Written by: Dallas Walsh

"I'm finally going to finish what I started," Odette Williams tells Mac Rockwell as she stands in the living room of his mansion pointing a gun at his head. The rest of Mac's family, his ex-wife Lydia Rockwell, his children, Cole, Lex and Stacey, and Odette's co-conspirator, Garrett Owen, are also in the living room, watching the scene unfold. The Rockwell's are still in shock as they just witnessed Lex have a breakdown as he was arguing with Toby Sinclair, who is a figment of his imagination. Garrett then revealed to them that he and Odette have been gaslighting Lex; they still don't know what the extent of it is, because Odette has a gun to Mac's head. "I'm going to kill you."

"You don't want to do this Odette," Mac puts his hands up and looks back at her, desperate to stop her. "Don't you remember your time in jail? Do you really want to go back there?"

Odette chuckles back to him. "If it means knowing that I rid the world of you, I'd go to hell and back," she tells him, loving seeing him squirm. "You don't seem to understand how much I detest you!"

"Why don't you tell us," Lydia chimes in, trying to bid some time. "Tell us what you've done to us. What have you done to Lex?"

Odette looks over at her and gets a sly grin on her face. "I wanted to make you pay, all of you pay. Not only did you kill my Bernie, but you also killed Jarek! Your family is toxic, all of you are toxic!"

"What did you do to my son?" Mac asks her.

Odette chuckles. "It's not just Lex, you fool! Who do you think planted the evidence against Cole to get those murder charges?" she asks him, as Cole runs his hand over his face shocked by her motives. "Who do you think pushed Stacey closer to the bottle? And yes, I've been gaslighting Lexington. A small dose of poison every day, and suddenly his new found friend, Toby, doesn't even exist," she cackles to them. "You see, he is the reason that my son is dead, so he had to pay, and now he has. I wanted all of you to suffer some of the pain that I have felt!"

"And, now you want to kill us?" Cole asks her. "What will that solve? It won't bring your husband or your son back."

"Shut up!" Odette yells back at him. "Nothing will bring back my family, I know that. But, I damn well know that I will be ridding this world of you monsters. You don't deserve to be alive, not after everything you've done!"

"Odette, just put the gun down," Mac tries to tell her. "Do you remember after we made love? You asked me for money. You wanted a buyout."

"And you rejected me," Odette glares back to him. "You laughed in my face."

"I was a fool," Mac tells her. "Let's talk about this. My cheque book is over there in my desk. Name your price, and we can all walk away from this."

Odette shakes her head in disgust. "Typical Rockwell," she whispers back to him. "Always trying to use your wealth to get what you want. But no more, it's over Mac. It is finally over!"

Mac feels his heart skip a beat when she points the gun back at him and she moves one step closer. "Say goodbye to your precious MacKenzie," Odette smiles back to the Rockwell's as she gets ready to pull the trigger.

***

"I've been looking everywhere for you," Tanner Young tells Grant Shaw as he opens the door to the hotel room and sees his lover standing over the bed with his suitcase open. Tanner has been trying to track down Grant, who left earlier in a huff because he learned that the murder charges against Cole had been dropped. He knows that he has to keep Grant calm, or he could risk everything that they have been working towards. "Where did you get off too?"

"I went to see Odette," Grant admits to him. "It wasn't pretty."

"What the hell do you mean you went to see Odette?" a stunned Tanner asks him. "What did you say?"

"I just asked her how she and Garrett could let Cole get away with killing my sister," Grant tells him. "My sister is still dead and everyone seems to want to forget that little fact!"

"No one is forgetting anything," Tanner moves closer to him. "I hope you didn't say or do anything to upset Odette."

"Wow," Grant looks back at him in surprise. "You're more concerned about that psycho then me?"

"No, it's not that…"

"Then what is it? Cause from my point of view, you're worrying about Odette and her reaction to me questioning her about Dixie instead of my feelings. My sister is dead, Tanner."

"I know, I know, and I'm sorry," Tanner puts his hands on Grant's shoulders. "You are what is important to me. I'm sorry if I didn't convey that."

"If you mean that then I think you should start packing."

"Why?"

"Because, the way Odette was speaking, I think she's going to dispose of us. I don't think she wants us to interferer anymore," Grant admits to him. "I think she will kill us. She had a gun, Tanner."

