Written by: Dallas Walsh

"This is not over, Lydia," Kent Blackmore looks back at his fiancé, Lydia Rockwell, with intent as she just told him that if unless he drops the blackmail against her and Mac Rockwell, she will confess to corporate when espionage all those years ago she told Kent what Rockwell Mining's bid was going to be to try to obtain the Kelsey Lake mine; of course Kent outbid Rockwell Mining and Blackmore Ltd. obtained the mine. Kent can't believe that Lydia would go that far; if she actually confessed, it would ruin Blackmore Ltd.'s reputation, he would go to jail for years as would she. Literally, no one would be winning. "I don't believe for one second that you will actually confess; too much has happened."

"It would be better than all of us living a lie, Kent," Lydia stands her ground. "You and Sabine, you can't blackmail Mac and me into being with the two of you. Not anymore."

"Do you remember your short time in jail?" Sabine Andrews asks her sister, as he puts her hand on her hips, stunned by Lydia's claims. "You hated every single minute of it. You barely survived. Now, you expect me to believe that you will spend the rest of your life behind bars?'

"That's exactly what I want you to believe," Lydia snaps back at her. "Because, that's what happens when you love someone, you're willing to sacrifice yourself to save them."

Kent chuckles back to her. "Now you're telling me, you're telling us, that you are in love with Mac again?"

"If I'm honest, I don't think I never stopped loving him. He is the father of my children."

"Not all of them!" Kent yells at her, knowing that he is the father of Lexington. "This is outrageous! We should have already been married Lydia. You turning your back on everything we've been through is insane. You are insane!"

"Please calm down Kent, the last thing we need is for you to have another stroke," Lydia replies to him.

"Oh, now you care about my health!?"

"I'm not going to fight with you about this anymore, Kent," Lydia sneers at him. "The decision is up to you; either you drop this entire thing, or we will all end up behind bars for the rest of our lives. What's it going to be?"

***

"Celeste, I'm so glad I ran into you," Cole Rockwell announces as he rushes into the country club and sees his ex-fiancé, Celeste Baldwin, walking down the stairs. He knows that she has been staying at the club since the truth about her being pregnant with Marat Kafelnikov's child came out because he kicked her out of the Rockwell Mansion. But, after Garrett Owen agreed to drop the Dixie Ryan murder charges against him, Cole realized that he had to come and see Celeste. He has his life back, his freedom back, and if he is honest with himself, he knows that he still loves Celeste. This ordeal has made him realize this much.

"Cole," Celeste purses her lips together. "If this is about our conversation about Lex, don't worry about it. I went to see your Mom and told her my concerns."

"You and my mother had a civil conversation?" Cole asks in surprise, knowing that Lydia and Celeste have had nothing but a heated history.

"I wouldn't go that far," Celeste chuckles back to him. "But, she did hear me out. So, I don't burden you with that."

"That's not why I wanted to see you, actually."

"I'm not sure I understand."

Cole looks back at her with warmth in his eyes. "The murder charges, they've been dropped."

"Congratulations," Celeste uneasily nods back to him. "You must be relieved, although I'm not surprised. I knew you didn't kill anyone."

"This entire situation has made me realize that I need to focus on what is important to me in my life," Cole admits to her. "Look, you and I, we've both made so many mistakes, Celeste. But at the end of the day, I do love you."

"Cole," she gasps back to him as she covers her mouth. She had longed to hear those words for so long but she had convinced herself that she was going to move on. "I… I don't know what to say."

"Don't say anything," Cole replies to her. "I know this is coming as a shock. Why not take some time and think about it? Can you do that much for me?"

Celeste nods back to him. "I'll think about it."

Before Cole can reply, Houston Blackmore races down the stairs of the club and stops when he sees Cole. "Cole, I'm glad I ran into you. I….I need your help."

Cole uneasily looks back at Celeste. "We'll touch base later?"

"Of course, excuse me," Celeste says as she rushes away from the two men.

"What's going on Houston?"

"Tanner Young," Houston informs him. "I've had a feeling he has been up to something, and I think I just got my confirmation."

Cole arches his eyebrow, confused by what Houston is going off on. "Why do you say that? What's happened?"

"I just saw him go into a room upstairs; Grant Shaw was in the room waiting for him. Why would Tanner and Grant Shaw be together?"

Cole looks back at him in surprise. "I think I'm missing something. Can you start from the beginning?"

