Coralina Routledge, twin sister of John Booker Routledge, needs a distraction from the chaos of her life. Her father, Big John, known throughout the North Carolina island of Kildaire as a crazy treasure hunter is always running off and leaving his...
"Pope, hey you don't need to do this," John B told him, "This is your family's."
"No, it's fine," Pope replied, "It's about your dad. That's way more important," he said taking the key from John B.
Holding out the key he also held out his other hand taking the tape Carla had of Gavin pinning the sheriff's death on Rafe at the same time that she took the key from him.
"You know, I wish that you'd come to this decision earlier," she told Pope, "We could've avoided all of this unpleasantness," she said before turning and walking off.
"Yeah, nice to meet you," John B called waving.
Walking to the dock Pope watched them leave.
"How long do you think we have till she realizes she has your father's old key?" JJ questioned.
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"About ten minutes," John B replied.
After ensuring they'd left Pope turned around to his friends, "Okay, who's idea was the fake key?"
"Shockingly not mine," Kie admitted.
"Hmmmm, I don't know. Should we tell him?" John B asked slinging his arm around JJ's shoulders as he smiled proudly.
"Good job, Baby. And I'm thoroughly impressed with your lying skills, JB."
"Wow, I'm impressed one of JJ's plans worked."
"Did hell freeze over?"
"Even a blind pig can find an acorn at times," JJ laughed as both Pope and John B hugged him.
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"Again with the JJ speak," Coral laughed, jumping down from the cooler and hugging him herself.
"I actually don't know what that means either, but I saw it on Reddit," he admitted laughing.
"Alright, we gotta take this tape to Shoupe," John B told them.
"Yes sir! Ward Cameron we're coming for you big boy," JJ cheered as they headed out to the Twinkie.
After listening to the tape of Gavin pinpointing Rafe as Sheriff Peterkin's murderer and Ward covering it up John B looked up at Shoupe, "I told you, Shoupe. Ward killed our father and Gavin, and now you know Rafe killed Peterkin."
