chapter twenty one

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"I'm sorry, you're staying where?" Kie asks

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"I'm sorry, you're staying where?" Kie asks.

"Tannyhill," John B replies, playing with a salt shaker.

"So, you're living with Sarah Cameron?"

"Okay, look, the only reason I'm living there-" Lioana walks out of the restaurant, ignoring John B and Kie's argument.

"Hey, where are you going?" JJ asks, jogging up behind her.

"Anywhere but in there," Lio sighs.

"Why?"

"Because Kie can't shut the fuck up about the whole Sarah thing. Big fucking deal if he's macking her. It certainly doesn't effect me, so I'm not involving myself."

"Okay, you have a fair point, but Kie's our friend, Lio."

"'Yeah, and Sarah's my friend. I'm not gonna let you all talk shit about her behind her back."

"Okay, okay. You're right," JJ throws his hands up, in surrender.

"I don't care if you think I'm right, I want her to quit. Whether I have to beat the shit out of her or not, I'll get her to stop."

"Let's go, love birds!" John B hoots as he comes skipping down the ramp, towards the VW.

"Can it, JB," Lio snaps back, her hand being tugged at by JJ.

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"We're in Battery, right here," Pope says, pointing to the map that lays on the stump of the dead tree. "So, if this is Parcel Nine, then it's somewhere northeast of here."

"Somewhere over there," Kie says, pointing off into the distance.

"Yeah, no shit, Kie," Lio scoffs.

"Right," Pope mumbles.

"Over there? Guys, that's not Tannyhill. That's a subdivision," JJ points out.

"Tannyhill Plantation used to be the entire island," John B states. "Got sold to smaller pieces over time."

"Okay, so we're just looking for an old stone wall..." Pope retracts his attention back to the map.

"Fun," Lio mutters, giving JJ a fake smile.

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"That looks like a stone wall to me!" JJ surveys.

"Wow, thank you, Sherlock," Lio says sarcastically.

"This is it," Pope laughs at Lio's comment.

"Not the Crain house," John B mumbles as he gets out of the van.

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