"You kids don't think you're the only ones after the Royal Merchant now, do you? And yeah, I know about that too." Sheriff Peterkin says as she's interrogating JJ.

My dad and I went over to the police station to pick up JJ. "You his guardian?" The woman behind the counter asks.

"JJ." I say as he walks up to us and I hug him. "Hey, lil sis." "Sorry to say, I'm his father." Our dad answers. "Well, hearing will be in two weeks. If you fail to show up, you will forfeit your bail. The restitution will be based on the average of three outside estimates of the-"

"Restitution?" Dad cuts her. "Pay for what he broke. It's part of the plea." She responds and I look at JJ. "Sign right here please." She says giving my dad the file. "You are?" She raises her eyebrows at me. "Sister." I answer. "Let's go. Go now!" Dad yells at us.

"I wonder what restitution's gonna be on a 2019 Malibu." Dad says. "I'll pay it off. All of it. I swear, Dad." JJ responds. "Shit! 30k?" He scoffs.

"When you gonna clear that, big guy. When all you guys do is smoke weed and hang out on the south side?" All I could think about is, who's fault that could be huh. "Get in the car."

We look at each other, "It's gonna be fine." I assure him, even though I wasn't sure myself. He just gives me a simple nod as we get into the car.

"Dad, I swear-" JJ tries to say but Luke punches him in the face. Hard. "Dad, no!" I yell as I try to pull him away, but he punches me back, making my nose bleed.

"Thirty. Thousand. Dollars!" He screams as he pushes JJ against the door over and over again. "Do you know what you did to me? Damn!" "Dad, stop it. Please." I cry out.

The fact that seeing JJ get punched, hurt me way more then getting punched myself is killing me.

When we arrived home. Dad pulled out his alcohol again and put the music on full volume. I followed JJ into his room, to give him some sort of comfort.

"I'm gonna tell you right now, you are worthless piece of shit!" Luke yells from the living room. "Shut up!" JJ screams hitting the bedroom door. "Your mama knew! You tell me where you gonna get 30 grand now!"

JJ starts throwing shut across the room. "Hey, hey!" I try to turn him to me, but as I do that he pushes me back, making me fall onto the ground. I should've known better then getting between him and his anger.

"Shit, Chloe. I'm so- so sorry.." He says pulling me up, whilst our dad still keeps yelling. "It's alright. Don't worry." I could see the torture in his eyes right now.

"Hey, come here." I say pulling JJ in for a hug. He hugs me back as he starts crying. I hated these kind of days so bad.

"Jay? What are you doing?" I quietly ask him as we walk into the leaving room, where our dad was sleeping on the couch.

The gun cocks. "Jay!" I silently yell as I put a hand in front of my mouth. Was he really just gonna kill our dad? Right there? Right now? As much as I hated that man, this didn't feel right.

"Hey, hey JJ. Don't do this..." I say as I touch his shoulder. He was really struggling, hand so close to pulling the trigger. But he pulls back.

We pack our bags and I jump on the back of the motor cycle.

JJ told me that the police are keeping an eye out on John B. So they're all around his house.

JJ goes over to John B's house to wait for him to come back whilst I wait with the boat.

I see them arrive, "Guys, get on." I say. The get in and I untie the robe. John B puts the keys in and we leave.

"First I almost get strangled to death by Kooks, and now I'm on the hook for 30 grand. We should just dip." JJ says as we sit down at a quiet spot. "Okay, where do you wanna go? Hm?" I ask him. "Yucatan." John B laughs at him, "No, I'm dead serious right now. Surf all day, and then we can just live off lobsters we catch with our bare hands."

"You just wanna leave 'cause you got your ass beat?" John B asks him. "You didn't see the photos." "Think about it. They're willing to kill for the gold, then it's gotta be out there, JJ." "Have you lost your mind?" JJ yells,

"One hundred years, man. One hundred years, people have been tryin' to find this Royal Merchant, and no one succeeded. And you think you are gonna be the one that actually finds it?" "Jay..." I say. "No! When will you get it in your thick skull? If you keep goin' down this road, you're gonna end up just like your dad!"