"I'm sorry, of course," Houston replies to him. "Let's go to the bar and get a drink."

***

"What did you just say?" a stunned Lex Rockwell turns and looks at his friend Toby Sinclair, who just suggested to him that they run away together. Lex can't believe that his friend would suggest this to him when he knows that his entire family and life are in Kelsey Lake. Plus, Lex isn't sure that he can trust Toby right now because it was Toby who was pushing him into idea of finding out what happened to Dixie to get back at Cole, and once Cole was charged with murder, Lex realized that he was wrong to pursue it, as he could have ruined Cole's life.. And, now he wants to know why Toby was so persistent that Lex look into Dixie's disappearance.

"I think you heard me," Toby licks his lips back to his lover. "Let's get out of here. We could run away and be together. We could have a future together, Lex. But, I think in order to do that, we have to leave here."

"I can't do that," Lex shakes his head back to him. "My family is here. My job is here!"

"You would find work anywhere, Lex."

"It's more than a job," Lex looks back at Toby. "It's my family company. Rockwell Mining, it's my legacy!"

"So, you're saying that you don't want to run away with me? You're saying that you used me to get laid and now you're done with me?"

"I didn't say that," Lex sighs back to him. "I do have to wonder though, why did you pressure me into finding the truth about Dixie?"

"Oh God," Toby groans back to him. "Now this shit again. You were the one pissed at Cole for getting a blow job from Brock, remember? I'm not the bad guy here!"

"I remember!" Lex yells back at him. "It just seems like you were really pushing me to do this. I'd like to know why."

"I don't think I owe you any explanations," Toby sneers back to him. "I can't believe I thought we were going to have something special together, Lex. You really disappoint me."

Lex looks back at him, as Toby moves towards the door. "Wait, Toby, let's talk about this."

"No, I'm good," Toby doesn't look back at him. "Besides, I have to get back to the stables. See ya later, Mr. Rockwell."

Lex sighs heavily as he hears the door close. He turns and pounds his dresser. "Damn it," he says to himself. "Why do I always make a mess of things?"

***

"It's about damn time you got here," Odette Williams yells at Garrett Owen as he walks into her house. He knows that she won't be in a good mood because Cole Rockwell's murder charges were dropped because Mac Rockwell was able to produce Dixie Ryan's body and an autopsy confirmed that she died of a drug overdose, not a gunshot wound; there is nothing tying Cole to her death now. "What the hell were you thinking?"

"Odette," Garrett puts his hands up to her. "My hands were tied; I had to drop the charges, they proved that Dixie wasn't killed."

"That son of a bitch needed to pay," Odette spits back to him. "Don't you realize that so much of my plan was to make sure all of Mac's children were suffering?"

"I know what the plan was!" Garrett defends himself. "But, if I pursued this, our cover would have been busted. I had to drop the charges, Odette. I didn't have a choice."

"Why didn't you alter the autopsy results?"

"Because, Mac had his own autopsy completed," Garrett explains to her. "If my results had differed, he would have known something was up. We have to admit that he played this perfectly."

"Damn him!" Odette yells back to him. "Damn him straight to hell! That's it," she says looking back at him. "It's time."

"Time for what?"

"Time for me to take control of this entire situation," Odette smiles to him. "The gun that you took from the Rockwell mansion, where is it?"

"At the police station. Why? Odette, what are you planning to do?" Garrett asks her with apprehension.

"Get me that gun," Odette tells him. "I'm going to do what I should have done a long time ago: kill Mac Rockwell."

***

"Have you heard the latest?" Grant Shaw asks as he opens the door to the his room at the country club and sees his lover Tanner Young lounging on the king size bed. Grant can't believe what he has learned from Garrett: all the charges against Cole were dropped. All this time, Grant thought that part of the plan was for his sister, Dixie Ryan, to get justice in her disappearance and then her death. The fact that Cole is getting off scott free is unacceptable to him.

Tanner hops off the bed and looks at his lover, who he can tell is fuming. "What's happened? You look like you're about to blow a fuse."

"All the charges against Cole Rockwell were dropped," he reveals to Tanner. "He's not going to pay for Dixie's death."

"How the hell did the Rockwell's pull that one off?"

"Mac found Dixie's body," Grant replies to him. "And, he had an autopsy completed which proved that my sister overdosed on cocaine; there was no sign of foul play."

