After what happened to John B, worry is gnawing at the stomachs of everyone, but it was definitely noticeable in Sarah Cameron.
They should have known that the hospital staff is tired of everyone crowding the waiting room, so they have forced JJ, Pope, Kie, and Dallas.
They kicked out everyone except for Ward Cameron and his daughter.
Dallas doesn't bother to care why, but she can note one thing: blatant favoritism. The Cameron family were the golden family, so why even bother kicking them out?
That night, JJ and Dallas had spent the night at her house. JJ cried himself to sleep, with Dallas holding him.
The following day, everyone meets up at The Wreck.
It was at that moment of time where the four Pogues found out what happened to John B after they were all forced out of the hospital: Ward Cameron took him in so he could evade DFS radar.
There were only two people who were wary about that whole situation: Kiara Carerra and Dallas Hyland.
"I'm sorry. You're staying where?" Kie asks for clarification. "Tannyhill." John B answers for her.
"Meaning that you're living with everyone's favorite princess, Sarah Cameron, and everyone's favorite drug addict, whom, by the way, is her brother?" Dallas asks him.
"Okay, look, the only reason I'm living there is because her dad bailed me out, right?" John B tries to reassure the girls, but they are not buying it in the slightest.
"And it's way better than foster care, which, by the way, is where I was about to go if Ward didn't–" John B continues to defend before getting cut off.
"Hey, so do you have a membership to the clubs now?" Pope asks. "I don't know, Pope." John B replies to him.
"What about those little golf carts they drive around? You get one of them?" JJ asks, joining in on the teasing.
"Does it come with a sweater-vest, or do you have to buy one on your own?" Pope asks.
"Just give me a fair warning before you raid Rafe Cameron's wardrobe. Trust me, it's already enough seeing him in one of those ridiculous polos." Dallas snarks at him.
"Look, you promised. You said you weren't with her." Kie reminds him, cutting the teasing short.
"Bro, just own it. She got you." JJ tells John B.
"Look, if you wanna hang out with her, that's fine. But I'm letting you know now that I'm not doing anything with Sarah." Kie tells him. Dallas points over at Kie, letting John B know that she agrees with her.
"Do you guys see her here?" John B asks. "No, right. Okay. A little focus would be fantastic."
"We've got the map, right?" John B tells them, diverting the attention to the gold.
"It's all out of whack, 'cause the guy was ganja'd when he drew it." JJ reminds him. "It's 'cause the coast has changed." Kie points out.
"So, we just have to look for landmarks that haven't changed." Pope clarifies.
An idea then pops into Dallas's head. "Hey, what about the old forts?" she asks as she points to a landmark. "Battery Jasper, anyone?"
With that, they all head out to that landmark.
"We're in Battery, right here." Pope points out, pointing at the landmark. "So, if this is parcel nine, then it's somewhere northeast of here." he continues.
"Somewhere over there." Kie reiterates, in which was proven right from Pope.
"Over there? Guys, that's not Tannyhill, that's a subdivision." JJ clears up.
"Tannyhill Plantation used to be the entire island. It got sold into smaller pieces over time." John B points out.
"So, basically, all we are looking for is some kind of stone wall?" Dallas asks Pope, pointing at the landmark.
Pope navigates John B as he drives the Twinkie. "All right. You're gonna take a left."
"That looks like a stone wall to me." JJ announces.
"This is it." Pope tells the group.
"Not the Crain house." John B groans out.
Dallas and Kie get out of the Twinkie. "Are you kidding me?" Kie exasperatedly asks.
"No, no, no. Not Hill House." Dallas groans out.
"Worst case scenario." JJ says from beside Dallas.
"Why'd it have to be here…of all places?" Pope asks.
"I heard that Mrs. Crain buried her husband's head on the property." JJ tells the group.
"J, it's OBX's urban legend for a reason." Dallas tells him as they begin to walk throughout the property.
"Dally Baby, it's true." JJ tells her.
"Guys, you know whose house this is?" Kie points out her concerns as they are walking.
"Honestly, I don't really believe the stories of this place." John B admits out loud, to which he is shushed at by Pope.
"Long story short, they are stories that the babysitters come up with so they can shut up the kiddos and make them go to sleep." Dallas, ever so cynical, briefly summarizes.
"Which stories did you two hear?" JJ asks Kie and Dallas.
"The one where she killed her husband with an ax and that she's been holed up ever since." Kie responds to him.
"That one's a popular one." Dallas adds in. "And on some nights, you can see her through the window." she adds in jokingly, trying to be spooky.
"No, Dally, it's not funny. It's all true. I swear to God, guys, this is all real. I knew Hollis." JJ tries to tell him.
"As in Hollis Crain?" Dallas asks him.
"Wait, you knew Hollis Crain?" Pope asks.
"Yeah, dude." JJ tells him.
"Wait a minute, didn't she used to babysit you?" Dallas vaguely remembers.
"Yeah, she told me all about it. Told me the truth…about her mother and what happened in this house." JJ replies.
"So, as a kid, she heard all the stories that her mother killed her father, and…she was a murderer and all. Hollis didn't believe it. Until that night." JJ begins to explain.
"What night?" John B asks.
"It all came back to her." JJ tells him. The remaining Pogues decide to hear JJ out.
"When Hollis was six years old, she heard her parents arguing downstairs, so she goes downstairs to see her mom washing her hands in a sink…full of blood. Her mother just says that she cut her finger. The next morning, she says her father and her split up. But then, Hollis noticed something, her mother going into the parlor constantly, in and out and in and out with plastic bags. Weeks pass, and Hollis decides to use the outhouse. And as she's using it, she looks down, and there, in the outhouse is her father's head, looking straight back at her." JJ explains, ending it with pointing his eyes to John B's eyes.
