Mrs Stevens heels click, click hard on the super clean marble floor as she made her way to her husbands study early morning. Stevens did not come to bed last night. He didn't even showed up for dinner last night. She was worried.

She opened the door and was surprised to find that its not lock. "Stevens?" She called out softly when see saw him sitting with his eyes closed behind his desk.

Stevens slowly opened his eyes and rubbed over his face. "What's the time?" He asked in a harsh voice.

"It is time for you to straighten up Stevens look at you. I'm worried the kids are worried. I have taken it on myself to fix this. A family vacation is just what we need. How does Hawaii sound or the Maldives." Mrs Stevens said.

Stevens gave his wife a weird look before he burst out laughing like a mad man.

"What's so funny?" Mrs Stevens asked and fiddled nervously with her pearls. What will her high society friends and her family think if they found out her husband has lost his mind just the mere thought of that made her nauseas and sick.

"What's funny is that we have nothing. Nothing." Stevens said with bloodshot eyes and a sickly grin on his puffy face.

"What do you mean we have nothing?" Mrs Stevens asked suddenly her legs felt too weak to stand on.

"No money so if you want to go on vacation you better ask daddy for money because we have absolutely fuckall we only got this house and the cars and one million in the bank. No companies and no hotel that your friends frequently stayed in free of charge." Stevens said.

Mrs Stevens turned visibly turned grey and pale in the face. "Please tell me your joking." She choked out through a dry throat.

"Do I look like a man who is joking? You never cared where money come from just as long as you can spend and spend it and entertain that empty headed friends of yours. You old hag." Stevens spat out.

Mrs Stevens gasped out loud. "How dare you." She said in a high shrill voice. She could only think about the humiliation they will endure. They will be the gossip of this town. Begging friends and family for money. She will no longer have lavish parties or be part of the elite. She felt like throwing up.

And than Stevens rose from his chair with a mocking grin. "How dare I? You know what you saw all those years back and yet you turned a blind eye and married me." Stevens said as spit fly out of the corners of his mouth.

"Shut up!" Mrs Stevens yelled out through dry lips.

"You saw me with that guy behind the club and you saw what we did. You saw how I enjoyed every second fucking him and you stood there watching us. You went on and marry me had kids with me." Stevens said mocking his wife.

"I said shut up!" Mrs Stevens yelled out of her mind. "You sodomising evil demon. Its him speaking for you Stevens. I curse that demon in you to hell. To hell with you and leave my husband for he is a sinner but no longer are you going to feed him with disgusting lustful thoughts and sick sexual desires." Mrs Stevens yelled as she walked to her husband with wild eyes. She stopped at his cabinet and opened the second drawer slowly.

Stevens was shocked seeing his wife like this and hearing her say these things. She was no longer his prim and proper obedient wife. No infront of him was a woman with big mad wild eyes who scared him to his bones.

"I failed you Stevens I let that demon grew in size and strength in you but no more I must release you from this curse." Mrs Stevens said calmly as she took out a gun and aim it at Stevens head. There is one thing Mrs Stevens was very good at and that is shooting her target secure in the head from any distance. She reign champion for years as the best target shooter in ML.

Stevens head snapped back mouth agape. A thin trail of blood running down from the small hole in his head.

Mrs Stevens turned her head side ways admiring her shot. She smiled to herself. She threw her arms up in the air. " His gone now take him for I have send him." She said and her shoulders started to shake from laughter. She laughed and dance with the gun held up high in her hand above her head.

The shrill screams of the maid who came upon this early morning gruesome scene made her laugh harder.

The Salvatore Home

Damon was listening to his kids discussing Zoe's trip when his phone beeped. It was a message from Mr Lee from the Antique store. Damon quickly opened it.

Mr Lee- Good morning Mr Salvatore I trust that you and your family are all well. I have just received news of Stevens death. I believe that settles everything.

"Oh my God" Kenzie said out loud. "That guy who owns that new hotel was found death and here's the shocking part. His wife shot him." Kenzie said. She read it on the social webpage of ML.

"What? I saw Mrs Stevens yesterday and she looked fine her usual self. She even mentioned a vacation she's planning for Stevens and the kids." Bonnie said in shock.

"Appearances can be deceiving." Damon said. "If you will excuse me I've got to get to the office. Breakfast was nice as always Babe." He said to Bonnie and kissed her on the cheek.

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News like this spread fast in ML and SL and soon people begin to start worrying about their jobs. Who is the new owner of Mr Stevens companies and will he let them keep their jobs more shocking news followed when they found out who pulled the trigger. People came up with their own stories of how it all went down and why she killed him.

Flower Shop

"We get fresh flowers every month but don't worry I will help you with that. The phone must be answered at all times we usually get big orders almost every day. I know we are almost out of gift baskets but with school and preparing myself for Germany I kind of forget about it." Zoe said with a cute smile.

The smile on Bailey's face said it all. She was greatly impressed with the shop.

"I'm going to love and leave you or else I'm going to be late for school. You can call my mom if you have any trouble." Zoe said.

"Zoe, thank you for this." Bailey said softly.

Zoe smiled softly and hugged Bailey tightly to her. "You never have to thank me for doing what I love most and that is to help where I can."

The doorbell ring as the customer walk in.

"Well would look at this. Your very first customer. I know you can do this I believe in you." Zoe said softly before she waved Bailey goodbye.

