Author's Note: Finally after more months than I want to count, I've got another chapter out. Just in case anyone is wondering yes, this story and SOTH is going to be finished. I am a less than month away from graduating from college and while I intend and try to get my fics out more often, I've been getting busy lately with work and school. But, I do promise that this will be finished. Also, I have a slight warning for this chapter in that there is a character death at the end.
So now on with the fic.
Chapter Twelve
Mimi stood outside on the porch waiting for the car to pull up with her baby in it. She wrapped her arms around herself watching for the first sign of the car. She and Angel had anxiously watched the monitor as the children had been brought out to everyone. Once she saw her baby's hand released and sent to his father she headed out to wait him.
As she waited in the breezy night she took the time to think about the last few arduous days. Everything had happened so quickly and was finally coming to past.
When a black Escalade pulled into the stone driveway, Mimi released the breath she's been holding. "They're here." She said softly to herself and then once more, this time loud enough for the remaining occupants of the house to hear. She bounded off the porch, fast as she could. The driver's door opened with Brady coming out from behind the wheel. He barely gave her a glance as he handed her the soft baby blanket.
"Here." And then he was walking past her without a spare word.
"Brady, what—?"She started before she heard the sweetest sound she had ever heard.
"Momma, Momma." Xander called out as he was put on the ground to run over to her.
She bent down to pick up squeezing him tightly as Philip came over to her. "Oh Xander, I missed you so much."
"I mis'ted you Momma. Momma I mis'ted you lots and lots." Xander replied his small arms wrapped around Mimi's neck as she kissed his soft head comfortingly as he put his head down on her shoulder. Lifting his head up he looked at his mother's questioning. "And I's not goin' a'way 'gain. Right momma?"
Having to actually see the fear in her child's eyes made Mimi hold him tighter as tears started to well up before she could stop herself. She shook her head and cleared her throat as she started back for the porch she answered him, her voice cracking. "No baby you're not going anywhere."
Philip watched Mimi go back into the house as his daughter looked over her nine-month baby in Patrick's arms.
"Things didn't go well with Black?" A southern drawl asked of Philip.
"Not exactly, Xander didn't recognize him for obvious reasons and when he approached, Xander bailed over to me."
Xavier nodded as he followed Philip up to the porch. "Why don't we give them a few minutes? Your brother sent you something that he found in the archives. He said you'd know what it is."
"Sure, lead the way." Philip walked down the hallway to the room they had set up as command center. He waited patiently as Xavier booted up another laptop and scrolled down the screen before double-clicking on a document and turning the screen over to Philip.
He sat down in the chair and read the scanned document on the screen. Pressing the down arrow he read through the first few pages of the document. "Did Lucas say where he found this?"
Xavier shook his head. "All he told me was that it was in the archival record under Gemini. He said that you would know what that meant."
Philip nodded.
Xavier inclined his head to the side. "Do you know what the Gemini project was?"
Philip rubbed his head but nodded once more in affirmative. "Not exactly. I vaguely recall my father working with Stefano on this. It was a plan that was going to help bring the Dimera prestige back to Salem. It was supposed to go down after Stefano faked his own death and before Andre arrived back in town."
"Why didn't Stefano go through with it?"
"Stefano learned that Tony had children, a set of twins living in Europe. He claimed them to ensure they had the best of everything, schools, homes, education."
Xavier nodded. "These children being, Rex and his twin sister?"
"Got it in a one, from what I can recall, their existence brought an end to the Gemini plan."
"Do you happen know why?"
Philip shrugged as he sat back in the chair. "I have no idea. But, it does confuse me even more," he paused frowning. "You see, my father and Stefano became business partners when I still in grad school. Back then I only held an executive level position so I wasn't privy to most of their plans. But, then neither was Rex. At the time he wasn't even interested in working for Stefano then in fact he and Cassie went as far as to go to Italy and disappeared for a while to get out from under their grandfather's radar. They dropped contact with Stefano and André for several months. But, I guess he must have caved, maybe being without the Dimera money changed his tune. When he came back, he immediately started working for his grandfather. Yet, he only came on board with Titan and Phoenix Enterprises after my father died." He leaned up to read the last few pages of the document on the screen. "This can't be right."
"What is it?" Xavier asked crossing his arms as he leaned back against the desk.
"I'm not exactly sure. It looks like an agreement between my father and Rex to keep some property." Philip scrolled down the document. "The contract doesn't say what the property was to be used for; in fact it barely mentions it at all. But, this can't be right."
