Chapter fifty five:

                                    

                                          
Tucker, Tommy, and Andrew pull up to the house together and hope out Tuckers truck. They walk around the house to see JJ and Y/N down on the end of the dock together, laughter could be heard from the both of them as they splash around in the water together. "How long has that been going on for?" Andrew ask, grabbing his bag from the bed of the truck. "Since we moved here, she was crushing on him hard after she saw him. The feelings were very mutual on his end. He actually lives next door." Tucker tells him and points over to JJ house. "He spends most of his time here though, we've been told his dad is a piece of shit drug addict. We like him a lot, he takes care of her." Tommy tells him, not caring about rubbing my new relationship into Andrews face. Andrew forced himself to look away and walks inside after them, "Big change from what you use to live in." Andrew says, looking around at the much smaller house. 
JJ swings open the front door with a towel wrapped around his waist and Y/N walking in front of him. I look over to the dinning room table to see Tucker, Tommy, and Andrew sitting there together. "Oh, we didn't realize you guys were home." Y/N says to them and wraps the towel around her body to cover herself up. "Got home about thirty minutes ago, by the way Topper is coming over." Tucker tells him, biting into his slice of pizza. "What the hell, why?" I snap at him, glancing up at JJ. "We stopped to get the pizza and he was at the shop getting one and saw Andrew. He's coming by to just say hi and stuff. We hate him again or something?" Tucker ask me, raising an eyebrow. "Oh really? Thought you two were the best of friends." Andrew finally speaks up and says in a sarcastic tone. "Asshole." I mumble, and grab JJ hand and pull him down the hall to my bedroom. "We can just hide out in here, don't even have to say hi to Topper." JJ tells me, walking into the bathroom and turning the shower on. "Or we can just leave the house and come back when he's gone." I also say, jumping up to sit on the bathroom sink. JJ puts his hands on my thighs and stands between my legs, "I'd feel better if we stayed low, they have John B in jail. Could make your dad nervous and he could come after you, I'll never be able to forgive myself if something happened to you. It's been in the back of my mind since we arrived at the hotel. We're possibly putting your life more at risk with all of this mess." JJ tells me, kissing my forehead. I put my hands on his stomach and nod my head, "Fine, but can we at least get something to eat. We can order a pizza?" I ask him, giving him my biggest smile. "I'm gonna rinse off, go order the pizza." He tells me, hopping into the shower. I squeal in excitement and grab my phone to order the pizza. 