Tanner feels the blood drain from his face. If what Grant is saying is true, then all the work he did for Odette, and Garrett, would be for nothing because he hasn't been paid the way they promised him. "She said that?"

"Not in so many words," Grant reveals to him. "Just that we would get what we deserved. And, she had a gun while she was telling me this, why would she make sure I saw the gun if she wasn't going to use it?"

"Damnit!" Tanner yells in frustration. "She used me. She used us to get us to do her dirty work. She never had any intention of paying us. What a fool I was!"

"Don't beat yourself up," Grant tells him. "Just pack. We should get out Kelsey Lake before she knows we've left."

"And go where?"

"New York," Grant replies to him. "I have my apartment there. She's so focused on getting revenge; she won't waste her time coming to New York to find us."

"I hope you're right, Odette can get crazy when she's mad," Tanner tells him as he moves to grab his suitcase. "But you're right, the sooner we can get out of here, the better."

***

"You didn't seem like yourself when we spoke on the phone earlier, so I'm here with some chocolate eclairs from the little bakery that you love so much," Vivian Blackmore tells Kent Blackmore as she walks into the penthouse without knocking first. Kent looks up from his spot on the sofa and sees his ex-wife; he recalls how she called him earlier to see how he was doing, but since Lydia has, once again, moved out of the penthouse, he has been feeling blue. He can't believe that she was able to get the upper hand on him, and Sabine Andrew's. He really thought that they would make their relationship work this time.

"I wasn't expecting you to come rushing over," Kent stands up to see his ex-wife. "This is all uncalled for."

"Nonsense," Vivian purses her lips together. "We are friends, Kent. I know that we haven't always been able to say that, but we have grown closer again. And, when one of my friends needs me, I'm coming running. So, I hope you a sweet tooth today."

Kent chuckles back to her. "You know that I always have had a sweet tooth."

"I know you very well," she turns to face him. "That's why we were so good together, Kent. So, tell me, what's gotten you so upset? Why do you look like you've lost your best friend?"

Kent sighs and takes a sip of his brandy. "Lydia and I are over," he reveals to her as she looks up at him in surprise. "She's moved back out of the penthouse and back in with Mac."

"I can't keep track of that woman and whom she wants to be with," Vivian tells him, as she realizes how upset she he actually is. "Oh, Kent. I'm sorry. That was insensitive of me. Is there anything I can do?"

"You brought me sweets," he tries to put a smile on his face. "That must count for something."

Vivian moves up to him and pulls him into a hug. "You deserve so much better," she tells him as she holds him. "You don't need Lydia Rockwell, you never did."

Kent looks into her eyes as they exit their embrace. "How does it, you always know the right thing to say to me?"

Vivian licks her lips back to him. "Despite being divorced, I still know you better than anyone, Kent. Even Lydia."

"You are probably right about that."

Vivian looks into his eyes and then leans in and kisses him passionately on the lips. They part ways for a moment but he kisses her again. "Let me show you that you don't need her," Vivian moans as his lips reach her neck. "Make love to me, Kent."

***

"Are you packed?" Grant asks Tanner as he zips up his suitcase. "I can call us an uber to take us to the airport if you are."

Tanner looks over at him as he folds one of his sweaters into his bag. "Yea, almost," Tanner replies to him. "I just have to get my toiletries and we can go."

"Okay, I'll order the uber. It'll probably take 10 minutes to get here."

"Sounds good," Tanner rushes into the washroom. When he comes out he looks at Grant. "You really want to do this? You want to leave town together?"

"Of course," Grant nods back to him. "I know that we aren't getting the pay day from Odette that we thought we were, but I still have my job at the mine; we'll be fine. You can get a job in New York as a photographer. Are you sure you want to leave with me?"

"I wouldn't want to leave without you," Tanner comes up to him and kisses him. "I'm sorry about earlier. I really am."

"Don't worry about it," Grant tells him. "Okay, let's head down stairs. Our uber should be here soon."

They open the door and stop in their tracks as two police officers stand in the hallway. "Going somewhere?" one of the police officers ask as he moves up closer to Tanner and Grant. "You two, you're Tanner Young and Grant Shaw?"

"We are," Grant replies to him. "Why do you care?"

"Because, you're under arrest for conspiracy. Anything you say and will be used against you in a court of law."

