a/n: I know its been forever but life happens but I'm back heres chapt 4

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Chapter : four

Harmony maxium security

Gwen stepped outside of the prison gates and breathed in the fresh air. It felt good to be free , especially since she could finally achieve her goals of revenge . she turned to the left and say Leah standing by a blue jaguar . she smiled wickedly and walked over .

" did you bring the clothes,"

" yeah"

Leah said pointed to a bag in the backseat of the shiny expensive car . gwen quickly chnaged then turned to her sister.

" give me the keys , I wanna drive "

Leah handed her the keys and walked over to the passenger seat. Gwen roared out of the prison parking lot and sped down the streets of harmony. She drove for ten minutes when she heard a siren , she looked and saw flashing red lights in her review mirror.

" s&&t!"

She said realizing it was a cop. She decided to ignore the police vehicle and kept driving much to Leah's chagrin.

"what are you doing , are you crazy do you want to go back to prison …pull the fk over!"

"fine!"

Gwen said . she was no longer the same Gwen that had first gone into prison . those years in prison had changed her she was hard now , she didn't give a damn about anyone but herself the only reason she stopped, was that she couldn't take the chance of breaking her parole by getting arrested . she needed to be free to fulfill her plan , never mind what her bratty half sister Leah wanted . all she needed was her sisters resources once she got what she needed to set her plan in motion she would ditch her .

She slowed down and pulled over . the cop got out of the car and walked over to the jag . gwen rolled down the tinted window when the officer tapped on it.

" license and registration please…"

" Luis !"

" Gwen! What the hell are you doing out !"

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Luis had just left the precinct and was on his way home for lunch with sheridan and his kids when a speeding blue jaguar came out of nowhere. he really wasn't in the mood to deal with anyone , especially while he was headed for a break. he turned his siren on but the car didnt stop instead it continued to speed on through the streets of the small town .

he followed the car for about ten minutes when the driver finally got a clue and pulled over . he got out making sure his gun was easily accesable and ready for the chance that the driver was armed and dangerous . he walked over to the car and rapped at the window then waited as the driver pulled down the window . he peeked in and was shocked to see gwen hotchkiss starring at him equally shocked to see him as he did her .

" gwen ! what the hell are you doing out "

" oh hello luis , didn't you hear i got realeased"

she said smiling sweetly at him , this was better than she thought she could start her plan this moment, oh what great luck that she had run into luis .

" thats impossible you still have alot more years to serve and you were imprisoned without parole"

" apparently not since shes sitting right here ,free"

luis turned seeing for the first time that there was someone else in the car . he was equally shocked to see leah ,as when he realized gwen was the driver.

" Leah ?"

" hi luis , i believe you know my half sister gwen"

gwen looked confused , she had no idea that luis, let alone anyone in harmony, knew Leah. Since Rebecca had given bastard born leah up for adoption and she grew up in pine valley .

" how do you know each other?"

she asked curious , what connection could Leah possibly have with this resident of harmony.

" Luis and i go way back dont we "

" sort of , i didnt know you were related to this... do you know what she did to my family , what are you doing back in harmony"

" back?"

" yes back , i know luis from his few months of college , we used to be an item"

" yes , used to be ...Leah broke up with me and married one of our teachers when I quit school to become a cop"

Luis said bitterly remembering what she had put him through . Now that he knew she was related to Gwen he could clearly see the family resemblance. A few years earlier Leah had tried to come back into Luis' life after her husband died leaving her all his money. When she realized how well off he turned out to be, she had tried to break up his marriage to Sheridan, but they were able to kick her out of town. the residents of harmony knew that no one could mess with that family and get away with it now that Alistair was dead the town was lead by good and anyone who tried to disturb the order of things in harmony were not treated lightly.

"Do you realize how fast you were going "

He said returning to his professional demeanor. He didn't have time to deal with Gwen and her malicious sister, he had promised his wife that he'd be home to have a family lunch so the sooner he wrote up Gwen's ticket the sooner he could get home to his family. He was relieved that Theresa and Ethan were out of town hopefully he could get rid of Gwen and Leah before his sister and brother in law had an encounter with the miscreant sisters.

" no ,but let me guess your going to tell me "

Gwen said giving him a annoyed smile,

" you were going 65 in a 35 zone plus you refused to pull over when first requested"

"just give me the ticket already I don't have all day"

Luis wrote out the tickets but hesitated before he handed Gwen the ticket.