Two days later: 
We all anxiously sat in the court room waiting for them to bring John B out, the whole room was packed. I sat between JJ and Pope with Kie and Sarah next to them. JJ sat there with his leg heavily shaking while he tapped away, I look to my right to see Ward, his wife Rose, and my father all sitting together. I look over my shoulder to Tucker, Tommy, and Andrew sitting behind me. Tucker and Tommy were already looking over at him with his back to us. Tucker shakes his head and points to the front when they bring John B with Phillip. Tears roll down Sarah's face when she sees John B wearing orange and in cuffs. I grab JJ hand and squeeze it, I look over to Pope and he gives me a small smile and looks back ahead. "John Booker Routledge, pursuant to the North Carolina statue section 14, you are charged with murder in the first degree with aggravated circumstances." The judge calls out, small whispers could be heard through the whole room. "How do you plead?" The judge ask him, John B looks over at Phillip. "Not guilty your honor." John B says. Judge looks down at a file in front of her and nods her head. "If convicted, the maximum sentence would be the death penalty." She tells him, striking her gavel down. I gasp and drop JJ hand and put my hands over my mouth, "You're honor wait a minute...." Phillip protest while the judge gets up and leaves the courtroom. I felt sick to my stomach when John B looks back at all of us, "Your honor, he's seventeen." JJ shouts, getting out of his spot. "Stop." Pope tells him, getting up quickly to stop JJ. "He's seventeen. Are you kidding me?" JJ continues you. "Hey John B, we're gonna figure it out alright?" JJ tells him, pointing over to him. "JJ please, don't make it worse." I tell him, grabbing both his hands. "John B, John B." Sarah shouts, attempting to walk closer to him but the guards pull him away. A guard grabs Sarah and pushes her away, "Stop. Don't touch her." Kiara shouts at him, pulling Sarah away. 
JJ had his arm wrapped around me tightly while we all walked around the courthouse, "Justice is served." A women says, walking past us all. My blood was boiling at her comment, "I should have never come home." Sarah says in a weak tone, her eyes filled with tears. "They're gonna kill him, guys. I know it." JJ says, staring down at the ground. I look over his shoulder to see my father, Ward, and Rose all walking out together. "Thank god the system works." A men tells him and shakes my fathers hand. "Can you please shut up? Of course you think the system worked because it was made to protect you and people like you." Kiara shouts at the man. My dad locks eyes with me, I can see the anger already rising in him. "He'll have his day in court. A jury will decide." The man argues with Kie. "He shouldn't even be in court." I shout, pushing JJ arm off of me, "You should be." I shout, pointing to my father and Ward. "Where's Rafe? Rafe is the one who pulled the trigger and killed the sheriff. You should be in jail cause you're a murderer." I shout, grabbing everyone's attention to us. My father walks over to me and JJ steps in his way, "Don't you dare think about laying a finger on her." JJ snaps at him, standing just an inch away from my father. Tucker and Tommy run over as well when they hear my yelling. "You have a lot of nerve showing up to court." Kie joins in and yells back at him. "I understand you're upset, I get it." Ward tried to argue. "Upset?" I shout, laughing a bit, not being able to believe what he just said. "He's got you all fooled, I know that." Ward tells us, "No, I'm not just upset." Kiara shouts, charging towards Ward. Tucker and a officer grab her to pull her back before she can get to Ward. "Don't you dare touch her." Pope shouts, shoving the cop away from her. "Show some respect." My father shouts, shoving JJ chest. Tommy shoved him away and shakes his head at him. "Muzzle your goddamned dog." JJ shouts at my father, holding his arm out in front of me to stop me from going after him. "You wanna get arrested? Get out of here. Now." Shoupe shouts at us, "It's not worth it, let's just go." Sarah says, grabbing both Kies and I arm to pull us away. "It's not a coincidence that both your daughters are sitting with us." Kiara shouts, stopping both my father and Ward. I flip my father off and JJ puts his arm on my lower back to guide us away. "Fucking prick." JJ mumbles, walking back to my car.

James Limbrey sat on the porch of the Maybank house hold. He sat in his suit still from court and waited for either JJ or his father to come back home. Luke pulls up in his truck and stops dead in the tracks when he sees the well dressed man standing on the porch. "Hi Mr.Maybank, I'm Mr.Limbrey." My father calls out to him, standing up and pulling his check book out of his coat pocket. "Is your son home?" He ask, Luke stared down at the wallet in amazement. "No clue where the boys at, what can I help you with?" Luke ask him, walking past him inside to put his case of beer away. "I need you to get your son to leave my daughter." My father tells him, Luke pulls a beer out and chuckles to himself. "How the hell do you expect me to do that?" Luke ask him, leaning back onto the counter. "I think your a clever man, you'll figure out a way to get them too." James tells him, sitting down on the table and pulling a pen out as well. "How about I start by writing you a check and paying off your sons jail fees? Sinking a brand new boat can't be cheap." James ask him, writing a check out for 50,000 dollars. "You're son has corrupted my daughter, I can't stand back and watch this any longer." James him, signing the bottom of the check and pushing it across the table. Luke raises an eyebrow and looks down at the check on the table, he looks at it in a bit of disbelief. Luke smiles at the large amount of money in front of him, James pushes his chair out and shoved his hands in his pockets. "Also this stays our little secret now. I don't need anyone hearing about this deal, alright?" James says, glancing around at the very run down house. "Of course. Between the two of us." Luke tells him, huge smirk on his face now. My father quickly leaves before he's spotted and drives back to his home on Figure 8, leaving Luke to ponder an idea to break JJ and Y/N up.