"Mark, don't let Caleb out of your sight. I mean it. Don't take your eyes off of him for a second." Roger urged quietly as Fiona dressed the baby.
"Don't worry Rog. I'm on it. I'm not gonna let that anyone anywhere near him." he said looking up at him.
"Thanks man. If anything happened to him..." he said running his fingers through his hair.
"Nothing is gonna happen to him Rog. I won't let it. He's my family too. Anyone touches him, they gotta get through me first." he told him looking so serious.
"Mark, you're not exactly the most intimidating guy. Hell Fee can kick the crap out of you." Roger laughed picturing Mark trying to protect Caleb.
"Gee thanks for the vote of confidence bro." Mark looked over at him hurt.
"That's not what I meant Mark. I'm just saying, these guys are dangerous. Do you remember what they did to me? All they have to do is knock you out and they can do whatever they want. By the time you come to, Caleb could be gone and then we got a really big problem because that means I'm gonna kill the son of a bitch and then I'll go upstate for 25 to life." he said looking over at him.
"So what do you want me to do Roger? Stay in the loft? Hire a body guard? I don't know what you expect me to do to protect him." he said looking over at him.
"You don't have to do anything Marky. Roger, stop scaring him. I'm not gonna have Mark and Caleb living in fear of Jake. I lived too long afraid of him and I'm not gonna have my son be raised like that. Did you forget about the time we spend running across country until they put him away? Sure there were some good times, but it was just us. I'm not gonna drag my son into this. I refuse." Fiona said looking up at Roger as he came out of the baby's room holding Caleb in her arms.
"Well then what do we do Fee, because right now, I'm out of answers." he asked going over to take Caleb out of her arms.
"I know exactly what to do. Stay here with Caleb and Mark. I'm going where I should have gone yesterday." she said rushing towards the door.
"Fee wait. What are you gonna do?" he asked handing the baby off to Mark as he followed her.
"Just stay here. I'll be back later. I promise." she said looking up at him before opening the door and rushing out.
"I don't like this Mark." he said looking back at Mark.
"Go, I'll stay here with Caleb. We're gonna stay in today just to be on the safe side." he said looking up at him.
"Thanks Mark. He said rushing after Fiona. When he got outside, he rushed to the corner. When he didn't see her, he ran down the block to the next corner, but he didn't see her. "Dammit." he yelled before going towards the police station.
"Jake, it's me. Open the damn door." she yelled standing on the steps of a large brownstone on the lower east side. "Jake, dammit open up." she yelled looking up at the window. Jake was standing at the window smiling.
"Fee, it's nice to see you. It's been a long time." the taller gentleman smiled as he opened the door.
"Bobby, just let me in. I need to talk to him right now." she said folding her arms across her chest.
"He's upstairs. He's been expecting you." he smiled looking down at her as he opened the door more.
"Yeah well, I'm not here to stay. Jake, get the hell down here." she yelled rushing into the brownstone.
"Fiona Baby. I've been waiting for you. So what do you think? I took your advice about the fireplace. I think it makes the place look homier." he smiled walking down the stairs.
"You son of a bitch. You will never get me back, you will never have my son and I will never love you. When the hell are you gonna get that through your head? You are a criminal and you belong in prison." she yelled looking up at him as he smiled down at her.
"That's what I always loved about you. Your spark. You always did get my blood pumping." he laughed walking away from her.
"You don't love me Jake. When you love someone you don't threaten their family. Why are you doing this anyway? I don't love you. I'm married to someone else and gave birth to his child." she asked looking up at him.
"I don't know what you see in him. He's so... pretty. It would be a shame is that pretty face of his got rearranged or something." he smiled looking over at her.
"You better not touch him Jake. If anything happens to him..." she started looking up at him.
"Why do you wanna be with that rocker boy wannabe? He can't give you what I can give you." he said looking over at her.
"What 10 to 15 for criminal facilitation? No thank you. Just leave my family alone Jake. I mean it." she yelled looking up at him.
"Or what? That pretty boy of yours is gonna kick my ass? Sweetheart, you know me better than that. I don't go down easily. Not like him anyway. I hear he's got a glass jaw." he smiled looking over at her.
"Dammit Jake, what are you gonna do?" she asked looking up at him.
"Let's just say, you better have your life insurance paid up." he smiled looking over at her.
"If I were you, my pretty boy husband would be the least of your problems. You come near my family, I'll unleash a wrath, the likes of which you have never seen before. Mark my words." she said looking up at him intently before turning around and leaving the brownstone.
"God I miss that woman." he smiled watching her leave.
"Boss, do you really think this is such a good idea. She seemed really pissed." Bobby asked looking down at Jake.