"What is it? Does the property not exist?"
"No," Philip sighed. "That isn't the problem."
"Then what is it?"
"It's Rex."
"Come again."
"To my knowledge, my father never met Rex. In all the years he and Stefano worked together, he never even had a conversation with the man. Hell, Rex wasn't even on the radar, as far as business goes, until after my father died so when did they meet?"
Xavier thoughtfully recalled the conversation he had with Elena on the island before he left. She firmly believed that Rex was in this up to his eyeballs and though there had been no hard evidence to back up that statement, other than her gut. Now it seems as though she may be right after all. "So if you don't know what the contract is for do you know someone who might?"
"My sister-in-law, Nicole, was heavily involved with my father on all business matters so she might have more insight into this."
"Nicole Walker, Brandon Walker's sister?" Xavier questioned as he recalled that Brandon Walker was married to Alexandra Dimera.
Philip's brow rose in amusement. "I see you did a thorough background check."
"Of course."
"Yes, Nicole Walker. She and my brother Austin live in London. I'd imagine she'd probably know better than anyone if Rex and my father had any dealings with one another. I'll call her when we get back to New York." Philip rose from his seat.
"And in the meantime?" Xavier posed as he watched the other man shut down the computer.
"In the meantime, I don't know about you but I for one am very interested in meeting my granddaughter." Philip said as he passes by the other man on his way out of the room.
Left on his own Xavier sighed once before following Philip, reminding himself that he hadn't met his granddaughter yet either.
After calling Rex and letting him speak with their son briefly Mimi had settled Xander down for a nap before she went searching for Brady. She found him on the back porch leaning against the wooden railing.
"Brady," she started as she braced herself back against the sliding glass door she'd just stepped out of. "I wanted to thank you for going to get our son. I…I know things didn't exactly workout like you thought they would but, you did bring him back to me. And I realize that wasn't easy for you." She paused frowning, as he still hadn't responded to anything she'd said. In fact, he hadn't even moved since she came out. It was like she was talking to herself instead or trying to talk to him. "Anyway, I just wanted to tell you thank you." She turned ready to back inside when he finally spoke.
"Do you really believe that I did that just for you?" She turned back toward him. "I'm his father Mimi."
"I know that Brady, I've never denied that you are his biological father." She said shaking her head.
"You may not have denied it, but you certainly never bothered to correct anyone's assumption that he was Rex's." He raised his point crossing his arms over his chest.
"That's because it takes more than DNA to make someone a parent Brady. Look, I know this was hard for you and I really am trying to be sympathetic to your feelings." Her eyes met his impassioned blue ones imploring him to understand. "But, the reality of this is that to Alex you are just Philip's nephew nothing more. He doesn't know you as his father, you're not the one he's called Daddy for the last three years. Rex is his father in every other way but biologically. I'm sorry if that hurts you but it's the way things are." She turned again to leave but Brady stopped her by putting his hand over hers to stop her from opening the sliding door. Barricading her between his arms, his chest pressing against her back.
"Did you honestly think it was going to be that simply? That just because you say and will it so that I was just going to walk away from my son so he can continue to call someone else Daddy?Well Meems, I have news for you," Mimi flinched at the soft menace in his tone and the feel of his warm breath bearing on her neck. "Things just don't work out that way." He took his hands off hers to grasp her shoulder, turning her roughly back to face him.
"Just what the hell does that mean Brady?" Mimi asked sweeping hair out of her face. "You think that after four years of not having any influence in your son's life I'm just going to let you waltz into his life and disrupt everything that he's ever known." She snorted indignantly, her eyes blazing with emerald fire. "That's not going to happen. I won't let it."
"How do you propose to stop me? Because as far as I know I haven't given up my rights and in a court of law that still means something."
"A court of law?" She put her hands on her hips. "Are you planning to sue for custody?" She asked incredulously.
"Yes, joint custody." Mimi's mouth dropped open in shock and then closed. Brady pushed away from the door. "Ah, come on Meems you can't be surprised. I told you as much before. I want to be a part of my son's life. I want him to know who his real father is."
"Brady, we discussed this we agreed that when he was older—,"
He raised a hand to stop her from speaking. "No, we didn't agree to anything. I realize that this is going to change things but honestly I think it's for the better."
The shock had worn off as Mimi once again composed herself. "Brady, you have to know that you won't win."