***

"Odette, please, don't do this," Stacey pleads with the crazed mad woman, whom is still pointing a gun at Mac. She can feel her heart in her throat seeing a gun pointed at her father. "You don't want to do this!"

"Shut up, you lush," Odette grits her teeth together. "No one or nothing is going to stop me from killing Mac!"

Just then, a large glass vase crashes over Odette's head! Her body crumbles to the ground, as the Rockwell's gasp in shock and awe. Lucinda Rockwell stands over Odette's body and looks back at her family as they gasp in shock.

"What the hell, Mom?" Mac asks his mother, whom he believed was supposed to be at Avondale because she was in a vegetable state after the fire in her mansion. "Are you okay? How did you get out of the hospital? How is any of this happening?"

Before Lucinda can say anything, Garrett rushes up and grabs Odette's gun. He manages to then grab Lucinda and puts her in headlock. "If anyone moves, I'm going to kill her," Garrett spits at them. "Odette? Can you hear me? Odette!"

"She's not going to wake up any time soon," Lydia replies to him as she looks at Mac. "She was knocked out good."

"Don't hurt my mother," Mac warns him. "Garrett, we can talk about this! How is my mother even standing here right now?"

"I'm back Mac," Lucinda manages to tell him, still in a strangle hold. "I'm okay!"

"Don't you dare hurt my Grandmother!" Cole shouts at Garrett.

"Odette and I uncovered some information about Dr. Chen," Garrett informs them. "We blackmailed him into telling everyone that Lucinda was a vegetable, but we were drugging her to keep her out of our way. We knew that she would be meddling in our business, so we removed her."

"You son of a bitch," Mac fumes back to him. "Do you know what you've done to this family?"

"Like Odette said," Garrett replies to him. "We are tired of you guys getting away with everything. Those days are over, starting with Lucinda."

"Please, let me go," Lucinda tries to squirm out of his clutches. "I'm begging you!"

"Never," Garrett pulls her into a tighter lock as Lucinda screams a little. "Now, if anyone moves, she dies. Do I make myself clear?"

***

Kent steps out of the shower and starts to dry himself off with a white towel. He can't believe that he and Vivian just finished making love; they haven't been intimate in so many years, he had forgotten the kind of woman she is in the bedroom. And, her company was exactly what he needed to help him get over the fact that Lydia has left him.

"Funny how things work out," he whispers to himself as he towels off. He looks up in alert when he hears a knock on his front door down stairs. He wraps the towel around his waist and rushes towards the front door, wondering if Vivian has forgotten something.

He opens the door with a grin on his face. "Couldn't stay away, huh?" he asks, immediately feeling flushed as he sees Sabine standing on the other side of the door. "Sorry, I thought you were someone else."

"Apparently," she purses her lips together as she walks into the penthouse. "But, you are happy to see me, aren't you?"

"Uh, sure?" Kent closes the door behind her and turns to face her. "I was just getting out of the shower. I'll be right back?"

"What is the rush?" she asks him as they lock eyes. "I was moving into the club and I couldn't help but think of something."

"What's that?"

"The kiss that we shared a couple of weeks ago," she admits to him. "And then, as I was unpacking, I remembered how Mac didn't seem to like me in my red lingerie."

"Why did you come here?" he asks her, intrigued by her choice of conversation.

Sabine slowly undoes the knot in her trench coat and lets it fall off her body, revealing the same red, lacy, lingerie that she wore for Mac the night she tried to seduce him. "Do you like my outfit?"

Kent slowly nods back to her as he licks his lips. "You look beautiful Sabine," he tells her.

She moves up to him and runs her finger over his muscular chest. "If Mac and Lydia want to be together, they should be. But that doesn't mean that you and I can't find happiness…"

"What are you suggesting?'

Sabine moves up to him and kisses him passionately. When their lips part ways, she looks at him. "Make love to me, Kent. Make me feel like a woman."

Kent kisses her passionately again and lifts her into his arms. They continue to kiss as he carries up her the stairs, heading to the bedroom.

***

"Mom, are you okay? Tell me that you're okay!" Mac ignores Garrett's words that he's going to kill them. He can't believe that Lucinda is walking around acting, almost, like her old self. This is just the latest of events that have left him rocked to his very core.

