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The next day Olivia finds herself in the twinkie with Sarah, Julia and Kiara while Pope and John B are outside melting the gold.

"He said it looked something like this." Kiara speaks, holding a picture up for the girls to see.

"So.." Sarah mumbles.

"That's 50 feet down, and they're using 100-feet rope." She drags her finger down the line that is drawn in the middle of the lap. "So I guess this little wagon will go.." She follows the drawing with her finger. "Straight to the gold room."

"Who drew this?" Olivia says while laughing.

"Who do you think?" Kie laughs with her while looking over to Pope.

She stops laughing when JJ approaches them, "Olivia! This better work," He throws the good onto the ground. "We can't pawn this if there's a giant wheat symbol on it."

Olivia picks up torch, "It's gonna work."

Olivia stood with her safety glasses on, holding the torch and placing it over the good watching it melt into the tin.

Sarah and John B sat with eachother canoodling by the tree leaning against back against it.

JJ and Pope dab eachother up while she does, and Julia is sat reading her book.

The twinkie stops in front of the pawn shop, the pogues files out of the van.

"Hell of a job melting it down, Dr. Frankenstein." JJ speaks while looking down at the gold in the cloth.

"Like you could've done better." Olivia defends.

"I could have done much better, actually. I took a welding class."

"When?" But Olivia doesn't get an answer due to being interrupted by John B.

"Whoa, whoa. Hey. Sh! Chill out, okay?"

"Easy for you to say. You're not the one that has to pawn this piece of shit off. How did i get this job anyway?" JJ complains before walking towards the pawn shops doors.

"Cause you're the best liar." Pope interjects.

They walk into the shop, the bell ringing as the door opens. JJ holds the door open for Olivia who thanks him in return.

"Afternoon, Ma'am." JJ speaks in a respectful voice to the cashier.

"Afternoon." She speaks back just as politely.

"I see you buy gold."

"That's what the sign say, don't it?"

"Well, I sure hope you buy a lot of it, because I'm about to blow your mind."

"I ain't got much mind to blow, so have at it."

JJ places the melted gold on the counter in front of the woman, "How about them gold apples?"

"That ain't real."

"That ain't real?"

"It can't be."

"Feel how heavy it is." The woman picks all three meted pieces of gold up, "Mm-hm. Mm-hm! Let's get some light on that." He hands the woman a magnifying glass with a light.

"Spray-painted tungsten."

"Spray-painted tungsten? Really? Okay. Why don't you see how, uh, soft it is?"

"You mind?"

"No, go for it."

The woman grab a nail and hammer hitting it into the gold, testing it. Then denting it slightly from how soft it is.

"Wow. Would you look at that?"

"Hold your horses. We ain't got to the acid test yet."

"Ooh! The acid test. My favourite, guys."

The pawn woman pours some random acid onto the gold and it has no reaction.

"Well, it ain't plated, and it ain't painted."

"Ma'am, I'm telling ya, this id as real as the day is long."

"It looks like somebody tired to melt it down."

"My mom. She had all this jewellery laying around the house, and she thought it was best to—to melt it down. To "consolidate" it."

The woman places a piece of gold into the scale, "Seven pounds? That's a lot of earrings."

"Okay, to be honest, Ma'am,..it's really hard to see my mom fall apart from with Alzheimer's."

"Mm-hm. Alzheimers? Give me a minute."

"Take your time, Ma'am."

Now the woman has gone through a side door, Olivia lets out a small laugh and then catches herself and clears her throat pretending to look around.

"So, I, uh.." The woman comes back out and rounds to her side of the cashier, "I talked to my boss."

"And?" JJ questions.

"And, uh, this is what I can do." The woman places a check on the table.

JJ raises his eyebrows in confusion, "Fifty thousand? You think I walked in here not knowin' the spot price? Ma'am, I know for a fact this is worth 149, at least."

"Well, sweetie, you in a pawnshop. This ain't Zurich. Do I look Swiss to you?"