"Funny, I was thinking the same thing about you. But, you needn't worry about me I'm not in the least; I fully expect to win Mimi." He opened the door. "Oh and by the by if you're pregnant from our little tryst in Florida, I'll want joint custody for him or her, too." With that he left her brewing on the rim of his news.
Chloe sat down in the seat across from Elena after going to check on her children on the private jet. Nicky was asleep and Lily was busy listening music while reading a book. Both children were well accustomed to traveling by jet to get to where they needed to go.
"I'm surprised Rex didn't join us on the trip back to New York. One would think he would want to see his son badly."
"Well, he said that he had some business to finish up before he could come back." Chloe explained not finding anything peculiar about Rex's actions despite the obvious implication with the situation as it was. Elena seemed to accept her explanation and went back to typing away on her lap top. "Can I ask you a personal question?" Chloe asked taking her date book out of her lap and placing in the seat beside her.
Elena barely glanced up as she typed away on her computer. "Sure, about what?"
"About your sister and her relationship with my husband." Elena looked up surprised. "I mean, I know what Philip has told me about their relationship—that they were friends. But, I was wondering what she told you about him?" Elena set her lap top aside.
"I can understand your curiosity about my sister and Philip. I was in the same situation myself with Xavier when I found out about Patrick." She paused thoughtfully. "But, don't you think it would be better to ask him?"
Chloe considered her question as she sipped from her glass of water. "I did ask him and let's just say that I'm interested in another perspective."
"Fair enough. What exactly did you want to know? Or did you just want me to subjectively tell you what I know?"
"I wanted to know more of what your sister, Tara was like? When I look at Lily I know I can see some of myself in her as well as Philip. And with Angel it's the same except that I see just Philip. I guess I want to know what parts of Tara are in Angel?"
Elena pondered the question carefully. It was clear to her at least with her initial view of Philip and Chloe's relationship that there was some tension with Angel's apparent existence. Whether that had more to do with the fact that Philip had never told his wife that he had another daughter or the fact that Angel just popped into their lives, Elena wasn't sure. What she was sure about was that Chloe hadn't rejected her niece; she'd simply accepted her without question and was now trying to reconcile with herself the decision to do so. "Tara was my older sister by five years. Angel resembles her, except for her hair. Tara she had blonde hair and blue eyes. It's kind of weird they have the same features yet don't. If Tara were alive now, I think they could even pass for sisters." Elena smiled at the thought. "I-we were very close when growing up and after my parents died when I was eighteen we became closer."
"In fact, when I got recruited in the FBI in my last year of grad school she encouraged me to go. She knew that it would mean me being gone weeks on some investigation or another and neither of us wanted to be without the other close by, but she realized that this was my dream and she didn't want me to give it up. We were as different as night and day in that respect. She knew she wanted to be nurse since she was a child and I wanted nothing more than to tote a gun around and bring down the bad guys. She saved lives and in a way I did too but Tara … she really saved lives, you know." Elena's grey eyes were clouded with an unveiled emotion. Shaking her head she cleared her mind of what ever she had been thinking. "I still remember the day she told me she was pregnant. She was so excited, so focused on the fact that this baby was going to be hers to love. And I was so angry; I threaten to find Philip and make him marry her at gun point. She just laughed and told me that it wasn't like that, that Philip was a great guy but I couldn't do that especially not after what happened at Titan."
Chloe's ears perked up at the mention of Titan. "Titan? I thought you were in the FBI?"
"I was. My primary area of expertise was in foreign affairs particularly espionage." Elena debated how much she should tell Chloe especially since she didn't doubt for a minute that the other woman was likely to share whatever she learned with her husband. It was all bound to come out anyway it merely depended on how and when. "Have you ever been stuck between rock and hard place? Where no matter what you did things would end badly?"
"Yes, yes I believe I have." Chloe's mind raced.
"Well I was in one of those places when I met Victor Kiriakis. I was undercover at Titan in task force mission. My superior and partner at the time was playing both sides. I didn't find out until it was almost too late and it was going to be blamed on me, it took some extra fast footwork on my part to go above their heads and let Victor in on the investigation. Then it was a simple matter of letting him and his associates handle it for me."
Chloe leaned forward. "What do you mean he handled it for you?"
Elena grimace slightly. "Oh it was just as I said. Victor not only managed to clear up the whole mess with in Titan but he also without my knowledge handled the situation with my big sis. He'd known all along about my partner and just waited for me to come to him and I did. I just fell right in line with his plans and unwittingly led him to Tara, who he then sought out and threaten both her and her baby."
