𝕎𝕙𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕀𝕥 𝕋𝕒𝕜𝕖𝕤¹|JJ MAYBANK

1.23 Rixon's Cove

The group sat around a fire that Esperanza and JJ had set up. Getting ready to discuss why they were here.

"Hey, guys. So, like, my dad's already gonna kill me. So what's this mandatory meeting about?" Pope asks JJ and John B causing the two to look at each other.

"Might as well tell him, man, before we're gaffed." JJ tells John b as he went to sit next to Esperanza. He turned to her, not even attempting to hide his glanced as his knuckle softly grazed her cheek. “Eyelash.” He said.

"You ready for this?" John B says turning to the group.

"Yeah"

"So, the gold never went down with the Royal Merchant." He says vaguely.

"Oh my god here we go with this again" Esperanza said sighing.

"No. All right, wait. Hear him out, all right?" JJ says pulling the girl into his arms, holding her hand with one of his and having the other snaked around her waist.

"It's been here the whole time. It's on the island." John B says as he walked around the fire.

"Are you serious? Oh my god" Esperanza says sitting back up leaving JJ to pout at her. He pulled her back against his chest. A tighter arm around her now. Esperanza angled her head slightly so she could kiss the side of his bicep.

"I'd like to voice my skepticism." Pope says raising his hand.

"Me too." Esperanza honestly agreed.

"I'm sure you both would." John b says pointing at the two,"but can I please present you with my evidence, sir and ma'am?" John B said as he Walked around talking with his hands. Pope and Esperanza shared a look.

"Proceed" Pope nodded at the boy. Esperanza motioning for him to continue.

"Denmark Tanny was a slave that survived the Royal Merchant wreck. Check this out. Here you go, Okay, slaves weren't mentioned as crew members on the ship, but my dad, he found the complete manifest. That was his big discovery. So Tanny used the gold from the Merchant to buy his freedom. After that, he bought his farm. Drumroll, please, because that farm is... Tannyhill Plantation." John b says walking around and still infact talking with his hands.

"Tannyhill?" Esperanza asks as she raised a brow and stopped drum rolling.

"Yeah. So, after that, he used his money to free even more slaves, and then he sold a shit-ton of rice, which pisses off all the white planters, and then they decide to lynch him. So on the day they were coming to get him, he writes a letter to his son as a farewell, and in the last line of that letter, he leaves a coded message about where to find the gold. Harvest the wheat in parcel nine, near the water. Except... there's no wheat. You see, wheat is code for gold. Check this out. The gold is in parcel nine, near the water." John B finishes explaining to the group.

"Holy shit JB"

"All we need is an original survey map of the property, and we've found the gold." He says smiling at her.

"Okay, so this might have a small chance of being actually true." Pope says smiling a little bit but not getting his hopes up. As for JJ on the other hand. He ran to hug JB and picked him up.

"Dude, it's like King Tut. I am a genius. Hey, whoa! Hello! Fire! You're near the fire. You're gonna burn." JB says as JJ puts him down.

"I'm so proud of you right now." JJ says kissing JB on the cheek.

"Thank you. That's really sweet of you" he says laughing.

"One tiny problem in your big plan JB. How are we gonna get a map of TannyHill?" Esperanza says furrowing her brows at John B.