"That doesn't make any sense at all," Tanner shakes his head back to Grant. "Why would Garrett allow the Rockwell's to use their own autopsy?"

"I wish I knew!" Grant yells back to him. "But you know what? I'm mad as hell. This wasn't a part of the plan. Far from it. This is exactly what we didn't want to have happen!"

"I know," Tanner comes up to him. "Let's try to stay calm. I'm sure Garrett can explain what happened."

"He damn well better," Grant grits his teeth together. "Because I'm at the point of demanding our money from Odette and walking away from this entire operation. If that's how they're going to treat us, then I don't want any part of it."

"Come here," Tanner moves up to him and pulls him into a hug. "We will get our money. I promise you that, we will get what we deserve from Odette and Garrett."

***

"I can't believe you just gave into Lydia and her demands like that!" Sabine yells at Kent as they storm into the penthouse. She slams the door behind them as Kent moves up to the bar and pours himself a scotch. She can't believe that Lydia threatened to go the police with the information that she provided Kent with Mac's bid for the Kelsey Lake all those years ago; she would basically send herself to jail to save Mac and Rockwell Mining. What's more jarring to Sabine, is that Kent just folded and agreed to let Lydia move back out of the penthouse and back in with Mac at the Rockwell Mansion. "What the hell were you thinking?"

Kent takes a sip of his scotch before he turns to face Sabine. He can tell that she upset, and so he is, but he wishes she would realize why did he what he just did. "First of all, calm down. Have a drink if that will help," he tells her. "You have to realize I'm just as upset as you are!"

"Really Kent?" Sabine shrieks back to him. "Because you don't seem upset at all!"

"Listen to me," he whispers to her as he moves closer to her. "I just lost my fiancé to Mac, do not stand there and tell me how I am feeling!"

"Why did you do it? Why did you give into Lydia?"

"Because," Kent replies to her. "What good would all of us being in jail be? I certainly could be in prison for a very long time, not only for the corporate espionage but also for organizing Stacey's shooting. Is that what you want?"

"I want to be with MacKenzie!"

"It's time you realize that it's not meant to be," Kent shakes his head back to her. "How do you think I feel? I just lost Lydia, the woman I've loved for over 20 years!"

"I'm sorry," Sabine moves closer to him. "I know how much you lost. I'm just…I'm just frustrated."

"I am too," Kent nods back to her. "But we are on the same team here, Sabine. And, neither one of us wants everyone to go jail."

"So, what now?"

"I wish I knew," he admits to her. "I wish I knew."

***

"I can't believe that they backed down just like that," Mac smiles to Lydia, who is standing in the living room of the Rockwell mansion, having just told her ex-husband about how she was able to even the score with Kent and Sabine. "This calls for a glass of champagne. We need to celebrate!"

"I told you that I wouldn't let them get away with this," Lydia tells him, as he pops open a cork and pours two glasses of champagne. "You really should have seen their faces though; they were shocked when I suggested that I would confess to corporate espionage."

"Kent must have lost it," Mac walks up to her and passes her a glass of champagne. "But, let's not discuss that now. This moment is about you and I, concurring the world the way we always have."

"I'll drink to that," Lydia purses her lips together.

"And, I can't believe that you're back on your feet. Cole got the charges dropped in that murder wrap. We have so blessed," he says before he takes a sip of his of champagne. "We are a great team, Lydia."

"Now I'm back," Lydia moves closer to him. "And, I'm not sure I ever want to leave again."

Mac licks his lips and looks at her. "I can't believe we are here. I meant it when I told you that I loved you, Lydia."

She smiles back to him. "I know you did," she tells him. "I meant it too."

He leans in and kisses her passionately on the lips. When they part, he looks into her eyes. "How about I take you upstairs and show you how much I love you."

Lydia giggles back to him. "I thought you'd never ask, MacKenzie."

***

"I can't believe this," Cole runs his hand over his face as he finishes listening to Houston tell him his theory about Tanner and Grant working together. Cole knows that Lex, who he has suspected was off for a while now, might be in the middle of a sick game that involves Tanner, because he knows that Grant has been out to get him since he showed up in Kelsey Lake. "If Tanner is working with Grant that means that he could be playing Lex for a fool. We have to find out the truth."

"That's what I have been thinking," Houston nods back in agreement. "I don't believe that it is sheer luck that I saw Grant in Tanner's hotel room. I think they know one another."

