Chapter Forty Eight. [S2]

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It's 6:00 a.m.
It's time for school
Johnny says stay cool

Johnny says stay cool
Take a minute out
You work too hard
Let her come to you
Johnny says stay cool


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Rory~

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Rory~

"LET me know if I'm hurting you," I say as I cleaned up the blood that stained the skin around the wound on Heyward's forehead before sticking a band aid to the cut. 

As soon as JJ had received the call, we were all piled into the Twinkie, making our way to the Heyward's store. When we arrived here, we found Pope's father looking like he'd been in a fight to death, with blood dripping down the side of his head and a few droplets staining his white shirt. 

I can barely hold myself together at the thought of anyone messing with Heyward. The Heywards are famous and known all around the island. Everyone loves them. No one harms any single one of them and now that someone has, they have us to deal with. 

My blood boils at the fact that Heyward-- the man who has been more of a father figure to almost all of us than our real fathers have been, the man who would act annoyed at our presence but secretly loved us like we're all his own--was beat up and bruised. 

"You're doing fine, Little Routledge," Heyward groaned when I applied slight pressure to be sure the bandaid was securely sticking in place. "Thank you, darlin'," He smiled up at me. 

"Of course, pops," I returned the smile as I wrapped up everything and cleaned the table, putting the stuff back in the first-aid box.

"Pop, what happened?" Pope inquired as soon as I was done and stepped aside to stand between Kie and JJ. 

I was frowning at the fact that Kie wasn't comforting Pope like how she should, even if they are not dating. Kie was leaning on the railing on the other side of me, while Carter was sat on one of the tables with Sarah sitting on the chair. John B was standing on the side of JJ. 

I frowned harder, noticing the distance between my twin and his girl. They were supposed to patch up, not argue more. What the hell happened? 

I looked at Sarah with a frown, knowing that she understood the reason behind my worry but she just shrugs, before looking away as Pope's father started to talk. 

"Oh, I should've known better. He came in just as I was about to lock up. Caught me by surprise," Heyward starts to recount the encounter. "Once he had me down, he put his knee in my chest and then asked me about that...that...that key from that...that drawing you showed me," he continued. 

I exchanged a glance with kie, an anxious yet angry look on my face at the fact that Carla Limbrey sent her little minion after Heyward for a stupid key. While JJ exhaled sharply, his anger showing on his face at the fact that those bitches tried to mess with Heyward. 

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