𝘔𝘖𝘕𝘖𝘊𝘏𝘖𝘗𝘚𝘐𝘚 ❁ 𝘑𝘑 𝘔𝘈𝘠𝘉𝘈𝘕𝘒 & 𝘒𝘐𝘈𝘙𝘈 𝘊𝘈𝘙𝘙𝘌𝘙𝘈

𝘖𝘕𝘌 𝘏𝘜𝘕𝘋𝘙𝘌𝘋 𝘈𝘕𝘋 𝘍𝘐𝘝𝘌

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❝ that sounds far too easy ❞
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𝘚𝘺𝘭𝘷𝘪𝘦'𝘴 𝘗𝘖𝘝

"Pope, are you sure you got the right address?" JJ questions as we trek towards Vaux Hall.

"I know you aren't talking to me about having the right address" Pope retorts in disbelief.

"That's exactly what I'm asking" JJ counters.

"Okay. Enough, boys" I warn them.

"Look, the place says Vaux Hall" Pope explains with a sigh as we reach a bus stop "Vaux Hall, it's on the map"

"We don't know if that's where we are" JJ argues with the boy.

"It's in the general vicinity" Pope replies matter of factly.

"Why don't we just ask someone?" Cleo speaks up, glancing at a man approaching us on his tractor "Hey!"

"Pardon I" The girl smiles at the man as he stalls his vehicle to listen to her "You know where we can find Vaux Hall?"

"You kidding me, right?" He asks rhetorically, looking around us "Everything you can see all around you is all Vaux Hall"

"Wait, what do you mean? Like..." JJ drawls off in confusion.

"All this, all this, all this" The man explains.

"Oh, everywhere" JJ nods in understanding.

"Okay, so who lives up there?" Pope points towards a large house in the distance.

"Carlos Singh" The man answers "Just on the other side of that wall. But take it from me,
he's no one you want to get to know"

The six of us all share looks of concern and my anxiety starts to eat away at my confidence, not being able to think of anything but whether Kiara is safe right now.

"Okay, thank you" Pope chirps as the man starts up his engine again.

"Thank you" Sarah repeats politely, waving at him.

JJ wraps his arm around me and we all start making our way towards the huge wall up ahead of us. I try to shake off bad thoughts, sinking into JJ's side and I think he can sense it because he holds me tighter, pressing a reassuring kiss to my temple.

We reach the stone wall and I take a few deep breaths as my friends question who will go over first to scope the other side out.

"I'll go" I declare, cutting their discussion short and turning to the wall.

"No, angel" JJ protests, tugging me back to him and I frown up at him "You're not thinking straight right now"

"How am I not?" I question in confusion.

"Because this is about Kie" He answers softly, tucking my hair behind my ear.

"JJ's right" John B nods in agreement and I look to the others who all share similar expressions.

"Vie, we're not trying to hurt your feelings" Pope assures me with a warm smile "It's just that you're kind of wild and you need someone to ground you"