Oops! This image does not follow our content guidelines. To continue publishing, please remove it or upload a different image.
𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗘𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧𝗬 𝗙𝗜𝗩𝗘 revealing secrets
◟ ◞
・・・・☆・・・・☆ ・・・・
The Pogues had been searching for JJ all night until the sun had come up, not getting any sleep whatsoever. Cleo had to split up from the group, however, to attend Pope's trial. The others weren't allowed to per his parents not wanting the judge to potentially give him a greater sentence, but they obviously allowed Cleo to show up.
The rest of them — Kyla, Rhi, Alex, Kiara, Sarah, and John B — kept walking through town, their feet tired from all the walking. But they were determined to try to find the boy, especially Kyla who had finally started to process everything that had went on earlier in the night.
"Oof. This place is trashed," John B commented, seeing all the shattered glass and trash everywhere. "JJ's long gone. We should get out of here."
"We can't just give up looking here. He could've found somewhere to hide," Kyla hoped for the best, although she wasn't too sure that was actually the case.
"And, also, where would we even go? They're probably already bulldozing Poguelandia," Kiara pointed out.
"That means JJ's slashing tires," John B sighed.
"That's actually pretty likely."
John B then stopped and turned toward Sarah, his brows furrowed since she seemed out of it. "Hey. You okay?"
"Yeah. I'm, uh, I'm-I'm — I have to — You know, I'll be right back," Sarah stuttered, quickly walking over into one of the destroyed drug stores.
"Is she okay?" Rhi asked Kyla, whose brows had knitted together suspiciously at Sarah's odd actions.
"I don't know," she answered quietly, tilting her head. "But we should keep our focus on JJ right now. I mean, he could be hurt right now or worse."
"What's the situation with his father? Luke?" Alex asked. "You think he tried to go after him after his whole...rage last night maybe?"
Kyla shook her head. "Probably not. He probably doesn't want anything to do with him after yesterday. His father and him...let's just say they don't get along very well. His dad was abusive, addicted to alcohol and drugs, and a criminal. He left, or we thought he did, a while back," she explained briefly, not wanting to go too much into it because she wasn't sure how much JJ wanted people to know.
