𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐁𝐈𝐃𝐃𝐄𝐍 ᯓ outer banks

chapter sixty-four

"No. Hey!" Limbrey gasped when she thought the boy had done it. "Please don't do that."

Brooklyn noticed her employee was a lot closer to attacking John B if anything so she stepped up and said, "Get him to back the hell up."

"Of course," she turned to him. "Back up." He stepped behind Limbrey while she pulled herself forward. "As I have told you from the beginning, I am willing to be reasonable."

Pope looked over at John B and said, "Okay."

"Okay?"

"I'll give you the key, but I want the tape," Pope says.

"Of course. Of course."

"Pope. Hey, hey, hey, hey. You don't have to do this, okay?" John B stepped over to the boy.

"No, it's okay," Pope reassured him.

"No, dude, this is your family."

"Hey, it's fine. It's okay. It's about your dad," Pope looked between John B and Brooklyn, holding out his hand for John B to put the key in. "That's more important."

John B looked back at Limbrey and placed the fake key in Pope's hand. "Oh, you're a good friend," Limbrey said.

"The tape."

"Yes, give him the tape," Her employee smacked the tape down into Pope's palm while he handed off the fake key to Limbrey. "You know, I wish that you'd come to this decision earlier. We could have avoided all this unpleasantness."

Limbrey stepped away with the employee who turned back to say one last thing, "See you around, Pope."

"Just go."

"How long do you think we have until she realises she has your father's old key?" JJ said which made everyone turn their heads to the boys.

"Ten minutes," John B replied.

"Whose idea was the fake key?" Pope asked, looking at the two boys.

"Shockingly, not mine," Kiara says.

John B wrapped an arm around JJ's shoulders. "Hmm, I don't know. Should we tell him?"

"I'm impressed," Brooklyn says. "Maybe you are good for something."

"Did hell freeze over?"

"Even a blind pig can find an acorn at times," JJ says as Pope steps forward to the boys, wrapping one arm around JJ to shake him. "I actually don't know what that means, but I saw it on Reddit."

"We gotta take the tape to Shoupe," John B says.

"Yes, sir. Ward Cameron, we're coming for you, big boy," JJ commented. "Shotgun!"

"It's Ward's turn now!" Pope laughed.

"You okay?" Brooklyn asks Sarah who's face expression had changed to gloomy and distant.

"I'm fine," she says, her arm falling around Brooklyn's shoulders. Brooklyn leans forward and takes Kiara's shoulder to pull her back. She pulls both girls into her and they walk along behind the boys talking and laughing with each other.

She really hoped Sarah was okay.

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Sarah sat with her head on Brooklyn's shoulder and one of her arms around her torso. She could see that Sarah wasn't okay. It must feel weird to have a dad who had killed and was now going to jail, the only parental figure she had in her life was her father... well, she had Rose but she probably didn't sign up to the whole mother thing.