"Ninety, or I walk."

"Seventy. Half price..and uhm..I don't ask questions about where you got this."

JJ looks at JB who confirms to take the seventy, "I'm gonna need that in large demonstrations, please."

"Well, here's thr snag. I don't have that much denominated, not here anyway. I can write you a cashier's check."

"Cash..no, Ma'am. I want the cold hard. That's what that sign says. Cash for gold. And that's what I expect. I'm gonna get it in cold hard."

"Well, I have to send you to the warehouse. I have the money there. Is that all right?"

"Where's this warehouse?"

The pogues find themselves back into the twinkie on the way to this said warehouse getting their well deserved money the woman said that is there.

"So they keep the money out here?" Pope questions while looking out the window.

"That's what she said." JJ also looks out the window.

"Stop." Pope says.

"I've never even heard of Resurrection Drive." Olivia joins in on the conversation.

"Cause you're rich." JJ replies back to the blonde.

"You've never heard of it either." Julia defends.

"Thank you." Olivia thanks the brunette.

"There's nothing but weeds back here." Kie looks out the window, and she is correct there is nothing but weeds and massive trees out here.

"All right, just 'cause it's weeds, doesn't mean it's, like.."

Sirens are heard behind the twinkie making everyone look's behind them.

"Cops? Out here?" Kie questions.

"God! Are you kidding me?" JJ exclaims.

"What did we do?" Sarah looks back from the passenger seat.

"Why are we getting pulled over?" Pope asks while JJ searches through his bag.

"Stash that." JB turns around to JJ who's currently still searching through his bag.

"Chill, guys." Pope try's to calk everyone down.

"I hate cops." JJ looks at JB.

"Did you bring the gun?" JB questions JJ.

"No. Okay?" JJ retaliates while hiding the cold in its cloth. "Everybody told me to leave it back at the place."

"Thank god." Kiara speaks. "Please, everything else in your bag. How much weed do you have on you, bro?"

The man cocks the gun in John B's face "Why don't I go ahead and see them hands in the air. All y'alls hand up in the air now! You, out of the car! lets go!" He opens the car door and John B gets out.

John B walks to the other side and opens the door for everyone. "There you go, Pretty Girl. Here we go! Get out the car, let's go! Hurry up!" Olivia gets out the car, JJ and the rest following behind her.

"We're broke—" JJ tries to speak

"Shur the hell up!

"All right! Just relax!"

"shut the hell up! shut up!" He shoves the gun into JJ's chest

"I'll blow your damn head off! Lay down in the ditch! Lay down in the ditch! On your goddamn hands and knees! Down! Put your face on the ground! Stay here just like that! Put your head down! Don't let me see you look up! All right? That's all y'all gotta do." He backs away and goes into the twinkie.

Olivia lies in between Sarah and JJ, she fiddles with the rings on her fingers while they lay on her back .She lifted her head up and saw him search the twinkie, Sarah had tears in her eyes and JJ began to hit the ground in frustration.

Olivia kicks his leg slightly, "Calm down." She whispered. And that slightly calms him down.

John B gets up and goes into Barry's car and hides in the backseat. "All right, y'all just stay just like that. Unless you want your brains blown out all over this road, Don't move your goddamn heads, okay?" Barry runs into his car.

Everyone gets up and runs towards the car, JJ starts to hit him while John B is on the floor. Julia laughs slightly shaking her head and sitting on the car bonnet.

Everyone starts to fight and once Barry was on the ground, Olivia hit his back and then his head lands between her legs and she hits him with the car door.

"You son of a bitch!" Sarah yells as they all surrounded him

JJ pulls down the bandana that is covering his face, from the nose downwards. "I know this piece of shit! He's a basehead!"

"Probably knows my brother." Olivia says as she looks over at Julia, who couldn't help but blush at the mention of him.

"He sells coke to my dad."

"Listen, i couldn't hurt any single one of y'all—" Barey starts but JJ puts the barrel of the gun in his face.

