Max watched on her computer as Roman got the kids ready for bed. He kissed them goodnight and made his way to his room. She watched him hesitate, standing in the doorway. He looked down, before taking a step away and going downstairs.
She clicked for the kitchen camera. He walked over to the fridge and pulled out a beer. Taking it to the living room and sitting down. He sat in the dark, drinking his beer. He had asked his entire family to leave him alone with his kids for a few weeks. He just needed the quiet and his kids.
Friends and family had made food that filled up the fridge so he didn't have to cook. Which he was grateful for. He laid his head back and started crying. That broke Max's heart, his pain was too much and she regretted this plan instantly.
"I should have never told you to go", he cried out into the dark.
Max shed her tears with him. Baron stopped by her room.
"Torturing yourself", he said.
"I deserve it for doing this to him", she replied.
"It was necessary", he said.
"Was it? Carmella knows you aren't really dead. Stephanie knows her husband is alive. Why can't my husband know? It's not fair. He's suffering", she said, pushing her laptop onto the bed.
"You're right, it isn't fair, but you know damn well Lana would know. His grieving is real. He's not an FBI agent, she knows Carmella and Stephanie are trained in handling this", Baron said.
Max looked down at the computer. Roman was still crying.
"You should have stayed alive. You could have helped him", she said.
Baron shook his head no.
"You need me more. Who else is going to keep your ass in check", Baron said.
She chuckled.
The next day, Hunter went over the plan to get Brock.
"Once we get the big guy out of the way, we get Lana and then Jason", Hunter said.
Baron and Max nodded. Apparently Brock was going to be in Las Vegas with his dealer Paul Heyman.
"Take him out while in his room. Seems too easy", Max said.
"Not as easy as you think. He'll have guards with him. Paul doesn't like it when Brock leaves his house without them", Hunter said.
"Still too easy", Baron said, crossing his arms over his chest.
Hunter chucked and shook his head at them.
"You two are some cocky pieces of work", Hunter said.
"Who will we be moving with?", Max asked.
"Alexa. For now she will take all the credit. Sami is keeping an eye on our two faced agent Jordan", Hunter said.
"What I don't get is why she all of a sudden teams up with Adam Cole. What does he bring to this?", Max asked.
"What do you mean?", Hunter asked, sitting on the edge of the table.
"Look at this guy and his crew. They are more bank robbers, drug dealers, and gun runners. Not even Rusev and Sheamus level of criminal", Max said.
"Adam and some of his guys have been to prison before for robbing banks.", Baron said, going through the file.
"See. Rusev and Sheamus wouldn't stoop so low. They were hard core criminals. Lana would not downgrade", Max said.
Hunter nodded understanding.
"What are you thinking?", Hunter asked.
"I hate to say it, but she might be planning to break Sheamus out. He would be the only one willing to work with her. No hardcore criminal man would let a woman lead him the way Rusev let Lana.", Max said.
Hunter nodded. Most of the ones Max and Baron have caught would rather slit their throats before taking orders from a woman. Lana had been the only one to convince Rusev to let her make the plans.
Rusev and Sheamus. He trusted Alexa when it came to making plans and setups.
"I'll get more eyes on him", Hunter said.
"You think she's going to use Adam Cole and his crew to get him out?", Baron asked.
"I wouldn't put it passed her", Max said.
It's been two weeks since his wife's death. He went back to work and Max's parents were watching his kids. Amara would be starting school in a few months and it made him sad. Max had been looking forward to walking their daughter in and dropping her off.
Someone knocked on his door. Sasha walked in.
"Have you see the news?", she asked.
He was confused before she turned on the TV in his office. Turning it up, the news woman was talking about the FBI taking out a known criminal who was on the most wanted list.
He sat on his desk, not taking his eyes off the screen.
"Brock Lesnar has been shot by FBI agents after being found in this Las Vegas Hotel. If his name sounds familiar, it should. He was responsible for over sixty deaths in the US, over fifty in Mexico, and seventy in Ireland.", the news woman said.
They flashed to an interview Alexa did. She was dressed in an FBI vest.
"We would have liked to take him alive. Unfortunately that didn't happen. I'm sure his death will bring a lot of peace to all the families he has hurt. Excuse me", she said.
They were showing the FBI agents walking around. He noticed Jason Jordan.
"Since when did he start working again?", Roman asked.
