"What do you think is going on in there?" Rio asked as her and JJ waited in the nursing home, playing go fish.

"I hate the smell of this place." JJ said honestly. "Go fish."

"I know, reminds me of expensive perfume that isn't even good smelling but people buy it just because it's expensive." she hummed, slapping a card down. "I should warn you, i'm good at this."

"Can I ask you something?" JJ paused to look at her, Rio nodded. "How are you so confident in yourself?"

Rio shrugged. "Confidence makes your life so much better. Without it, you don't have anything. You have to love yourself or you'll just live such a gloomy life."

"Yeah, but it probably is easy because you're super rich and hot." he shrugged her way as Rio met his eye.

"I think i'd still find my ways to love myself if I didn't have my money." Rio put another card down. "And i'm hot because I have confidence. People that love themselves but aren't arrogant about it immediately make them attractive."

"Yeah, that's true." JJ agreed as he put a card down. "Have you always felt that way?"

"Are you kidding? No." Rio laughed slightly with a stupid look. "When I was younger I literally hated myself. Hated that my hair wasn't glossy, hated that I always had the worst eye bags, hated how my jaw is slightly uneven, hated my teeth, hated my body the most."

"So, what changed?" he looked more curious in the conversation, because he put the wrong card down.

"Because I noticed that all the things I hated about myself I adored on other people." she said in return with a small smile. "After that, I just had to learn to accept that what I looked like was always gonna be good enough. It took a while, but I eventually really just wanted to love life and love myself. The world was always so much brighter after that."

JJ cracked a grin. "I like all those things you used to not like about yourself too."

Rio gave him a grin as Pope appeared. "Ah, our little lover man. How'd it go?"

"Shit just got so personal." Pope stared at the pair as they followed. "I need to eat."

"I also need to eat." Rio agreed. "Like, a full buffet."

"Wait, what happened?" JJ caught up to Pope, wrapping an arm around his waist. "What got personal?"

"I'll tell you guys when we eat." he inhaled, shaking his head. "I gotta get some food in my stomach."

"Let's go put on ten pounds right quick." Rio nodded, linking her arm with his as they walked out.

"And then, she started talking about how we're related and then-" Pope went on after already ranting for five minutes. The trio went to a little restaurant right on the water, assuming the remaining trio would make their way back to them before long.

"I still can't believe you're related to Denmark Tanny. The literally coincidence." Rio shook her head as she held a french fry. "I mean, Pope, this is so cool!"

"A king!" JJ gave a little bow from the table.

"Our king!" Rio added. "At your service, your majesty."

"I hate you both." Pope shook his head.

"You deserve to be treated like a king, Pope." JJ shook his head with a wave of his french fry.

"Yes, and you deserved to have yourself feel like a king." Rio added in with a nod his way.

"I just keep thinking about the letter, the one Limbrey sent." Pope shook his head. "It had the wheat symbol on it. That must mean it had something to do with the Royal Merchant."

"Yeah. Something seems fishy." JJ agreed.

"Maybe it was her personal matchmaking self." Rio shrugged. "If you didn't come to Charleston, you would have never picked me up."

"Very true, thank god we did that." Pope pointed out. "If we find the cross, we can split it like we were gonna slip the gold."

Rio went to say something again before a new noise rung. "And live happily ever after?"

Pope stood up at the sight of Limbrey and Reinfield. Rio and JJ did the same, the trio sat on the outside tables under the shielded area. No one else had been there. "You assaulted my father."

"Oh, I didn't assault anyone." the woman shook her head.

"Say that to Popes dad." Rio glared. "You are so lucky he still looks good with a gash on his head."

"She would know." JJ agreed. "She knows what looks good."

"Yeah, and it's not either of you." Rio glared at the pair, Pope grabbed both their hands to keep them calmed.

"What would my employee a-a-assault your father?" Limbrey gapped. "That's absurd. Listen, we can keep on negotiating, but the fact is I want the key."

Pope lunged at her as JJ held him back. Rio shook her head. "Maybe don't focus on what you want and more what you need. Which is a better shampoo, because you're balding."

"Sweetie." Limbrey forced a smile her way. "You can insult me all you want to. I won't stop until I have it. I didn't have a choice, which means you don't either."

"What if I pay you off?" Rio suggested.

"Rio." Pope looked her way.

"I can get money from the bank, more at my house." she listened on, feeling JJ slip a key into her hand behind her thigh. "Whatever you want to leave Pope alone."

"It's not about the money." Limbrey stared at her. "It's about the key."

"This key?" Rio held it up as Limbrey gapped. "Is this what you're looking for?"

"Yes." the blonde breathed out.

"Check out that view." Rio squinted out at the ocean outside of the restaurants shielded area. "What a shame it would be looking for a inch of metal in all that."

"Woah! Hey!" Limbrey called as Rio went to throw the key. "No! Please don't do that."

"Back up." JJ warned Reinfield at how close he was to both of them. Rio nodded to Limbrey to make him do so, she nodded for the man to back up.

"As I told you from the beginning, i'm willing to be reasonable." she stared at Pope with a nod.

Pope looked at Rio. "I'll give you the key. But, I want the tape."

"Pope, no." JJ grabbed his arms. "You can't do this."

"It's your right." Rio gapped at him with a sad look. "Don't throw this away from John B."

"It's okay." Pope reassured the pair. "It's for Big John too. We have to do this."

Rio hesitate with a loud sigh, placing the key in Limbreys hand. "Take care of her."

"The tape." Pope demanded.

"Yes, give them the tape." she encouraged Reinfield as he walked closer, placing it in Popes hand. "You know, I wish you'd come to this decision earlier. We could have avoided all this unpleasantness."

"Just get out of here." Rio scoffed. "Buy yourself some good shampoo with that money."

As they rounded the corner, Rio nodded. "Let's get outta here before they realize that's JJ's house key."

"Who's idea was that?" Pope looked over quickly.

"Our smart man." Rio teased JJ as she pulled him into her size and squeezed his face. "Look at that face!"

"Both of you- genesis!" Pope wrapped his arm around the two as they all jumped up and down and cheered. "Let's go put Rafe in jail."

"Hell yes!" JJ cheered.

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