"Which means, Tanner could have been the one pushing this Dixie Ryan investigation on everyone," Cole tells him. "Maybe he is working with Garrett or something."

"Look, I've done my share of investigating, but I thought it was time I told you and your family," Houston replies to him. "I don't think I can do this on my own. We have to do something to find out the truth about what is going on here."

"I'm in," Cole tells him. "Thank you for telling me this. I will help you figure out the truth behind this."

"Well, isn't this cozy," a tipsy Stacey says to her brother and former fiancé as she approaches them. "You two look like you're best friends or something."

"Stace, I'm glad that you're here," Cole looks back at his sister. "We found something out, and we need your help."

Stacey chuckles back to him before she looks at Houston. "Have you convinced him to help you try to get me back? Because, I don't want any part of that!"

"It's not like that, Stacey. Not at all," Houston replies to her. "This is about your family. I tried to tell you the other night."

Stacey rolls her eyes back to him. "I told you I don't care. And, for the record, I don't remember you telling me anything."

"Stace, it's about Lex and Tanner," Cole looks back at her.

"I tried to tell you the other night, how do you not remember?" Houston asks her. "You were…you were a little drunk at the time. I guess that explains it."

"So, now you're my parent? You're going to monitor how much or little I drink?"

"No, but Stace you have been drinking a lot more than usual," Cole observes back to her. "But, really, I have to talk to you about what is going on with Lex. We think Tanner is playing him. We think Tanner is up to something."

"Well good luck with that Sherlock Holmes," Stacey slurs back to them. "Cause, I have more important things to do than to help you figure this mystery out."

Before Cole and Houston can reply, Stacey walks away from them. The two men look at one another, wondering what has gotten into her.

"She's not in a good place right now," Cole tells him. "But, we can worry about that later. We have to figure out what Tanner is up too."

"I agree," Houston nods back to him. "And, I'm hoping once we do, Stacey will be able to forgive me."

***

"Well, hopefully Lydia listened to you about your concerns about Lex," Marat Kafelnikov tells Celeste Baldwin as they sit across from one another at a table in the dining room of the country club. Marat just finished listening to Celeste tells him that she went to Lydia with her concerns about Lex talking to himself and repeating the name "Toby".

"I think she did," Celeste nods back to him. "She was skeptical at first, but I made her realize that her son's future could be at stake. I can say a lot of about Lydia, but she does care about her children."

"That's the truth," Marat chuckles back to her. "Mother's will always protect their children. Just like, you will with our baby."

Celeste puts her hand on her belly and smiles at Marat. "I can't wait to meet him or her."

"I know me either," Marat replies to her. "It will come quickly though."

"That's true; I guess I should enjoy getting the sleep while I can."

Marat chuckles back to her. "When is your next doctor's appointment? I'd love to come with you."

Before Celeste can reply, she looks up in amazement. "Give me your hand," she tells him as he passes her his hand. She places it on her belly. "Do you feel that?"

"What is that?"

"The baby," she looks at him. "It's kicking! Our baby is kicking me!"

Marat can't erase the smile on his face, amazed at what he is feeling right now. "I can't believe we made this creature together," Marat whispers back to her. "We did this, Celeste."

"I know," Celeste gets teary eyed. "We are going to be parents, Marat."

At the bar, Cole watches the scene unfold in front of him and he spins back around. He hates that he feels like his heart is in his throat right now; he thought after he beat the murder charge, he and Celeste would get back together, but seeing her with Marat now, he wonders if he missed the chance. Maybe they were never meant to be, he thinks to himself.

***

"I wasn't going to come, but I had too," Grant announces to Odette and Garrett as he walks into the living room of the Williams house living room. "I think you both owe me an explanation."

Odette turns around as she looks at the gun that Garrett just gave her; she knows that using it to kill Mac is the next phase of her plan. "Mr. Shaw," Odette purses her lips together. "You know, showing up here unexpectedly is risky. If anyone saw you."

"No one saw me," Grant replies to her. "How could you let Cole get away with this? My sister's death is going to go unpunished!"

"As I explained to Odette when I got here, I had no choice," Garrett tells him. "Mac Rockwell produced Dixie's body and ran an autopsy. If our autopsy results were any different than his, he would have known something was going on. We had no choice."

"There's always a choice!" Grant yells at him.