"I'm going to be watching you , I don't know how you got out of jail…."

He said giving Leah a suspicious look.

"If you try anything, go near my family especially Theresa you will be dealt with by the strongest extent of the law, and that goes for both of you. "

Luis then turned and walked back to his car. He drove about three miles and arrived at a tan colored house. A boy was playing in the yard and he ran over when Luis got out of his car.

"Papa, your home "

"Hey, mijo, where's your mama"

"She's in the kitchen with Aidan and Nadia"

Luis put his arm around his 7 year old son and walked into the house, he spotted Aidan the calmer of the twins asleep in his day crib; they were lucky that both babies were rarely awake at the same time . He ruffled his youngest son's hair than preceded to walk into the kitchen where Sheridan was bouncing eight month old Nadia on her hip while fixing a salad.

"Hey, honey "

She said kissing Luis.

"How's my baby girl"

He said taking Nadia from Sheridan.

"Ian, can you set the table please"

Sheridan called out to her oldest son.

"Ok, mama "

He said going to the cabinet and setting out three plates, forks and spoons for him and his parents then a small bowl and plastic spoon on Nadia's high chair.

"I'm finished, mama"

"Good job, why don't you go wash your hands so we can eat lunch"

"ok"

Luis watched his first born son walk up the stairs made sure he was gone before he turned to Sheridan. Sheridan immediately saw the worried look on Luis' face as he turned to look at her.

"Luis, what's wrong, did something happen"

"maybe you should sit down"

"ok….."

She said sitting down.

"I pulled over a driver for speeding …..and the driver was Gwen Hotchkiss"

"What! Are you sure? How did she get out, she wasn't supposed to have parole"

"I don't know but I intend to find out, it gets worse though…"

"What, tell me Luis "

"Leah Morton is back in town, she was with Gwen…apparently they're half sisters"

"you don't think she's going to try….."

"I won't let it, she wont get anywhere near our family again, I promise you "

Luis said kissing their daughters forehead and then Sheridan's. Ian came back into the room and looked curiously at his parents.

" is everything ok "

he asked very perceptive for his age.

" come here "

sheridan said pulling ian onto her lap,

" your daddy was just telling me how he'll always be here to protect you ,me and your little brother and sister"

" thats because papa's strong like superman , right mama"

" right" sheridan said smiling at her son. she and luis had come a long way to be able to have the life they made together there was no way they were going to let gwen or Leah mess that up .

" lets go eat , your daddy has to go back to work soon"

" ok"

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Mexico

by the time paloma came back to the inn theresa and ethan, tired from their trip, had gone to bed . she tried to sneak up to her room when she heard a cough behind her she turned around to see her god-mother Lauren , standing behind her .

" hola tia "

" paloma, your sister and her husband arrived earlier and you know maria dosn't like to see you come home late, where have you been "

" i was just out with some friends , they threw a good bye party for me "

she said in her thick spanish accent

"i understand but you should have come home early enough to say hi to your sister or at least a reasonable hour "

" i know tia , im sorry ...im tired i'll see you in the morning ,yes"

" yes , goodnight paloma"

" buenas noches ,tia"

with that said paloma continued up the stairs and into her room . she didnt know how to feel about moving to the states , she was only a baby when her mother sent her to live in mexico with her aunt, she barely knew her mother let alone her siblings . they had sent her letters but it wasn't the same , she had no idea if they were really like how they seemed in their leters.

The only parents she truly knew were her god parents who had been around most of her life unlike her real family. She would just have to see when she met her mother and siblings if they were people she truly wanted to know but for now she wouldn't trust them, not till she was ready.

She drifted off to sleep dreaming of a life where she was never sent away, where she was raised by her mother and father.

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Lauren and Greg Mcauley sat outside whispering with worried faces or rather conflicted expressions .

" we should tell her Lauren ……"

"we can't Greg , she would hate me if she knew what I did"

"now that Alistair is gone , we can stop hiding "

" that doesn't mean that telling the truth won't hurt them "

" what if we go back with Paloma?"

" no we should let her get settled before we spring this information on her and your other children "

"what about your children ,Lauren?"

" they would probably hate me , maybe we should leave things alone ,Greg , our children could be happy we can't ruin their lives"

" I know, we could just check on them to truly see if they are fine"

" what about your wife?"

" im sure she has moved on "

" that's not what I meant…do you still love her "

" I love you…."

