𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐃 - J.M

05, midsummer

JJ MAYBANK
I was lying on the bed in the chateau because I had no intention of going home, not after what that bastard had done to me. My whole face was bruised and my lip was busted. And John B decided to go to the boor on Midsummer's Eve, a holiday for snobs. I don't know what he's planning, all I know is that I have to pretend to be a waiter. I don't know if I'll blend in with the crowd with this beaten face. Kate will be there too, after all, she and Kie belong to the country club.

"JJ! Get up, let's go!" The brunette exclaimed as he crossed the room. Reluctantly, I got up and left the chateau, heading straight for the fence.

"Do you think it will work?" I asked, jumping into the boat where John B was already sitting. The boy put down some large bag, I have no idea what's in it.

"It must work, whether we find gold from Merchant depends on it." I frowned at the brunette's statement. What was so important that we had to invite each other to some Midsummer's?

KATE CARRERA
After my weakness yesterday, I wasn't sure if I really wanted to go on Midsummer's Eve and be among the bogols. Unfortunately, I didn't have much choice but to go there. There was already a prepared dress hanging on the hanger, it was the same satin as Kie's dress, except that it was ocean blue with a cutout on the right side.

I blew out a heavy breath and walked to the closet, grabbing my dress. I put it on, I had a slight problem with fastening it, so I quickly went to Kie's room and asked her for help.

"Wow, you look stunning." Kiara said as soon as I entered the room. She was already wearing her light purple dress, and on her head she had a wreath that perfectly matched her outfit. "Who do you want to impress?" The girl laughed quietly, buttoning my dress.

"No one, certainly not any kook." I answered her by turning to face her. "What about you and Pope?" I crossed my arms over my chest, trying to hold back my laughter when I noticed the red flush on my sister's cheeks. "I'm just kidding." I elbowed her and walked away from her.

I went inside the large hotel with the intention of looking for a toilet, but seeing a full glass of champagne on the table, I took it. Then I saw JJ running through the halls, followed by a pack of big fish.

I didn't understand what actually happened, I stood like a pole for a moment, but when I came to, I went in the same direction as JJ. I saw a sign for the men's locker room, my dignity wouldn't allow me to go there, but what if Maybank had problems?

I took a deep breath and ran into the room. There were only bogols there, tormenting one roach. Toperr held JJ so that Rafe could easily start putting him down with his fists.

Without paying much attention, I stood between the two blondes, covering the shorter one with my body.

"Rafe leave him!" I didn't want anything to do with the Camerons, I didn't like them. They were like enemies to me. "JJ didn't do anything to you, let him go." The boy just mocked me.

"Kelce, get that bitch out of my sight." He ordered the dark-skinned man, who started pushing me towards the door. I took advantage of his moments of inattention and bit his hand, returning to my previous position.

This time I stood closer to the kook prince, whom I looked at with contempt and anger in my eyes.

"I told you to leave him, you idiot!" I shouted in his face and formed my hands into fists with anger. This time, the blonde himself was pushing me to the side, and JJ took advantage of the moment to spit in his face. Rafe immediately looked at his opponent, and then I swung at him, giving him my left hook on the cheek. "I warned you." All I could hear in the background was quiet whistling and whispering, which Cameron didn't like.

I looked at Topper, who was thinking about something, so he didn't notice when I walked up to him and stepped on his leg with my high heel. This caused the boy to let go of JJ and we both ran away from the men's locker room. Once we were outside, Maybank spoke up.

"That was... Awesome!" He exclaimed with his characteristic "woho". "Thanks Kate, I don't know if I could handle it on my own."

"JJ Maybank couldn't deal with kooks like that?" I asked rhetorically, giggling quietly. However, when I noticed the big fish running, I grabbed the blonde's hand and dragged him behind me, I had no idea where to run. We rubbed against the sweaty bodies of the dancing people until we ran away to the rest of the hurdles.

"Did you make it, JJ?" John asked how we were already far from the hotel where Midsummer's Eve was taking place. The boy just nodded.

"Although I wouldn't have gotten out unscathed without Kate's help." We laughed, remembering the recent situation.

"I'd rather not know how screwed we are." Kie added after a while, also laughing quietly at the two of us.

"But I want to know what Kate did." Pope joined the conversation, and JJ began to tell with great fascination how I had dealt with Rafe and Toppere with some help from him in the form of spitting in the face of the biggest big fish this world has ever known.

After Maybank finished his story, I heard the gentle tapping of his hands, creating quiet applause. I stood up and bowed dramatically, causing me to laugh quietly. We laughed some more, but it was time for more serious topics, which were finding the missing gold from Merchnt.

"Wait, you went into town with Sarah Cameron?" Kiara said, already nervous, she hated Canerons as much as I did. We both didn't have a good relationship with them.

"For the purpose of finding out where we can find gold." The brunette tried to defend himself, but in vain.

"She knows about gold?" Pope asked after a while, looking at John.

"No, come on, I wouldn't tell her." He laughed nervously, making it obvious that he had told Sarah about the gold.

"Why did you do that?" Kiara asked the same question twice, the brunette didn't like Sarah, even though he was one of my closer friends. "You don't know her, but I do, and she's not what she seems." She added, looking at me.

"It's like a cobra spitting venom." Kie strangely compared Sarah to some amphibian.

"Bad comparison..." The smart Pope said, and out of anger I started to silence him. He just rolled his eyes.

"I hope you didn't have a crush on her at least." I laughed, hoping John B didn't do it. A roach in love with a big fish? Nah.

"Do I look like someone who would fall for Sarah Cameron?" He asked nervously, laughing and looking at each face individually.

"Should I answer honestly or..." he stopped for a moment, noticing the expression on the brunette's face.

"Seriously?" Kie asked, getting up from her seat. "Pathetic." She said as she was leaving.