In the wake of a destructive hurricane, Freya and her Pogue friends are thrust into a tumultuous world of love, murder, and a captivating treasure hunt. As secrets emerge from the storm's aftermath, they embark on a thrilling quest that weaves roman...
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THE NEXT DAY, Freya was at the Sheriff's station again, waiting for her father to get out of a meeting. She didn't know what it was for; he only said that " he had to take care of something." And told her to wait. Looking up, she makes eye contact with Peterkin. The woman smiles at Freya, and she smiles back. That was until Peterkin entered the questioning room, and Freya saw who she was questioning. "JJ?" Now, she was worried. What did he get accused of? What did he do? There were so many questions that Sherrif Peterkin had walked out of the room by the time she had tried to answer them all. JJ, who was in the room with his head down, could hear commotion from outside. Freya was talking to her father, telling him she didn't want to leave and wanted to wait for JJ. All her father said was that she would see him later.
That was a good thing, considering that JJ's face was bruised, and it was about to get a lot worse cause his dad had paid his bail.
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" This is disgusting," Kie says while looking at her purple dress and flower crown in the mirror.
" Hey, at least you can't see your bathing suit tan lines look." Freya turns around in her strapless mermaid dress to show Kie the crisis cross on her back. That cheered Kie up a bit. "So glad I'm wearing my hair down."
" I look like a bourgeoisie pig." Ok, that comment got a snort chuckle out of Freya. " Mom, people not three miles from here have no power, no running water, and we're going to Midsummers. That's so tone-deaf."
" Honey, do you know what the Island Club is?"
" A factory farm for debutants."
" It is a nice place, with nice people, where you can do fun stuff."
" With out-of-touch rich people, while the island sinks slowly into the ocean."
" Hey," she didn't know why, but that hurt Freya slightly.
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Midsummers had started, and the crowd was buzzing. Pope was helping out his dad with the food. " Excuse me, sir. Do we have to shuck these ourselves? Cause it might mess up my costume." Kie stood there smiling at a familiar face that wasn't the redheaded girl. As the conversation continued, Pope asked the one thing they were both thinking.
" Hey, have you heard from JJ?"
" No. He'll be alright. He has the survival instincts of a cockroach."
" Does she know?"
" She does now. Kinda pissed at ya'll for not telling her. She was at the station when Peterkin questioned him."
" Shit."
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When the sun went down, the real party started. The band began to play, and people started to drink and dance. "I keep finding glasses way down the beach. Do me a favor. Try to keep 'em corralled, will ya? I thought you were security." JJ makes a fuss as he walks up the steps of the building dressed in a waiter uniform and with a tray of glasses. Once he's in, he starts to look around. After he talked to Pope, he found Sarah so he could give her a note from John B.
Looking around some more, he saw who he was looking for. He walked back up the building and the stairs. Once he was up the stairs, he found the room that she was in and climbed out the open window onto the roof, sitting next to her. "Wow. You look..." In his head, no words could describe how Freya looked right now.
She chuckled. " Thanks, you don't look too bad yourself, handsome." This got him to smile, but he winced a little due to the marks on his face from his dad. "Oh my god!" She cupped the good side of his face to get a better look at it. " JJ." He was going to tell her everything when Rafe spotted him.
" Maybank!!! Rafe was on the move to their location fast. Wanting not to throw hands on a roof, he went to run. " Got to go. We'll talk later." He kisses Freya's cheek and takes off into the building. Only to get cornered in the locker room by Rafe, Kelce, and Topper.
Freya sits there thinking about what just happened. Has she liked JJ since they were kids? Yes. Did her dad approve of him? Yes. Was she secretly hurt every time he banged a new girl? Yes. She has yet to ask him out or make a move because of the no Pogue on Pouge rule.
