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...
Smiling she giggled, "One whole year since I decided I had to have you in my bed."
"God, that night I thought for sure this was gonna be a one time deal. So glad it wasn't," he whispered before kissing her.
They spent the next three days together, practically inseparable. She and JJ spent their days fishing, surfing, and just taking the time to be normal teenagers.
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Kie and Pope would bring their school work home for them to do and then take it back the following day for them. She caught glimpses of her brother on occasion.
Sarah hadn't come back since deciding to stay at Tannyhill with Wheezie and John B wasn't taking it well. He'd disappear in the mornings and not return till late.
It wasn't until Thursday afternoon when she walked out onto the back porch that it seemed Sarah had finally come back.
Watching her brother and Sarah talking on the dock Coral knew from their body language it wasn't going well.
"Hey, what's going on?" JJ asked stopping beside her. "She finally came back," she responded.
"Doesn't seem to be going well," JJ commented as Sarah untied the piece of bandana John B had given her from around her neck and handed it back to him.
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"I feel like we're gonna need some alcoholic help," JJ declared before kissing her head, "I'll be back."
As JJ left out the front door Coral headed out the back after Sarah walked away.
