My Lover Boy| JJ Maybank

Chapter 11

The next day, Evelyn had plans with Sarah to do some shopping around town. They had been tasked to get their outfits for Midsummer.

"Where were you yesterday?" Sarah asked.

"Oh, just hanging out with my brother," Evelyn replied, hoping it didn't sound suspicious.

"You've been hanging out a lot with him recently."

They got out of the car and headed towards a shop downtown.

"Yeah, I mean, we're getting closer now."

"You're a horrible liar," Sarah groaned. "I've known you our whole lives, so I know how to tell. Who is it? Pope? JJ? Someone else?"

Evelyn rolled her eyes. It hadn't even been a day and Sarah already knew. "Ugh. Fine. JJ's— he's my boyfriend."

Sarah squealed, causing the people near them to stare.

"Shhh!" Evelyn said. "We're keeping it secret for right now. I'm nervous about JB finding out."

"Oh, don't worry," Sarah whispered. "I won't tell anyone."

Suddenly, there was a crash coming from across the street. Both Sarah and Evelyn looked over to see John B on the ground.

"Oh my god!" Evelyn exclaimed, running over towards him.

"Did you just yeet over that chain?" Sarah asked, following close behind. "Holy shit, your shirt."

"Oh, that looks bad," Evelyn said, looking at the blood on his shirt.

"Yeah, that's not ideal," John B replied.

"That's not good at all."

"Can you take me to the hospital?" he asked. "Like, right now?"

"Of course," Sarah said.

"Let's get you up." Evelyn grabbed his hands and helped him up. She didn't think he really needed to go to the hospital, but clearly, he had been running from someone. Luckily, the car wasn't too far from them.

Once they got in the car, John B laid down in the back seat and asked, "Hey, do you- do you see a car? Like a- like a cop SUV?"

"What did you do?" Evelyn replied. She and Sarah quickly looked around, and there was indeed a cop car driving past them.

"Blue and white, maybe?"

"We know what a cop car looks like," Evelyn retorted.

"Yes, there is a blue and white cop SUV."

Both she and Evelyn tried to act inconspicuous so whoever was driving the car didn't stop to talk to them.

"Do you see a guy with no neck?" John B asked.

Evelyn watched as the car stopped across the street in Sarah's side mirror. "Yeah, he's there."

"There's a woman with him," Sarah added.

"What are- what are they doing?"

"They're, um, just..." Sarah started. She was too focused on backing out of the parking spot to complete her sentence.

"Can you just go please!" John B exclaimed.

"That's what I'm doing!"

"No need to yell, guys," Evelyn said. "JB, you're lucky we're even helping you. What did you get caught doing?"

As she started driving off, Sarah asked, "Did you rob a bank?"

"It's probably better if you don't know."