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Mercedes waited patiently in the abandoned warehouse. She had searched and made sure she found the perfect place for what she was about to do. She glanced down to her stomach, wanting the butterflies to leave. She couldn't help the growing nervousness that was within her. This could fail, and she could lose her life. Sam could hate her forever for leaving him out of this but after talking to him she was sure if Sam ever saw Brad face to face he would kill him. It had been 10 days since they left the island. Ten days since she first spoke to Jesse and ten days into Sam's father's plan to bring down Brad for good.

Ten days ago.

Sam and his dad worked on a plan as Mercedes tried to busy herself around the condo. She knew they would be returning to home soon and everything would hit a head when they did. She needed this to be over, all of it. The part she played as well as Brad's. She should have been stronger. Told her parents no when they came to her, but instead she went along with it. She married him. Gave herself to him even though it made her sick. The things he did to her horrified her but the way her mother took his side, the way her father stayed silent, that broke her down to her core. There had to be a way to stop Brad once and for all. Had to be a way to turn all the negative into a positive.

She heard Sam's phone ring and walked over to the nightstand noticing Rachel was calling. She hesitated picking it up but thought it could be an emergency.

"Hello? Rachel?"

She heard someone inhale deeply.

"Hello?"

"Um is this Mercedes. Mercedes Jones?"

"Who is this?"

There was a long pause and she was close to hanging up when he finally spoke again.

"My name is Jesse and we need to talk."

Mercedes knew the voice was familiar but she wasn't sure where she knew him from.

"I'm sorry, who is this?"

"My name is Jesse. I uh...please don't hang up when I tell you that I work for or I used to work for Brad."

Mercedes felt chills shoot up her spine as she heard Brad's name. "You work with Brad? Wiat you were there when he attacked me."

"Please Mercedes I know I don't have the right to call you but he has to be stopped. Brad has to be stopped."

Mercedes walked to the door and glanced into the hall listening out for Sam and his father. She closed her door putting her focus back on the phone call.

"Why are you calling me?"

"I was calling Sam, but I am glad you answered. I can never apologize enough for my role in all of this. For my part in hurting you. I called Sam because tonight I have learned what it felt like for someone i love to be almost taken from me and if this is how I have made Sam feel, then I am truly sorry."

Mercedes sighed. "Brad hurt someone you loved?"

"Yes, he wanted me to get rid of her because she was a witness to everything we have done to you, but I couldn't do it. I love her. So I have to make things right. I just have been punished enough, but brad won't stop. He wants Sam dead. He wants to finish what he started he feels Sam stole you from him so even if he says he will leave Sam alone he wont."

Mercedes sighed glancing down to her ring finger. "So why come to us and not the police?"

"Mercedes you married him, you know that he has people everywhere. The detectives who came to interview you at the hospital, one of them worked for Brad. He has judges and Governors in his pockets. They won't help us, they won't make sure we are safe. We have to handle this alone."

Mercedes knew he was right. She knew that if Brad found out they were coming for him, there was no telling who could get hurt in the crossfire. "So what do we do?"

"You and Sam should get back here soon. I will have some papers sent to your place. Make sure that you read through them and keep them. We need to give him no place to go...he won't go down easily Mercedes and if he knows you are alive he will kill you himself."

"I am not scared of Brad anymore. We will stop him."

"So when you and Sam get back we can all meet up."

"NO! Sam can't know about this. This is my mess, I brought Brad into his life and i have to fix it. I just...how do I know I can trust you, that this isn't a trap?"

"Before we meet up, I will also send you papers on me, if when this is all over you want to turn me in as well, then you can. I will accept that. I have done some horrible things Mercedes. I have hurt people, I hurt you and for the first time in my life I have found someone I want to be better for. I need to be better for."

"Thanks for calling me Jesse.I will call you back on this number when we get home...and Jesse, I hope Rachel is alright."

"How did you?"

"You are calling from her number. I am sorry for what Brad did to her, he will pay."

Mercedes hung up the phone and sighed twirling her ring on her finger. She didn't want to keep this from him but she brought this on Sam. She put his life in danger and she had to get him out of it.

Two days ago

While it was great to be home, Sam could sense a change in Mercedes from the moment they got on the plane. He knew she was scared but he also knew that with his father on the case, things would work themselves out. Closing the door behind him he placed his bags down and walked up behind Mercedes pulling her into a hug. He wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her close.

