Peace out Lavery. Seriously, if you are a Ryan fan reading this, you may want to just stop. Since I am NOT a Ryan fan, I chose to write it like this! Enjoy if this is your cup of tea! Disclaimers in chapter 1.

Kendall appeared in the kitchen. She watched Erica, Jackson, and Reggie for a moment before clearing her throat. Erica shot out of her chair and was immediately next to her daughter, her arm around her shoulder.

"Darling, how are you? Do you want something to eat?"

"No, mother… has Zach called?"

Erica looked over at Jackson, who was smiling sadly at Kendall. "No, Kendall, he hasn't. I'm sorry." Kendall smiled back at Jackson and walked out of the kitchen. Erica returned to the table and leaned into Jackson. "We really need to tell her."

"Erica, Bianca said not too. She doesn't want to get Kendall's hopes up or to have her racing off to deal with an unhinged Ryan Lavery. Bianca said she would call as soon as she could."

Kendall stood in the living room, looking out the window. She glanced over at the mantle and stared at their wedding picture. With tears in her eyes, she walked over and picked up the shot of her and Zach. She picked it up and ran her fingers over his face, remembering how he had looked that day, how much love was on his face during the ceremony, and how happy they had been. She hugged the picture to her chest and pulled it back out to look at it again. "Zach, I'm so sorry. You are his father and I love you so much" she whispered to the picture. She sighed and placed the picture back in its original spot. "I just hope I can say those words to him soon instead of to his picture" she said to herself as she curled up on the couch.

It was late. Zach, Bianca and Greenlee had immediately holed up in Martin's apartment upon their arrival in Savannah. Zach had made some calls from the plane and by the time they landed, a PI was trailing Ryan. He confirmed that Ryan did have Will and that he seemed to be casing Greenlee's office.

By 12:30 that night, Greenlee had finally fallen asleep. Martin and Zach had done a lot of planning and Martin called in some favors so that they would have their backs covered tomorrow. Zach was sitting in a chair, sipping a beer and looking out the window. He felt a hand on his shoulder and looked up into Bianca's face.

"You should be asleep. It's late."

She pulled a chair up next to him. "I'm still on Paris time. I just got off the phone with Maggie and Miranda, who says hi, by the way."

"I'm going to get you back to her, Bianca."

"I know you are Zach. I'm not worried about me. I'm worried about you and my sister."

Zach groaned and dropped his head, hoping that Bianca would just drop it, but she didn't. "Zach, what happened the other night?"

"Nothing" he growled out, draining his beer.

"Yeah, so much of a nothing that you are staying at the casino instead of being with your wife. Yeah, seems like nothing to me."

"She doesn't want me there."

"Right" Bianca scoffed at him.

"She doesn't. She made that very clear the other night."

"She said that?"

"No, but…"

"Well, Zach, unless she said 'get out and don't come back' I don't see…"

"She told me that I wasn't Will's father."

Bianca was shocked and she could only stare at Zach. Bianca couldn't wrap her mind around those words. Since day one, Zach had been the only father Will had ever known and that is the only way Kendall wanted it. They shared several conversations just about Zach and how good a father he had turned into. "I don't believe it."

He glared over at her. "Well, believe whatever you want Bianca, but that's what she said and she damn well sounded like she meant it."

"I'm sure she didn't. Zach, she's been under a lot of stress and she is super worried about Will and…"

"AND I'M NOT!" he yelled at her, shooting out of his chair and pacing around the room. "That kid is my life. Kendall is my life – they both are my life. They mean more to me than anything – and I mean anything. I would give up the money, the casino, my life to ensure that they are taken care of and happy and healthy. I love my family more than anything in the whole world and the fact that she could question that… question me… question my love for Will… it's too much." He collapsed back in his chair and hung his head in his hands.

"Zach, do you still love her?"

"With all my heart. Nothing she can say to me is ever going to change the fact that I love her more than anything else in the world, but…"

"I know – sometimes people say things that can't be forgiven, but Zach, you love her. That hasn't changed and I know she still loves you. You two have survived so much, you can totally survive this. You just need to…"

"Bianca, I can't think about this now. I mean, you're right, but I can't… I've got to concentrate on Will first and then everything else can be dealt with after we have him back on that plane to Pine Valley."

Bianca leaned back in her chair and stared at Zach. He looked over at her and she nodded. She knew he was right and she would have plenty of time to deal with him on the plane tomorrow. She sighed and got up. "Don't stay up too late, Zach. Will's going to need to be well-rested tomorrow." Zach nodded and returned to staring out the window as Bianca headed toward the spare bedroom.

