Coralina Routledge, twin sister of John Booker Routledge, needs a distraction from the chaos of her life. Her father, Big John, known throughout the North Carolina island of Kildaire as a crazy treasure hunter is always running off and leaving his...
After a second round in the bedroom Coral and JJ headed back outside where the others were laughing in the hot tub together. Whooping JJ lifted her into the hot tub before jumping in beside her.
"Pogue style!" he yelled grabbing a beer and toasting John B.
"You're really gonna pretend like you weren't just in there doing unforgivable things to my sister?"
"Oh John B, they're in love and married. Leave them alone," Sarah told the boy as she saluted JJ and Coral with her beer.
"So it's official?"
Sitting down in the hot tub JJ pulled Coral onto his lap, "It is," he confirmed wrapping his arms around her.
"I guess congrats are in order then," John B conceded as he also toasted the couple.
"Right back at you," JJ said looking between John B and Sarah.
"To marriage be it legal or not," Coral declared.
"To friendship," Pope toasted. "To the Pogues!" Kie chimed in.
"To being home," John B added with a smile.
"Hallelujah," JJ cried.
"It's like a weights been lifted off of him," Kie commented later as she and Coral sat around the fire together as they watched JJ and Pope wrestling with each other.
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"We're all gonna be okay as long as we stick together," Coral responded, "How bad is it gonna be, really, when you go home?"
"They're talking boarding school," Kie admitted.
"Shit!"
"Yep."
"Alright I'm out," Pope declared after wrestling JJ to the ground.
"Uh, oh, did you have one to many beers?" JJ teased as Pope walked off down towards the water.
Humming Kie stood up, "Don't wait up," she told Coral before heading in the direction Pope went.
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