𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚊 𝚋𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜 | 𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚊𝚗𝚔𝚜

promises

"Ward knows about the gold." He finally spoke up, "He killed my dad."

"John B!"

Footsteps take their attention away from the Routeledge teen, their eyes darting to Evelynn and Luca, the couple having just drove up as soon as John B left,

"What was that about?"

"Shit!"

•••

Evelynn, Luca, the twins, JJ, and Pope sat in HMS Pogue, looking out at the Cameron's house.

"What now? We just go up to the front door and ask, Hey, have you seen John B?"

"Uh, yeah?" Evelynn scoffed, running her hand through the water below them, flicking it towards Kirsten, earning a smile from the girl.

"Look, he lives at Tannyhill now. It's plausible. Look, we can play dumb." Kie said.

"Play dumb?"

Kirsten shook her head, "It's too late to play dumb."

"Look, I've never seen John B like that. We should honestly be going to the cops."

"No way." Luca immediately disagreed.

"The cops—Yeah, and say what, Kie? We're worried about our friend because he's on a rampage because Ward Cameron killed Big John? They're not gonna believe us!"

Pope pulls out his binoculars, "Hey, I see Ward."

"Let me see." Evelynn hummed, "He is very much alive and well, or as well as a middle age rich white man could get."

"Doesn't look dead to me." Luca shrugs.

"Let's go home."

Kie's head snaps in Pope's directions, confusion written clearly across her face, "Wait. What?"

"Uh... Okay. Obviously, Mr. Cameron is fine, and even if John B was here, he isn't now, okay?" Pope started, "Plus, I have the biggest, most important moment of my life in six hours."

"Yeah, well, our friend is in trouble."

"I'm in trouble. Guys, I haven't been home in three days. My dad's probably put all my shit on the street by now."

"Okay, so that's it? In a time of need, you're just gonna bail? You're just gonna walk away?"

"Girl, what?" Evelynn rolled her eyes.

"People have other things to worry about, Kie." Kirsten tried speaking gently to her sister.

"Okay, yo, guys, can we not do this right now?"

"Hey, I have a scholarship interview in the morning. I can't—"

"Okay, well, what about John B?"

"Why is it always about John B?!"

JJ sighs, scratching his head in annoyance as Kiara looks at Pope with scrunched face, "It's not always about John B."

Luca winced a bit, "Eh."

"You're so stupid."

"Okay, no name calling." Kirsten stepped forward, getting in between the two.

"It would be any of you in this situation."

"Oh, bullshit!

"Guys... This is about friendship."

Luca groaned, "Stop yelling."

"Bring it down."

"Look, this is about Pogues for life."

"What about forensic pathology, huh?