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❝ like Sylvie's got you? ❞
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"I'm sorry. You're staying where?" Kiara asks John B in disbelief as she finishes up her shift at the Wreck.

"Tannyhill" He replies simply.

"So you're living with Sarah Cameron?" Kiara asks in disgust.

"And me" I comment, picking up a jug of water and handing it to the Carrera girl.

"Okay, look, the only reason I'm living there is because her dad bailed me out, right?" John B groans as Kiara takes the jug to the table JJ and Pope are sitting at.

"And it's way better than foster care, which, by the way, is where I was about to go if Ward didn't-" John B is cut off by Pope as I wrap my arms around JJ who kisses my temple.

"Hey, so do you have a membership to the clubs now?" Pope asks.

"I don't know, Pope" John B mutters, sitting down too on the other side of the boy.

"What about those golf carts they drive around? You get one of them?" JJ asks, wrapping his arm around me.

"Does it come with a sweater vest, or do you have to buy one on your own?" Pope then asks in amusement.

"I'd pay to see that" I laugh.

"Look, you promised. You said you weren't with her" Kiara states, looking almost sad.

"Bro, just own it. She got you" JJ tells the brunette.

"Like Sylvie's got you?" John B retorts.

"Exactly" JJ grins and I lean up on my tippy toes, kissing the corner of his lips.

"Look, if you wanna hang out with her, that's fine. But I'm letting you know now that I'm not doing anything with Sarah" Kiara declares and looks at me.

"You already know I can't stand my sister" I assure the girl.

"Do you guys see her here? No, right. Okay. A little focus would be fantastic" John B snaps.

"We've got the map, right?" He adds.

"Well, it's all out of whack cause the guy was ganja'd when he drew it" JJ scoffs as we look down at the map on the table.

"It's cause the coast has changed" Kiara replies and I grab my boyfriend's hand that is on my hip, gently rubbing it with my thumb.

"So we just have to look for landmarks that haven't changed" Pope explains.

"What about the old forts?" John B suggests.

"Battery Jasper" Kiara adds, pointing to the place on the map.

"Looks like we're hitting the road" I grin excitedly.

The others all tidy up their mess and we head to the van.

In no time at all we reach Battery Jasper and hop out, heading to the ruins of the old fort. Pope gets out the map and lays it on a small wall in between Kiara and John B.

I lean against one of the walls, looking over at the sea and I feel arms wrap around me from behind. JJ buries his face in my neck and I giggle, reaching up to run my fingers through his hair.

"We're in Battery, right here" Pope starts, pointing at the map.

"So if this is parcel nine, then it's somewhere northeast of here" He adds.

"Somewhere over there" Kiara replies, pointing northeast from where we're standing.

"Right" Pope nods and I look in the direction Kiara is pointing.

"Over there? Guys, that's not Tannyhill, that's a subdivision" JJ tells the others, laying his chin on my shoulder.

"Tannyhill Plantation used to be the entire island. It got sold into smaller pieces over time" John B counters.

"So we're just looking for an old stone wall" Pope mumbles, looking at the map.

"Come on, I think I know where to go" He adds.

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"Okay, so the road should split up here" Pope declares.

"Okay" John B replies.

"All right. You're gonna take a left" Pope tells him and John B flies around the corner.

I yelp, grabbing onto JJ's arm so I don't go flying and he wraps his arms around me tighter, my stomach doing flips as his fingers dig into my hips firmly.

"That looks like a stone wall to me" The blonde speaks up, not even noticing the effect he has on me at all while I'm practically a puddle in his hands.

"This is it" Pope mumbles as John B stops the car and I pull my attention away from my boyfriend.

"Hell no" I comment when I see what's beyond the wall.

"Not the Crain house" John B adds.

"Are you kidding me?" Kiara huffs as we all exit the van.

"Worst case scenario" JJ replies.

"Why'd it have to be here...of all places?" Pope asks rhetorically.

"I heard that Mrs. Crain buried her husband's head on the property" JJ tells us.

"When?" I ask sarcastically and JJ opens his mouth to answer but I cut him off "No, when did I ask?"

He glares at me and pokes me in the ribs, making me squeal and slap his hand away.

"Ladies first" John B declares.

"Oh, so that's how we're playing this?" I retort, making him grin.

"Go on, Vie" He states, nudging me forward.

"Pussy" I mutter under my breath, taking a step towards the wall.

I place my hands on the top and haul myself over the bricks, landing on the other side almost perfectly. Kiara follows closely behind me and the boys behind her. We start making our way through the jungle like property and JJ grabs my hand, intertwining our fingers.

"Look, you guys know whose house this is, right?" Kiara asks as we're walking.

"Oh, yeah. No, I do" JJ replies.

"Honestly, I don't really believe the stories of this place" John B shrugs.

"I don't know. Some of 'em sound pretty believable" I reply.

"Which stories did you hear?" JJ asks Kiara.

"The one where she killed her husband with an axe and that she's been holed up ever since. On certain nights, when the moon is full...you can see her in the window! Waah!" Kiara tells us dramatically, wiggling her fingers at JJ's face jokingly.

I giggle in amusement and JJ narrows his eyes at the girl in annoyance.

"No, it's not funny, cause it's all true" He scolds her.

"I swear to God, guys, this is all real. I knew Hollis" He tells us.

"Jeez!" He jumps and pulls me closer to him, getting scared by a statue.

"Wait, you knew Hollis Crain?" I question the blonde boy in surprise.

"Yeah, dude" JJ replies.

"Dude, how do you know Hollis Crain?" Pope asks.

"She was my babysitter, man. She told me all about it. Told me the truth...about her mother and what happened in this house" JJ starts and I gulp, squeezing his hand tightly.

"So as a kid, she heard all the stories that her mother killed her father, and she was a murderer and all. Hollis didn't believe it. Until that night" He says dramatically.

"What night?" John B asks curiously.

"It all came back to her. When Hollis was six years old, she heard her parents arguing downstairs. So she goes downstairs to see her mom washing her hands in a sink...full of blood" JJ explains.

"Her mother just says that she cut her finger. The next morning, she says her father and her split up. But then, Hollis noticed something. Her mother going into the parlour constantly, in and out and in and out with plastic bags" He continues.

"Weeks pass, and Hollis decides to use the outhouse. And as she's using it, she looks down, and there, in the outhouse, is her father's head, looking straight back at her" JJ finishes.

"God, you are so full of shit" John B says in an exasperated tone.

"Dude, I swear to God, man" JJ retorts.

"Did she call the police?" Pope asks.

"She didn't have time-" JJ is cut off when John B storms away.

"Wait! Hold on!" The Maybank boy snaps, my hand slipping out of his as he follows his best friend.

"We can't do this" Pope mumbles worriedly.

"Dude!" JJ hisses, grabbing John B.

"What?" The brunette huffs.

"You sure you wanna do this? She's an axe murderer, man. You got a cast on" JJ tries to reason with the boy.

"I don't give a shit if she's an axe murderer, okay?" John B spits and I share a surprised look with Pope.

"I got nothin to lose, right? You comin or what?" He adds before walking away.

"Come on" Kiara says, following him with Pope.

JJ looks at me and I smile softly, putting my hand on his shoulder.

"We've got nothin to lose, babe" I tell him.

"Not nothin'" He argues, placing his hand on top of mine and giving it a small squeeze "We got each other"

"Always" I smile.