"Excuse me, Lieutenant. I need to speak with you again," Zara said as she approached the officer. She tried to ignore his obviously impatient look. "I need your help. My mother and sister might have an idea of where Vanessa is."
"Vanessa Summers?" Logan asked. He couldn't help overhearing the conversation and taking an interest. When he looked over he recognized Zara from earlier questioning. "You're her stepdaughter, aren't you?
"Zara," she replied with a nod. "You have to pay attention to me, this is urgent. My sister thinks she knows where Vanessa might be and she went to look for her. I don't know if she's on to anything or not, but if she is she could be in serious danger. I don't think it's worth taking the risk that she could be wrong."
"Who's there?" Silas called out, as he drew a gun and ventured forward.
Cassie and Blaine drew back, both looking for a place to hide or a way too escape, but Silas had discovered them before they had a chance.
"Don't move," Silas ordered. He grinned as he saw Cassie and Blaine standing motionlessly in front of him. As they cowered before him he let out a self satisfied chuckle. "Look who we have here. Someone else I've been looking for."
Blaine and Cassie looked at each other nervously, wondering exactly what he meant by that statement, but both too afraid to ask.
"Don't just stand there with your mouths hanging open. Step out here into the open where I can see you. Slowly now."
"Dad, I can't believe you're back in town. What are you doing here?" Cassie asked.
"I should be asking you that," he retorted. "But it doesn't matter how you found me. It matters more what I'm going to do with you now that you're here."
"What do you mean?" she asked anxiously, glancing briefly at the weapon still pointed towards them.
Blaine touched her shoulder as he spoke up. "She's your own daughter. How could you even threaten to hurt her or the woman you were married to?"
"My daughters, my wives, they've all been trecherous, all the women in my life. And this girl here," he said nodding towards Cassie. "has been as bad as any of them. I fell for the innocent daughter act once before, because she is my flesh and blood, but it's not going to happen again. You've betrayed me as much as anyone else, Cassandra, and you haven't changed, have you?"
"You can't blame what happened on anyone but yourself," Vanessa spoke up from her corner. "You were the one who lied about everything and deceived all of us the entire time you were in our lives. You are not the one who should be feeling betrayed here."
"Keep quiet. No one is talking to you," Silas snapped at her before turning back to Blaine and Cassie. "Do you think I wanted it to be this way? Everything was fine, until my nephew showed up and you," he pointed at Blaine. "and your little girlfriend started snooping into my life. Before you all came along, we had a good life, didn't we Cassie?"
"My mom didn't," she replied, but Silas ignored her and continued to focus on Blaine.
"Don't think I forgot your parts in all of this. It's not just my dear wife over there, you're all on my list."
"What list?" Cassie asked, her pulse starting to race. "What are you planning to do?"
"I was hoping for something a little more subtle, an accident at the house, say a gas leak at that cute little house you share with that girlfriend of yours or at my nephew's girl's place where he seems to spend a lot of time these days. Then as soon as I collected my money, the money the wifey took from me in my absence, back from the wealthy in-laws, I would be on my way and no one would be the wiser, but it looks like that's not going to happen now. Since you decided to drop in like this, I guess I'll have to deal with you directly instead," he said as he lifted his gun and pointed it deliberately at Blaine.
"No!" Cassie shouted as she stepped between her father and Blaine. "Don't do this! I won't let you hurt Blaine."
"Step aside, Cassandra."
"No, I won't let you. You would have to kill me first."
"Cassandra!" He said firmly as he grabbed her by the arm and tried to force her out of the way.
"Let her go," Blaine demanded as he stepped forward and tried to force Silas away from Cassie. He pushed Silas' arm away from Cassie, but Silas wasn't going to give up so quickly. He lunged forward towards Blaine and the two were about to engage in a stuggle when they heard someone enter the warehouse.
"Anyone in here? This is the police."
Silas looked back and forth wildly as he tried to decide what his next move would be. He held up his gun and pointed at each of the others in turn, wondering if he had time to shoot the witnesses and escape before the police came in. After a moment he settled the gun on Blaine.
"Don't do anything rash, Silas," Vanessa said, trying to keep her voice calm and convincing. "It's over. You fire one shot and they'll be on top of you in a second. You won't make it out of here alive if you try anything."
"Shut up," he hissed. He hesitated a second longer as he weighed his options. Seeing only one choice left, he backed away from Cassie and Blaine and started running towards the back exit of the warehouse.
"Over here!" Blaine shouted out to the police. "He's running towards the back."
Silas ran towards the backdoor, dodging boxes and old equipment as he tried to make his escape. As he was about to reach the back door he was stunned to find his first wife Serena standing boldly in his path, blocking his way.
"It's been a long time, hasn't it, Sebastian?" she said coldly.
Over his initial shock, he pushed her aside. "Out of my way."
Serena was knocked off balance, but quickly recovered. As she regained her balance she grabbed a board and turned around quickly, smacking Silas in the head as she spun around.
Silas stumbled backwards, a grabbed the back of his head in pain. When he looked up, Serena was standing in front of him, blocking his path again and holding the board in front of her as a weapon.
"You aren't going anywhere."
"Serena," he growled threateningly as he reached for his gun. "Move."
"You think you can scare me by threatening to take my life. You've already taken everything else from me, my innocence, my youth, years of my life that I should have spent raising our daughters. You've already taken all you can take from me. Ending my life would be nothing."
"I don't have time for this." He grabbed the board and tried to yank it away from Serena, but she held on with a tight grip. Still holding on he pushed forward knocking Serena off balance and sending her to the floor.
His path clear, Silas reached for the door, but before he could open it and make his way to freedom, he was commanded to stop.
"Freeze!" the police ordered. "Drop your weapon and put your hands up."
Surrounded with several guns pointed at his back, Silas knew he was beaten. It was over. He did as he was told and waited for the police to frisk and handcuff him.
As one of the officers helped Serena to her feet, she stared at Silas venomously. Now that she knew where he was, she was going to make sure he would pay for everything he'd done to her and to their daughters.
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