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𝘚𝘺𝘭𝘷𝘪𝘦'𝘴 𝘗𝘖𝘝

"Hey, guys. So, like, my dad's already gonna kill me. So what's this mandatory meeting about?" Pope asks and John B shoots finger guns at JJ who is sat next to me.

"Might as well tell him, man, before we're gaffed" JJ says, throwing wood into the fire and then lifting my legs over his lap.

"You ready for this?" John B asks.

"Yeah" Kiara nods.

"So, the gold never went down with the Royal Merchant" John B announces and my eyes widen.

"Oh, my God. Here we go again with this" Pope groan.

"Hear him out, all right?" JJ adds.

"It's been here the whole time. It's on the island" John B declares.

"No fucking way" I gasp.

"Are you serious? Oh, my God" Kiara asks.

"I'd like to voice my skepticism" Pope says, not believing John B's words.

"I'm sure you would, Pope, but can I please present you with my evidence, sir?" John B replies, standing up.

"Proceed" Pope nods, waving his hand at the brunette.

"All right. So, in my backpack, I have a letter from Denmark Tanny" John B declares, holding up a piece of paper.

"Who the hell is he?" I ask in confusion.

"Denmark Tanny was a slave that survived the Royal Merchant wreck. Check this out" John B answers.

"What?" Kiara questions as John B hands her the paper.

"Okay, slaves weren't mentioned as crew members on the ship, but my dad, he found the complete manifest. That was his big discovery. So Tanny used the gold from the Merchant to buy his freedom" John B starts and Kiara hands me the paper.

"After that, he bought his farm. Drumroll, please, because that farm is..." John B drawls off and we all give him a drumroll.

"Tannyhill Plantation" John B reveals and I hand Pope the letter.

"Tannyhill?" I ask in disbelief.

"Yeah. So, after that, he used his money to free even more slaves, and then he sold a shit-ton of rice, which pisses off all the white planters, and then they decide to lynch him. So on the day they were coming to get him, he writes a letter to his son as a farewell, and in the last line of that letter, he leaves a coded message about where to find the gold" John B explains.

"Where?" Kiara whispers.

"Harvest the wheat in parcel nine, near the water. Except...there's no wheat. You see, wheat is code for gold. The gold is in parcel nine, near the water" John B answers.

I look up at JJ with a huge smile and his face mirrors mine as he pulls me closer in excitement.

"Holy shit" Pope mutters.

"All we need is an original survey map of the property, and we've found the gold" John B announces.

"Okay, so this might have a small chance of being actually true" Pope says ask JJ moves my legs to walk over to John B.

"Dude, it's like King Tut" Kiara comments.

"I am a genius" John B tells her and JJ wraps him in a hug.

"Hey, whoa! Hello! Fire! You're near the fire. You're gonna burn" John B warms the blonde who lifts him off the ground.

"I'm so proud of you right now" JJ tells the brunette, putting him down.

"Thank you. That's really sweet of you" John B replies, patting JJ's cheek.

"Get a room, boys" I joke with a giggle and Kiara laughs.

"Okay, so, guys. What's the plan?" Pope asks.

"Good question. So, Sarah Cameron's coming tonight. She's gonna bring an original survey map-" John B is cut off.

"Wait, wait! Hold on. Sarah? Wh-why Sarah?" Kiara asks and I look up at John B with an unimpressed frown.

"This is gonna be good" JJ comments.

"Sarah, um, she- she got me into the archives in Chapel Hill yesterday, and that's where I got the letter" John B admits.

"You were in Chapel Hill with Sarah Cameron?" Kiara says in disgust.

"Yeah, um.." John B replies awkwardly.

"He was mackin on her" JJ exposes the brunette.

"I wasn't macking" John B denies.

"You were totally macking Sarah Cameron" JJ argues.

"I wasn't macking on her, okay? I was using her for access" John B lies.

"There was access, all right" JJ mutters.

"Did you tell her about the treasure?" Kiara asks.

"I was trying to get into the archives!" John B snaps.

"Is that a yes?!" Kiara shrieks.

"I- I left out key details" John B shrugs.

"Are you fucking kidding me, bro?!" I shout in disbelief.

"You let a Kook in on our secret?! What about Pogue Lyfe? What about the T-shirt company, bro?" Kiara goes off on him.

"Scratch Kook, you let a weasel in on our secret!" I retort in anger.

"I was just using her for information" John B replies.

"Why don't I believe you?" Kiara retorts.

"I don't know what's worse, the fact you've been macking on my sister even though you promised me you wouldn't, or the fact you're lying to us about it!" I snap angrily.

"I'm trying to make us filthy rich here. Okay, so that we can pay off a boat!" John B starts, looking at JJ and I "Or- or, uh...send you to autopsy school to study dead bodies!" He adds, pointing at Pope.

"Look, you guys know me. Do I look like the type of person to fall for Sarah Cameron?!" John B scoffs.

"Uhh.." JJ drawls off.

"Do you want us to answer that, or-" Pope is cut off.

"Just- just stop" John B huffs.

"Look, you don't know her yet. We do! You can't trust her!" Kiara stresses.

"Her brother did hit me in the back with a golf club" Pope shrugs.

"Rafe and Sarah are different human beings" John B defends her.

"Hardly" I scoff, rolling my eyes.

"Hey, we don't compare you to Rafe" He retorts.

"What are you trying to say, Johnny?" I snap in anger.

"Nothing" He shrugs.

"Great, I'm out of here" I declare, getting up.

"You didn't see us causing a scene when you got with JJ or Kie. Twice, you broke the only rule us Pogues had!" John B finally snaps.

"You broke the only rule I had!" I bark back