*Pogue for Life* Outer Banks Book 3

The Bells

Jo wakes up to Kie leaning over her poking her in the face.

"What do you want?" Jo groans in annoyance.

"Come on, we need to talk in private." Kie whispers as she pulls on Jo's arm.

She groans and sits up.

She spots Rafe still sleeping on the floor with a pillow.

She feels slightly bad for him.

She hasn't slept without him in about a month and it feels strange.

But it feels like she is starting to think clearly.

Kie drags her into the bathroom.

She shuts and locks the door behind them.

Kie grabs the hand that has the diamond on it.

"What the hell is this?" Kie asks about the ring.

Jo sighs in exhaustion.

"I know. It came as a shock to me too. I thought I was never gonna see any of you guys again. And the longer I was there, it just kinda made sense and I fell back in love with him." Jo tells her.

Kie has a brief look of understanding on her face.

"How is he?" Jo asks hesitantly, not able to say his name.

"He misses you, every day. We all did." Kie tells her.

"I'm sorry. I saw him pointing that rifle at the boat and my head went with the first thing, and that was to give myself to him. I didn't regret it, not until I seen you." Jo admits to Kie.

"We need to find a way to get out of here. Clearly he wants Denmark Tanny's diary. If we can convince him to let us go, we can find our way back to the guys." Kie suggests.

"Yea, but he's not just gonna let us go just like that. And I mean what about Rafe? We can't just leave him here." Jo says.

"I need to know if you're with me. I mean really with me." Kie states.

"You know I am." Jo tells her.

"Then trust me. We're gonna have to ditch Rafe." Kie tells her and she looks hesitant.

"Things are different now Kie, I can't just up and ditch Rafe."

She holds up her left hand to remind her.

"Besides, we may need him on our side if we have to fight our way out of here." Jo reasons.

"Okay, okay. But we have to talk to Singh alone." Kie states.

"Alright, you get their attention and I'll hold Rafe off the best I can." Jo tells her.

They automatically do their pogue handshake.

Jo freezes afterward and feels tears in her eyes.

"I can't believe I thought I would never do that again."

Kie pulls Jo into a hug.

"I need you to focus. Save the tears for our friends." Kie firmly tells her.

"You're right. Let's do this."

Kie opens the bathroom door and Rafe sits up.

"I thought you left." he speaks to Jo.

Kie storms over to the window and bangs on it to get a guard's attention.

"Get Mr. Singh. We need to speak to him."

Kie speaks through the window.

Rafe instantly stands up.

"What are you doing? Shut up. Shut up."