SINCERELY, YOUR DARLA. || ~ jj maybank.

🌿| locked up. (25)

TRIGGER WARNING!

This chapter contains abusive scenes, if you are sensitive to these topics please consider skipping.

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We run up the dock as we see Pope and Kie pull in the next morning.

"Finally, hey! Guys! Don't tie up!" Jj calls out.

"What?" Kie asks.

"We're dipping." Jj holds a bag over his shoulder. I follow beside him.

"Wait, why?" Pope asks.
"What are you talking about?"

"Where'd you guys go, what happened last night?" I ask, smirking a little.

"Slept on the break, why?" Pope asks.

"Slept, right, yeah." Jj pats Pope on the shoulder and gets in the boat.

I jump on. "Rafe knows we're here, we need to leave like.. now."

"Okay." Pope grunts as he puts the rope back into the boat. "Where are we going?"

"Somewhere hidden." I nod.

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We sit behind trees and bushes at an abandoned part of the island.

"We should've just gone south, I knew it, man!" Jj shouts.

"Okay, Jj! I get it! We understand." John b yells.

I ruh my forehead with pure stress.

"I have an idea. With me back, my dads going to have to choose between me and Rafe. He's gonna choose me." Sarah sighs, unsure of whether she really wants to go through with this.

"Listen. Ward keeps lying to you, Sarah." John b says to her.

I look over and see the denial on Sarah's face.

"He won't agree after all that's happened." Kie shakes her head.

"Look, I know it sounds crazy." Sarah looks down.

"Yeah, it does." I shrug.

"I know!" She pauses. "But he's my dad, And I know him, and I know he loves me."

I look up.

"I'm just asking for two hours." She adds.

Jj scoffs.

She walks away, on her way toward the boat.

I look over at Jj, he takes off his hat and sits down on a tree stump, not on board with any of this at all.

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Jj and I walk to collect stick incase we're going to need to stay here overnight.

"You think her dad will say yes?" J asks me.

I look over at him. "No, of course he won't."

He nods. "Yeah, this is gonna throw into a deep rabbit hole."

I tuck my hair behind my ears as we hike up the hill.

We get to the top and keep walking straight.

"Hey, um." Jj starts.

I tilt my head.

"When are you gonna tell your dad that your back?" He asks, a bit of worry in his voice.

I look down, I forgot about that. "I don't know, and honestly.. I kind of- just- wanna let him find out for himself."

He nods, looking at my eyes, then down to my lips.