CONTINUANCE - John B Routledge

004.

"𝐋𝐨𝐨𝐤, 𝐈'𝐦 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟𝐟. 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭?" John B told the Pogues. 

Emerson was fine that they were calling it off, she just didn't want John B being taken away. Thankfully, John B didn't notice the bruises on her neck from the dust up last night. 

"Peterkin said, if I stay out of the marsh, she'll help me with DCS." John B continued. "And you believed her?" JJ asks.

"Yes I believe her, JJ." 

"An actual cop, John B. You believed a cop."

"Hey shut it. We can trust Momma Peterkin, I've known her my whole life." Emerson speaks up.

"All I gotta do is stay out of the marsh for a couple days, and she'll help me out. It doesn't help that your ass was the one shooting the gun." John B said, ignoring Emerson's comment. 

"You know what I should've done? Just let Topper drown both your asses." JJ spoke up. Emerson couldn't help but feel a little hurt by that comment, but she decided to just ignore it. "Both? What do you mean both?" John B asks. Everyone kept quiet.

"JJ, what do you mean both?" John B asked, irritated that everyone is avoiding eye contact. "Just look at your lover's neck." JJ finally spoke up.

John B immediately went to Emerson to find two dark purple bruises on her neck. He knew she fought back with Topper, but he didn't think Topper would actually try to kill her too.

"They always win, don't they, man? Kooks versus Pogues, they always, always win!" JJ said as he smacked the ball that was attached to two strings. "Look it's okay!" Kie tried to calm him down. "No, it's not okay! It is not! They don't want us to go down in the marsh, that means there's something valuable down there, and you know it. I know you do." At this point, Emerson was starting to get really fed up with JJ. She knew whatever would happen next, would probably be really bad.

"And I understand why you don't wanna go. You're the golden boy, you got way too much to risk. And you, I mean, you're already rich as fuck anyway. Why would you bother?" JJ continues. "But you, me, and Em, we got nothin' to lose. We really don't, all right. And I know it didn't use to be that way for you guys." 

"JJ for once in your life, use your brain. Have you ever thought of the idea that we have each other to lose? We're not gonna go down to the marsh again, that's final." Emerson snapped, annoyed at everything JJ just said.

"You know what I'll use my brain. You got the key to Cameron's big boat, right?" JJ asks John B. Kie, Emerson, and Pope all give each other skeptical looks.

"No." John B replied "There's scuba gear inside, man. We borrow that, and then we go down to the wreck this afternoon and that is what's gonna save you, man. You don't see rich kids going into foster care, do you?" JJ carries on.

"JJ shut up. We're not going down there again just because you want money." Emerson argues. 

"What you afraid your soulmate's gonna get caught? Suck it up, Em." JJ argues back.

"Are you fucking kidding me right now? What if he does get caught? He's the only person I have left, JJ. You think I would wanna risk that just because you want money? Why would there even be money on that boat?"

"Look, lover boy will be fine. There's obviously something special on that boat, whether it's money or not. That's why they're telling us to stay out of the marsh."

"How do you know he'll be fine, hm?" 

"Don't worry about it." JJ said as he tells John B to go get the scuba gear from the Cameron's boat. For some odd reason, John B actually listened to JJ and went off to go get the gear.