"Hey! That's enough," Odette moves up to Grant. "You will not come into my home and raise your voice, do you understand me?"

"Whatever," Grant waves his hand in the air. "Tanner and I, we want our money so we can drop this damn plot. We are out, do you hear me? We are out!"

"You'll get what's coming to you," Odette uneasily purses her lips together, as he spies the gun in her hand which causes him to gulp. "Don't worry; you will get everything you deserve."

***

Stacey stumbles through the hallway of the country club, unsure of where she actually is. She was so desperate to get away from Cole and Houston that she ran up the stairs of the club just to gain distance from them. But, now she feels like the walls a slightly spinning. She braces herself up against the wall for a moment and takes some deep breaths. She turns her head when she hears a hotel room door open; she feels her heart skip a beat when she needs Tanner emerge from his hotel room. She quickly remembers what Cole and Houston told her; that they believed Tanner was up to something. She arches her eyebrow when she sees Tanner walk the other direction from her. She scurries down the hallway and happens to stop his hotel room door from closing. She closes the door behind herself and deadbolts it closed.

"Are you hiding something?" she asks herself as she turns around and stumbles into the room. She catches herself from falling by bracing herself on the large bed. She takes some deep breathes. "Okay, get it together Stacey. You're not that drunk. You're fine. You're fine."

She stands up and looks around the room, wondering if she will be able to find something that will help her prove that Tanner is up to something. If he is, she has to figure it out because Lex's future could be at risk.

"If you're up to something, Tanner, I will find out," She whispers to herself. "I have to stop you."

She moves over to the end table and opens the draw and starts looking around but she doesn't see anything. She closes the drawer and moves over to the desk that is in the hotel room. She opens that drawer and pulls out an older phone. She looks at it and opens the flip phone. She looks under contacts and only sees one number.

"What is this?" she asks herself as she dials the number. She waits for a ring and freezes when she hears the voice on the other end.

"Tanner, what's up?" Garrett Owen says into the phone. "Tanner are you there? It's Garrett. What do you need?"

Stacey hangs up the phone in shock that Tanner has a burner phone with Garrett's number in it. "My God," she whispers to herself, as she starts putting the pieces together. "I think I know what's happening."

***

"That was weird," Garrett hangs up the phone and looks over at Odette. "Tanner called but didn't say anything."

"Maybe he pocket dialed you," Odette shrugs back to him. "Or maybe he was looking for Grant but he returned. Those two are becoming a problem."

"What are you going to do?"

"I'm going to have eliminate them," Odette replies to him. "But, before I do that, I need you to summon the Rockwell's to the mansion. It's time that I give them my final present. It's time that I make them all pay once and for all."

"I know what I have to do," Garrett tells her. "I'll do it now."

"Thank you, Garrett."

***

"Well, MacKenzie, you certainly have not lost your touch," Lydia runs her fingers over Mac's muscular chest as they lay in his king size bed, having just finished making love for the first time in years. She almost can't believe that they are back in this position again; after all they've been through, she never thought that they would get back together.

Mac chuckles back to her. "Neither have you," he winks back to her. "I hadn't realized how much I had missed you until just now."

Lydia grins back to him. "I had missed you too," she admits to him. "But, I realize this is why we had children together."

Mac leans in and kisses her passionately. "I never want you out of my bed again."

"I don't plan on leaving your bed any time soon."

"Good answer," Mac smiles back to her, as he hears his phone ping.

"Ugh, don't get it," Lydia pleads with him. "I'm enjoying our alone time right now."

"Me too," Mac rolls over and reaches for his phone. "But, it might be something about Rockwell Mining."

"Somethings never change," Lydia smirks back to him.

"That's odd," Mac looks back at her with surprise.

"What?"

"It's a message from Garrett," Mac replies to her. "He's summoned the entire family to a meeting downstairs in 30 minutes."

"What on earth for?"

"I have no idea," Mac jumps out of bed. "But we better shower and get ready. Who knows what he has in store of us now."

***

Twenty minutes later, the majority of the Rockwell's gather in the living room of the mansion, having all received the same cryptic note from Garrett Owen.

"I wish someone would explain what this is actually about," Cole says to his family. "I hope he hasn't found a way to overturn the murder charges."

"No, there's no way he," Mac replies to his son. "We won that battle."

"Yes, Cole, that nightmare is over," Lydia walks up to her son and hugs him.