Carla was doing her best to keep her fears in the back of her head, but he was scaring her to death and the gun wasn't helping things at all – neither was the scared looking little boy on his hip, but she knew she needed to stay calm.

"Where the hell is she?" he screamed at her again.

"Mr. Lavery, Ms. Smythe usually doesn't come in till…"

"THAT'S NOT HER NAME!" he screamed back at her. "Her name is Greenlee Lavery."

Carla took a deep breath and counted to 10. Greenlee had filled her in last night and she knew what was going to go down, but that didn't make her any less scared.

"I'm sorry, you're right, but she usually gets her at about 9:30 or so and…"

"You told her I was coming, right?"

"Yes, sir, I did and she said that she would get here as soon as she could this morning, but…" and suddenly, there was a gun in her face. "I think you need to call her right now and tell her to get her ass down here now."

"No need, Ryan, I'm right here." Ryan whirled around and saw Greenlee standing there.

Greenlee thanked God that Martin had the undercover agents clear the office this morning – she feared what he would do with a room full of people.

Ryan nudged Will with his nose against his cheek. "Look who it is, son – mommy." Greenlee could see the confusion on Will's face as he stared at her. "I told you I was bringing you a surprise."

Greenlee did her best to plaster a fake smile on her face. "Can I hold him?" Ryan nodded and moved toward Greenlee. He was about to hand Will off to her when Will looked back over Ryan's shoulder and yelled "DA" in his ear. Ryan froze as Greenlee's eyes got wide. "What did you do" he growled out at her. Greenlee took a step back as Ryan whirled around and came face to face with Zach Slater. Ryan smirked and raised his gun directly at Zach's chest as Greenlee took off across the room.

"What do you think you are doing here, Slater?"

Zach straightened up and held his hands over his head. "I just came to talk, Ryan."

"About what? You aren't supposed to be here."

"Ryan, fine, I'll go as soon as we talk, but could you put my son…"

"HE'S NOT YOUR SON, ASSHOLE!" Hearing those words for a second time in as many days cut through his heart again, but he had to keep his composure. Zach wanted nothing more than to wring Ryan's neck with his bare hands, but there was Will to consider.

"I'm sorry, you're right" he choked out. "OK, but could you put the gun away…"

"Oh, you would like that, wouldn't you – give you the upper hand. No way!"

"Ok, then could you at least put Will down so something doesn't accidentally happen." Ryan looked down at the boy on his hip and how close he was to the gun. Zach could see that there was some real concern on Ryan's face for Will in this moment. Without taking his eyes off Zach, Ryan took a step back and put Will on the floor. "You be a good boy while Daddy talks to this man and then me and you and mommy are going to go" he said, patting Will on the head. That action alone made Zach want to rip every appendage from his body.

Ryan stood back up and trained the gun back on Zach. "You've got 5 minutes, Slater, before I do the world a favor and get rid of another Cambias."

Zach started to talk to Ryan as Greenlee joined Bianca behind one of the cubicle walls. Their plan had been shot to hell because Will had been excited to see Zach. "Now what?" Greenlee whispered to Bianca. Bianca closed her eyes for a moment and Greenlee could tell she was thinking. Bianca opened her eyes and peeked around the corner. Down at the end of the aisle, she could see Will sitting on the floor, staring up at the two men in front of him. Bianca pulled her head back before Will had a chance to see her and took a deep breath. "I'm going to get him" she whispered to Greenlee. Bianca got on all fours, but felt Greenlee pull on her leg. She whipped her head around to see Greenlee glaring at her.

"You are doing what?" she whispered harshly to Bianca.

"I'm going to get him. I know a trick and I think I can get him to crawl over to me with Ryan noticing as long as Zach keeps him distracted."

"Bianca, no. You've got a daughter and…"

"Zach promised me last night that I would get back to her and I believe him. Zach doesn't break promises. I'm going." And with that, Bianca started to crawl toward her nephew. Greenlee swore under her breath and followed Bianca on all fours. "Not alone your not" she whispered back. "Whatever" Bianca responded as she kept crawling.

They got as close as they could to Will without being detected. Bianca pulled her knees underneath her body as Greenlee did the same. Bianca looked over at Greenlee and put her finger against her lips, telling Greenlee not to talk. Bianca took a deep breath and turned her attention back to Will. She started to wave in his direction to get his attention. Soon, he looked over at her and opened his mouth to say something, but Bianca quickly put her forefinger back over her lips to shush him.