Lucinda squirms a little in Garrett's arms. "I realized that Odette was drugging me," she manages to say in between some deep breaths. "So, I stopped taking the medication. I spat out the pills when Dr. Chen wasn't looking."

"Clever woman," Garrett sneers at her. "But, not clever enough!"

"Dr. Chen is in on this?" Stacey gasps in another surprise twist.

"Please, Garrett, she's a helpless old woman, she's not going to do anything to you!" Lydia pleads with him.

"Yea man, take me instead," Cole moves a little closer to him, offering himself instead of Lucinda.

"Don't move another muscle," Garrett points the gun at Cole. "I have my hostage; I just have to wait until Odette wakes up!"

"She was knocked out; she's not going to wake up!" Stacey shrieks at him. "She might be dead for all we know!"

Before anyone can say anything else, Odette starts moving on the floor a little bit as she moans out in pain. She, then, slowly opens her eyes. "Jesus," she says as she puts her hand on her head and sees some blood. "What…what happened?"

"This old broad knocked you out," Garrett tells her. "Can you get up? Will you be okay?"

"You bitch," Odette looks back at Lucinda as she slowly stands up. She almost stumbles over, but she catches herself on the end table. "I'll be fine. I didn't miss anything did I? I can still kill Mac?"

"You can," Garrett nods back to her. "Here, take the gun. But kill him. Do it now!"

***

"What kind of bogus charges are conspiracy?" Tanner asks the police detective on the other side of his desk. Tanner and Grant are both seated next to one another in handcuffs, still reeling from the fact that they were arrested when they were trying to leave town.

"We had an anonymous tip that you two have been conspiring against the Rockwell's," the detective replies to him. "We are looking into all the claims."

"This is such bullshit," Grant tells him quickly. "The fact of the matter is, Odette Williams is alive and well and she has been working to get revenge on the Rockwell's."

"Odette Williams is alive and well?" the detective asks him as he leans forward in his chair. "Are you certain of this?"

"Yes, we are," Tanner nods back to them. "She's been staying at her old house; the one that was abandoned after she went to jail. You can search the property and find signs that she was there, I'm certain of it."

Before anyone can respond to anything, the door opens and another officer brings Dr. Chen into the room. Tanner and Grant look at the doctor for a moment.

"What the hell is he doing here?" Tanner asks the police.

"He's also been charged," the police officer replies to him.

"This is all Odette Williams' doing," Dr. Chen tells the officer as he sits next to Tanner. "We are her victims as well. She has to be stopped!"

The detective looks over at his co-worker. "Send a squad car there now, but warn them that Williams could be armed and should be considered very dangerous."

***

Odette slowly regains her composure as she looks at Garrett, who is still holding Lucinda in his arms. "You make sure this bitch dies after," she tells him as she grabs the gun from him. "Because no one attacks me and gets away with it. You hear that you crazy bitch!"

The Rockwell's collectively gasp again as Odette points the gun towards Mac. "Now, it's time you die once and for all, Mac!"

Behind Cole and Stacey, Lex, who had been sitting on the floor following his mental break down, slowly stands up looking dazed and confused. "Toby, I told you to stay away from me!" he suddenly shouts, causing the family to turn around and look at him.

"Lex, not now," Lydia tries to tell her son. She knows the timing of Lex's latest episode could not be worse.

"No Mom, I have to tell Toby to leave me alone," he says walking out from behind the family, causing Odette to grin as she is still thrilled that she has gaslighted the youngest Rockwell. "Wait, Toby. Who are you with?"

Lex looks behind Odette into a dead space of the room. "Jarek?" he calls out. "Jarek is that really you? God, I missed you. You have no idea how much I've missed you."

"You shut your mouth, boy!" Odette yells at him, fuming at Lex mentioning her beloved son's name.

"He's not in his right mind!" Lydia replies to her. "He's seeing things that aren't there because of you! Don't you dare hurt him anymore than you already have!"

"Jarek, I miss you so much," Lex looks into the blank space. "I know none of this was your fault, or mine, but I want you to come back to me. Wait, what?"

He stops and looks at Odette. "He is telling me to tell you that you're in the wrong," he tells her. "He doesn't want you to hurt anymore people. Jarek wants peace."

"Don't you dare tell me what my son wants or doesn't want!"

"He is telling you to give me the gun," Lex reaches out to her. "He wants this to all be over. Once and for all."