Snorting, Chloe sat back. "That sounds like Victor's MO. Use people to get what he wants and then threaten them. I take then that he's the reason, Tara ran away?"
"Yes, with Xavier's and my help of course. We were able to have her relocated before Angel's birth. Tara was a great mother, she doted on Angel. Even though, she always told me that she and Philip were just friends I always thought that there was more to their relationship than that. She told me once that the she didn't leave because of Victor but for Philip. She believed that if she stayed that some day Victor would find a way to use Angel against her father and she wouldn't allow that. She said that she knew that Philip would make a great father."
Chloe nodded again thinking that she had made the same decision herself when Lily had been a baby. She wanted nothing more than to call Philip and tell him that he had a beautiful daughter and they could be together as one big happy family. But, then reality had settled in and she knew she couldn't do that, not with Victor in the picture. She had reached the same conclusions as Tara all those years ago. Though it saddened her, it also went a long way to explain Philip's initial anger at Lily's existence being kept from him. He had already lost one daughter and the thought that another had been kept from him, it was probably unbearable for him. Yes, she understood his motives now a great deal more than she had early and would tell him so when she got back to New York.
"He's a great father. I have to admire Tara for her decision I know it how hard it was for me. Philip, thankfully, can be a very understanding man. I'm quite certain he doesn't hold any grudges over what your sister did. In the end, it worked out well for everyone now didn't it?"
Elena arched a fine brow in surprise. "Yes, I suppose it did." Then she pointedly brought her laptop to sit on her lap, effectively ending the conversation.
Chloe closed her eyes and lay back against the headrest. Her last thought wondering if Philip knew about Elena's connection to Victor.
On Eixel …
Stefano guided the wheelchair down the corridors around his home to his office. It had been several hours since Chloe and Tigress had left for home. He expected to hear from his granddaughter in a few hours once she got home. But, in the meantime, he had a few things of his own to do as Alexandra would be expecting a call from him. Some days it still amazed him that after years of being on his own that he now had people who loved and cared for him as much as he did them.
As he approached the door to his library he heard voices. One voice he knew as Rex, who was still on the island, he couldn't place the other voice. "Recando, who is it that you have with you?"
He asked as he guided his chair into the room. He immediately recognized his granddaughter, Rex's sister sitting on the sofa with her legs curled beside her and next to her sat a young boy, and she smiled at something the other man was saying. A tall muscular blonde man stood by the bookshelf hands crossed in front of him. "Cassandra … I didn't expect you."
Cassie turned toward the older man in the wheelchair, the smile still apparent on her face as she rose to her full height of 5'8". "Stefano, it's wonderful to see you." She leaned down and brushed a kiss against his cheek.
"What is this Stefano business? What happened to Grandfather?" He took her hand and kissed it, noticing for the first time the slim gold band and emerald cut diamond ring on it. "What's this? Have you run off and gotten married without telling me?"
Cassie gazed back at Rex, who merely raised a brow in her direction as if to say explain it. "No, Granddad' I haven't just gotten married. I've been married for several years now." She replied taking her hand away from the older man as she walked to stand beside Rex who leaned against the desk.
Stefano looked bewildered at Rex for an answer but the younger man shrugged and pulled Cassie to stand beside him. "Rex what is the meaning of this? Did you know?"
"Of course he knew he was there after all. But, let's talk about that later. I want to introduce you to my guests first." She moved to stand behind the sofa near the boy who had yet to say the word. "This is Charlie."
Stefano squinted as he looked at the child. He was several years older than Nicky but younger than Lily, he figured the boy was around nine or ten years old. There was something familiar about the child but he couldn't put his finger on just what it was about him. "Is he yours?"
"Of course not. I don't have any children. It's a little hard to do without a man around." Swinging a side glance in Rex's direction, Cassie laughed heartily. "Besides, why would I ruin such a perfect figure?" She waved a hand over her body, ruffling her long blonde locks in the process.
It was then that Stefano noticed that not only did his granddaughter get married but she had apparently changed her hair as well. "You changed the color of your hair again, Cassandra?"
Cassie returned to stand beside Rex once again, tilting her head sideways so that the locks fell across her face, shielding it as she winked at Rex. "Actually, I let the dye run out. After dying it red and brown all these years I decided it was time to let it return it to its natural color."
Stefano frowned but was momentarily distracted as the tall blonde man as walked over to Cassie and whispered something in her ear. She nodded and watched as the man left the room.
