Jeff wasn't prepared for what he saw when he and Matt broke through the trees into a clearing. There was his Sam on the ground with a guy sitting on her back, choking her. He took off running at full speed. "GET OFF!" Jeff yelled as he approached Billy. Billy looked up shocked anyone else was there. He went to stand up but Jeff knocked him down. Jeff couldn't see straight anymore. He let his anger come out through his fist. He hit Billy in the face and when Billy tried blocking Jeff's fist from his face Jeff hit Billy in the stomach. "You will pay for what you have done. I will make you pay," Jeff said as he kept hitting. Billy was no longer moving around. Jeff stood up and stared at Billy. He looked back to where Matt was bent over Sam. Jeff grabbed his hurting side as he knelt down beside Sam. Matt had turned her over on her back and covered her up with his shirt. "Her breathing is shallow and she will not respond when I call to her. We need to get her out of here now," Matt said. Jeff saw the bruises and scrapes on her skin and felt like crying. 'How could I have let her get this hurt?' he thought sadly. He took her hand. "Sam," he whispered in her ear. He stroked her hair. "Come on, Sam, wake up," he said. "Please open your eyes and let me know you are okay," he said. Her eyes fluttered open. "Jeff," she said barely audible. Tears coming to her eyes. "I am here now. Everything is going to be okay," he said. He scooped her up in a hug.
"None of you are going to be okay," Billy said. They all turned and looked. Billy was standing where Jeff had left him. He was holding a knife in his hand. He was swaying and unsteady on his feet. Matt stood up between Billy and his brother. "No, man, you are the one that is not going to be okay if you don't drop that knife now," he said. Sam was shaking in Jeff's arms. He held onto her tighter. "It's okay. Your nightmare ends today," he whispered in her ear while rubbing on her back. Sam looked at Jeff's shirt and noticed blood. "Your wound," she said. He looked. "It's nothing," he said. He stood up beside his brother. Sam stayed on the ground behind them both. "You deserve to die for taking her from me," Billy said. "I can't take what is not yours," Jeff said. "She was TOO! She was mine. All mine. I can't let any of you live," Billy yelled. He lunged at Jeff with the knife. Matt caught his wrist, twisting his arm. Billy yelled out as he dropped the knife. Jeff hit Billy in the stomach as hard as he could. Billy wheezed as Matt let him fall to the ground.
Sirens sounded in the woods. "Now the calvalry decides to show up," Matt said sarcastically. Jeff went over to Sam. "Can you stand?" he asked as he held his hands out to her. She shook her head yes and took his hands. He pulled her to her feet. Jeff helped Sam put on Matt's shirt so she wouldn't be topless when the cops arrived. Then he pulled her into a hug. "I am so happy to see you," he said. She grabbed onto him. "Not as happy as I am," she said. Matt put his arms around the both of them. "I am just happy all over," he said. Sam laughed. She smiled at Jeff. It felt so good to laugh again. Matt walked over to the police cars that pulled up and filled them in on what happened. The police took Billy into custody. Sam sighed as the car drove off with him in the back of it. Jeff's arms tightened around her waist. "It's over," she said. "It's finally over." He turned her to face him. "Now we can finally begin," he said as he planted a soft kiss on her lips.