MARLEY JEEN ━━ jj maybank

13. rixons cove

CHAPTER THIRTEEN
( ! rixons cove ! )

MARLEY WAS SAT in her dress next to Kie on a log. the group had gone to rixon's cove like jj said they would and they were all sitting around a fire that jj and pope were finishing up.

"hey, guys. so, like, my dads already gonna kill me. so what's this mandatory meeting about?" questioned pope as marley nodded in agreement, her father was definitely angry and once victoria got in his ear, he'd be furious with her.

john b and jj looked at each other as john b did finger guns to indicate jj to speak, "might as well tell him, man, before we're gaffed."

"you ready for this?" questioned john b as marley leaned forward in her seat excited. john b looked at the girls and kie responded, "yeah."

"so, the gold never went down with the royal merchant," started john b as marleys excited smile dropped. she had thought they were done looking for gold.

"oh, my god. here we go again with this," sighs pope as jj looked between his friends, "no. all right, wait. hear him out, all right?"

"it's been here the whole time," stated john b before looking around and continuing, "it's on the island."

"are you serious?" questions kie before smiling, "oh my god."

"i'd like to voice my skepticism," states pope as john b looks at him, "i'm sure you would, pope, but can i please present you with my evidence, sir?"

marley smiled, "ooh he has evidence now." pope just looked at john b, "proceed."

john b smiles, "all right. so, in my backpack," john b pulls out some paper, "i have a letter from denmark tanny."

"who the hell is that?" questions kie as marley remembers, "i've seen his portrait in my uncles office."

"denmark tanny was a slave that survived the royal merchant wreck. check this out," states john b before handing the paper to kie.

marley leaned over kies shoulder and the two girls inspected the paper. "okay, slaves weren't mentioned as crew members on the ship, but my dad, he found the complete manifest. that was his big discovery. so tanny used the gold from the merchant to buy his freedom."

kie whistles to get jjs attention and hands the paper to the boy as john b continues, "after that, he bought his farm. drumroll, please, because that farm is..."

everyone began a drumroll as john b finished, "tannyhill plantation." "tannyhill?" questioned kie as marley smiled, "wicked."

"yeah. so, after that, he used his money to free even more slaves, and then he sold a shit-ton of rice, which pisses off all the white planters, and then they decide to lynch him. so on the day they were coming to get him, he writes a letter to his son as a farewell, and in the last line of that letter, he leaves a coded message about where to find the gold," explains john b.