"JJ!" I angrily say. "I can't give up, JJ." John B yells as he pushes him back, "The last time I saw that dude, we got into an argument. And then he took all of our rent money and dipped us for this Royal Merchant. And then I told him he was a shit father, and you guys know how the rest of the story goes." John B finishes.

"But that wasn't your fault." I say. "It doesn't matter whose fault it is, Chloe! Do you guys not understand that? I can't give up on the hunt, man. I don't care who's out there, who's gonna try to kill us. Do you understand that? You know that." John B says as he walks away and me and JJ look at each other.

"Look, I've got a plan. You guys comin' or what?" John B asks and I sigh as I walk over to him. "Four hundred million, JJ. How much you owe in restitution?"

It already got dark when we came back. "Ready?" JJ asks as we pull the boat onto the sand. "Can you believe this Midsummer shit, man?" John B says. "Of course I can, happens every year." JJ responds. "Oh guys, shut up. It'll be fun." I roll my eyes.

"So, like, what's the plan, exactly?" JJ asks when we start walking. "Okay, I need you to give this to Sarah." John B says giving a letter to JJ. "Ooh! Can I read it?" "No, you can't read it."

"Who's Vlad?" I ask reading the letter with JJ. "God, do any of you ever listen." John B sighs. "Hold up. Are you mackin' Sarah Cameron?" JJ asks and my mouth falls open.

"Would you just shut up?" John B says annoyed. "You're macking Sarah Cameron!" JJ yells. "Oh my God." I shake my head.

We stop for a second to change. I pull out my dress and take my shorts off. "Look away. Weirdos." I say looking up to JJ and John B.

We had absolutely no business being there, so JJ pretends to be a server and I'll just use my charm if anyone catches me.

I walk up to the party and look for Jacob. The way I accidentally ghosted this guy for the past few days is kind of sad. So I walk up to him.

"Hey!" I smile. "Oh hey.." He awkwardly smiles back when he turns around. "How uhm- how have you been?" He asks me. "Uh, yeah, good." I stutter,

"Look, I'm sorry for not texting back or anything. Just been a little hectic." I say. "Oh yeah, don't worry at all. Come let's get you a drink." He says as he puts his hand on my back. This man's too good for real. But do I really want that?

I see Rafe and his stupid friends running after JJ. "What the hell?" I say to myself. "Something wrong?" Jacob asks me. "Oh, no, no. Uhm I'll be righ-" "Come, I want to show you something." He cuts me off. I really can't be asked right now, but I follow him anyway.

"...She looks pretty hot for a Pogue." I hear someone say as I walk up to the men's toilet.

"Hey, hey, it was really nice seein' you again, JJ!" Rafe yells as JJ and a security guard walk out off the bathroom. "Jay, what the hell? What's going on?" I ask him.

The guard pushes him forward, and before following them I look inside the men's toilet. I lock eyes with Rafe, I roll my eyes and turn around.

"Hey, hey, wait!" Rafe says running up to me. "Listen, you just tell your brother, that this ain't over." He says into my ear. "I'm not telling him shit." I say stopping in my tracks. "Oh, you will." He smirks.

"Still so funny that you think I'll actually listen to you. You feel so biggy, when in reality you're just a spoiled asshole, with daddy issues." I say raising my shoulders. He looks at me with actual horror in his eyes. Good I reached him.

"There you are." Jacob says and Rafe and I look to our side. He pulls a weird face, "What are you guys doing?" He asks. "We're busy, so leave!" Rafe responds. "No we're not." I raise my eyebrows at him and walk over to Jacob.

Jacob puts his hand on my back and we walk away. I quickly make eye contact with Rafe again and he bites his teeth making his jawline even sharper. Almost looking jealous?

We walk outside and I see JJ making a scene. "Oh God." I say. "It's okay, everybody! Do not panic. Leave it to the men and women in uniform, huh? Let's hear it for them." JJ says starting to clap.

"I'm so sorry. I'll see you soon, okay?" I say turning to Jacob. "Uh, yeah, sure." He says and I run over to JJ.