Odette feels her eyes swell with water as she thinks about her son.

"Do it, Odette!" Lex shouts at her. "Put the gun down!"

Her hand wobbles a little and she moves the gun to face the floor. The Rockwell's breathe a sigh of relief, but Mac quickly leaps towards Odette and tackles her down. "You son of a bitch," Odette shouts as they start to wrestle for the gun.

"You're not going to hurt my family, never again," Mac tells her as they continue to try fight for control of the gun. Suddenly, the gun goes off, and the crowd gasps back in horror as both Mac and Odette stop moving. Mac slowly rolls over on to his back, his shirt covered in blood; Odette's blood.

"Mac!" Lydia screams as she rushes up to him. "Are you okay? Mac!"

"I'm…I'm fine," he looks back at her before he leans up and looks at Odette. "She's dead."

"No! Odette! Odette!" Garrett releases control of Lucinda and rushes up to the woman laying on the ground in a pool of blood. "Please, come back to me."

Lucinda, meanwhile, rushes over into Lex and Stacey's arms, as they hold her, thrilled that she's not hurt.

Cole, then, comes up behind Garrett and grabs him, causing Garrett to shout out. "What the hell?"

"It's over," Cole spits back. "Call the police, Garrett will be spending the rest of his life behind bars."

***

"Lex claimed to have faked seeing Jarek to help us," Lydia tells Mac as they wait in the hospital for Lex to get a clean bill of health. After the police arrived to arrest Garrett and to take Odette's body away, the Rockwell's rushed to the hospital to ensure Lex and Lucinda were okay. They still can't believe everything that has happened in the last few hours.

"I know," Mac nods back to her. "And thank God he did. Odette hearing Jarek's name is what helped us get out of that mess. He's such a smart kid."

"I just hope he's okay," Lydia tells him. "I don't know what I would have done …."

"Hey, don't talk like that. It's over, it's finally over. Lex and my mother, they will be okay. We couldn't have come this far if everything wasn't going to work out."

Before Lydia can reply, Stacey moves into the waiting room. "Mom, Dad," she comes up and hugs them. "I can't believe what we just went through."

"I know baby," Lydia holds her as she cries a little. "But it's over. It's really over this time."

"I can't believe that she got me drinking more," Stacey admits to them as they exit their embrace. "I will stop, I promise I will."

"Good, I was worried about you when I heard that," Mac replies to her. "We can't let Odette win, Stacey. That's the last thing we can let happen."

"I know, I know," Stacey tells them. "I realize now that I have to make some changes in my life. I have to see Houston and Marat. I have to settle this once and for all."

***

"Cole, my God, I heard about the hostage crisis, are you okay?" Celeste Baldwin rushes down the hallway towards her ex-fiancé, after she heard about what happened in the Rockwell mansion. While she and Cole aren't together anymore, she does still care about him and she would never want anything bad to happen to him.

"I'm fine," Cole replies to her. "Odette, though, she's dead. For real this time. And, Lex, he's been gaslighted. He was seeing things that weren't real."

"That's why I heard him talking to Toby," she nods back to him, putting the pieces together. "I can't believe Odette did all of this. She was a sick woman."

"Part of me actually felt bad for her," Cole admits to her. "When she was talking about losing her husband and her son, it made me realize why she snapped. She lost more than most people lose in a life time."

"You never cease to amaze me," Celeste smiles back to him. "This woman just put your family through hell and you have sympathy for her. You have changed."

"I'm trying too," he nods back to her. "I'm really trying to be a better person."

"Well, it's a good look on you."

"You know what else was a good look on me?" he asks her. "You. I still love you, Celeste. I know we've been through a lot together, but I can't imagine my life without you. Say you feel the same?"

Celeste puts her head down and looks at her slightly larger belly. "I care about you too," she finally looks back up at him. "Of course, I do. But, Cole, I'm pregnant with Marat's baby, and this baby, he or she has to come first."

"What are you saying?"

"I have to go back to Moscow with Marat," she reveals to him. "He has to run the Kremlin Diamond, and until the baby is born, I'm going to be with him. He deserves to be with me while I'm pregnant. He deserves to be there every step of the way."

"I understand," Cole admits to her. "I know how much of a miracle this child is."

"Thank you," Celeste lets a tear fall down her cheek. "Always remember that I do love you, Cole. But, I have to put my baby first."

