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tw: this chapter will include a anxiety attack. __
"why do they want the compass?" Kiara asked her friends confused on why the men were making it a big deal about Big John's compass.
"it's a piece of shit. you couldn't pawn it off for five bucks if you wanted to. no offense John B, i know it's in your family-" Pope points.
"the office." John B finally spoke up causing everyone to look at him. "my dad. my dad's office. he always kept the office locked because he was worried about his competitors stealing his Royal Merchant research. we used to laugh at him like he was gonna find it. but now that he's gone, i've just kinda.. i just left it as he kept it." he made his way inside, the others following behind him as he pulled his keys looking through them.
"yeah, for when he gets back." Kiara assured him that his father is okay staring at her friends who slowly nodded.
"yeah." with that John B opened the door walking into his father's office.
"i've slept over here like 600 times, and i've never seen this door opened." Pope said walking towards the table. Caroline grabbed the vape from JJ inhaling some blowing it out to his face causing him to laugh.
"here, look. this is the original owner, right here." John B starts grabbing a board filled with pictures pointing at the first person.
"okay. Robert Q. Routledge, 1880 to 1920. there's the lucky compass, right there." Kiara pointed at it with a smile.
"actually, um.. he was shot after he bought it." John B says making Kiara's smile go away. "then the compass was shipped back to Henry. he was killed in a crop-dusting accident when he had the compass. after he died, the compass was given to Stephen. Stephen had the compass with him when he died in Vitenam."
"let me guess, he died in action, right?" JJ asked wrapping his arm around Caroline's waist tightly.
"sort of. uh, a-actually, he was killed by a banana truck. in— in country. anyways, after that, Stephen passed the compass down to him, my dad." John B finished pointing at a picture of Big John.
"hm. sounds like there's a reoccurring theme here." JJ says.
"yeah, you have a death compass" Caroline stared at her best friend.
"i do not." John B rolled his eyes at the girl.
"you have a death compass." Pope states again.
"get rid of it. it's cursed, and made its way back to you." JJ said.
"look, my dad used to talk about this compartment in here. soldiers used to hide secret notes." John B opened up the compass shaking it seeing if a piece of it would fall off.
