They were going to arrest him . . . he should have let them do their job but no. He couldn't let Bob be free just in case he spilled Norma's secret. No, it had to be done. He couldn't live with himself if he let that piece of shit run or get caught. He warned him and went to where he knew Bob would run. Walking out behind him they had a short conversation that ended with three bullets into his rotten body. Two to the chest and one to the throat. Alex watched him die as he pushed aside what Bob had told him about becoming his father.

"This is what is best" Alex said as he put his gun into his holster. He clear any evidence that he was there and left to anonymously call in the body. The gun he had bought from another town's pawn store and he made sure to dispose of it where it would never be found. A sigh of relief escaped his lips as he drove over to Norma's house. It had been a few days since their fight over Bradley but everything seemed to be going fine between the two.

Norma opened the door with a smile on her face as she let Alex in. "Hey Sheriff, everything okay?"
"It's fine . . Norma, we need to talk" Alex said rushing them both inside her house.

"Oh, that is never good" She said softly as they walked to the couch.

"It isn't that bad or at least I hope it isn't" Alex prayed silently to himself that Norma would find it to be good news about Bob rather report him.

Norma was about to ask what happened when her cell went off. She answered it and starred at Alex in disbelief. "Dylan, are you sure it is the right guy? Oh my God. Thanks for telling me" She hung up the phone and looked at Alex saying "Someone killed Bob Paris! They just found his body down by the dock."

Alex nodded his head yes.

"And you knew? Alex . . . did you?"

He explained the situation. How they were going to arrest him and charge him for the drug ring, but Alex was worried Bob Paris would squeal about Norma and Norman so he did something about it. That he knew Bob would run to hos fancy boat and go somewhere else. Start a new life. Be happy. Yet he would have these secrets with him and could give them away. No, Alex couldn't let that happen. The crime scene left no traces that he had ever been there. As far as anyone would know? It was probably a very pissed off druggie or even a drug lord. God knows they had an abundant amount of those in White Pine Bay. He had to protect his family from harm and Alex knew he would do ANYTHING to keep them safe. Tears began to fall from Norma's eyes as Alex moved closer to her and kissed her forehead.

"Please, don't tell anyone."

"Alex, I won't. Th-this has to be one of the nicest things someone has done for us. I know that sounds morbid, but I mean it . . . Most people here or anywhere have never given a shit about this family like you do."

A fire ignited in his soul as he bent forward and kissed her lips. Whispering to Norma he said

"I did it for you, Norma. Everything I do? It's all for you".