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"Dad!"
"Mr. Vanderbilt!"
Came the call of four desperate teenagers who were trying to save their friend from jail and his dad.
The Heyward twins and Kiara had arrived at the Vanderbilts house no more than a couple of minutes after JJ had been taken by the police. They had rushed up the steps of the mansion and filled Ferris in, who was busy at the time of the incident with his boyfriend.
Popi was in mass hysteria, spurting out random facts about the laws and regulations of courts as Kiara held the girl close to her. The Heyward twin knew her boyfriend well enough that even though he puts on a tough act, there was no real way he would last in jail. The thought sent her deeper into her mind of what if's.
The group pleaded their case to a very busy Conrad Vanderbilt, who was shocked at what had been done by Pope and was even more surprised to see his son was there to witness the whole thing. He looked over at the crying girl with a deep frown on his face and immediately started to think of ways he could help out the poor boy who was doing his best to help his friends.
Now, there was not much the man could do with all the evidence pointing to someone other than Topper sinking his boat, but there was one thing that he could do.
Pay the restitution and get the boy out on bail.
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When the group and Conrad got to the police department, they were told they were too late and JJ's dad had already posted his bail. The minute the policewoman told them that was when Popi realized how entirely real the situation was.
Ice crept along the girl's veins, freezing her dead in front of the woman, who was looking at them all confused. JJ was better off left in jail than going home with his dad. Popi picked at the bracelets on her arms, snapping them against her wrist, almost as she was trying to wake herself up from a horrible nightmare. She could imagine what Mr. Maybanks was doing to JJ and that made tears pool in her eyes, she snapped the band around her wrist faster. This couldn't be real. They were supposed to have a good summer, the best summer of their lives.
Popi didn't hear the rest of Conrad's comments to the policewoman, she was too busy looking in the direction of Sheriff Peterkin. The Sheriff had looked up when she heard the group bust through the door. The woman stood up and mentioned for the girl to come forward and Popi did so without a second thought.
She had way too many bones to pick with the Sheriff and nothing was going to stop her this time.
"You let him go with his dad," Popi hissed stopping in front of Peterkin, they were eye level and one girl's eyes were blazing. "You know what Maybanks does to JJ, everyone on this fucking island knows what a piece of shit he is. No one's done anything about, no investigation, no nothing! Just too many turned heads and taps on the wrist when he acts up. When he goes to school with a busted lip and bruises everywhere."