Before Cole can reply, Lex moves into the living room. He looks around and feels the walls slightly spinning; he has no idea why, but he doesn't feel the greatest right now. Maybe, he realizes to himself, that he doesn't want to fight with Toby anymore.

"Oh Lex, darling," Lydia turns and sees her youngest son, immediately realizing Celeste telling her she is worried about Lex. "You're just in time. I was just about to pour a brandy. Would you like one?"

"Yes, thank you," Lex moves into the living room and up next to Cole.

"Hey, are you sure you're okay?" Cole asks his brother. "You look a little pale."

"I'll be fine," Lex waves his hand in the air. "It's just been a long day. Does anyone know what this is about?"

"No, but Garrett said he would be here by now, so we should find out shortly," Mac tells his family.

Just as Lydia passes around some brandies, Stacey moves into the living room. "Thank God you're all here," she announces to her family. "I have some news, and I think you're all going to want to listen to this."

Lex turns around and assumes that Stacey is Toby. "Not now Toby!" Lex yells back in frustration, as the rest of the family looks back at him in confusion. Lex looks at Toby, who moves closer to Lex.

"I didn't like how we left things," Toby tells Lex. "I thought we could talk."

"You thought we could talk now?" Lex asks him, as the family realizes that he is talking to himself because there is no one else in the living room. "Can't you see that I'm in the middle of a family meeting?"

"I am a part of your family now," Toby replies to Lex. "After everything we've been through, you have to admit that!"

Lydia looks over at Mac in horror as she realizes that Celeste was right about Lex. There is something very wrong with her son, but she has no idea what it is.

"I don't have to admit anything," Lex lashes out at him. "Look, Toby, I don't like what's happened between us. We…we are over, okay? I can't see you anymore. And I'm certainly not running away with you."

"Dad, what's happening? Who is Lex talking too?" Cole asks his father in a whisper, while they continue to watch Lex have a conversation with himself as Lydia moves over to them.

"I don't know, but this is most alarming," Mac replies to him.

"Celeste told me about this," Lydia advises them. "She was worried about him; I have no idea what is happening but we have to help him."

"You're not going to get rid of me that easily!" Toby grits his teeth to Lex as he approaches him. "You can't sleep with me and then throw me away like some used socks."

"Get away from me," Lex pushes Toby, which is really a table, causing it to flip over, which sends some glass wear smashing into the floor.

"Lex, that's enough, stop it!" Lydia moves up to her son, grabbing him and forcing him to look at her. "I don't know what's happened to you, but you have to snap out of it!"

Lex looks back at his mother and gets tears in his eyes. "I'm sorry," Lex whispers back to her. "He…he provoked me!"

"Who? There's no one here?" Lydia asks him as Lex looks around him and only sees his family; there's no sigh of Toby anywhere in the room.

"Where did he go? He was just here? He was just talking to me?" Lex asks him shock as a tear falls down his face. Lex falls to the ground and sits on it as more tears flow from his eyes. "What's happened to me? He was just right here. Toby was just right here."

Lydia looks up at Mac with concern, just as Garrett moves into the living room. "Ah, you're all here," he announces to everyone, as Stacey turns and glares at him.

"You're finally here," she tells him. "Good, because I Know what you've been up too. I've figured it all out."

"Have you now?" Garrett chuckles back to her. "Well, you get a gold star then."

"What the hell is this about Owen?" Mac spits back to him, trying to stay in control for Lex's sake.

"I have a surprise for you," Garrett grins back to him. "The person who has been pulling all the strings; the person who put Cole in jail, the person who got Stacey drinking more heavily, the person who has gaslighted Cole….they are here. They want to see you."

"What the hell are you talking about?" Lydia shrieks at him. "What have you done to Lex?"

"And, you made me drink more?" Stacey asks him in horror as she realizes that she had been played.

Suddenly, they hear a woman's laugh fill the room. They turn and see Odette Williams standing in front of them; the Rockwell's gasp in shock as they thought she was dead from the bombs weeks earlier.

"Odette," Mac whispers back to her in horror. He can't believe that she is alive and well. "You're supposed to be dead."

"Nothing gets by you Mac," she purses her lips together. "Except, I have something that will go through you."

Before Mac can reply, Lydia gasps as Odette pulls out a gun and aims it right at Mac's head. "It's time Mac," she tells him with intent in her eyes. "It's time I finish what I started. It's time for you to die."