"God, you are so full of shit." John B comments.
"Dude, I swear to God, man." JJ defends himself.
"Did she call the police?" Pope asks.
"Yeah, Pope has a point. If she saw all of that, why didn't she call the cops?" Dallas asks.
"She didn't have time." JJ tries to defend himself, but chases down John B as he was walking away.
"You sure you wanna do this? She's an axe murderer. You got a cast on." JJ voices out his concerns.
"I don't give a shit if she's an axe murderer, okay? I got nothin' to lose, right? You comin' or what?" John B snaps at him.
The five were sneaking around the front yard until John B quietly asks them to get into a huddle. "So here's the plan. We need to look for the wheat near the water like it said in Denmark's letter." John B whispers to them.
"Okay, like, what kind of water? Like, pond water?" Pope quietly asks. "Bong water?" JJ chimes in with a chuckle, and Dallas gives out a silent chuckle of her own.
"No. It– it just said look for water, okay?" John B clarifies.
"Wow, so descriptive." Dallas sarcastically points out.
"That's the shittest secret message ever." Kie states.
The five are split up, with the exception of JJ and Dallas.
"I have to ask, Dally, how long are we going to keep this sexual tension between us?" JJ asks, lightly referencing the kiss that they have shared, but have kept quiet about for the rest of that night, primarily because of what happened to John B.
Dallas shrugs. "Depends. Am I saying that I've piqued your interest, JJ Maybank?" Dallas asks, lightly teasing him.
"Maybe. Don't deny that I've also piqued your interest too, Dallas Hyland." JJ defends himself, the two getting closer to each other's face.
All of a sudden, Dallas puts her hand out on JJ's shoulder, creating a sense of space between them. "Wait. What about that 'No Pogue-on-Pogue Macking' rule?" she asks.
"Both you and I know that rule is a load of shit." JJ tells her.
They were so close to locking lips until they hear John B. "Hey, psst! Hey, come on. It's the only place we haven't looked."
"You know this conversation is not over, right?" Dallas asks him.
"Far from it." JJ tells her as they were making their way towards Pope, Kie, and John B.
In order, John B, Kie, Pope, Dallas, and JJ all quietly enter the little crawl space that is in the foundation of the house.
"Down came Mrs. Crain. And cut off all our heads. Up came the sun. And dried up all the blood." JJ sings out.
"Can you stop?" Pope asks him.
"Where the hell's the water? Don't tell me this is another dead end." Dallas wonders out loud.
"There's not even water on the pipes." JJ points out, feeling out the pipes that are connected to the house.
"There's no water here." Pope tells them. "Not a dropamino." JJ adds in.
"Gee, I wonder why." Dallas drags out, looking pointedly at John B.
"Know why we didn't find it? Bad karma." Kie, sensing where Dallas went with this, pointedly says to John B.
"Oh, God. Here we go." John B mutters.
"You know, we had a good thing going. And then you decide to rope in Barbie, and now the trail's gone dry." Kie points out. "Coincidence? Probably not."
"This is exactly why I didn't wanna tell you and Dallas about Sarah." John B tries to defend himself, but neither of the girls were buying that shit.
"I'm just gonna walk away before I do something very, very bad." Dallas tells herself as she moves over to JJ and Pope.
"What the hell's the deal with you two?" John B asks her. "Nothing." Kie denies, only Dallas knowing the full story.
"Nothing? Is it because I kissed you? Is that the problem?" John B provokes.
Dallas was about to charge at John B, but both Pope and JJ held out their arms to hold her back. At the same time, Kie slaps John B.
"Oh!" Pope exclaims.
"Oh, shit!" JJ exclaims at the same time as Pope.
"Beat his ass, Kie." Dallas whispers.
"Stop treating me like I'm some girl that's obsessed with you instead of your best friend who's actually trying to look out for you." Kie snarls at him.
"Did you, uh…hit me?" John B asks.
All Kie does his hold up her hand, showing the mosquito. "Skeeter."
All of a sudden, John B slaps Kie.
"Okay, here's what we're not going to do." Dallas warns.
"Oh, hey!" JJ yells out in defense.
"Okay…" Pope draws out.
"Where's your proof?" Kie asks. John B holds up his hand to show the mosquito.
Dallas swats at the mosquitoes that were flying around her. "Jesus, there's like a nest or something." she mutters. A slap was presented on her ass and she turns to the perpetrator that's JJ.
"Skeeter." JJ tells her, showing the mosquito in his hand.
Dallas sees a mosquito land on his cheek. She holds out her hand. "Stay still." she tells him as she pinches a mosquito off of him and shows JJ the proof.
"Why are there so many mosquitoes in the basement?" Pope wonders out loud.
"Dude. I know, seriously. Tiny vampire bats, just leave me alone." JJ comments.
Pope nudges Dallas to get her attention. He steps on the wooden planks. "You hear that?" he asks her.
Dallas nods. "It sounds hollow."
Pope picks up a pebble and drops it in between the cracks of the wooden planks. They can distinctly hear the splash of water from beneath them.
They all move the stuff off of the planks and remove the planks one by one. They look over the well of water below them.
"Well, well, well." Pope muses out.
"That was a good dad joke." John B notes.
"They built this part of the house right over it." Kie observes.
"This is where she hid the bodies." JJ tells them. Dallas gave him a look while everyone else was scolding him.
"Does she even know that this existed?" Dallas asks out loud before turning to John B. "Guess we found your water."
"We're gonna need a really big rope." John B tells them.
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