Besotted Devotion

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***drafted-not edited. There will be grammar mistakes, spelling mistakes, or even weird wordings. Keep in mind, english is not my first language.

The rest of the passed by quite slowly—slow, yet eventful. After the pogues made their way to the motel, Kiara had suggested them to report the wreck to the coastal guard instead, telling them that maybe they'll get a finder's fee. However, that plan blew off when the guard was too busy trying to calm down a woman complaining about her diabetic dog. Which was why Jade, Kie, and Pope found themselves outside of the motel as the lookout, while JJ and John B went inside to investigate.

The whole time spent at the motel were hectic and full of anxiety. The first ten minutes were fine, the boys managed to enter the room while team lookout played 21 questions to pass time-but then, the cops arrived. Jade nearly tripped as she ran along with Kie and Pope to the side of the building, helping them as she threw rocks against the windows to warn JJ and John B. Thankfully, they managed to hide at the sides of the window, holding tightly on the pipes situated on the walls-hiding perfectly still and quiet, that was until JJ accidentally dropped something heavy on the roof. Pope and the girls widened their eyes at each other as they faked a conversation, the sound of heart racing echoed in their ears. But soon their each of them breathed out in relief as the cops didn't suspect a thing-they watched as the cops leave out of their sight before running to help the boys down. They managed to get away unsuspected, and as soon as they were at a safe distance from the motel, JJ revealed the items he stole. Tons of cash and a goddamn gun. Jade told him to drop it in the marsh while he still had the chance, but JJ's stubborn ass ignored her.

They decided to head back to the marina, to give another shot of telling the coastal guard about the boat. However, they didn't get to tell because they were once again preoccupied with another problem. A dead body was found in the marsh. Jade stood silent next to her friends as a girl talked about what had happened, filling them in about Scooter along with a photo of his corpse. Everyone went still when the girl revealed the deceased's boat, a Grady-White. The same boat the pogues found that morning.

Jade and the others were back at the chateau, everyone were in deep thoughts. Jade was seated next go Kiara, both of them leaning into eachother for comfort. Jade didn't really know who Scooter was, but it was clear her friends did. Which was why the relevation between his death and the wrecked Grady White didn't make any sense. Pope was the first to break the silence as he took a seat next to Jade, insisting everyone to have a complete amnesia about their discovery that morning. The girls and JJ agreed. Deny, deny, deny.

Though he immediately disagreed when Kie and Jade told him that they can't keep the money-that they need to pass off the money to Lana Grubbs to avoid bad karma. JJ snarked at them, jabbing about kooks and unlimited data plans which made the girls roll their eyes. Pope ignored JJ, adding on that being implicated in a felony is a bad karma too. Claiming that they needed to go dark, in which John B disagreed.

Everyone frowned, glancing at John B who finally spoke up. "I don't agree." John B said. The others glanced at him, confused. "Just think about it." He faced us. "This is Scooter Grubbs we're talking about-same dude that's buying individual cigarettes at the Porthole. Shit, one time I saw this dude begging for chafe in the Save-A-Lot parking lot because he needed gas. We're talking about a dirtbag marina rat who's never had more than 40 bucks in his pocket, and all of a sudden, he's got a Grady-White? Just sayin'." He raised placed both his hands in front of him while pursing his lips.

Daylight was running out and the boys decided they want to spend time fishing. Pope was holding a rod, while John B and Kie sat on the wooden railings. Jade decided to stand next to JJ, who were fishing away from the group. John B, on the other hand, was still fixed on the whole thing—believing that Scooter was smuggling, telling them there had to be a serious amount of contraband in the wreck.