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Estrella sits up in the Twinkie as they come down the road. Red and blue flashing lights bounced around the van as John B slowed down.
"Oh shit! They found the truck." Kie says
"Chill, chill, chill, chill." JJ whispers, "Of course."
"All right, just relax. Just relax."
"Well, lookee here." Shoupe says as John B rolls the window down
"Good evening, Officer."
"Sheriff. Yeah."
"Sheriff. Yeah, that's right." John B says as Shoupe shines the light in the van, "Speed kills, huh?"
"I pulled the tags, and I know whose truck that is." He says as he shines the light in the back, "Hey! Kie, you drop your weed pen back there?"
"Found it." Kie smiles awkwardly
"Oh."
Estrella watches as Pope wedges himself in the front, "Sheriff, I just wanna say that this is all my fault. She had nothing to do with this. I take 100% responsibility."
"Nothing to do with it?" Shoupe repeats, "Uh-huh. You wanna try that again? Your parents reported the truck missing four hours ago, and the keys were missing from the house. I'm taking you home. Or I can pull you all in for leaving the scene of an accident."
"Okay." Kie says
"Good. Plumb." Shoupe points. The officer pulls the back door open.
"Yeah." Kie says, "I gotta deal. Hit me up later and make sure I'm still alive."
Estrella and Pope nod as Deputy Plumb closes the door
"Come on. Let's get you home."
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After leaving the scene, the teens headed to the Cameron house to see if Rafe brought the truck back with the cross. Pope shuts the back door as they all walk up to the wall.
"He's got the truck." JJ says
"Stay low, stay low, stay low." John B whispers
"How much do you wanna bet Rafe has the cross inside that truck right now?" Pope asks
"There's only one way to find out." Sarah says before walking off
"Hey, hey. Wait." John B says
Sarah turns to him, "What?"
"Look, before you volunteer on this death mission, I need to know a couple things."
""Death mission," that sounds familiar."
"Okay, look, Sarah, I just have questions."
"About what?"
"Us."
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