Flashback:
Third person POV:
Pope, Kie and JJ all stand around the table whilst John B is seated staring at the two envelopes they found in his great grandmothers tomb. Deciding to open his fathers one first he picks it uo and looks towards the others, Kie giving him a nod of reasurance, he hesitantly begins to open it. The three friends watch the brunette pull out a thick piece of paper, unfolding it to then realise its a map. Black lines all over and an X dotted in one specific area.
"Holy shit" John B speaks up tracing his fingers over the map.
"Oh. X marks the spot" Pope says pointing towards the X.
"Longitude and Latitude" John B mentions, but he suddenly realises that the map wasnt the only thing that was placed in the envelope.
"Wait, theres something else in there" he says looking for the additional item, picking it up he sees its a tape recorder.
"Whats that?" JJ asked
"Its a tape recorder, dumbass" Kie answers, as John B examines the device before pressing play.
'𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐝' John Bs eyes widing hearing the voice if his father.
"Whos bird?" JJ questions.
"Thats what my dad used to call me..." John B replies still in shock.
'𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲 '𝐢 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐨' 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐨. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐧. 𝐈 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭' unwanted memories of the last interaction the father ans son had flashing through John Bs mind, a pit of guilt forming in his stomach.
'𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐲𝐞𝐭, 𝐤𝐢𝐝. 𝐈 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫' the pit beginning to grow uncontrollably knowing he really did doubt his dad.
'𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭. 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐢 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐤𝐢𝐝? 𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐧. 𝐇𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐬 𝐦𝐞, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫' everyones eyes widen, and shock with hints of curiosity took over their faces. Questions spinning in John Bs head, why wasnt he told? Why did they not grow up together? Who is she? His thoughts interupted when Big John continued to talk.
'𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝- 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐬𝐮𝐠𝐚𝐫-𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐝𝐢𝐰𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐚 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐚, 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐬. 𝐈𝐟 𝐧𝐨𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬-𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧-𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐩 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐭. 𝐈𝐟 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞, 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝. 𝐆𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐥𝐝, 𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐝. 𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐟 𝐢 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭'
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