XXXII:junkyard

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song: sunsetz by cigarettes after sex

"Alright. What do you need help with?" Ross asked. They walked on the sidewalks in the darkness, passing by several open and closed shops--mostly closed.

"I need to find someone." she hugs herself for warmth. "Who?"

"Jack arrow." she states. Ross perked up, listening to what she had to say. "Everybody in this fucking town knows that prick. He's known for-"  Ross immediately interrupts.

"I'm looking for him too. He has someone I want." Ross makes clear. The red head looked in his eyes. "Great. But none of us know where he is-"

"We are gonna help each other, remember?" she squints her eyes to look at his face. 

"You seem like a pretty smart kid: Who would go to college and get a degree, fall in love with a beautiful smart girl and have a family and die happy together.. Whats a guy like you doing looking for some jackass like ... Jack." Ella chuckled, lighting a cigarette that she had pulled out without him even noticing. Does everyone smoke in Bandon?

He sighed.

"I'm asking myself the same thing. But I have to do this. This is incredibly important to me." he makes clear to her. Her eyes flickered around, and right back to his. 

"Well, where do we start?" a mist of smoke from her cigarette blowing into the fresh air of the the night. The smell was smothering him, but he had gotten used to it thanks to Laura.

Not saying its a good thing. 

"Do you have a strong relationship with Jack?" he asks. She thought for a second, coming with a response; "I wouldn't say that..."

"Well... what is he to you? Maybe you will know the last time you saw him? and who you saw him with? And also when..." he bombarded her with many questions as he stared into the screen of his phone opening 'notes,' in his iPhone 5. (Yes its 2012.)

Ella suddenly began to remember the last time she saw Jack.

The red head peeked behind a pile of god knows what, listening in on a conversation that wasn't for her ears. The junkyard was especially empty tonight.

"Just take the fucking money and leave me the fuck alone." the girl said. She had long brown curled hair at the tips. She wore all black. Her hoodie was over-sized, with the a skull print with roses. He laughed. "Alright feisty are we? Leave then bitch. We'll talk soon."

"Soon." and with that, she walked off into the darkness.

"Uhh.. Hello?" Ross calls, trying to bring her back into the world from her own thoughts. She comes back with information. "I remember. I remember the last time I saw him was about a month ago. He was talking with this brunette babe. She wore all black.. heavy make up..."

Ross pauses. "How long ago?"

"About a month ago."

Ross thinks for a moment. Laura did wear a lot of makeup earlier in the year, and did have her brown long hair, sometimes curled. Now she had pink hair, and didn't wear any make up at all. She wore black all the time. Especially her-

"What really caught my eye, is the her hoodie. Its pretty vintage. The design of it is really nice. The artist work is really hard to find. The skull and the rose." Ross turns his head quickly towards her.

"Where was this."

"Junkyard."

"We have to go there. Now."

"But we don't know-"

"It doesn't matter!" he grabs her arm forcefully, as they rush along the empty sidewalks.

What could possibly be going down right now? Anything. That Jack dude. He sounds dangerous. What does he want with her? Why at a fucking junkyard to meet up of all places?

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Shorter than last chapter but eyyy lol its fast update

Still trying to sort things out? Does anybody know the name of the fish that commit suicide that would be great 
I think I literally only mentioned their name once in the book...? Did it start with a N? No idea I tried going back but I couldnt find it 
I know its in here somewhere

ANYWAY

thank you so much for reading! hope u had/have a wonderful day! 

BYE


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