"Who was that?" Stefano asked unease setting up a permanent home in the pit of his stomach.
"Oh, that was Jacques, my right hand man."
"Is he your husband?"
Cassie sighed rolling her eyes. "We're back to that again? No, he's not my husband. He's a bodyguard, of sorts." Rex pulled out a black case and took a cigarette out, lighting it.
Stefano frowned again but this time at Rex. "Recando, since when do you smoke? It's such a disgusting habit."
Rex didn't response but merely blew out a puff of smoke. "He's smoked as long as I've known him. But, he's gotten much better at restraining himself, he used to be a proverbial chimney. Isn't that right, Sully?" Cassie replied.
"Sully?" Stefano glanced from Rex to Cassie bewildered by all this strange double talk that Cassie seemed to be doing. "What is going on here?"
"I suppose we should just come out and tell 'im luv. It's rather tiring playing all these games, Ashley." Rex answered finally in a perfect British brogue too flawless to be anything but real. He stubbed his cigarette out and held out his hand for her.
Stefano's brows rose in surprise.
Cassie gave Rex a small smile. "Yes, I do suppose it does get rather tiresome. After all it's not as though anyone who matters will ever know." She gave him her hand and he pulled her to him, securing his arm about her waist his warm lips met hers in succulent kiss. She wrapped one arm around his neck.
Stefano moved his wheelchair in a flash and pulled at Cassie's free arm succeeding in pulling them apart. But not taking Cassie from out of Rex's grasp. "Recando, what are you doing She is your sister!"
Cassie giggled pulling her arm from Stefano. She delightedly clapped her hands together once before returning fully into Rex's open arms for a quick kiss before they both turned to look at Stefano. "But, you see we aren't really brother and sister. In fact my name isn't really Cassandra Dimera and this isn't Rex."
Stefano glared at his grandchildren. "Stop this nonsense at once. What foolishness do you speak? Of course you are Rex and Cassandra. I brought from the orphanage myself."
Cassie's merriment sobered immediately. "Yes, you did take Rex and Cassie from the orphanage but they were young lads then of only twelve years old. But, how long was it before you saw then again?" She posed the question as she pushed herself away from Rex to sit on the desk, crossing her legs. "Ten years. Ten years had passed before you saw them again how can you be so sure? The truth is that Rex and Cassandra Dimera have been gone for years. They were killed in a house fire several years ago while visiting two old chums from the Bristol school. Didn't you ever wonder why Rex had a sudden change of heart after he came back from his vacation? Why after all of the sudden after years of denouncing your work he wanted into the fold?"
Stefano thought back, all those years ago. He did recall being slightly surprised at Rex's sudden interest in all the Dimera business after years of refusing to have any connection with it. But, in the end he'd ignored it thinking that it meant he'd have someone to carry on the Dimera name. "Who are you?"
"Tsk, tsk, Stefano for not figuring it out sooner. Although, I do admit it gave me a lot of pleasure to know that we fooled a criminal master mind such as yourself." The faux Cassie replied. "As for whom we are well you can call me Ashley, Ashley McDougal Sullivan. And playing the part of Recando 'Rex', Dimera is my husband, Douglas Sullivan or Sully if you will."
"You have gone through a lot of trouble to take the place of my grandchildren. Tell me what did you expect to gain from taking their lives?"
Ashley's clear blue eyes twinkled as she glanced over at Sully nee Rex. "How about good old fashioned revenge? Is that a good enough reason for you?"
"Revenge! Revenge for what? And what of the child?" Stefano raised a hand in the direction of the child sitting silently on the sofa. "Is he apart of your revenge?"
"Yes he is. He is here to punish those who murdered my father, his mother, Victor Kiriakis, and you." She slid off the desk and stalked toward the older man in the wheelchair.
"Murder, I have not murdered anyone." Stefano scoffed vehemently, although he was uncertain whether she was telling him the truth. "I don't even know who your supposed father is you foolish girl."
With her blue eyes blazing she looked back at Sully, pursuing her lips into a frown. "I already told you who my father was old man. Maybe you don't remember him because you've had so many men killed that they all run into each other. But, maybe this will help you to remember," she raised her hand and struck Stefano across the face.
Stefano merely laughed as he turned back to look at her. "Tell me, little girl what that was your idea of coercion then you disappoint me."
Breathing deeply she raised her hand to strike him again and wipe the smirk off Stefano's face when Sully came up beside her and grabbed her hand.