It was something that Zach and her joked about. Whenever Kendall would start to yell and complain about something, Zach would look down at his son and put his finger over his mouth – it was their signal, as Zach like to call it, to be quiet until mommy was finished yelling. Kendall didn't find it near as amusing as she and Zach did, but she was never more thankful for the signal than she was right now.

Will immediately shut his mouth and smiled at his aunt. She smiled back at him and held her arms out to him, waving him to crawl toward her. Will was very smart for his age and he immediately headed for his aunt.

Zach saw Will start to move toward the cubicles and looked at Ryan. Zach could tell that the rage had all consumed Ryan at this point. He was screaming and flailing the gun around. All Zach could do was stand there and pretend to listen. Zach felt his heart jump into his throat when Will disappeared behind the first partition. Zach glanced toward the back of the room and saw Martin and one of the agents moving toward the end of the aisle and he sent up a prayer that Bianca and Greenlee had gotten him out of harm's way. Zach returned his attention to Ryan.

"… so you, Slater, you lose, ok. I win and you lose. I get to have my happy life with my beautiful wife and son, just like it was supposed to be before you and that whore Kendall decided to play God with my life. But, that's all over now. All is right with the world. Anything you want to say before I rid the world of another Cambias?" Ryan pointed the gun at Zach's head. Zach took a deep breath and opened his mouth to start to talk when they both heard "DA! DA NOW!" from the back of the room.

Ryan whirled around and pointed his gun at Bianca and Will against the back wall. "YOU ALL ARE SO STUPID. YOU REALLY THINK YOU CAN OUTSMART ME!" he screamed as Bianca did her best to shield Will from Ryan. Zach watched at Ryan pulled the hammer back on the gun and pointed it directly at Bianca. "Well, you are all going to learn" he said as he took aim. Greenlee jumped in front of Bianca and Will as shots were fired and they all fell to the ground.

Greenlee slowly opened her eyes and stared at the ceiling for a minute before she flipped over and stared at Bianca and a crying Will, who was lying on top of Bianca.

"Bianca? Oh my god, Bianca…"

Bianca groaned and opened her eyes. She sat up and rubbed the back of her head. "I'm going to have a bump." Greenlee just started to laugh as they both tended to Will. After seeing that he was fine, they looked at each other. "But, I thought I heard…"

"Zach!" Bianca whispered. They both shot up off the floor and saw Zach, standing there, arm outstretched, staring down at the ground. Greenlee headed toward Zach as Bianca hung back with Will. When she reached the end of the aisle, she gasped.

There was Ryan, on the floor, as a couple of the undercover agents were checking his pulse. "He's dead" the one cop said to the other.

"Make sure. He's got a habit of not staying dead" Zach whispered, gun still trained at Ryan's head, waiting for movement.

Martin came up next to Zach and lowered his arm. "He's dead, Zach, really. You saved Bianca and Will. He was going to…" Just hearing his son's name snapped him out of his daze. His head shot up and looked at the back of the room to where Bianca and Will were standing. He dropped the gun and sprinted back to her. "Is he…"

"He's fine" she said as Will held out his arms to Zach. Zach immediately took Will from Bianca. Will wrapped his arms around Zach's neck and all the emotions that Zach had been bottling up since that night with Kendall came out. Zach started to cry and slid down the wall he had been leaning against. Will curled up in his lap and smiled up at him. "Hi Da" he said, pulling at the lapels on Zach's jacket. Zach pulled Will into his chest. "Hey little man. I missed you." Will put his head on Zach's shoulder as all of Zach's emotions came to the surface. They stayed like that while the police worked the scene and removed Ryan's body. Once it had all been cleaned up and all the statements had been taken, Bianca came back over to Zach and Will. Will had fallen asleep and Zach was just staring at him.

Bianca crouched down next to him. "Zach, we need to go. I need to call Uncle Jack and let him know before this all breaks nationwide and we need to get him home." Zach just nodded and pulled himself up off the floor. Zach kissed the top of Will's head as the elevator doors closed.

Jackson snapped his cell phone shut and turned around, smiling brightly at Erica, Reggie and Myrtle. "It's over. Zach and Bianca have Will and are on the plane right now. Zach… he saved Bianca and Will's life. Ryan was going to shoot them but Zach… well, Ryan's dead. It's over." Erica and Myrtle hugged each other and Reggie collapsed into his chair. Jackson let them rejoice as he headed upstairs.

He took a deep breath before he knocked on the master bedroom door. "Come in" he heard from inside. He opened the door to see Kendall curled up on the bed in one of Zach's suit jackets, holding the bear Beverly gave Will for his birthday. Jackson shut the door and flipped on the TV. "Kendall, Bianca just called. I have some good news…"

TBC…