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Rafe paces back and forth while Estrella picks at her fingernails. The room had been silent the entire time they were waiting for Kiara to come back. Estrella looks up as Rafe stops in front of her, "What is she doing?"

"How should I know?"

"You're her friend, right? What is she telling him?"

"I already told you I don't know." She says. Rafe clenches his jaw, "And even if I did, I wouldn't tell you."

"Don't you realize that I'm the only one who can help you guys get out here?"

"After everything you did, you expect us to trust you?" Estrella scoffs, "Your own family doesn't even trust you to do right by them."

"Watch yourself."

"Or what?" She says, "You'll try to kill me like you did your sister? Twice."

Rafe lets out a deep sigh as Estrella stares back up at him. Her eyes holding no sympathy for the boy standing in front of her. Estrella stands up and brushes past him going around the bed and sitting on the other side. Rafe's eyes bore into her as she faces away from him before he ultimately looks away. His eyes trailing over to the window.

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"Yo, he's texting! He's texting!" JJ yells out

"What's he saying? What's he saying?" John B asks

"It's doing the little bubble thing."

"Oh."

"Send me your location. I'll meet you." JJ reads

"He wants our location?" Pope asks as Charlotte and Sarah shake their heads

"Yeah, that's exactly what we wanted! Here, check it. Boom!" JJ says tossing the phone to John B

"And say what?" Sarah says

"Well..."

"We can't give Singh our location. Just give him some random place." Cleo says

"All right. Where do we want to send him to?"

"What about the horse tracks?" Pope suggests, "I saw them yesterday. It's wide open. We can do surveillance."

"Yeah!" JJ exclaims, "Now we're working. Now we're jelling! I like it. And if we have to make a getaway, we'll hop on some horses. Guns a-blazing!"

"No. We're not horse-backing with guns." John B says tossing the phone back

"Scratch the horses."

"John B, we can really plan this out." Pope says, "What are you thinking?"

"Just got another text." JJ mumbles

"Maybe sneak from behind and use JJ as bait."

"Just put him in the middle of the field." John B says

"Uh, little announcement." JJ says, "Never mind. I just tracked your location. And I'm sending my men. They'll be there in ten minutes to pick you up."

The teens go silent as they all look around at each other. Charlotte stands, "Wait a minute. Did you turn off your location?"

"So..."

"You didn't turn the location off?" Pope shouts as they all jump up

"Whoa, whoa, whoa!"

"Turn the location off!"

"I have a Samsung!"

"I have a Samsung too!" John B yells snatching the phone

"I can help!" Cleo says

"This right here is why you need a plan!" Pope says

"Everybody relax for a second! Let's just think about this!" John B yells

"What are we gonna do?"

"It's done, okay?" He says, "Gotta figure something out."

"And hope he doesn't kill us?"

"We're running out of time." Charlotte stresses

"What're we gonna do?"

"I don't know. I'm thinking." John B mumbles

"Well, y'all, I know you guys might not wanna hear it." JJ says, "But we got home-field advantage. We can turn this around." He says putting on a hat he found, "We're gonna booby-trap this shit. We're not running from this dude. This is our best chance to get Estrella and Kiara back. It's gonna work. We got ten minutes. Come on!"

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Estrella stands up as the door opens. The guard pushes Kiara inside, "Inside!"

Kie pants as she takes a seat on the front of the bed. Estrella walks around and sits beside her, "Kie?"

"What happened?" Rafe asks. Kie stays silent while running her hands through her hair, "You're gonna have to talk to me at some point. Okay?"

"Do I have to keep reminding you of everything you've done?" Kie says, "You killed Peterkin. Do you remember that? And everything you've put Sarah through."

"Peterkin, I was protecting my father. Okay?" He says, "I did what I had to, so... don't. I'm as much a victim as she is." When the girls look to him with furrowed brows he continues, "No? Think about it. Okay? What did I get from shooting Peterkin, huh? Nothing. Okay? I had nothing against her. I mean, I... I... I liked her."

"You think I wanted to make that choice, huh?" He stammers, "What I did was a gift from me to my father for- for him, and I got screwed because of it, okay? So don't get that look when I say I'm a victim, all right? I am!"

Estrella rolls her eyes looking away from him. After everything he's done to others for his own gain, he was still somehow the victim.

"I will admit, though, what I... what I did to Sarah..." He mumbles, "what I tried to do, um... what I tried to do to Sarah, I admit that was wrong. I know that. All right? So you don't have to remind me."

While the tears coming down his cheeks could've made anyone else feel bad, it had no effect on Estrella. She looks over as he begins to lightly hit his head, "Oh God." She scoffs

"She was family. I should've never touched her, you know? I should've never touched her, but, you know, I just lose control in moments like that, and I don't know what happened." He says, "I'm trying... I'm trying to get better."

"Yeah."

"Okay?" He says, "It doesn't matter. All I'm saying is just that I'm not the bad guy you guys think I am, okay? But even if I was, even if I was just, like, bad Rafe Cameron or something... you got no choice." He says walking over and standing in front of them, "You may... you may not want to trust me, okay, but I'm your best bet."

"Look." He says holding his hands out and squatting in front of them. When the girls immediately tense up, he pulls his hands away, "I got a boat that can get us off island, okay? But first, we gotta get out of here, and it is better if we work together."

The three look toward the window when a vehicle pulls up. Kiara and Estrella jump up and walk over pulling the curtains away to see a few men loading into a car.

"They're leaving?" Rafe asks

Kiara sighs pulling away from the window, "They're going to find John B and your sister."

"Come on!" A guard yells while Rafe walks over to the window standing beside Estrella. The girl immediately steps back.

"Sucks for them." He says, "That's good for us though. This may be our only shot at getting out of here."

Estrella and Kiara look to each other. While Kiara didn't want anything to do with Rafe, she knew what Estrella said earlier was right. This was their only chance at getting out of there.

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