"Luv, don't play his game. Remember we still have work to do." He took her other to his and kissed the inside of her wrist, his green eyes pouring into her blue ones. He gestured to where Charlie sat on the sofa. "Let me handle this, you just go sit and watch." He cupped her cheek and pressed a kiss against it before releasing her to take a seat.
Following Sully's direction Ashley sat down on the sofa next to Charlie. He raised both hands to his right eye.
Turning back he grabbed Stefano's hand on the wheelchair, holding it into place as he stooped down until he was eye level with the older man yet with his head down. "A great man once told me that you could tell a lot about a man by looking into his eyes." Slowly, his head rose with a smirk as he peered into Stefano's eyes. Only where his eyes had once been a warm shade of brown, his right eye was a cold green. "Contacts," he tapped the corner of eye. "Sad isn't that contacts is the only modification that I needed." Rising to his full height he pulled another cigarette from its case, tapped it twice on the case then lit it.
"I suppose I should start from the beginning with a bloke named Joseph McDougal. Good ole Joey was a FBI agent with twenty-two years of service under his belt when he was placed with a new agent to lead a top investigation in an undercover task force at Titan Industries. But, dear Joe wasn't on the up and up, you see, he played around a little dapping with let's just say less than worthy folk. But he was too trusting and was double-crossed by his partner and his man on the inside, Victor Kiriakis. A hit was placed on him." Sully drew out a puff of smoke as he flicked his cigarette out in the ashtray on the desk. "He died shortly thereafter."
"What does that have to do with me?" Stefano asked but he already knew the answer. Obviously the secret he and Victor had shared which both men had promised to take to their grave was no longer a secret.
"I think you know Stefano. More importantly, I think you know how and why he really died and it wasn't at the hands of the Moroni family. There was no mob hit, what there was is you and Victor Kiriakis. The two of you planned his death and made it look like a mob hit. I was there the day my father died. I held him as he held his last breath and I promised that I would make all those responsible pay." Ashley said as she stood again glaring down at the old man. "And I have tenfold. First I befriended your insipid granddaughter at school. They were so trusting, so starved for attention. When I invited them to Italy for the summer they were oh so willing to come."
"Are they dead?"
Smirking Ashley answered, "What do you think, old man?"
"You bitch," Stefano swore.
"Now, now Grandfather, you have no one to blame but yourself. After all Sully and I would never have been able to take their places if you hadn't been so interested in getting revenge on Salem that you never bothered to visit them in ten years. And they helped too by keeping themselves so sheltered that no one even knew the difference when we took over. No one not even Victor Kiriakis knew until the end."
"What do you mean? Victor died of natural causes."
"Some of my best work, no one suspected a thing. But, then no one looks for poison unless they know what they are looking for."
"You murdered Victor?"
"She poisoned Victor." Sully corrected. "And the best part is he never knew until it was too late to do anything about it. Plus, it only takes an hour for the poison to work its way out of the bloodstream. Tis' unfortunate though that Victor had the foresight the hide the contract before we could get it from him or this charade would have ended seven years ago. However, the stars seem to be inline now." Sully said as Ashley's tall blonde companion arrived at the doorway.
"Ms. Sullivan, it's time."
Ashley nodded. "Yes, of course. Alright Jacques take the boy. I wouldn't want him to see this." The muscle bound man nodded as he entered the room and grabbed the boy by the arm, pulling him off of the sofa. They headed to the doorway but stopped as the boy paused and turned around.
"My mom will make you pay for this." The child warned.
Smirking, Ashley merely raised a brow the petulant child. "Your Mommy will have to find us first and she has yet to do that." She looked up at Jacques. "Secure him on the jet and tell the pilot to be ready to leave as soon as we get there." Ashley said to the man as Sully busied himself by pulling out a 9mm gun.
Jacques pulled the boy of the room.
Sully followed behind them and closed the door. Seconds later a single gun shot rang out from the room.
Then the door opened, Ashley and Sully exited the room together. "I think that went rather well."
"Yes, it did. Two down, one to go." The couple calmly walked out of the house.
Back in the library, sitting regally in his wheelchair except for the whole on his temple with a small thread of blood running down his face. As the phone began to ring, it went unanswered as the once great Stefano Dimera, the Phoenix was dead.
A/N 2: Okay so I killed Stefano but it had to happen guys for the story to work out. If anyone is confused by the revelation that Rex and Cassie are dead, don't worry the next few chapters will explain everything.
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