𝐇𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬: 𝐀𝐬𝐩𝐲𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐧 ~ 𝐎𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬

𝐖𝐡𝐲'𝐝 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐃𝐨 𝐈𝐭?

"Listen, John B. I'm not doing this with Kiara," I argued. "I'm serious!"

"We need you in on this!" He said on the other end of the phone. "Sarah too!"

"If we're in, Kiara better be out,"

"I'm not letting Kie split,"

"Then we will," I shrugged.

"I'm not letting you and Sarah split either," He told me. "Can you guys just meet me at the Chateau tomorrow at like 3:00 and we can figure this out?"

"It's just gonna be us?" I asked.

"Yeah, just us,"

"Then yeah, we'll be there,"

"Alright, cool. See you tomorrow,"

"See ya, Booker," I said, hanging up the phone.

I texted Sarah, letting her know the plan, then went back to what I had been doing.

A few minutes passed before my door swung open, causing me to jump.

"I want you the hell out of this house right now!" My dad yelled. "Get your shit and leave!"

I stared at him unsure of how to reply.

Why was he telling me to leave?

"What?" I asked. "Did- did I do something?"

"I caught Rafe stealing from my safe. He said you told him to do it, because apparently you've been doing it for months, which explains where all of my missing things went!"

"Dad, listen-"

"No, I won't listen! I've dealt with shit like this from you two for too long!" He yelled. "Rafe's gone, and I want you gone too!"

"I didn't do anything!" I lied. "Rafe was pissed off at me, so he probably made up some dumbass story to get me in trouble too! I never touched anything in that safe, dad! I promise!"

I allowed my voice to break as I spoke to make my lie more believable.

"He lied because he was mad at you?" Ward asked.

I nodded, letting a tear roll down my cheek.

He scoffed. "Sounds like Rafe,"

He glared at me as I looked at him with pleading eyes, telling him that I didn't do it.

"One more strike and you're out of this house. Do you understand me?" He asked.

I nodded. "Yes, Sir,"

He silently turned around and left, closing the door behind him.

"Well, fuck you too, Rafe," I muttered to myself.

His dumbass got caught and figured he'd take me down with him. I wouldn't let that happen.

-

"Why exactly are we on a boat?" I asked John B.

When Sarah and I got to the Chateau he had taken us out on Heyward's boat without much of an explanation.

"And why exactly is he here?" I continued, pointing to JJ.

"Well, Cameron, I'm here to help y'all figure this out," JJ answered. "I'll be sort of a...neutral party,"

Sarah looked at John B unamused. "He's our neutral party?"

"Pope has a thing for Kie so he was our only option," John B replied, stopping the boat.

"Okay, so, why are we on Heyward's boat?" I asked again since the question wasn't answered before.