Sasha shrugged.
"I'm not sure, but I can ask Bay", she said.
"Please", he said.
She nodded. Something was fishy about all this. For someone who had been kidnapped for more than a year, Jason sure seemed calm and collected.
"Bayley said three days after they brought him home. His excuse was that he wanted to catch that guy who hurt Max, Baron, and Hunter", Sasha said.
Roman nodded.
"What are you thinking?", she asked him.
"I'm thinking, he knows more. A lot more", Roman said.
"You think he helped plan the plane bombing?", she asked.
Roman looked at her.
"I don't think, I know", he said.
Max and Baron removed their masks once they were inside the house Alexa had rented them.
"Haven't lost your touch agent Reigns", Baron said.
He hit the button to close the garage door. She was the one who shot Brock in the head. Didn't even give him a chance to react to them kicking in his hotel door.
"You have. How many did you miss, like six", she said.
He laughed.
"It was only two", he said.
They got off the car and walked into the house. Max's phone beeped.
"A text from Alexa", Max said.
"And?", Baron asked, removing his vest.
"We need to talk"
Alexa had sent.
"Come over when you can"
She had replied.
"Asked to talk", Max said.
"So like, are we friends with her again or what, because I am so confused", Baron said.
Max chuckled.
"Still not friends, but she owes us. She owes me", Max said.
Baron nodded.
"In that case, tell her to bring us some fucking Starbucks coffee and food", Baron said.
Max laughed and texted Alexa.
Once Alexa arrived with Starbucks and Taco Bell in hand. She set the things down.
"Finally, I'm fucking starving", Baron said.
"I got you your favorite, its in this bag", Alexa said.
Baron nodded without even giving her a glance. He took the bag and walked back into the living room. They were watching Jason's office. Sami had set up a camera in there. Max walked over to the bag and went through it, looking for what she ordered.
"So, about that talk", Alexa started.
Max looked up at her.
"Roman suspects Jason, he's on to him", Alexa said.
"Then keep him away from Jason", Max said.
"Its not that easy. Jason agreed to meet with him", Alexa said.
"What was the point in me asking you to keep an eye on my family, if you can't do it because its so hard", Max said.
Hunter and Baron looked over.
"Because you're punishing me", Alexa said.
"I'm punishing you? No Alexa, I'm not. You owe me and my family after what you did. If you would have just killed them like you were told to, none of this would be happening. I would be with my family right now. You had to go and fall in love with Sheamus", Max said.
"You think that's why I didn't kill them? I didn't kill them because there were a lot of them and only me. Look what happened to Becky. She tried to take them on by herself and she died, she was killed", Alexa said.
"Don't bring her into this", Max said.
Alexa sighed.
"I'm sorry, I am. I couldn't do anything without proof", Alexa said.
"And what about when you and Lana entered my house and tried to kill my husband? Why didn't you kill her then? You could have, you had the chance", Max said.
"She had a knife to your husband's throat. I didn't want to risk it", Alexa said back.
Max shook her head.
"I am doing my best. I'm not doing this because you asked me to, I'm doing this because you are my best friend, I still consider you my best friend", Alexa said.
Max grabbed her food and went to sit with Hunter and Baron. Alexa joined them.
"So you said something about Roman going to see Jason", Baron said.
Alexa nodded.
"Sasha told Bayley that Roman said he suspects Jason had something to do with your deaths", Alexa said.
"And what made him think that?", Hunter asked.
"Jason started working right away. Even as an FBI agent, I needed time to get back in the swing of things. I didn't enter the field till a year after everything went down. Even when I thought I was ready, I wasn't", Alexa said.
Hunter nodded.
"If Jason was really the victim, he would have a hard time adjusting to life away from the torture they supposedly inflicted. I would too", Baron said.
"So we were right. Jason wasn't a victim, he's turned", Hunter said.
Alexa nodded and looked at Max.
"Your husband is a smart man", she said.
"Not smart enough if he's going to meet Jason alone", Max said.
"He won't be. I'll watch his back", Alexa said, before standing and walking out.
"She's trying", Hunter said.
Max raised a brow. He chuckled.
"I get it. You need time", he said.
Max hoped Roman didn't try anything stupid when he went to meet Jason. The last thing she needed was for him to get killed. She would go on a rampage till she got her hands on Jason. She would show him what true torture is.