Alluring - JJ Maybank Fanfic

Tapping the Rudder: New Girlfriend

Third Person POV

Kiara and her parents go silent, their family discussion about sending her to a wilderness camp coming to an end when a knock sounds from the patio door of their restaurant, they turn to see Pope and Cleo awkwardly waving.

"Hi, Mr. and Mrs. Carrera." Pope kindly greets them.

Kie jumps up from her seat, "Uh, I'm gonna get that."

"Kiara." Her dad warns, "Come back."

Kie ignores him and steps outside to greet her friends, "Guys, what's up? Now is not a good time. My parents are on a literal warpath about my future."

"This'll only take a second." Pope tells her in a serious tone, "Look." He shows her his phone and also holds up an old paper with symbols on it, "It's a letter Denmark Tanny wrote to his daughter."

"We found it last night. Family heirlooms and thingums." Cleo smiles at Kie, all of them sitting down at a table on the outdoor patio.

Pope stares at the paper and the phone, "We think we found a connection to the idol. Look, check this out. See the king sun glyph here?" He holds the phone up again, "It matches the one in the painting we found."

"Couldn't that mean it's pretty common?" Kie asks.

"Actually, no." Pope tells her, "These glyphs are Kalinago, which has never been deciphered."

"Never?"

Cleo shakes her head, "Never ever."

"Never ever." Pope agrees, "Some people believe that the captain of the San Jose actually found somebody who knew how to translate these glyphs because he found El Dorado."

"The priest that talked to Denmark Tanny, that was on the Royal Merchant." Kie runs her fingers through her hair.

"Exactly. Every glyph that is in this letter is in the artifact. This isn't just some random Rosetta stone for Kalinago. This... this is a direct translation key for the idol!"

"And we can use this to save Willow, Emmy and Big John." Cleo smiles again.

Kie stands up, "Guys, we have to get this to John B, like, yesterday. I may have burned my bridges with JJ, maybe this will make up for that."

Pope furrows his brows, "What do you mean?"

Kie sighs, "I was a little insensitive to the fact that Willow and Emmy were abducted, I made it seem like I didn't care but I do, I just wanted to clear the air first about him stealing from my dad, but he didn't care."

"I mean yeah, why would he right now?" Cleo asks, "Willow and Emmy are everything to him and they're in danger, of course that's all he can focus on."

"I know, I messed up." Kie grumbles, following her friends when they start to walk off.

"Hey!" Mike yells out, they all stop and turn to him, "Where you going?"

"Uh, to the break." Kie lies, "We're gonna go check out the surf. Can we finish this later?"

Mike stares at her for a moment, knowing she's lying, "Yeah. Have fun."

"Yeah." Kie, Pope and Cleo run off to find John B and JJ.

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JJs POV

I don't know what to think right now, all evening I've been pacing the yard while we wait for Sarah to show up to the chateau. She called a pogue meeting; saying it had to do with getting Willow, Emmy and Big John back. I've been listening to Pope, Kie and Cleo ramble about the idol, or gnomon and glyphs and symbols. But it's overwhelming, I can't handle all this shit on top of worrying about my girls.