" that doesn't answer the question"

" can we not talk about this anymore…I'm tired …"

Greg said walking away. the truth was he did still love his wife and there wasn't a day that he didn't think about her and the life they had before he had to leave . He did care about Lauren and in a way he did love her , but he yearned to see his wife. he hoped and prayed ,though it was selfish, that she hadn't moved on. he lay in bed pondering all that when lauren slipped into bed with him,he barely noticed her but fell asleep dreaming of the life he could have had if he hadn't been forced to leave all those years ago.

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Harmony - Pilar's house

Pilar was delighted to have her grandchildren with her and even happier that her youngest child was coming home and would be living in harmony. though she wished she could have all her children in harmony, if only she could find out what happened to her eldest son . she walked over to the candles in her kitchen and lit one for her son Antonio and another for her Husband Martin .

she stared out the window praying that her other children would remain safe. Now that alistair was gone her children were finally happy and livng their lives the way they deserved in the now peaceful town of Harmony.

" abuela ?"

EJ said coming into the room, shaking Pilar from her daydreaming .

" yes , mijo "

" can you take me to theo luis' and tia Sheridans house so i can play with Ian "

" of course mijo , we can go after lunch "

"ok, i'm gonna go get ready "

Pilar watched her grandson run off, he was very much like his mother ; stubborn and strongwilled but he was also soft spokened and reasonable like his lawyer father .

" abwela peelar , im hungry is it lunch time yet"

alyssa said coming into the kitchen and tugging at her grandmothers apron.

" yes it is , want me to help you wash your hands"

" no...i can do it im a big girl now"

she said walking to the bathroom down the hall. Pilar could hear water running in the bathroom as she set the table for her and her two grandchildren. she heard the water turn off as EJ then Alyssa walked in at sat down at the table .

" who wants to say grace"

" i wanna abwela"

" ok ally mija "

" dear jesus thank you for this food and bless mama ,daddy , EJ , Abuela all my theo's and tia's and cousins, amen"

" amen "

Pilar and EJ said. They then proceeded to eat the lunch of spaghetti that she had prepared. though she wished dearly to have her entire family together she was grateful for all she had , and with Alistair , the root of harmony's evil gone , they could finally have that.

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Harmony warf

" eve !"

julian yelled catching her in his arms. he couldn't sleep so he decided to take a walk he ended up at the warf and saw a women gazing into the water . he walked up to her to see if she was ok and was shocked to see that the women was Eve. she turned , saw him , and fainted without warning .

"Eve, wake up"

Julian said holding her in his arms after he had caught her. He started to panic when she didn't respond but lay there motionless. He frantically searched for his cell phone which he found in his back pocket. He quickly dialed 911 and waited as it rung.

" emergency services how may I help"

"A woman just fainted and she isn't responding I don't know what wrong with her"

" calm down sir , is she breathing "

" I don't know , I'll check"

Julian put his ear to her chest and could feel it slowly moving up and down.

"yes she's breathing , but she's unconscious"

" could she have hit her head when she fainted sir "

" no I caught her as she fell"

"ok sir don't move her , may I have your location please"

" I'm on the southern side of the harmony warf , right near the lobster shack "

" ok , an ambulance is on the way "

Julian waited holding eve in his arms for what seemed like hours when he heard the sirens approaching.

"She's over here!"

He yelled as he heard the ambulance pull up. The paramedics rushed over and started to check her vitals. They then carefully lifted her up onto the stretcher.

"what's wrong with her is she going to be ok"

" we're not sure sir but we'll run some test when we get to the hospital"

" ok , can I ride with her "

" are you her husband "

"no her husbands T.C. Russell , though I wish I were her husband "

Julian said , keeping that last part to himself.

" sorry sir but only family can ride with her , we'll have the hospital inform her family"

They said loading her into the ambulance. Julian stood there watching the ambulance, not knowing what to do. He wanted to drive over to the hospital and be by eves side , but he knew he couldn't because T.C. would be there and as far as T.C. knew eve didn't even know Julian with the exception of them both being on the hospital board.

He did the only thing he could do, he turned around and walked back home to his lonely, empty, loveless mansion.

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a/n: thats it for now i hoped you liked it i decided to include some different charecters that weren't present or not much in the last three chapters ,let me know if there is any specific charecter you want to see in the next chapter or anything you need answered , but that dosnt include charecters i have already killed off i find that would br annoying and tacky for this story. thanks again ,don't forget to review . SUGGESTIONS NOT FLAMES! are welcome and greatly apprecitated.

-P.Rom