game on | jj maybank [1]

twelve: daddy issues

edited april 2025

"Go ahead and cry, little girl
Nobody does it like you do
I know how much it matters to you
I know that you got daddy issues"

chapter twelve: daddy issues

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JEAN WOODS DID WHAT SHE HAD TO DO AND LEFT TO TALK WITH THE FAMILY LAWYERS IN NEW YORK. It was crazy what had happened and even more when Jack told her her father's last words before being arrestes were to not trust Ward Cameron.

"Everything is so fucked up Jack" Blake sighed sitting down on the sofa

"I don't think so" Jack declared sitting down next to his sister who gave him a curious look.

"What do you mean?" Blake turned to look straight into her brother's deep brown eyes

"Yesterday night I saw something, I thought it wasn't important but with what has happened now..." Jack trailed "So yesterday after Topper brought me home I came down to the kitchen for some water and overheard dad on the phone arguing with Ward Cameron" He said

"Okay" she kept looking at him, focused

"Then he leaved telling us that Ward framed him and to not trust him" Jack finished

"Something is happening yeah, you know how dad works Jack" Blake said worried, it wasn't the first time an arrest happened in her family.

"I don't think mom is in New York with the lawyers, she's doing something else" Jack said

"Probably not, but we won't be able to know where she is right now" Blake told him

"What should we do?" Jack asked her

"I say we lay low, not look suspicious and listen to every conversation anyone has" Blake said

"Sound like a plan" Jack smirked

They were going to help their father, whatever it took.

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"So the plan is just waiting for the right weather?" Blake asked

She decided to join the pogues to surf and continue with their little treasure hunt until she had more news about her father.

"Yeah" Kie nodded

"Cool" Blake nodded and started paddling away from her friends.

Blake loved surfing and if it was with her friends, it was even better. If only all the time it could be like that.

It was just her and the ocean, it is a sensation you can only understand if you had surfed before, it's a mix of endorphins that she would never trade for anything in the world.

"You really think is out there? Like, no bullshit" Pope asked when they all were back at The Château.

Blake sat down next to JJ and rested her head on his shoulder, she was exhausted.

They had been a little but closer than before since the night before, but neither commented on it.

"My father thought it was" John B answered

"But do you?" Pope asked him again

"After hearing his voice on that tape...I think I do" John B admitted

Blake smiled at him, she was happy that he was hopeful, it had been a long time since she had seen him that happy.

"Only one way to find out" Pope stated