"Stop worrying Merce, we will get Brad, he wont hurt you anymore."

"Sam I am not worried about him hurting me, I am worried about him hurting you."

She turned towards him. "You have no idea how much i love you, how happy I am just to be in your life. If I lost you."

"You won't."

"But what if I do? Once Brad finds out I am not dead he will come after you and even if he thinks I am still dead, he will come after you because he is such a bastard."

Sam bent down and kissed her softly. "Baby its you and me, in this together. He won't hurt either of us. Not if I can help it."

Mercedes wanted to believe him more than anything but she knew first hand what Brad was capable of. She knew first hand how evil he truly was. Sam pulled away from her and grabbed the bags.

"This is what we are going to do, I am going to put our bags up and run us a hot bath, I think we both could use it."

Sam kissed her cheek and left the living room. Mercedes exhaled taking a deep breath and pulled out her phone. She dialed the familiar number and waited as it rung. Her heart leap in dear hearing the voice she had dreaded.

"Hello?"

"Daddy its me."

"Oh my God Mercedes? Brad told us you were dead. Baby girl where are you?"

"Daddy please don't, I don't have time."

"Mercy I just want to see you make sure you are okay. Your mom said you were hurt and blamed Brad. She said you needed to find yourself back to Brad."

"Daddy he is not a good guy. I don't know why you guys can't see that."

"He didn't cry. He didn't even look too sad when he told us. I may not have known then but I know now that he is not a good guy and i am sorry I put you in his path."

"Daddy i just wanted to make you happy to help your company. I just couldn't do it anymore. I'm sorry."

"No, I am sorry. I thought I lost you and that hurt more than you can imagine. I don't care what it has done to my company I just want my baby girl back."

"If you mean that daddy, really mean that then I need your help. I am taking him down, i am not gonna let him hurt me or Sam again."

"Sam? He's the guy your mom told me about."

"Yes, I love him daddy."

"Okay then what can I do for you?"

"I need a location. Somewhere off the grid where I can meet Brad and not be disturbed you know?"

"What are you gonna do?"

"I am going to get my life back. I am going to make him pay for everything."

"I have this warehouse. Its almost finished but the crew is off this weekend. I am giving them all a much needed break. You can have it Friday. Just tell me what time and I will be there."

"Daddy no I have to do this myself."

"No you don't. If Brad is as bad as you say then, you need all the help you can get."

Brad sat at his desk going over every way he could make Sam suffer. Now that Mercedes was out the way he could get revenge on the man who stole his wife. Hearing his phone ring he rolled his eyes seeing Jesse's number.

"Where the hell are you?"

"i am sorry boss, they uh just found Rachel's body. She's dead."

"You know I had to do it Jesse. She made you weak. Made you less of a man. I had to kill her. Had to make you see that she would be end of you."

"Yeah I see that now. Once I give my statement, letting them know I have no idea what happened to her I will be in."

"Good. We have work to do."

Hanging up the phone Brad smirked slightly. He knew Jesse was hurt but it served him right. He had to have no ties if he was going to work for Brad. He had to cut this love train off at the heels. Hearing his phone ring again he was surprised to see a private number appear. He answered more out of curiosity than anything,

"hello?"

"Hello Brad."

Brad felt his breath catch in his throat. He would recognize that voice anywhere. "I thought only cats had nine lives Mercedes."

"Well I guess someone upstairs loves me more than you hate me."

"Why let me know you are alive. I was pretty convinced you were dead. Even threw myself a little party."

Mercedes sighed heavily. "Yeah well I would expect nothing less from you. I am tired of this game Brad. You want me dead bad enough then prove it."

"I thought trying to kill you did prove it."

"Meet me and let's settle this face to face. Its time we end this."

"Baby this will never be ended. Just like you will never be Sam's not truly. You were mines first and will be mines last.I will have my way with you and then I will kill you. And then I will kill him."

"No you won't. This is about you and I, Sam has nothing to do with this."

"Yeah well once you are dead, what is to stop me from killing him?"

"Insurance. I have somethings on you that if turned in will ruin you and send you to Prison for a very long time."

Brad laughed. "If that is the case, why not just turn it in now?"

"Because you will still never stop pursuing me. This has to end. But Sam doesn't get hurt."

"Fine. Where do you want to meet?"