Cole pulls her into a hug. "Nothing will take away from our love, Celeste. Nothing ever will."

***

At the Rockwell mansion, Stacey looks in the living room as some of the staff finishes cleaning up the mess that remains in the space. She moves inside the living room as the maid finishes sweeping.

"Thank you Ingrid," she tells the maid as she rushes out of the room. "This all has to end now. We have to change going forward."

"Stacey," a voice calls out causing her to turn around and look at her husband. "I heard about what happened. Are you okay?"

"Oh Marat," Stacey rushes into his arms and hugs him. "I was so scared, but it's over. It's finally over."

"I'm glad that you're okay. I was worried about you when I heard about Odette."

"She's crazy," Stacey shakes her head back to him. "But she's gone. She's dead. She's really dead this time."

"If I can do anything to help you get through this…"

"Just knowing I have your support is all I need," she purses her lips together. "How are you?"

"I'm fine," Marat nods back to her. "Actually, I came here to give you something."

Stacey arches her eyebrow as he pulls a folder out of her briefcase and passes it to her. "Our divorce papers, I signed them."

"You did?" Stacey asks him in surprise as she opens the folder and sees his signature on the documents. "I can't believe this."

Marat shrugs back to her. "You told me this is what you wanted," he replies to her. "And I, I have to get back to Moscow, so I thought I would grant you your wish. I still love you, Stacey, but I understand that we can't go back and change things. So, this is goodbye. Not forever, but at least for right now because I'm not sure how long I will be gone."

"What about Celeste and the baby?"

"She's coming with me," Marat reveals to her, as Stacey feels a part of her heart get incredibly sad. "I'm not sure how long she will stay, but she wants me to be there for the pregnancy and the birth of the baby."

"I think that's for the best," Stacey admits to him. "Because, this entire situation, it made me realize that I have to make changes in my life. But Marat, you changed my life. I hope you know that. You pulled me out the darkest time in my life, and for that, I'll never forget you."

Marat smiles back to her as he leans in and kisses her on her lips. "I'll always love you, Stacey."

She doesn't respond as he moves away to grab his back and leaves the room. Stacey touches her lips with her hand and shuts her eyes for a moment. "Stacey," a voice calls out, causing her to turn around and open her eyes. "I came as soon as I heard."

"Houston," Stacey looks at her ex-fiancé. "I'm glad you're here."

"Are you? I wasn't sure. But I had to see for myself that you're okay."

Stacey walks up to him and kisses him passionately. "I love you," she whispers back to him as their lips part. "I'm sorry I pushed you away, but I won't do that anymore. I love you and want to be with you. If you'll have me."

Houston smiles back to her as he picks her up and twirls her around. "Of course I'll have you," he tells her. "I've longed to hear you say those words, Stacey. I love you too! I really, really do!"

***

Cole slowly opens the door to Lex's hospital room and moves inside up to his brother's bed. Lex looks over at his brother. "Hey, how are you feeling?"

"I'll be back to normal in no time," Lex replies to him. "I'm glad I came to when I did so I could tell Odette I was seeing Jarek."

"We all thought you were seeing him," Cole winks back to him. "If you ever want a new profession, acting might be in your future."

"Nah, I'll stick to business."

"Look Lex," Cole tells him. "I know we've had a rocky go of it lately, but how about a truce. After everything we've just been through, let's put this all behind us and move forward. What do you say?"

"I say that sounds great," Lex smiles back to him. "We have to be united again."

Cole leans in and hugs his brother. "I'm glad you feel that."

Before Lex can reply, the hospital room door opens and Mac and Lydia appear. "Well look at this," Mac smiles moving into the room. "Our sons are getting along again?"

"We have agreed to put the past behind us," Cole looks at his family. "It's time the Rockwell's stand in unity. For good this time."

"Here, here," Lydia smiles back to her sons.

***

The following morning, the family stands in the main office of the Rockwell Mining building, as Lucinda pours coffees for everyone.

"Mother, I wish you'd let me help you with that," Mac comes up to her and gives her half a hug.

"I was drugged and held against my will," Lucinda replies to him. "But, I'm perfectly capable of pouring some coffees for everyone. I'm just glad that I'm here with my family so I can do something."

"Me too, I love you mother," Mac tells her as he kisses her forehead.

