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The teens all stood in the living room feeling defeated. Dakota walks out and runs up the stairs with Jeremiah right behind him.

"Dakota!" River calls out

They check every room before walking into Susannah's room and turning the light on. They stop as they look around. Dakota looks to Jeremiah who clenches his jaw. Dakota taps his shoulder as he walks out. Jeremiah follows him down as they walk back into the living room.

"Everything's gone." Jeremiah says. Conrad stares at him as he stays silent. They hear the door open and close. Conrad immediately rushes into the kitchen. Everyone following him.

"What the fuck, Julia?" He says

"I'm sorry. This must be such a shock. I-I spoke to your father this afternoon, and-and he and I decided that it would be best not to drag this out any longer than necessary."

"I don't give a shit what the two of you decided on. You had no right to touch anything in this house. Those were her things."

"Breathe, Connie. Okay?" Liz tries as she touches his arm

He shrugs her off, "Stop."

"Everything's in storage. I made sure that everyone was very careful with every single thing. I'm just doing what I have to do to sell this house."

"Bullshit. You could have said something. You could have warned us. All you want to do is fight our mom, constantly."

"Okay, enough." She says, "You're not the only one that's hurting here. And I'm not the one you
should be angry with. Your mother could have warned you that this was gonna happen. She just wanted to make me the bad guy, as usual."

"I'm so sorry that she was too busy dying to make your life a little easier." He squints, "You know, it sucks that our grandfather loved her more than you, but I'm not surprised." He says before he walks out. Jeremiah tries to stop him, but he pushes him off.

Liz immediately follows behind him, "Connie, come on... No." She says as he walks out onto the driveway, "Connie."

He ignores her as he puts his phone to his ear, "Of course, Dad did nothing to stop her."

"Connie, what can he do?" Jeremiah says

"Jere! He doesn't care about us!" He yells as he turns around, "And this asshole won't even pick up my... calls." He says. He turns and looks at Liz. His eyes then pans over to Skye as they walk out, "Did you know about this?"

"Easy, Connie." Jeremiah says as he tries to stop Conrad from walking up.

"I'm, no, I'm serious. I'm serious." He says as he pushes his hand away, "Did you know about this?"

"I-I didn't know anything, okay? I swear I would have told you."

"Would you have? Really? Because we haven't seen each other in ten years. Would a day at the
boardwalk have been enough to make you betray your mom?"

"Listen, I know we don't know each other very well, but I-I wouldn't have sideswiped you like this."

"Connie, come on. What are we going to do?" Steven says

"I don't know." Conrad exclaims as he runs his hand through his hair.

"Okay, we can't just leave. All right? The house isn't sold yet. We still have a chance." Jeremiah says as Conrad paces

"A slim one." The twins look over at Skye in annoyance, "I mean, full disclosure, Mom's realtor is expecting multiple cash offers, all over asking, no contingencies."

"Thank you, Skye, for that bleak as fuck assessment." Dakota snaps, "Also, where are we going to sleep tonight?"

"I think there are some sleeping bags in the garage." Belly says

"I'm not sleeping in this house." Conrad shakes his head

"Okay, I... We don't have to. All right?" Jeremiah says as he puts his hand on Conrad's shoulder

"Okay, well, hotels are usually all booked up around this time of year." Belly shrugs

"I feel like I should... go." Cam says, "And I'd totally invite you guys to come stay with me, but it's a pretty small place, so..."

"Me too, but like Cam said," River sighs, "definitely not enough room."

"Yeah, maybe... maybe we should go, too." Taylor says. Liz sighs as she turns and walks around the driveway.

"Don't go yet. I know a place we can crash for the night." Jeremiah says

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"You sure about this, bro?" Steven asks as they get out of their cars

"Yeah, sure. Quit whining." Jeremiah says

"Country club was the last place I expected to end up." Dakota says as River holds onto his arm

"All right. Here we go." Jeremiah says as he digs in his wallet

"Huh? What, you kept that?" Steven says as Jeremiah pulls out his key card

"Perks of not cleaning out your wallet."

"What if there's someone in there?" Belly says

"It's been closed for hours and-and there's never any night guards. We're good."

"Okay."

They watch as he struggles to get the door open. His card failing each time, "Shit."

"Not a great plan." Skye jokes causing Cam to snort. They all look over at Skye, "It's from Avengers. RDJ."

"I understood that reference." Cam smiles as they both laugh

"Can you guys, like, not? For just two seconds?" Liz says as her eyes shut

"Right."

Jeremiah tries his key again, but fails.

"Okay, there's got to be another way, right?" Belly says

"We can try the pool gate."

"Uh, we could also use my mom's key code." Cam says

"Wait, are you sure? Your mom?" Belly says looking over at him

"Yeah, it's fine. She's the manager at the restaurant here, so..." He says as he walks up beside Jeremiah

"I mean, wouldn't she get in trouble, though, if, like, someone checked the logs?" Skye says

"No, no. She works the randomest hours, so that alone shouldn't raise any red flags." He mumbles as he puts in the code, "So long as we don't make a mess, like, at all," He emphasizes as he looks around, "should be good."

Jeremiah holds up his hands as Cam opens the door, "They won't even know we're here. Thank you for not being on that whale boat, Cam Cameron." He says as he blows him a kiss before walking in.

"Thank you." Belly says

"Thanks."

"Thank you, Cam."

"Thank you, Cam."

"Thanks."

"Hello?" Jeremiah calls out as he turns on the light

"So what do we do now?" Taylor says

"Ugh. Could we scavenge for food? I need something in my system other than sugar." Skye says

"Allow me to escort you to the kitchen." Cam says as he holds out his hand

"I'm going with Mr. Cam Cameron." Dakota says

"Me too." River says as they follow Cam

"Actually, wait. Can I come with you? I have really specific snack requirements."

"Uh-uh, Taylor. No, you're coming with me." Steven says, "We'll fashion, like, blankets out of, like, curtains and some shit."

"No, I'm on snack patrol right now."

"Okay. So? I need your loud ass voice to scare away all the murderers."

"Yeah, I'm Team Murderers." She says making Jeremiah chuckle

"Okay, fine. No, I mean, as long as you're cool with, like, sleeping on, like, dusty polyester sheets."

Taylor sighs as she walks towards him, "I hate you so much."

Steven chuckles as they walk out.

"All right, I think I know a place we could sleep. Uh, you want to come?" Jeremiah says to Conrad

"Think I'm gonna go with Cam and Skye, actually."

"I'll come with you." Belly says. Jeremiah smiles as they walk off.

"Are you okay?" Liz asks

"I never should have gone to the boardwalk."

"This is not your fault, Conrad. There was no way you could have known what Julia was planning."

"Maybe, but she never would have done it if I'd stayed back. They fucking took everything. And you heard Skye. The house is going to sell fast."

"No. No, it's not over. I mean..." She shakes her head, "We're gonna figure something out."

He looks over at her and nods. She smiles as she nods with him, "I'll come with you. Really hoping they have something good in here."

He chuckles as he follows behind her.

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