Sorry this has taken so long. Trying to get 2 kids ready to start school again and work has taken up all my time. I hope you like this, especially you, Kris Munroe (a cliffhanger especially for you). Please review and let me know what you think.

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Kelly was finally alone. Tiffany was in Washington, Jill & Kris had gone to Brussels to meet with the Patriots of Freedom organization, Julie was sorting through hundreds of pictures, Bosley was going through their old cases and Sabrina, after a lot of encouragement, had gone home to spend some time with her son and husband. Kelly had been waiting for her chance to be a lone. Kelly felt like they were at a dead end. They could not find Paolo and they did not have many clues to go on so she had decided to take things into her own hands, if she were alone where Paolo or whoever was behind this could easily get to her, maybe she could find out that was behind this. She knew the other Angels would be mad at her, especially if it did not work out. Sabrina was going to kill her either way so this had better work, Kelly thought to herself. Kelly had dismissed her protection detail for the night and had made a big show of letting the staff go early. Now all she could do was wait. She was hoping Paolo would visit. He did not make her wait very long.

Kelly was sitting in Carl's big leather chair in his study when she heard him come in, "I've been waiting for you."

"This is the first time you have been alone," Paolo answered.

"I have good friends, they were worried about me."

"It must be nice; I was all alone when my father died, thanks to you and your friends."

"You and your father weren't the victims, you tried to kill him." Kelly said in a deadly voice. "Why should I feel sorry for you, Sabrina and Kris even intervened to get you leniency, we helped you!" Kelly continued, angry that he thought he deserved sympathy.

"Help me to what? To live a life where I let my father down and it cost him his life? All because I was a coward, I should have stopped Sabrina before she called you."

"Sabrina was trying to save a man's life, by risking her own."

"My father trusted me and I let him down by letting Sabrina call you. She killed him."

"Sabrina didn't kill him, his bitterness and hate killed him. Sabrina never wanted to hurt you or your father; she was just doing her job."

"Don't try to turn this around, my father was a great man and did not deserve to die humiliated like that."

"Carl was a caring loving husband, a true statesman who helped people around the world and he did not deserve to die. Sabrina is a wonderful mother, wife and friend. She does not deserve to die. If you want to kill someone, kill me, leave Sabrina out of this." Kelly desperately wanted to make sure Paolo did not have a chance to hurt anyone else.

Paolo looked at Kelly, "I could never shoot anyone. I tried but I found out I do not have the nerve, but I met people in prison who do have the nerve. They have been very helpful."

"Does that mean you did not shoot Carl?" Kelly said getting up from her chair and moving to the window.

"No I didn't. I was there because I wanted to see him die, to see your face. I wanted to see your pain." Paolo said.

"Were you satisfied? Are you happy now?" Kelly said sadly.

"No, it was not enough, you did not suffer enough. Not like I did." Paolo yelled.

Kelly, yelled back at him, "What do you want from me. What is enough for you?"

"I want you to suffer. I want you to regret your life, to know you could have protected them and didn't. To know you failed. We want you to be alone, like I am." Paolo finished with a sadistic smile.

Kelly began to get frantic; she could not see anyone else she loved die. She had to stop him and his friends, "Well, you win, I failed and my husband is dead. Why don't you just kill me and get if over with?" Kelly moved back to her desk and opened the middle drawer.

Paolo just smiled, "That would be too easy, and we want you to sit here alone and think and worry about it just like I had to think about how I let my father down while I was in prison."

Kelly looked at Paolo, trying to understand what kind of man could take pleasure out of another's pain. Finally she realized it did not matter, he was crazy with hate and she needed to know who was pulling the strings behind him. She slowly took the gun out of the drawer and pointed it at Paolo. "Now you are going to tell me who you are working with. Who is the 'we' you are talking about? Who killed my husband?"

Paolo started laughing, "Do you really think I care if I live or die? Death would be a relief from life. You can shoot me, but I will never tell you. If I don't kill her someone else will."

"Who will kill her? Who are you working with?" Kelly demanded.

"I will finish what my father started. Your husband was part of it and Sabrina is the last piece. She must die and you must live with it." Paolo stated backing out of the room laughing.

While Kelly listened to Paolo she had quickly moved past hurt and fear to a blind rage, how dare he sit there and laugh at her. He had killed her husband and was threatening her friend. She wanted someone else to feel her pain, she wanted to stop the threats, she wanted him dead. She walked toward him with the gun raised and pulled the hammer back. "You are going to tell me who you are working with or I am going to watch you die slowly, very slowly."

Paolo looked defiantly back at Kelly. Kelly calmly pulled the trigger. Paolo jumped and fell backwards, tumbling as he tried to regain his balance. "The next shot won't miss, who – are - you - working - for," Kelly emphasized each word.

Paolo kept moving backwards yelling, "I will not let my father down again. I will not tell you."

A shot rang out and Paolo pitched forward and fell to the floor, dead.

Kelly stood there stunned; another shot rang out hitting Kelly and knocking her back against the desk as she tried to turn around another shot hit her in the back. She tried to see where the shots came from, but she couldn't see anything. She fell to the floor, everything seemed to be in slow motion, she tried to take a deep breath, but it hurt too much. The room started spinning she tried to concentrate, I need to get to the phone, I need to warn Sabrina. She tried to move toward the phone, but couldn't. Why can't I move, wait I can't feel my legs. What is happening? Kelly felt the room start to spin again and this time she couldn't stop it.

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