Bailey took a deep breath and released before she greeted the customer friendly and politely.

ML High school

Later that day after school Zoe and Sophi walked down the hall to the exit doors of the school.

"Your sister is a very fast learner. I can tell she is going to love working in the flower shop." Zoe said to Sophi.

"All thanks to you my sweet lovable Toffee. I'm going to miss you so much." Sophi said and put her arm around Zoe.

"Going to miss you too cuz if only I can hide you away in one of my bags and take you with me." Zoe said with a soft laugh.

Chad came up from behind them and threw his arms around both girls. "We going for fries?" he said and kissed a happy blushing Sophi on her cheek.

"You guys can go I have to stop by the library." Zoe said to them.

"We should spend as much time together as we can. Its our last week before you ship off to Germany." Sophi said.

Zoe laughed softly. "I will make up for it I promise."

Rosemary Medical Centre

A tired looking Elena lay back in her chair as the nurse removed the needle and tubes from her arm. She wondered where Stephen was he did promised to be here with her every day but she knew she can't hold it against him. His a doctor after all.

Damon stood still at the entrance of Elena's hospital room. He had been standing there for quite some time. Seeing her like this so fragile and in pain made his heart weak. He hate seeing her like this and he didn't wanted her to see him like this. It would only upset her.

The nurse looked up at him and said. "We are all done mayor Salvatore. You can come in now."

Elena looked surprised and confused. She wondered how long he must have been standing there.

Damon entered the room and walked to where Elena was sitting. "Hi Elena."

"Damon. What are you doing here I thought Stephen was coming." Elena said and quickly regret her words after seeing the hurt in Damon's eyes.

"He was called out to Silver Lake, Elena so he called me. I was going to come in but I." Damon said finding himself at a lost for words.

Elena smiled softly at him. "Hey its okay I'm sorry if I made it sound like I don't want you here. Its just that this is something I have to do on my own."

Damon took her hand in his. He closed his eyes and kissed it softly. "You are not alone in this Elena. My brother and I will do everything that we can to help you." Damon said softly.

"Thank you Damon." Elena said as tears rolled down her cheek.

He took out his clean handkerchief and wipe her tears gently away. "No more crying. Let's go for a drive. There is something I want to show you." Damon said with a smirk.

"What do you want to show me?" Elena asked curiously.

"Its a surprise." Damon said. He helped her out of the chair and held his arms around her.

Elena rested her hands on his chest and laughed happily up at him. "You know I don't like surprises Damon."

Damon could not help himself he kissed her on her cheek like it was something he did and enjoy everyday. "Oh I know that but you are going to love this surprise. Promise." He whispered in her ear.

"Lead the way Damon." Elena said with and laughed softly. Damon took her hand in his and together the two walked out.

ML Zoo

"I'm just going to make sure he is okay." Zoe said softly to herself. She finished her research in a rush at the library probably skipped over a few work but she was thinking too much of the white lion cub. She had to make sure he was fine.

The zoo was relatively quiet today. She liked it on quiet days. Its on days like this where one can clearly hear the sounds of the animals and watched them relax in their home made habitat.

Her heart sank when she didn't see him in his cage. "Oh no. Where are you little one?" Zoe said softly.

"Hey your back." Owen said behind her with a bright smile. He was standing there with the white cub in his arms.

"What did you do to him? What's wrong with him?" Zoe said and immediately her arms went out. She gently took the white cub from a shock Owen.

The feeling that went through her the minute she rested his head on her chest was something so beautiful and pure. She kissed him softly on his head and whispered. "Your safe I'm here now."

Owen looked nervously around him and back at her. "Look you are not allowed to touch the animals. I can lose my job for this."

Zoe's eyes were spitting fire. "What did you do to him?"

A nervous Owen stepped back from her and said. "That is private business and last time I check that animal does not belong to you now would you please hand it back so that I can lock it up."

Zoe knew she had to change her tactict with Owen if she wants his help. "I'm sorry I really don't want you to lose your job and Kenzie won't like it either. She did say that she like coming here just to see." Zoe said softly.

Owen smiled cheery. This news made his day. McKenzie Salvatore talks about him. He will dream about it tonight and their wedding and the house he will build for them.

A part of Zoe felt bad for Owen. She used his crush on Kenzie to get information out of him but she had to go through with it. The white lion cub did not look good. "Please tell me what happened to him and will he be fine?"

"I can't really talk about it but for you I will. He was examined by a vet but this guy used cruel tactics on the little fella. I'm amazed his still alive. Their going to put him down and bring in another healthy cub. They bring them in for breeding." Owen said with sad look on his face.

Tears welled up in Zoe's eyes. "When last did he eat?"

"Four days ago but than he vomited it out again. You know maybe its better if they put him down. His only suffering." Owen said with a shrug of his shoulders.

"How much did your boss pay for him?" Zoe asked.

"I think he said fifty thousand something like that. Look its lock up time I need to get him in that cage."

He was so weak in her arms. She reluctantly handed him over to Owen who took him inside his cage.

Tears rolled down her cheek as she watched Owen lay him down on the ground. The white cub lifted his head and looked at Zoe.

Owen closed the door of the cage and quickly pin the password in. "My day is officially almost over.

It was hard for Zoe to walk away from that cage. A deep sadness settled in her heart.

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