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Rafe scoffed "Yeah, surprised that this place still stood up" he murmured under his breath making Hope eyes widened at the rude comment. She notices the man's face drop a little

"I'm sorry for my friend, he's woke up on wrong side of his bed" Hope apologizes, giving Rafe a look but the boy looks unbothered

"I'm here for my packages, they got sent here because of the hurricane" Hope continues with her business

"Oh yeah, we received a couple of them yesterday morning" the man announced, the smile is back on his face " I can get it for you, what's name it under to?" he asked

"It's Hope Thornton, thank you" she gives the name and the man excused himself to get in back leaving Hope and Rafe outside. She quickly turns to face him

"What is wrong with you? You don't say something like that, Rafe. You could hurt his feelings" she scold him, nudging his side "You think I care? I just said what people been thinking" he shrugged, not guilty at all

"It won't cost you anything to be nice"

"and it won't cost me anything for not being one either" he object, and Hope swears she wants to throw him right into the water. She shook her head and looked away from him.

She heard distant voices causing her to turn her head back to the shore only to see another boat approaching it with a couple of people on it. She thought maybe they were also here to retrieve their parcel too, until she recognised each one of them

She saw JJ jumps out from the boat and tied it down, her smile brightened. Can't help to feel excited to meet him again, she's been looking forward for it since yesterday

Rafe notices the smile from her forcing him to look at where her eyes are and when he found the Pogues are there, he starts to boiling. What in the hell are they doing here

"Are you seriously smiling at the Pogues now?" Rafe questioned making Hope to look back at him "What? I'm not allowed to smile at anyone now?" she questioned him back

"Is that why you're being so defensive when I'm talking shit about them? You're a buddy now?"

"What are you talking about? It just a smile, Rafe. Why are you so bother with it? I can smile to anyone I want"

"Not to them, okay? You don't give them anything nice because they don't deserve it" Rafe keep pushing, making Hope feels a little strangled by standing next to him

"Why are you really care? Like I said, it's just a smile. It's not a big de---"

"Hey, what did I say about stay away from those dirty Pogues?" Rafe cuts her off, grabbing on her arm forcing her to look at him. Hope almost let out a yelp, her eyes widened

Hope tries to twist her arm away from his grip but Rafe keeps it the hold there "You heard me or not, Mia? They're not a good people, don't go any near them" he continues, ignores the attempt from her to set herself free from him

"Rafe, calm down"

"I said, do you hear me?" he continues, repeating himself. His eyes piercing into hers trying to make her understand, Hope gulped at the tone used by him

"Okay, I heard you" Hope states, trying not to freak out. Rafe glares at her, almost like he doesn't believe it "Now, let me go, please? You're hurting me" she pleads

Rafe's eyes start to soft and slowly get to worry. He let go of the grip "I'm sorry, did it really hurt?" he asked, in way softer tone. He's turn 180 from his previous demeanour, like a flip of switch. Hope almost baffled at how easy he did it

Rafe caress the previous spot on her arm that he just gripped, the pleads from Hope making him feels bad for hurting her. He doesn't want to do that, he just wants Hope to stay away from the Pogues

But before she can reply to him, the door gets pulled open, and the previous man shows up with two parcels on his hand. She looks away from Rafe and he drops his hand from her