AN: For those reading this story for the first time, please skip this note. For those that have been reading, sorry for the confusion. I suddenly realized I had more chapters written than posted. Sorry for the confusion!

##### house in the woods, Thursday #####

Sam was up at 0400 as usual and was restless. He desperately wanted to go for a run, but he knew Tolie would never let him out of his sight. He laid on the floor and started doing sit ups. After 100, flipped over and did 100 push ups. He looked at the clock, 0430. He stood and looked out the window, the itch to run becoming a burning when he saw how nice of a day it was already. He put on his sneakers and sweatshirt and walked quietly through the house. He could her Tolie snoring through the wooden door to the master bedroom.

He walked outside and stretched his muscles readying them. He was going to run whether Tolie liked it or not. He started out slowly, but increased his pace after three trips around the house. After his fourth trip around, he detoured and followed the tree line around the property making a half mile loop.

While he ran he considered his options. The phone had rung and beeped several times last night. He silently hoped that the team was getting worried and would start looking for him. When he had used the laptop he made sure to leave a trail for Spike to follow. He knew Spike was very smart and tech savvy so he would see that a search had been run and trace it.

The problem was the current predicament. They didn't know that he was out here in the middle of nowhere. And, he didn't know Tolie's full plan. He figured they were going to at least stake out the address he found and verify it was Teresa. If it is, he knew it could get very bad. Especially if Tolie wanted revenge on her for cheating and taking his child away. The trail he left for Spike would lead him to Teresa.

It was most likely they would go to Teresa and take her into protective custody at that point. Get her and the child out of harm's way. Tolie would be very angry if they showed up at the house and Teresa and Elaina were gone. Tolie would be very careful about entering her house. He wouldn't fall for a decoy. No, they'd have to at least have Teresa seen in the home. But the team wouldn't know Tolie is ex-JTF2.

If it went sideways, he knew Tolie would make good on his threat to the team. What a mess he'd gotten himself into. What if they thought he was involved? Would they believe him when he told them? Could he tell them? He didn't know if he could. He'd have to tell them about Matty. Oh how they'd look at him then. They'd never trust him. Matt had trusted him and Sam had killed him. Would the team still believe he had their backs and not a target on their backs?

They'd have to be sure to capture Tolie. If he got away.. Sam shuddered at the thought. As he made another loop past the house, Tolie appeared on the back porch. Sam stopped at the porch.

"Don't you ever sleep in?" Tolie grumbled.

"No. Off the rack at 0400 for a run, no exceptions." Sam shrugged.

Tolie tapped his cane on the floorboards. "Well maybe one." He smiled cynically. The first month after he got out he barely slept so he was working out to keep himself busy. Then he'd met Teresa. He learned the value of sleeping in and just holding her close. He still did workouts and pt, but he had other things to occupy his mind and time.

Sam nodded. Everything came back to that didn't it? "What's the plan Tolie? We go stake out the house, make sure it's her and that's it right? You file for custody here and I go."

"Forever the planner and strategizer." Tolie smiled and shook his head. "When I want you to know, you'll know. Now take this and bury it somewhere." He threw Sam his phone. "I'm sick of listening to it's incessant noise."

Sam kept his face passive and nodded. Did Tolie just give him an opening? He had to think quick. What could he text quickly that would tell them they had to use Teresa as bait. Would they do it? He knew Ed would say it's too risky, but if they didn't, Tolie would know and they wouldn't catch him. Who knew what would happen then. He started to jog to cool off and heard Tolie say behind him, "you've already been running for 3 hours. Just bury it and get in here."

"Ok." Sam made sure to keep his back to Tolie while he flipped open the phone. He punched in Ed's number and texted, "Must use Teresa as bait. Set trap. I am ok." He hit send and prayed that Ed would listen to him for once.

##### Greg's car on the way to SRU HQ #####

Ed heard his phone chirp indicating a text incoming. He looked at Greg and pulled out his phone. It was from Sam. "It's Sam." Ed read the text to Greg.

"Who's Teresa? Set trap? What is going on?" Greg asked confused.

"I don't know. Hopefully Ken and Team Two have some answers." Ed frowned at the message. "Greg, why would he send it to me? Why not you? You're the leader."

"I was just thinking the same thing." He looked at Ed. The message was meant specifically for Ed. Realization dawned on him. "Eddie, would you ever use an intended target as bait to catch a subject?"

"What? No of course not! You know better…" Ed realized why Sam sent it to him. "And so does Sam. He knows I wouldn't do that but for some reason he's telling us we have to."