book one~ |under editing|
Olivia finds herself tiptoeing the line between kook and pogue, while wanting to find out who she really is, she finds herself falling into love in the process of finding the multi-million dollar reward of gold with her bes...
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breathing heavily, olivia and john b eventually stopped running from the sirens and she doubled over with her hands on her knees. "hey look. you've- you've got to admit that was kind of promising." john b finally spoke up within their heavy breathing and when he started to walk again she quickly followed and listened to him talk, "i mean my dad, the royal merchant, the ranger, the royal merchant, i mean coincidence? i dont- i don't think so."
"yeah it was pretty promising but isn't it his job to know about shipwrecks?" olivia asked, "well yeah okay but the royal merchant?"
"john b, that's the most famous shipwrecks of all time. redfield's one of the most common names in the outer banks. it could literally mean anything." she shrugged and jumped over a dead tree trunk. "and as wild goose chases go. this was a really good one."
"look, i don't know maybe we missed something at the lighthouse. we should- we should go back." he stopped, "john b, as much as i love tagging along on your greatest adventures... i don't want to be arrested for aggravated assault on some creepy dude that wouldn't stop staring at my tits." and he paused to look at her with sympathy and other emotions no one 16 years old should feel but here he was, all those emotions packed into one john b. "you believe me right?" there was a pause as she thought about all the things he's said and all the things that has happened in the past 24 hours. "right?"
"yeah, john b, i believe you. i think there's a chance we'll find your dad and bring him home. but what i don't understand is why he'd put a clue on a compass."
"cause he knew it'd come back to me, liv." and then there was silence between them as she pulled him into a hug, "for me, pull it together. because i can't lose you."
"i know liv, i'm trying." he pulls away to look back at her and she smiles sadly at him. his eyes couldn't help but fall to her lips and then back to her eyes and once she noticed, she did the same. she got excited when he started leaning in, she waited for this day to come and it finally did. he was so close and-
"livie is that you?" a familiar voice came from the right of her and she stepped back from john b. "sarah... hey." she scratched the back of her neck awkwardly. "what are you doing out here?!" her smile was so large and olivia couldn't help but sigh. "i..." she trailed off when she saw his face. "olivia, if you need to go... just go." john b grabbed her hand and smiled, a siren came from the left of them and john b jumped, dropping his hand with olivia and she stepped behind him.
"routledge. i got you son. now why don't you just be chill and not make me chase you?" john b grabbed the compass from his back pocket and handed it to the cameron girl before shoupe asked to see his hands, "you're coming with too young lady."
