recharge the battery. We can... we can go back down." Pope tries to reason.
"We've done it three times. There's nothing there." JJ yells.
Kie yells back, "Shut up!"
"What? It's true!" He defends.
Kie argues back, "The gold could be buried. We don't know."
"If it was there, it would've been found on the metal detector, okay?" JJ reminds.
John B leans back, "Somebody beat us to it."
"Or it was never there." JJ mumbles.
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"Hey, buddies." Cheryl says as the Routledge siblings walk in.
Jordyn turns around, "You know, Cheryl, it's kind of a bad time for a check-in."
"Not a check-in. We're here to take you." Cheryl explains.
"Today? Really?" John B asks annoyed.
Cheryl tries to continue to explain, "It's just for a few weeks until your hearing."
"No, no, no. Cheryl, look, we're not going into foster care, okay we're not gonna go be a part of your little system." Jordyn tells the lady.
"John B, Jordyn, this is Deputy Thomas. He works with juveniles for the sheriff's department. Look, I know Uncle T is down in Mississippi working at a casino. He hasn't been here in months." Cheryl introduces the two to the man.
"What? No, see, that's my nightmare right there. Look, we... we... we want emancipation." Jordyn says as she tried making a move for it.
Cheryl looks around, "Emancipation from who? There's nobody here but you."
"Uh... asylum, then." John B comes up with/
"On what grounds?" Cheryl asks.
"On... on solid grounds. On holy grounds. Look, I feel real... real prosecuted right now by you and... especially Mr. Big Head over here. What are you lookin' at, bro? What're you gonna do? You gonna tase me?" Jordyn explains.
"Jordyn!" Cheryl yells as the girl tries to move around.
Deputy Thomas laughs, "Oh, yeah, you wanna dance, huh? Come here, you little..."
"No, no, no, no. I didn't do anything! Cheryl, get your dog off!" Jordyn complains as the man wraps her around.
"That's enough!" Cheryl yells.
Jordyn agrees, "Okay, okay, okay!"
"Relax, Jordyn." Cheryl tells the girl.
"Okay, okay. I give up. See this, Cheryl? Do you know who this is? Yeah, it's our dad. And do you know what he wanted? He wanted me to stay here, at home, and you're taking me away from home. Do you understand that?" Jordyn shows the woman as her and her brother pack up their rooms.
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Fate - Sarah Cameron
FanfictionJordyn Cole or JC Routledge has lived her whole life as a pogue in the outer banks with her brother John B. They live with their dad after their mom ditched them when they were young. What happens when Big John goes missing and John B and JC get cur...
