𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐘 - 𝐉𝐉 𝐌𝐀𝐘𝐁𝐀𝐍𝐊

𝐈 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝'𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠.|𝟎𝟓

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𝐓he boat turns the corner of the marsh fast, following us.

I look back and see them holding a gun, "guys-"
They shoot, we all duck as the bullet shoots past us. "Holy shit!" Kiara shouts. Everyone gets down in the floor of the boat except for John B.

"John B, get down!" JJ yells at John b. He continues to drive. They shout again. "Oh my god! We are gonna die." Pope rushes out shutting his eyes. They shoot and it rushes past us once again. JJ puffs.

"Shit!" I get up. "Pope, move." I walk low, trying NOT to get shot. I grab a net and in tangle it.

"Mae! Get down!" JJ shouts. They shoot again, it flies past me and hits a metal bar by John B. "Get down!" John B repeats after JJ.

I grab the net and stumble to the other side of the boat so that I'm facing the boat speeding behind us. I let out a grunt as I throw it out across the water. It stops their boat , with the sound of their whirring engine.

"Oh my god! Whooo!!!" JJ whoops, "Pogue life, man!"
He looks at me and laughs. "See you guys!!"

"That was insane!" I let out a breath that I didn't know I was holding in. Kiara laughs.

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We get to john Bs small dock and hop off the boat, John B takes the duffle on the floor and starts to open it. We all wait with anticipation,"what do you guys think it is?" Kiara asks. "Gotta be money or something right?" John B says.

"That or a couple keys with street value to low- to mid-mils!" JJ smiles and chuckles at pope.

"Can we please just open the bag?!" Pope grumbles.

"Woooow, pope. That's a rare outburst of emotion from you." John b proceeds to open the bag.

"Okay, you guys are literally killing me with anticipation. Just open the bag." Pope squats down to be direct with the bag. "Geez." JJ mumbles.

John B pulls out a weird metal thing. I look at it from a distance. "Hurry, we almost died for this thing." Pope rushes. John b opens it and grabs a copper compass with a design imprinted on. He opens it, he mumbles something.

"Oh, wow. Yup. That's about right. Good job everybody. We found a compass." Pope says sarcastically. I examine John Bs surprised face, looks like as if he saw a ghost. I look to JJ and Kiara and they both have disappointed looks on their face.

JJ takes off his hat, "Dude, what? It's not worth anything."

"This is my fathers." John B says with a small smile.

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Me and Kiara hung out the next day.
We went surfing, we sat at the beach, we went to the store to buy some new clothes and bought some food for the Chateau. I didn't have any money but Kiara offered to lend me some.

"So, you know how yesterday John B was all excited over that compass? Saying it was his dads?" Kiara sits in the drivers seat of her car, handing me a blue slushy.

"Yeah, thanks." I smile. "Why? What happened to his dad?" I question.

"A couple months ago, he went missing. The cops reported it as if he got lost at sea. They pronounced him dead. But, John B still believes he is out there, that he is still alive. So, he's made it a mission to find out why, and how. We all don't think he's alive, but if it makes John B feel better about the whole situation we will agree with him." Kiara explains.

"That's sad. And that's why he denies any fact his dad is dead?" I reply.

"Yeah pretty much." Kiara says.