Broken promises ~ JJ Maybank ~ Sequel to Promises

Chapter thirty-three ~ Validation

We took pope back into the car and leave. Popes meds made him super hyper meaning he would not sit still. For some reason us idiots let pope drive. Pope was driving like 100 mph and when he took his eyes off the road for a second we hit a tree and went spinning off the road.

S: pope pope pope

Jb: oh my god we're gonna die

Jj: holy shit pope!

K: stop the car!

I grabbed onto the closest thing I could find, that being JJ. He held me close to him as I didn't have my seat belt on. The car came to a sudden holt and all the windows caved in. The sharp pain in my stomach made me scream in pain.

Jb: is everyone okay?

S: oh my god keeks! Your stomach.

K: I swear if this fucking thing opens up again I'm going to kill myself!

Jj: not a funny joke cupcake.

K: shut up

I held my hand close to my stomach as we all got out of my now ruined car.

K: no need to kill myself, my parents are going to do that for me!

P: we're gonna have to walk the rest of the way

S: dude

P: I'm going to get my cross.

But just as he said that as large van drives past us slowly. And right in the drivers seat Rafe Cameron. And we all knew what was in that van. The cross. Popes cross. It felt like it happened in slow motion. Limbreys partner smirked at pope as jb held him back and Rafe looked out the window and winked at me cause me to have to hold Jj back.

We went back to the church and it was gone. We knew it was going to be gone. We knew they took it. We needed a new plan.

We drove the Twinkie away from the church but were quickly pulled over.

The Sheriff knew.

Jb: officer.

Sh: it's sheriff to you, hey keira drop something back there?

K: shit

I sat in the back knowing my fate.

P: sheriff I just want to say this is all my fault keira had nothing to do with it. I take 100% responsibility.

Sh: nothing to do with it? You wanna try that again? Her parents reported her car missing four hours ago and the keys missing from the house. I'm taking you home. Or I can pull you all in for leaving the scene of an accident.

K: okay

Jj: no, no you can't go home, keira you know you can't go back there!

K: it doesn't matter Jj, I'll be fine.

Jj: but what if you're not?

He stared at me looking for hope.

Jb: keeks

K: yeah

Jb: you know what to do, 2 hours.

I nodded and left with the officers. I knew they'd come pick me up asap.

~Back at the Thornton House~

My parents had said thanks and goodbye to the sheriff and sat me down. My mother handed me a leaflet.

K: what is this?

M: it's for kids like you

K: excuse me

D: it's a program for troubled teens with behavioural problems.

K: so now I'm a troubled teen?

M: well the school counselling didn't work!

K: holy shit that was you! I should've known!

D: what did you expect? You leave for days all the time and when you come back you steal the car and crash it into a tree!

K: you know I thought my Bestfriends were dead! My ex boyfriend had just murdered someone and my boyfriend had just broke up with me and you guys just sent me back to school like nothing had happened!

D: that's not what we wanted. That's not what we wanted for you at all, this life-

K: what life! You were never there dad! You're barely apart of my life. Stop acting like everything is fine, nothing about my life is fine! You act like you have the perfect life and try to cover up every little mistake. My own mother has hit me, the same mother that puts me down every second of every day-

M: I do not do that!

K: "Keira stop hanging around with those disgusting boys you whore" "keira you could really lose a couple pounds" gosh mom why do you think I have a fucking eating disorder. I starved myself so i could fit into your pathetic lifestyle.

D: don't speak to your mother that way!

K: and you! You let it happen. I am not daddy's little girl anymore. How I ever was I'll never know cause daddy wasn't around. You weren't there, topper taught me how to ride a bike when I was 6, John b taught me how to drive at 15, Jj taught me how to surf at 13, pope helped me pass my exams at school by studying-

D: that's enough.

K: you didn't care about me, neither of you did. And my whole life I've waited for your validation. Well I'm done now. I'm used to you guys not being there, i think I'll be fine.

M: you are going to that camp, go upstairs and pack your bags

I knew that everything I said had been overlooked by the pair of them. I walked upstairs and packed a few more bags. I couldn't go to that program. Blue ridge, not a chance in hell.

I wait around in my room for a bit; shower, sort out my bandage for my wound and chuck a hoodie on. Little did I know at the same time somewhere else Sarah was being kidnapped by her own brother.

They didn't come get me. Two hours turned into 10. It was 8am and no sign of the pogues. They wouldn't let me down, this meant something had to have happened. As I have the thought my phone rings, it was pope.

Pope needed my help and I had no reason to stay here. I grabbed my bag, threw it on my back and left.