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𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍「𝐂𝐀𝐍'𝐓 𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔」

𝐎𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞'𝐬 𝐏𝐎𝐕

"I mean, it's obvious, right?" John B asks.

"A family heirloom. What better place to hide a message. He had to know it was gonna get back to me, right?" He adds.

"Yeah. It's possible" Kiara nods.

"It could also be possible that you're concocting wild theories to help, you know, deal with your sad feels" Pope states.

"Bro, you know how I process my sad feels?" JJ quips with a shrug "Dank nugs and the stickiest of ickies, that's how I do it"

"Will you shut up?" I huff, looking up at the blonde from my place in his lap.

"I'm not concocting, okay? My dad's trying to give me a message" John B snaps and JJ unconsciously plays with my hair.

"If it helps you believe, John B" Kiara says softly.

"Look, I-I don't need a therapy session, okay? I'm not trippin out" John B argues.

"It's okay to trip, bro, but-" JJ is cut off.

"Look, my- my dad is missing, okay? Missing. You don't know what it's like to have the person closest to you vanish and then have no idea what happened. Just wake up every morning wondering" John B says, his voice cracking.

"It's been a year" Kiara frowns.

"Hey, he could of been kidnapped. That's definitely a possibility" JJ suggests and I hit his stomach.

"Yeah, could be in a Soviet sub getting interrogated by the KGB somewhere" Pope adds.

"Absolutely. Uh...or Atlantis" JJ continues.

"JJ, quit it" I scold him and I jump up, leaning my chin onto the back of John B's seat.

"JB, listen to me, dude. I know it's not the same because I was with them when it happened, but not knowing if my parents were alive or dead killed me. It still kills me, because I never got any answers, okay? But it's been a year and you still haven't heard anything about your dad. A wise asshole once told me, thinking about all the what if's will make you crazy" I explain to the boy and the pain in his eyes hurts like hell to see.

"Look, what do you think the message is?" I ask him, changing the subject.

"Redfield Lighthouse. That's my dad's favourite place" John B says as we approach the lighthouse.

I pat his shoulder and hop out the side door after JJ and Pope.

"Right here's what's gonna happen. You two are gonna post up and look out for bogeys, okay?" John B tells JJ and I.

"Wait...why us?" JJ asks.

"Because you're not coming" Pope replies as if it's obvious.

"Why?" I retort, feeling offended.

"There are independent and dependent variables. You're independent. We don't know what you'll do" Pope explains.