Winifred Routledge X JJ maybank

CHAPTER 9

After that little incident back at the chèatue, we got into the van and drove to wherever the hell john B was taking us.

"mean, it's obvious, right? A family heirloom. What better place to hide a message? He had to know it was gonna get back to us, right?" John B asked

"Yeah. It's possible"

"It could also be possible that you're concocting wild theories to help, you know, deal with your sad feels" pope trailed off

"Pope" John B warned

"Look John I think we should just drop it, hes gone there is nothing we can do" I say

"He is not dead, your just butt hurt that you didn't have a real relationship with him, let alone a full conversation " he said.

"Fuck you" I said. I moved to the very back of the van, the farthest away form him.

"Bro, you know how I process my sad feels.
Cuddling with Winnie, Dank nugs and the stickiest of ickies, that's how I do it" JJ said. I look up at him a smile.

"I'm not concocting, okay? Our dad's trying to give us a message" John B said

"If it helps you believe, John B-" Kiara said, getting interrupted by John B.

"I-I don't need a therapy session, okay Look, I'm not trippin' out"

"It's okay to trip, bro, but..."

"Look, my... our 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"

I sigh and press my head up against the window "It's been almost a year" I say

"Hey, he could have been kidnapped. That's definitely a possibility" JJ said

"Yeah, could be in a Soviet sub getting interrogated by the KGB somewhere" pope said

"Absolutely. Uh... or Atlantis"

Kiara turns around and gives him a warning look

"Look, what do you think the message is?l Kiara asked

"Redfield Lighthouse"

"That was our dad's favorite place" I say

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We pull up to the lighthouse and get out of the van

"Right. You're gonna post up and look out for bogeys, okay?" John B says to JJ

"Wait why me?" JJ says confused

"Because you're not coming" pope said

"Why?"

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

"Shut up! Just shut up pope!" JJ yells cutting him off

"Listen to me for a second. Pope, you stand look out with JJ and Winnie. Okay? If we get split up, we meet back at The chèatue" John B said backing up

"I want to come" I said

"No" he says

"Why?"

"Because your also an independent variable" John B said. I glare at him with a wide mouth

"Great" Kiara said as the two walk off

"Asshole" I say under my breath. I walk to the van and climb the ladder so I'm sitting on top