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Everyone sat in John B's backyard. JJ sat on a table as he threw rocks toward the water.
"Look, I'm callin' it off. All right?" John B says, "Peterkin said, if I stay out of the marsh, she'll help me with DCS."
"And you believed her?" JJ scoffs
"Yes, I believe her, JJ."
"An actual cop, John B. You believed a cop." He chuckles humorlessly
"All I gotta do is stay out of the marsh for a couple days, and she'll help me out. It doesn't help that your ass was the one shooting a gun."
"You know what I should have done? Just let Topper drown your ass." He says as he throws another rock
"Topper was gonna drown me?"
"Sure looked like it."
Estrella sighs as she puts her head in her hands.
"Funny."
"I mean, have you looked in a mirror?" JJ says standing up and walking towards everyone
"Tell me some more. Come on."
"They always win, don't they, man? Kooks versus Pogues. They always, always win!" He says punching a ball handing on a string
"Look, it's okay!" Kie says
"No, it's not okay!" JJ exclaims as he turns to her. "It is not! They don't want us to go down into the marsh. That means there's something valuable down there, and you know it, man." He says pointing to John B
"I know you do. And I understand why you don't wanna go." JJ says gesturing to Pope, "You're the golden boy. You got way too much to risk. And you..." He says to Kie, "I mean, you're already rich as fuck anyway. Why would you bother?"
"But you, me, and Star, man, we got nothin' to lose!" He says, "We really don't, all right?"
"JJ." John B sighs
"And I know it didn't use to be that way for you."
"I don't want to talk about this. I don't want to talk about it." He says trying to walk past him
"So that's it?"
"Just get out of my way, bro." He says pushing past him
"John B, listen to me." JJ says putting hand on his shoulder as they face the water, "I have a plan. You got the key to Cameron's big boat, right?"
"No."
"There's scuba gear. We borrow that, and then we go down to the wreck this afternoon, and that is what's gonna save you, man." He says, "You don't see rich kids going into foster care, do you?"
John B looks to JJ who raises his brows at him. John B shakes his head turning back to the water.
Estrella knew then that JJ had convinced John B to poach the scuba gear from his boss.
