13 - The Final Choice

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"Guys the thing that Limbrey said I don't think she meant to let it slip

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"Guys the thing that Limbrey said I don't think she meant to let it slip. She said the key leads to the Cross of Santo Domingo" Pope says, breathless like the words are too heavy to hold.

"Wait. Can I see that?" JJ asks. Pope hands him the key, the metal glinting in the sun.

"Are we supposed to know what that is?" Sarah asks

"I'm guessing it's some sort of historical artifact of great importance" Pope says

"Well according to the interwebs it was a gift from New Spain to the Spanish king" Kie adds

"New Spain? Is there an Old Spain?" JJ asks

"Shit talk about over-gifting. Look at that thing." Kie shows us a photo of an illustrated cross. It towers over the drawn figure beside it.
"Looks like there's a person standing next to it." She says

"So it's a giant-ass cross" I mutter

"It was widely considered at the time to be the most extravagant tribute ever from the provinces. It was lost off the coast of Bermuda in 1829" Kie continues.

"Did you just say Bermuda?" JJ asks slowly.

"Oh no. Not the triangle" John B groans.

"It always leads back to the triangle dude. Like every single time something's weird it's Bermuda." JJ says

"What does a key found above your mee-maw's pharmacy have to do with any of this?" Sarah asks

"Where do we come in?" Kie asks

"I don't know. That's a good question" Pope says as we pull up to the nursing home. He opens the door, hesitates, then turns back to us.

"Hey actually I think I'm gonna do this one by myself" he says

"Are you sure?" Kie asks

"Yeah I can handle it. I don't really need you so..." Pope eyes locked on kie.

"Oh we're just all one big happy family today aren't we?" JJ mutters.

"Hey man pick you up in a bit" John B says







JJ and John b stay in the van while Sarah, kie, and I head into a store for drinks.

"So, elephant in the room- what the fuck was that about with pope?" I ask

"Yeah, what the hell happened to make y'alls relationships implode?" Sarah asks

"I told Pope I just wanted to be friends" Kie says

"That's why he's acting all butthurt?" I ask

Kie nodded.

"Your turn Stel" Sarah said

I blow out a breath.
"I don't know. John b's mad about how I told topper. He says I sounded embarrassed. I just didn't know how to phrase it after topper literally just saved my life. I talked with JJ- he's kinda on my side- but I don't know. We're just....off right now" I said

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