"You look like a happy camper." JJ spoke to Pope with a minor snort as him and Rio walked around the chateau to see him.

"Why such a long face, Gorgeous?" Rio patted Popes back as she jumped up onto the table with a questionable look.

"You know how I took off with Kie the night of the Cats Ass?" Pope asked the pair.

"What a memorable night." JJ hummed.

"Well, it was great, right? But, now she says that it wasn't and wants us to be friends." Pope explained with a crazy look, tossing his hands up. "What am I suppose to do with that?"

"Ah, man. Again?" JJ winced as Pope nodded. "Should have saw that coming."

"Pope, my love, let met explain something to you." Rio waved him over as she held his face. "Is Kie fantastic? Absolutely. Is she crazy hot? Totally. Do I blame you for being in love with her? Not at all. Are there plenty of other fish in the sea that you can catch and fry up to eat? A million times yes."

"What she said." JJ hummed in agreement.

"You can just hang out with me and JJ." Rio shrugged. "We're fantastic company and will put out if you want."

Pope choked on a laugh. "Rio!"

"Say the word and we're all in." she shrugged, looking back to JJ. "Assuming Mr.Maybank is on board."

"Ms..." JJ trialed off. "Shit, I know you told me it."

"Anthony." Pope leaned on the side of the shed.

"Ms.Anthony!" JJ took a dramatic bow. "I am on board like white on rice."

"Guys!" John B ran around the corner. "Pope, it's your dad, man. We gotta go."

"Let me know if i'm hurting you." Sarah spoke as she bandaged up Hayward's bruises and cut face.

"You're doing just fine." he gave a small groan. "Thank you, darlin."

"Pop, what happened?" Pope leaned on his level.

"Oh, I should've known better." Hayward shook his head. "He came in just as I was about to lock up. Caught me by surprise. Once he had me down, he put his knee in my chest, and he asked me about that-that-that key from that-that drawing you showed me. And in case you're wondering, I ain't tell him nothing. Now, did you track it down?"

Pope pulled the key from his pocket, showing it to his dad. "I found it in Mee-maws old apartment above the pharmacy just like you said."

"Shit, boy, you should've gave this to me. I wouldn't have had to take a beating." Hayward looked his way with a shake of his head. "What's the big deal? It ain't worth anything. Why they want it so bad?"

"I didn't know. First, I get this letter telling me that I need to go to Charleston. And then I meet a rich lady who wants me to give her a key that I didn't even know was in my family." Pope explained quickly with wide, panicked eyes. Rio and JJ rubbed his shoulders on sync.

"None if it makes any sense." Kie shook her head.

"Well, don't y'all just sit here whining about it." Hayward looked toward the girls. "Figure it out!"

"No, i'm just gonna give the key to that lady. It's not worth-" Pope began, being cut off.

"No, no, no, no. Did I raise you to back down from a fight, boy?" the older man shook his head at him. Pope shook his head. "Well, all right. Now, I-I didn't think about it before. I admit that. But now..now? I'm interested. Well, did they say why they wanted it?"

"Something about an old cross." Pope explained.

Pope shook his head. "I think it might be some kind of lost treasure."

Hayward nodded. "You know who you should talk to? Your great-grandmother, Mee-maw."

"Hey, hi." Rio shook Hayward hands. "Check it out. If it makes you feel any better, I got attacked too."

She showed off the bruise and cut on the side of her face. Hayward gapped at his son. "Now, who the hell is this?"

"That's Rio." John B exhaled loudly.

"She said the key leads to the Cross of Santo Domingo." Pope spoke as the group all rode together in the Twinkie.

"Wait. Can I see that?" JJ reached his hand out.

"Are we supposed to know what that is?" Sarah spoke up in questioning.

"I'm guess it's some sort of historical artifact of great importance." Pope spoke as Rio looked over at him.

"Well, according to the interweb, it was a gift from New Spain to the Spanish king." Kie read from her phone screen.

"New Spain? Is there an Old Spain?" JJ questioned.

"I went to Spain once." Rio hummed. "Got a nice tan, looked fantastic."

"Hear anything about a cross?" Pope rose his eyebrows.

"Can't say I did." she shook her head. "Sorry, Gorgeous."

"Shit, talk about over-gifting. Look at this thing." Kie leaned forward to show a cross drawing. "It's like there's a person standing next to it."

"So, it's a giant-ass cross." JJ hummed in response.

"It was widely considered at the time to be the most extravagant tribute ever from the provinces." Kie continued to read. "It was lost off the coast of Bermuda in 1829."

"Did you just say Bermuda?" JJ looked back at her.

"Oh, no. Not the triangle." John B shook his head.

"It always leads back to the triangle, dude." JJ shook his head. "Like every single time somethings weird, it's Bermuda."

"If I was an alien, I think all the other aliens would just want me." Rio hummed as she rested her head back.

"Where'd that even come from?" JJ gapped at her.

"The triangle and aliens go hand in hand, my man." Rio shook her head. "Wouldn't I look so good as an alien?"

"Oh, definitely." he held up a thumb.

"Rio, do you have zero insecurities?" Pope asked her honestly.

"Zero." she shook her head. "I find myself very attractive and nearly perfection."

"What does a key found above your mee-maw's pharmacy have to do with any of this?" Kie looked to Pope for answers. "Where do we come in?"

"I don't know. That's a good question." Pope exhaled with a shake of his head. John B pulled up to the nursing home near the east side of the island, JJ getting out to open the door.

Pope got out first, looking back as Kie started to follow. "Hey, um, actually I think I'm gonna do this one by myself."

"Are you sure?" she nodded her head.

"Yeah, I can handle it. I don't really need you, so.." he trailed off as Rio gapped, Kie looked back at her for a second.

"Oh, we're just all one big happy family today, aren't we?" JJ hummed as he looked between the two.

"Ugh, JJ and I can stay though." Rio climbed out of the Twinkie. "Just incase, you know, another one of us gets attacked."

"Yeah, I was thinking the same thing." Pope mocked in Kie's direction, putting his arm around both Rio and JJ, pulling them away with him.

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kylie speaks

about time you gave into
them pope smh