Catching the Waves~ JJ Maybank ᣵ¹&ᣵ²

Chapter Nine.

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Rory~

QUESTIONS swirled in my mind relentlessly. Was dad alive? Why did he plant all these clues to lead us to Redfield? What could be in that envelope? And if he is alive then why leave behind an envelope for me and John B?

I couldn't find any relevant answers, no matter how hard I would think about it. So, instead I just relaxed with my friends, all of laughing and chatting while my brother drove the van to home.

Arriving back at the Chateau, I get flashbacks of those men breaking in again as I take in the still trashed and broken state of the things inside. John B and I were the first ones out of the van as we made our way inside, eager to find out what was inside the envelope. Others following suit as I see JJ going into the kitchen, while I sit down at the round table in the hall with my brother across from me. Pope going into John B's room to grab a shorts and Kie grabbing a water boy and coming to stand beside John B.

"That bread had mold on it three days ago," Pope informs JJ, coming out from John B's room as he see the blond boy pull out the old bread from the broken down fridge and start to make himself a sandwich. 

"I'll just pull off the bad parts. Plus mold is good for you, it's just a natural organism," JJ countered and I shake my head at his weird reason.

"JJ" Kie calls him as her and Pope stand on either side of John B, waiting for the blond boy to come over, so we could open the envelope.

"Yup, yup, yup... hot damn! Let's do this!" JJ says, rushing over to my side as he holds his sandwich in his hand and takes a bite, almost instantly gaging and the throwing the remaining bite out on his hand as he throws away the entire thing after that.

I rolled my eyes, shaking my head at him. "You're so weird sometimes, pretty boy," I muttered.

"You like it," He shrugged, grinning widely as he comes back to the table.

I look at my brother who had torn open the package and was pulling out the things it contained. He placed a map on the table, spreading it open as we all looked at it. "Holy shit,"

"Oh, X mark's the spot," Pope pointed to the the mark on the map. "Longitude, Latitude,"  he adds as I frowned, not understanding what this mark would mean.

"Wait--there's something else in there," John B said, fishing out an old tape recorder.

"What's that?" JJ asked.

"It's a tape recorder, dumbass," Kie replied.

I see John B press the button on the device as a voice starts to speak.

"Dear Bird and Coco..." it was dad's voice, my heart beat raced as I heard his voice. John B and I sharing a look, our eyes wide.

"Who's Bird and Coco?" JJ asked.