Kiara plays the ukulele while we sit on the dock. I sat up on the railing between Kie and JJ. It was pretty late now and fairly chilly outside. I sat close to JJ to try and stay warm but not too close to be giving us away. Thunder rumbled in the sky.

"How much was it again?" JJ asks.

"400 mil." Pope answers.

JJ sighs. "All right, let's talk the split. Now, before we say 'evenly,' may I remind you that I am the only one that can properly defend us from those groupers who were after us. Protection? Not cheap, okay?"

"You haven't trained." Pope points out. "You've done zero training."

"Youtube, bro! That's at least a 5% bump right there. Any objections? Didn't think so."

Kie raises her hand.

"Yeah." Pope answers.

"I don't hear any, so.."

"What are you gonna do with 80 mil, Pope?" Kiara asks.

"Pay for college in advance, and also textbooks. Those are expensive."

"Oh, boring." I retort. "What are you gonna do, Kie?"

"Yeah, was does a socialist do when she's rich?" Pope asks.

Kie chuckles. "I just wanna make a double album. About OBX. The pogues. You know the way Catch a Fire is about Kingston. Record it at Marley Studio, Peter Tosh producing."

"Peter Tosh is dead." Pope says.

"Peter Tosh is dead, I know. The spirit of Peter Tosh will never die."

"I know what I'll do." JJ speaks up. "I'm gonna get a big ass house on Figure Eight, with the girl of my dreams and go full on Kook." His eyes connect with mine as he talks about the girl of his dreams.

"You're gonna go full Kook?" Pope asks shocked.

"Yup. Gonna get a marble statue of myself, and then I'm gonna get a koi pond." I giggle at JJ's response. "Put a bunch of those fish-"

"I'm never visiting." Kie cuts him off laughing.

"Hey, Kat's on my side." JJ points out.

"As long as you get a dog for me to play with, I'm there."

"What about you, Kat?" Kie asks.

"Anti anxiety meds." Pope says.

"Wow, funny, P. I'm gonna go on a nice ass vacation with my significant other." I respond.

"You don't have one." Pope says.

"Not yet." I tease.

"What?"

"Relax, P." I say. I knew he'd be a bit of a protective friend over something like this.

"What are you gonna do, JB?" Pope questions my brother.

He turns to us smiling. "To going full Kook." He holds out the can in his hand to us.

We put ours out too, cheering. "To going full Kook!"

That night the Pogue's slept at the chateau. I had fallen asleep in my clothes from yesterday. After everyone had fallen asleep, JJ had slipped into my bedroom.

"Hey." He says crawling into my bed.

"Hi, baby." I say smiling.

"I just wanted to see you." He mumbles as moves closer.

I lay my head on his chest, getting comfortable. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, why?"

"You didn't say anything after the tape."

"I didn't really feel anything. He's gone, but he's been gone for almost a year. I've already mourned my father's death. Like he said he was never really there for me."

JJ presses a kiss to the side of my head. "I love you."

"I love you too."

"I should probably go so we don't get caught." I nod, frowning. "Goodnight, Kat."

JJ gets out of my bed and goes back into the living room. I roll over and go to sleep.

The next morning we float down the water on the HMS Pogue. It was already hot out so everyone had stripped down to their swimsuits already. I sit on the edge of the boat, letting the sun soak into my skin.

JJ let's out a whistle. "You guys see that?" He eyes another boat cruising in the water. "That's the Malibu 24-MXZ, the world's finest wakesetter. Number one in luxury, quality, and performance. 200k, easy."

"We picked the wrong parents." Pope says.

"No kidding." I agree.

"I hate to break it to you guys, but that's Topper and his girlfriend." Kie says in detest.

Sarah pulls her sunglasses down, glancing at us. I glare her down as they pass.

"You don't have to act like you don't see us, bitch." Kie mumbles.

"Ugh." I roll my eyes, annoyed.

I watch in disgust as they drive away.