"Let go of him!" Kie yells, "You can't just boot him!" "Excuse me, ma'am?" The guard says. "I invited him here." Kie responds, "I'm a member of this club." I smile, yes girl.

As she distracts him, JJ pushes him back and escapes. "Hey, mandatory power hour at Rixon's, Kie. Pope, you as well, right? Come on, Chloe. Let's roll.

Pope and Kie's parents try to hold them back. But com'on, no one's stopping us. We go up to JJ and John B and run away. "Later losers!" "Whoo!"

"Hey, guys. So, like, my dad's already gonna kill me. So what's this mandatory meeting about?" Pope asks as we sit around the fire pit.

"Might as well tell him, dude. Before we're gaffed." I say to John B. "You ready for this?" John B asks them. "Yeah." "So, the gold never went down with the Royal Merchant." "Oh, my God. Here we go again with this." Pope responds.

"No. All right, wait. Hear him out, all right?" JJ tells him. "It's been here the whole time. It's on the island." John B continues. "Are you serious?" Kie asks, "Oh, my God." "I'd like to voice my skepticism." Pope adds. "I'm sure you would, Pope, but can I please present you with my evidence, sir?" John B says. "Proceed."

John B pulls out the letter from Denmark Tammy out his backpack and fills them in. "And in the last line of that letter, he leaves a coded message about where to find the gold." He finishes up.

"Okay, so this might have a small chance of being actually true." Pope says. "I am a genius. Hey, whoa!" John B says as JJ picks him up to hug him. "Hello! Fire! You're near the fire. You're gonna burn." John B tells him.

"I'm so proud of you right now." JJ says. "Thank you." "Okay, so, guys. What's the plan?" Pope asks us. "Good question. So Sarah Cameron's coming tonight. She'll bring an original survey map-" "Wait. Hold on." Kie cuts him off, "Sarah? Wh-why Sarah?"

"This is gonna be good." JJ says as I punch him in the side. "What?"

"Sarah, um.. she-she got me into the archives in Chapel Hill yesterday, and that's where I got the letter." John B answers. "You were in Chapel Hill with Sarah Cameron?" Kie says annoyed. "Yeah, um-"

"He was mackin' on her." JJ say stirring the pot and I hit him on the arm. "Auw!" He looks at me.

"Did you tell her about the treasure?" Kie asks. "I was just trying to get into the archives." John B says raising his shoulders. "Is that a yes?" "I-I left out key details." "Yo, what? You let a Kook in on our secret? What about Pogue Lyfe. What about the T-shirt company, bro?" "I was just using her for information." "Why don't I believe you?" "I'm trying to make us filthy rich here."

Trust me, they went on for a while.

"Yo, uh... so, uh, I think I'm gonna do this one by myself.. tonight." John B says getting out of the car. "Really?" JJ asks him. "I just don't wanna spook Sarah with the peanut gallery." "I just don't understand why we're involving her at all." Kie says.

"Kie, we're not involving her, okay?" John B says losing his patience. To be honest, he's not the only one. What could possibly have happened between those two?

"Look, once we get what we need, we cut her loose, all right? Plus, we need the map." John B tells Kie. "Promise me nothing's happening between you two."  "I promise."

"That was really believable." JJ says. "A hundred procent believable." I add. "Anyways, um.. I'm gonna take care of business." John B says leaving.

"Someone help!" We hear yelling in the car. "Wait, do you guys hear that? Sh." Kie asks us. "What?" I say. "Please, somebody help!" I could hear it was Sarah screaming. "Shit!" Pope yells and we get out of the car.

"Sarah! What happened?" I yell worried as we run up to them and see Sarah holding John B who's not moving.  "I don't know what to do. He needs help. Topper shoved him." Sarah says sobbing. "Where the hell is he?" JJ yells angry. "Oh please, please, please get help. I don't care who. Just call someone."

"Go! Go!" JJ says to Pope, who runs back to the car. "Pope, hurry!" I yell. "John B, stay with me." Sarah says.

We look at them laying there, and Sarah kisses him on the mouth. I look at JJ and Kie to see if they saw that too. "Pope! come on!" JJ screams.