A great man once said that if you're born poor, that's not your fault, but if you die poor, well, that's on you. I think, in the end, it was my fear of going back, of losing everything I have that made me lose sight of everything I am......everything I wanted to be. I killed Big John Routledge. I murdered Sheriff Peterkin. I shot Gavin Barnstead. I know there's nothing I can do to ease the pain I've caused. Many will say I took the easy way out. But I leave this world with the terrible pain of knowing that I leave behind my family, shattered by grief, broken by my sins. I don't expect you to forgive me for leaving you this way. I just pray you understand that... I can't go on ruining your lives anymore. This had to end. To all of you, I leave my estate, uh, to be divided equally, and I leave a love deeper than I could ever express. Take care of each other.
I stare at the screen where my now dead father speaks to us. No one was saying a word and despite my hatred for Rose and Rafe I wanted to be here, right now my family (Wheezie and Sarah) needed me and I was definitely not going to go back to JJ anytime soon after dumping him on the bridge.
'He deserved it, right?' JJ mutters from the dock
'Are you joking? Of course he deserved it' Kie replies
'Never seen anyone blow themselves up like that'
'Cross that one off the bucket list'
'JJ! Why are you being so rude' Pope asks
'Because Pope, I just lost the one thing that I cared about the most!' JJ yells back causing Pope to go silent for a moment.
'I feel really bad for Sky and Sarah though' Pope says as Kie walks over to John b and puts her hand on his shoulder
'Are you okay?' she asks him
'It's not me I'm worried about' John b replies as he thinks about his girlfriend and best friend
Sarah and I head out of the house. We jump on our bikes and begin to ride off back to the Chateau, as much as I didn't want to go, I needed to support my sister and the rest of the Pouges were my friends.
'Skylar. Sarah. Hey, wait, Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Slow down. Slow down' I hear Rafe's voice and he grabs my shoulder to stop me from riding any further. I jump off my bike and push my brother's chest
'You touch me one more freaking time Rafe I swear to God!' I yell at my brother
'We can't keep ignoring each other. Dad wanted us to talk' Rafe pleads
'When we tell you you are the last person we want to talk to, we mean it, Rafe' Sarah yells
'Look I know you both hate me. I know you both hate me'
'You tried to kill Sarah' I curse at Rafe.
'I know. I know, I know. I know, guys. I just--'
I roll my eyes and motion for Sarah to ride off with me.
'Please. No, Sky, Sarah. Please! please don't leave, okay?' Rafe cries and we both stop
'Dad's gone. And now, it's just...it's you two, me, and Wheezie.
'What's the point, Rafe?' Sarah sniffs
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Always and Forever (sequel to The Heart of a Pouge)
Romance"Are you with me" "Yes baby, Always and Forever" After finding out her sister and best friend were dead Skylar moved out of her family home into the Chateau with her boyfriend JJ. Her and her three friends had given up on the gold but what happens...