"Trust me Bobby. I got her right where I want her." he smiled turning and walking back up stairs.
"Baby, where the hell have you been?" Roger asked as Fiona entered the loft.
"I went to see Jake. He thinks it's a friggin game. He wants me back and he's gonna do whatever it takes." she said looking up at him.
"Are you insane? Fiona, what if he hurt you?" he asked lookng down at her.
"What the hell else was I gonna do? I couldn't sit here and wait for him to make his move. We have a life, a family." she said looking up at him.
"Yeah well, while you were walking into the tiger's cage, I went to the cops. They said because he threatened us, we could get a restraining order and they're gonna tail him so if he comes anywhere near us, they can pick him up." he said looking over at her.
"Yeah well, good thing we're not gonna have to wait that long." she said taking a small tape recorder out of her jacket pocket and handing it to Roger.
"What's this?" he asked looking down at it.
"I took matters into my own hands. I knew he would incriminate himself. Especially to me. I record all of my classes so I could study better. I wore a wire." she smiled as Mark started laughing.
"Fee, you really are a genius." he laughed looking over at her.
"And what if he found this on you." Roger asked looking over at her.
"I'm a genius remember? I know how to play stupid when I need to." she smiled looking up at him.
"What did he say?" Roger asked looking down at the tape recorder.
"Rewind it and see for yourself. But I think it's gonna be enough for the cops to actually get off their asses and do something now." she said looking up at him.
"Do I want to hear what he had to say?" he asked looking over at her.
"He wants to kill you Roger. And he's not afraid of you. He knows he can get to you." she said looking up at him.
"Oh he better be afraid of me. I'm gonna kill that son of a bitch." he said looking down at her.
"Roger, we need to get this to the cops right away, before he does something to you." she said looking up at him.
"I have a better idea. Where does he live?" he asked looking down at her.
"You are not going to see him. You'd be delivering yourself on a silver platter." she said looking up at him.
"I'm gonna talk to him, man to man. He leaves my family alone, I won't take this to the cops to dismantle his. It's the perfect deal." he told her reaching down to caress her face.
"Oh great. So you go see him to make this deal with him and you don't come back because you've made his job a whole lot easier for him." she yelled pulling away from him.
"Fee, I want this guy out of our lives for good. We put him in jail once and it didn't take. This is the only way we're gonna be rid of him once and for all." he said looking over at her.
"Yeah, but delivering yourself to the man who threatened to kill you... it's suicide Roger." she yelled starting to cry.
"Not it's not. I'm not going alone Fee. I'm taking Collins with me. Anything happens to me, he's gonna be able to tell the cops it was Jake." he said looking over at her.
"If anything happens to you? Roger, I'm not willing to take that chance with your life." she cried as Mark went to her knowing that she wasn't gonna let Roger near her.
"Roger, she's right. You going in there is suicide. The guy knows where we live, he knows where you go to school. He probably knows everything about you. He can find you anywhere he wants you. Why make it easier on the ass hole?" he asked looking over at his best friend.
"Because my husband always has to be the hero." she yelled wrapping his arms around her to comfort her.
"Not the hero. I just want this guy out of our lives once and for all." he said going over to Fiona.
"But Roger, you're making it too easy for him. He wants to kill you. I don't think you're getting the severity of that." she yelled turning to him.
"I'm getting that I don't want to live looking over my shoulder afraid for my family for the rest of my life. The guy's a business man, he's not an idiot. He knows a good deal when he hears it. He doesn't want to go back to jail and we want to get on with our lives. It's a win win." he said taking her face in his hands.
"And what if he kills you as soon as you walk in the door? Then your wife and son have to live without you sooner than we're ready to." she cried looking up at him.
"I'll be OK Fee. You have to believe that." he whispered looking down into her sad blue eyes.
"How do you know?" she asked looking up at him as tears continued to fall from her eyes.
"Because I love you and I have to fix this. For you and Caleb." he said leaning down to kiss her head as he wrapped his arms around her and held her close to him.
"But getting yourself killed is not the way to fix this." she cried looking up at him.
"I'll tell him that the cops know I'm there. He's not stupid. He's not gonna do anything to me that's gonna risk him going back to jail. I'll be OK Fee. Really." he whispered caressing her hair.
"I'm not gonna be able to talk you out of this, am I?" she asked looking up at him.
"Sorry Baby. It's something I have to do for you." he said looking down into her eyes.
"Just be careful Roger, OK? I don't want to lose you." she said looking over at him.
"I promise Baby. I'm gonna come home to you and it'll all be over." he smiled leaning down to kiss her.