Chapter Four.

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[⚠ T/W: fight scenes ahead]

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Someone tell me what is happening...
Yeah, you been actin' like you're too cool for far too long...

It's okay, it's just kinda embarrassing...

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Rory~

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Rory~

"SO we are keeping the money, right?" I asked as I lay down on the couch on the porch. Kie on one end as she grabbed my legs and put them in her lap and let me lay properly. 

"Oh hell, yeah, Princess... we are keeping it," JJ answered from his comfortable position on the chair, flicking his lighter.

"Guys, you know we can't--" Kie started but I cut her off.

"Good... think it'll be okay if I take some... need it, ASAP," I say, looking at my chipped nails as I spoke.

"Yeah, go ahead... it's for us to use now, anyways," JJ threw the stack of money to me and I caught it, pulling out 5K from the stack as I stuffed it inside my pocket. The stack didn't look any different after I pulled the 5k out. 

"How much is this, actually?" I asked, surprised that with the 5K gone, it was still full.

"Don't know, didn't count, but it's a lot" JJ shrugged.

"Cool..." I shrugged and threw the stack back to him as he caught it.

"Guys, we can't-- Rory, you need to put that back in," Kie said and I groaned, sitting up about to reply when Pope rushed in, looking alarmed.

"Okay... so, um.. we didn't see anything. We don't know anything," He said as he paced in front of us all. John B standing by the screen door, flipping the glass beer bottle in his hands and staying quiet. "We need to have total and complete amnesia," Pope continued as he sat down on the chair beside the couch.

"Actually... Pope's right for once," JJ spoke up, his words surprising me as I raised both of my eyebrows. "See? I agree with you sometimes, Pope...Deny, deny, deny," JJ added as he looked at the boy, standing up and walking to stand with John B, leaning against the railing.

"Guys, we can't keep that money... and Rory, you need to put it back," Kie spoke up.

"You took the money?" Pope asked me, looking at me like I'd committed treason.

"I need it for something important!" I defended myself.

While JJ sighed loudly, rolling his eyes. "Okay, not all of us can afford unlimited data plans, Kiara," He countered.

"We have to pass that off to Lana Grubbs," She replied. "Otherwise, it's bad karma!"

"Yeah, bad karma to be implicated in a felony too," Pope added. "We gotta do dark!"

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