Julia laughs but quickly stops when everyone tries to get him to chill out. She looks over at Olivia and does smoochy lips towards her playfully.

JJ goes into his pocket and gets his ID "We got a last stop. Let's go see where this son of a bitch lives."

Julia hops off the car and skips towards the Twinkie, getting it and gets comfortable.

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The Pogues arrive at the place Barry called home.

"Welcome to crackhead wasteland."Sarah introduces sarcastically.

"I don't know about this, man." Pope starts to feel slightly uncomfortable.

JJ gets out the car and walks towards the front door. John B watches him carefully "Where are  you going?"

"Yo Soy Justicia." He calls out, not turning around and enters the house.

"You know somebody should probably—" Kie hints.

"Yeah, I got it." John B sighs, getting out and shutting the door before chasing the blonde boy inside.

The remaining five also got out the twinkie, waiting for John B and JJ to come back outside from the house.

JJ reappeared outside and smiles "All right, so we're looking at five grand each for reparations for putting us through that bullshit. Sorry about that, y'all." He walks around.

"So that's what we're doing now? We're robbing drug dealers?" Kie asks.

"Kiara, let people live a little, yolo." julia Shrugs.

"This Barry guy's gonna find out. and he's gonna cone after us." Sarah looks at Kie.

"Yes, he will. This is not the time to start wilding out." Pope snaps.

"How'd you like having a gun pulled on you?" JJ askes.

"Relax." John B walks towards him, their faces almost touching.

"He had it right here on you, bro."

"Look. We've gotta go get the gold, okay? Jusr give me that shit. We're putting it back." he takes the bag of money off of JJ. Then JJ pushes John B up against the Twinkie. "Do you feel like a tough guy? Huh? What are you gonna do when he comes for us?"

"We punch him in the throat."

"Yeah, good fucking idea, JJ."

"I'm not putting it back." He gets into the Twinkie but once he sees no one is joining, he gets out. "What?"

"We're sick of your shit." John B then says.

"oh, my shit?" JJ asks, not shocked at all

"Yeah. Yeah. Your shit." JB confirms.

"You pulling guns on people shit." Kiara agrees

"You acting like a maniac—" Pope starts

"Okay, Pope, I took the fall for you, man! Do you know how much I owe because of you?"

"I'm gonna pay you back, and I didn't ask you to do that!"

"I just did! Right here, right now, by myself. You know what? That's exactly what I'm gonna do. Go off by myself" JJ grabs the bag and walks off.

Julia follows him, feeling absolutely terrible for what had just gone on. She glances towards Olivia , she can see the worry and shock on the Cameron girl's face. Julia sent Olivia a small 'He'll be okay' smile and they then Julia and JJ disappear from view.

Olivia turns to everyone, "You guys are assholes. He's trying his best, for all of you!" Olivia then gets into the Twinkie everyone else following not daring to say a word.

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The rest of the group find themselves at The Wreck. Olivia sits by Sarah but not talking or even looking at anyone. She's looking down at her phone in her hands waiting for a message from Julia to let her know that he's okay and is safe. She gets pulled out of her thoughts, when JB's voice starts speaking to her making her look up at him.

"Look, he'll come around, all right? It's..He's doing a JJ thing."

"You'll think he'll go home?" Kie asks.

"There's about a zero percent chance that JJ goes home." Pope answers.

JB turns to Sarah, "You okay?" He questions the blonde.

She nods, "Yeah. Are you?"

"I mean, I'm in one piece, so.."

Pope sighs before speaking again, "Okay. It's too dangerous to pawn this thing off piecemeal. So our best bet is to ho down there and get the rest of it. Bring it all up at once. Put it in—in a safe or a vault or something. I-I don't know. Just until we can find someone who won't rip us off. I can figure it out tonight, get it done, and we can be out there tomorrow morning."

JB agrees, "All right, let's do it."

"Easy."

"Let's go."

"What about that thing with my dad?" Sarah asks, making Olivia lift her head up once more giving Sarah a confused look. Dad?

