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The next day, the teens decided they'd check out the drone they got from the salvage yard. Pope obviously controlling it as Kie and John B got in the water to make sure the camera worked.
"What's this?" JJ says
"Don't touch that." Pope says, "I'm trying to work out this thing."
"God bless geeks, Pope. Truly, man." JJ says as he leans on the railing. Estrella sat on the edge watching John B and Kie in the water, "What would we do without you to control the drones?"
"It's not a drone. It's an ROV."
"Shut up. Shut up. It's too early for that right now."
"Hey, once we get footage of the wreck, we'll bring it to a lawyer in town and file a formal claim." John B says
"It's bullshit. Why do we have to do that?"
"Well, there is maritime salvage law. You can't just go to the ocean floor and scoop a bunch of stuff up." Pope says standing up
"I know. I know. It's just lawyers aren't cheap, bro."
"As soon as they see the footage, they'll work for a comp."
"How do you know all of that?" Estrella says
"Cause my dad said it, like, a million times." John B shakes his head
"Yeah, that's fair." Estrella says as Kie swims over to the ladder
"This tether is, like, really long. In the wrong weather, it could get pushed around." Pope says
"Then we'll go at dead calm." John B says. As soon as he says this, thunder starts rolling.
"At slack tide?" Kie says
"So now, we just gotta wait around for the right weather. And today is not that day." Pope says looking at the dark clouds that started to form in the sky.
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Everyone eventually went off to do their own thing. JJ and Pope helping Pope's dad make deliveries and John B and Kie doing their own thing.
Estrella went back home hoping to finally finish her newest board. She was adding wax as someone knocks on her door.
She looks up as her mom walks in, "Hey, Mom."
"Hey, mija. Everything okay?"
"Yeah." She chuckles, "Why?"
"You've been in here a lot recently." She says looking around, "A lot of new boards."
"Well, I haven't been able to work on them too much because of school, so now that's it's summer, I can." Estrella shrugs
Her mom nods as she walks over to observe her board. It was all white with blue jasmine blossoms all over it. She remembered the day she hadn't seen Estrella at all and she found her in her shed with blue paint all over her clothes. She assumed this is what she had been doing.
