Ted drove to Randy's house and knocked on the door. Carley opened the door and was shocked to see Ted standing there.
"Ted."
"Hey, I heard about what happened. I'm sorry about Julie."
"Yeah, it was quite a shock. But I'm holding up I guess. These last few months have been so hard." Carley said. "
"I can imagine. You've been through a lot. First the car accident and losing the baby and now this." He pulled her into a hug. "I can only imagine what you must be feeling. What you must be going through." He said as he pulled back and tried to kiss her. She pulled away. "What? I'm still not good enough for you? You'd still rather have Orton?"
"I think you should go." She said turning and walking toward the front door.
"It must be devastating. To find out your boyfriend and your best friend had been fucking for months behind your back." He said as he walked up behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist.
Carley froze and turned to look at him. The reports had only said Julie had died and that a suspect had been taken into custody.
"How...how did you know that's what the police thought?"
"Wonder how the precious watch you bought him for his birthday got next to Julie's body? I slipped and told a friend what gym John and Randy went to. See, it was all a part of the plan. Wade gets Julie out of the way and her money and we make it look like Randy did it."
"And what do you get out of all this?"
"You."
Carley backed away from him. They had planned Julie's murder and framing Randy. Why would someone go that far?
Julie sat in the bedroom of the cabin reading. She was not allowed to use the computer or her cell phone for the risk. She hated that she couldn't contact anyone. She desperately wanted to hear John's voice. She wanted to know what was going on. She sighed and headed downstairs. She saw Chris and Adam sitting on the sofa.
"Are you okay?" Chris asked her when she came downstairs. He was worried something was wrong with the baby.
"Yeah, I just...do we know how much longer I will be here?"
"I don't know." Chris replied. "Until they get Wade and Ted to confess to everything I guess."
"Okay." She said heading into the kitchen. She was craving some ice cream. She wished she knew how everything was going with things.
Justin, Kofi and Mason Ryan busted through the door with their guns drawn. "Ted DiBiase Jr., you are under arrest as an accessory to conspiracy and solicitation to commit murder." Justin said as Kofi and Mason handcuffed Ted and hauled him out of the house. He turned to Carley. "Are you okay?" She nodded.
"How did you know he'd be here?"
"Come down to the station with me and I will explain everything." She nodded and grabbed her things heading out to the car. Justin made a phone call to John. "We got them." John said he'd meet them at the station. Justin hung up and then called Chris and Adam. They said they'd be on their way. He then called Matt and gave him the go ahead to bring Wade in too.
Chris hung up and turned to Adam. "Let's go home." Adam nodded and headed upstairs to get Julie.
Julie had just sat down on the bed when she heard a knock. She opened the door to find Adam there. "Is everything okay?" She worried someone had found out.
"Everything is good. We are heading home."
"Really?" She asked excitedly.
"Yes, we are going home."
"I'll pack." She quickly packed and they headed out. She hoped Randy and Carley would understand. But she didn't have confidence that their friendship could survive this. Would she and John lose Randy and Carley?
Matt looked across at Wade as he sat there. "Where's your sidekick?"
"He's out consoling Orton's girlfriend." Wade replied. "You know you really did a brilliant job. It was so much better than I ever hoped for."
"I'm glad you are happy with things."
"According to the police, Julie was killed like I asked and Randy framed for it. It couldn't be better. I get my wife's money now." He looked at Matt. "Its not that I never loved her. I did at one time. When I met her, she was beautiful and sweet. I fell in love with that sweetness. Which is why I signed the prenup with no issues. Julie and I were happy for a while but things changed. Now, I'm free of her and have her money. It couldn't be better." Wade laughed.
Matt nodded to the cops who were outside and then he turned to Wade. "You know, Wade, I don't think you really thought this out."
"What?" Wade said to him.
Matt smiled and pulled out his badge. "Wade Barrett, you're under arrest for conspiracy to commit murder and solicitation of murder." Matt put the cuffs on him and read him his right. He handed him off to the patrol and followed them to the station.
Carley sat in the station and watched them bring Wade in. She was waiting for Justin to explain everything to her. She looked up and saw John coming in. She knew he was there because Ted was arrested for helping to kill Julie.
"Ms. Thomas?" Justin said walking out of a room. "Follow me."
Carley got up and followed Justin into the room. She was shocked to see Randy sitting there. She sat beside him and looked up to see John walking in. She just knew Justin was going to tell them that Wade killed Julie not Randy.
"Mr. DiBiase and Mr. Barrett are currently being booked on conspiracy and solicitation to commit murder. We have both of them on tape confessing their crimes."
"So you know Randy didn't do it?" Carley asked. Justin nodded.
"We've known all along."
"What do you mean?" Carley asked. Justin turned to John. "We knew Wade and Ted were behind the wreck that almost killed you. But we couldn't nail them for it without their accomplice's testimony. Then we got Intel that Wade was actively searching for a hit man to kill Julie. So I called Mr. Cena." Carley looked over at John.
"We had to make them think they'd succeeded so they'd leave her alone. So we came up with this plan."
"To frame me?" Randy said looking at John. "You helped them do this to me?"
"Guys, it was the only way."
"I think I'm missing something here. What did you mean when you said you had to make them think it worked?" Justin knocked on the door and it opened revealing Julie who was very pregnant and very much alive. Carley looked from Julie to John to Justin. "So we were just pawns in your game."
"It was on a need to know basis." Justin said.
"And obviously we didn't need to know right? How quickly can he leave?"
"Mr. Orton has been exonerated of all charges and is free to leave."
"Good." Carley said as she grabbed Randy's hand.
"Carls..." John said as she started for the door. She slapped him hard across the face and walked out of the room and right passed Julie.
John turned to Julie who looked upset. He walked over and pulled her to him. "They will get over this."
"I'm not so sure." She said as she hugged him. "We hurt them so much. We helped the police frame Randy for my murder."
"We couldn't tell them. It had to look real." Julie sighed.
"I just want to go home." She said to him.
John looked at Justin. "Can we go?"
"Yeah." Justin watched as they left. He felt horrible but it had to look real. Randy and Carley had to think it was real.
John helped Julie into his car and they drove off. "Do you think we can go talk to them? Try to explain." Julie said as they drove.
"I think we should let them cool off and then talk to them."
"Alright." She sighed.
She wanted to talk to Carley and explain. She hoped once they explained things, Randy and Carley would understand. But she knew that wasn't for sure. She knew they would be upset and now she wondered if things would ever be good with them.