"Shit."

"What thing?" Olivia asks her question looking between both her twin sister and her twin sister's boyfriend.

"I have to go fishing with Ward." Olivia's jaw drops open, and this time it stays open since Julia isn't there to close it for her.

"You can't get 400 mil 'cause you're gonna go kill fish?" Kie asks sharing a unamused and slightly pissed off look with Olivia.

"Look, I have to go." Jb defends.

"Blow it off, tell my dad you'll do it some other time." Olivia interjects again. "It's 400 mil in gold!"

"Make something up!" Kiara agrees adding on.

"Look I—I have to, okay? He..he saved me, all right? If it weren't for Ward, I'd be in foster care. So..I have to go. Plus, it'll be better to do it at night. Right?"

"Fine. Fine, go fishing." Pope finally gives in.

"And at least JJ will be probably have washed up by then." Olivia adds, her tone slightly softer and upset just thinking about the upset expression she saw on JJ's face."

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Olivia climbs out the back of Pope's car as they arrive at the Chateau.

"That tin can hold over like...200, 400 pounds." We all round to the back of the truck.

"Thanks." Kie thanks him.

"Uh, what for?" Pope questions.

"Stranding us. You know, making us make up."

"What makes you think that was me?"

The sound of lights turning on and then the place lighting up scares the three as they look around. "Who the hell is that." Olivia questions walking towards the noise. Their eyes landing on JJ and Julia in a hot tub. Julia looking already shit-face and JJ almost there.

"What did you do, JJ?"

"I got a jet going straight in my butt right now. Y'all should get in immediately, you hear me? Salud!" He pours more glasses off alcohol and holding them up.

"How much did this cost?" Pope questions looking at all the lights, hot tub, alcohol and pool decorations.

"Uh..Well, with the generator, the petrol, and oh, hey, express delivery..pretty much all of it, yeah."

"All of it?"

"Yeah, all of it."

"You spent all the money in one day?"

"Yeah, burned a hole right through my pocket. But, I mean, like, come on, guys, like, look at this! Finest in jet-based massage therapy, that's what they told me." Olivia shakes her head. "Olivia, what? Can't a man have a little luxury in life? Come on, all this scrimpin' and scrapin'..I mean, like..guys, we—You only live once, right? Enough of this emotional shit. Get in the Cat's Ass. Come on."

"In the what?" Olivia asks, slightly surprised.

"In the Cat's Ass. That's what I named her. Oh, hey, yo, I almost forgot," He turns on the disco lights. "Huh? Yeah, that's right, I know. Disco mode. That's right, baby!"

"Are you kidding me?" Pope exclaims. "You could have paid for restitution!"

"Or literally given it to any charity!" Kie joins in.

"Or better yet, you could have helped us buy supplies," Pope continues. "to get the rest of the gold out of the well!"

"Okay, well, you know what? I didn't do that!" JJ yells standing up, the bruises all over his toros now visible to the three. "I got a hot tub! For my friends. I got a hot tub for my friends. You know what? No, you know what? Screw friends. I got a hot tub for my family! I got this for you! Guys, look what I did for you! All right? Look at this! Look at this!"

"JJ.." Olivia mumbles."

"No, you stop being emotional. It's fine, okay?" He starts to cry slightly. "I mean, it's sweet, right? Everything—" Olivia steps closer and closer with each word. "Just get in!" Olivia climbs into the hot tub and wrapping her arms around him, not caring that he's getting her wet.

"I just couldn't do it." He wraps his arms loosely around her sobbing into her shoulder. "I can't take him anymore! I was gonna kill him." Olivia runs her fingers through his hair the other up and down his back.

Julia then joins the hug, Pope joining a few minutes later. Them all holding him.

"I just wanna do the right thing." He continues to cry.

"I know." Olivia comforts him. "I know."

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Lexi speaks!!!!

Thank you to Rhianna for writing and sending me half this chapter. I appreciate it.

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