"Okay, I think we are all here, what was this meeting about?" Stacey asks her father, as Mac joins Lydia behind the desk.

"This meeting is to announce that Rockwell Mining must continue to grow and get stronger," Mac tells everyone. "The work Cole and Lex did with the rare diamonds in the Kelsey Lake mine was exceptional as we were able to get some rare diamonds from the wild life perserve, but we are going to have to find new, bold ways to work and to present our work. Now, Lydia and have a short getaway planned, but when we return, we will expect each and every one of you to present new ideas on how we can move into the future."

"Why is this the first time I'm hearing about this getaway?" Lucinda asks him.

"Grandma, stay calm, it's fine," Lex winks over at her. "Mac is a big boy, he doesn't need protection anymore. Least of all from Lydia."

Lucinda chuckles back to him. "I suppose you're right."

"We will be gone a couple of days," Lydia chimes in. "But like Mac said, we all need to put our heads together to ensure Rockwell Mining drives the diamond business in the unforeseen future. Can we all do that?"

The family nods back in unison. "Of course we can," they say unevenly together.

***

"Well, darling, I told you that you and Stacey would end up together, didn't I?" Vivian takes a sip of her champagne cocktail as she sits at the bar in the country club next to Houston. He just finished telling his mother that he and Stacey got back together and she couldn't be happier for her son because she knows how much he cares for Stacey.

"You did tell me that," Houston smiles back to her. "I don't know Mom, it really feels like this time we made it. I really think Stacey and I will always the future we were always meant to have now."

"I couldn't be happier for you," Vivian replies to him. "This is exactly what you deserve."

"Well, what about you?" Houston asks her. "When are you going to find your happiness?"

Vivian pauses as she thinks back to making love to Kent. "Don't you worry about that," she tells him. "I think I have found my happiness. It's just a matter of me going after it."

Houston chuckles back to her. "That means you'll get it, Mom. You always get what you want."

"I'm glad someone has finally realized that," she winks back to him, her mind already wondering to how she can ensure she and Kent reunite.

***

"Three times in a row, you must have wanted me for some time," a naked Sabine smiles over to Kent as they lay in the king size bed in the master bedroom of the penthouse. They haven't been able to keep their hands off one another since she arrived to seduce him, which is perfect because she wanted Kent for some time now.

"You're a beautiful woman," Kent replies to her. "You deserve to be shown how beautiful you are, over and over again."

She giggles as she leans over and looks at him. "Do you really think we could make this work?"

"I don't see why not," Kent looks back at her. "We are both adults. We are both attracted to one another. What's to stop us?"

"Lydia? Mac?" she asks him back.

"They threw us to the curb; we can do whatever we want now. And, I want to do you," he smiles back to her.

"Well, how about I come to Blackmore Ltd. I could help you in the bedroom and in the office," she tells him. "Together, we could make sure Blackmore Ltd. stays ahead of Rockwell Mining in the industry."

Kent grabs her and throws her on top of him kissing in her in the process. "I love the way you think," he tells her as their lips part. "Together, we can make a great team making sure they never get the upper hand."

***

TULUM, MEXICO

"By the power invested in me," a minister announces on the beach as the waves crash into the white sand and the sun sets behind the ocean, to Lydia and Mac who are facing one another with smiles on their face. Lydia is wearing a simple white dress and Mac is in a white button up shirt that is flowing in the wind. "I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss your bride."

Mac leans in and kisses Lydia on the lips. They part ways and look over at the minister. "Thank you," Mac tells him. "That will be all; we are going to walk for a while."

Lydia grabs his hand and they start walking down the beach as the waves crash into their feet. "How do you think the children will react to finding out we are married again?"

"I'm sure they will be happy for us," Mac replies to her. "Deep down, they must have known that we'd end up together."

"Do you really think so?" Lydia asks him. "We have been through so much, MacKenzie. I don't know that I thought this was possible."

"I love you, Lydia," he looks at her as they stop walking. "Together, we will make sure our family continues to thrive. Nothing will ever change that."

Lydia smiles back to him and leans in and kisses him again. "I love you too, Mr. Rockwell."

"Come on, let's go back to the hotel room so I can show you all night long how happy I am that you're my wife again," he winks as they start to run back to their hotel room, and the sun continues to set into the ocean behind them.