"And lastly, that's Madison, or Mads, my little sister who is also trying to climb up the broken lifeguard tower. We're only a year apart. When she's not doing some odd job for extra cash she is on the HMS Pogue with the rest of us. Most loyal perso...
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JJ watched Kiara help Pope up and his best friend gave him a quick nod letting him know he was okay. He had just made it out to the front porch when he saw Madison following her brother trying to figure out what was going on.
"JB, what are you doing?" She yelled over the motor as she tightly held onto the handle bar making it so that if he took off he'd be dragging her with him. The sight alone had JJ's chest beginning to tighten whatever had gone down was enough to turn John B into someone he didn't know. Rationally, he knew John B would never physically hurt his sister but in his altered state JJ couldn't afford to take the chance.
John B made eye contact with Madison, "Ward knows about the gold." She opened her mouth to say that he must be mistaken but he spoke before she could. "Mads, he killed dad."
JJ had started making his way down the front stairs with Kiara and Pope following closely behind but they all stopped at John B's words, shocked at the revelation. It took him only a second to shake away the shock as John B sped away on the blonde's bike and as he turned in Madison's direction she was already running towards her car.
"Maddie!" JJ sprinted in her direction, hearing his friends behind him calling out to her as well. "Maddie, wait!" It was useless though as all he was met with was a cloud of dust as she peeled out. He kicked one of the lawn chairs that was closest to him in frustration, "Fuck!"
Pope stood there in disbelief, "Did he just say..."
"Holy shit," Kiara put her hands on her head trying to wrap her head around it. Twenty minutes ago they were putting the finishing touches on how they were going to get the rest of the gold out and now not only did Ward kill Big John and know about the gold but both siblings took off. The Routeldges being very act first and think later especially when upset.
Pope looked between Kiara and JJ, hoping one of them would be able to come up with a plan because for the first time in his life he didn't know what to do. "Where did they go?"
"Well, John B took the gun, where do you think he went, Pope?" JJ couldn't help but snap at his best friend. For a smart guy he sure asked some stupid questions.
Kiara put her hand on Pope's arm, letting him know not to take it personally, and he didn't. "What about Maddie? Where would she go?"
"I don't know!" JJ couldn't help but yell because even though he was outside he felt like the walls were closing in on him.
Twenty four hours ago Madison had a gun to her head, ten hours ago he was standing in the middle of the hot tub completely breaking down in her arms, and now another bomb was dropped on him. He had revered Big John as a father, he couldn't even call Luke that the only thing they shared was DNA no matter how much he still wanted to make him proud, but to get the confirmation that not only was his dad dead but that Ward was the one to kill him was almost too much. John B was about to commit murder and he had no idea where Madison went. He knew they needed a plan, but honestly he couldn't think straight, and it wasn't like their plans ever really worked anyways.
