"Are you seriously buckling up now?" JJ questioned, shocked by Popes ability to slow down his own plan. "Yes, I am." Pope replied, tugging on his seatbelt. "Yes, because that is super important right now, thank you. Safety first." Marley sarcastically spoke, bouncing her leg up and down as Kie just began to drive.

They followed behind Gavin, waiting for Pope to let them know what conversation was happening in Gavins car. "It's Ward. He's talking to Ward."

"It's Ward?" JJ questioned nervously. "Are you serious?" Kie clarified. Marley frowned. She hated that she was still conflicted. No, she wasn't conflicted. She knew exactly where she stood and how much she hated Ward Cameron. The only problem was that part of her still saw him as her uncle who'd let her do ballet steps in his kitchen because it was bigger and she had promised to get him into her shows for free.

But now he was just Ward, the man who pinned a murder his son committed on poor John B just because he could. Money should never equal more power, but it almost always does.

Pope shook his head. "Get clo... get closer. I cant hear." Kie nodded, speeding up for a second to get the car closer to Gavins. "He's talking about negotiating something. Re... renegotiating."

Pope gasped suddenly. "Gavins got the gun that Rafe used to kill Peterkin. He's got it." Marleys eyes widened. Her feelings on Rafe were much simpler than hers towards Ward.

Rafe had always been an asshole. From cutting her pigtails as kids all the way to pushing her into a pool before she could swim. He'd always been insane, now it was just unlocked passed anywhere it had been before.

"I think he's trying to use it as extortion, as leverage." Pope concluded. "This is crazy, jesus crist." Marley sighed, face going into her hands. Kie then noticed something. "Wait, he's pulling over."

"Shit. He's panicking." Pope cursed. "Do I pull behind him? What do I do?" Kie freaked. JJ began making a circular motion with his finger while Pope instructed Kie. "Just got around the block."

Kie drove past Gavin and Marley watched as he silently fought over the phone. "We're gonna lose him." Kie frowned. "Go, go, go!" JJ urged. "I'm going. I'm going." Kie shouted back.

"I can't hear anything. Shit. I'm losing the signal. I cant hear him." Pope groaned. Marley looked forwards to see a roadblock, rolling her eyes because that was just their luck. "What the hell is this?" JJ questioned. Pope was now freaking out. "Stop. Just stop and turn around now."

"Pull in here and back up." JJ figured. Kie nodded. "I'm just gonna back up." But then a forklift began being ushered right behind them. "What are you doing?" JJ yelled at the construction workers. "Are you kidding?" Kie screamed.

JJ crawled over Marley, forcing her to push herself against the car as he opened her door. "Hey! We were about to back up. You literally had to do that now?" Kie watched as Pope exited the car and began running. "What are you doing?" JJ quickly noticed it too. "Wait! Pope!"

"We gotta know where they're meeting." Pope yelled as he continued running. Marley shoved JJ lightly. "JJ, move." He quickly got out, apologizing before helping her out of the car. JJ then opened Kies door. "We're going after him, right?" She nodded. "Yep."

JJ grabbed Marleys hand, sprinting after Pope and pulling her along with him so there was no chance they'd get separated. The three chased after Pope, running through random Kook backyards.

Marley watched as Pope hopped a fence, groaning as she would now have to do the same. JJ got there first, bending down to give Marley a leg up. She took it quickly, throwing herself over the fence and landing on her feet.

Next over was Kie, who Marley helped steady as JJ jumped over by himself. Once they were all over, they began to chase Pope once more.

JJ was ahead of the girls again but began to slow when seeing Pope wasn't running anymore. "Sean? Ah, this is where you live, you Kook? Goddamn."

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