-21-

"Ladies and gentlemen , Ward Cameron, king of the Kook, is going to jail!" JJ announces, as Stella walks into the Chateau. She notices Sarah's face drop.

"Adios! He's out of here! Adios!"

"JJ, Shhh." Stella motions, before sitting next to Sarah.

"Do you regret it?" Kie asks Sarah, also noticing her low mood.

"No. He deserves all of it, and I know that."

"He's still your dad. We get it." Stella wraps her arm around her.

"I'm sure it sucks to be in the middle," Kie adds.

"Hmm i'm guessing you know how I feel then Stells," Sarah looks over before her phone starts ringing. "Sorry." She mutters before going to answer it.

"Topper."Stella mouths to Kie.

"So Stells, where have you been?"

"Barry's."

"You're kidding." John B exclaims, "You're still hanging out with that guy?"

"Hey." She raises her hands defensively, "You guys stole from him, don't act like you're totally innocence"

"He's also a drug dealer." Pope adds.

"Really? Not shit pope." Stella smiles sarcastically, but before anyone can say anything else, Sarah returns.

"They've got a warrant, they're going to arrest him now. I gotta go."

"We're coming."

All of them run towards the Twinkie, John B and Sarah are up front as they race towards the Cameron's.

"Shit" Stella whispers, seeing all the cops cars heading there too.

"Oh my God. Can you please hurry? I need to be there for Wheezie."

"You think I wanna miss this?" John B states and Sarah glares at him. They pull up just outside the property, peering over the wall.

"Holy shit." Sarah exhales, at all the cops surrounding the place.

"I can't see, bro"

"Well now I can't see" Pope and JJ argue.

"They're heading to the dock"

"Screw it. I'm going over." John B jumps the wall.

"Right behind you."

JJ helps Stella and Kiara over the wall just as Wheezie comes out of the house,"What's going on, why are the police here?"

"Wheeze. Wheezie." Sarah runs over to her.

"What's going on? Why are the police here again?" She asks as Sarah hugs her.

"Go inside. Don't come out."

"Stella what's..." Wheezie goes to ask as Sarah runs down to the dock.

"Wheezie please go inside." Stella quickly hugs her before following the others.

"Dad!" Sarah yells out gathering Ward's attention.

"You gotta let us through," John B tells the cops.

"That's Sarah Cameron. Let her through." Shoupe yells.

"What are you doing here, Sarah?" Ward yells.

"Dad, what are you doing?" She cries out.

"Vic, you gotta get her out of here! She can't be here right now!"

"Just come on in, and you.. you.. you can talk to her!" Shoupe yells back.

"Sarah, I'm so sorry, baby. I can't. " He states, pulling the anchor up.

"What are you doing? Dad, no, no, no!"

"Ward this ain't gonna end the way you want it to! You don't need her seeing this." Shoupe tries to sway him.

"Dad, don't leave! Where are you going?"

"I love you." Ward announces. Before anyone can say anything else the boat explodes.

"Holy shit!" Stella jumps, her mouth goes dry watching the ship go up in flames.

"No. No . Dad!" Sarah screams, falling to the ground. "No! Dad!" . The others watch the boat in shock, while Stella kneels down wrapping her arms around Sarah . As she sobs into her shoulder, Stella looks up at John B, who is too focused on staring at the ship, rather than consoling his girlfriend.

"It's gonna be okay." Stella holds her close, "You're gonna be okay." She finds herself tearing up.

• • • • • • • • • • • • •

Sarah arrived at John B's, spotting him at the end of the dock she made her way over.

"I'm sorry you had to see that." John B mumbles, as they sit on the edge together.

"The way you looked... you looked almost... glad" She sniffs, avoiding his gaze.

"I.."

"I saw you."

"Sarah, he killed my dad."

"I just think too much has happened." She sighs.

"What does that mean?"

"I just thought, of all people... you would understand... what it was like losing a dad"

"Stella was there too."

"Yeah but Stella was also there for Rafe. Who she hates. While you're, you're my- "

"Rafe?"

"Shoupe got her to tell Rafe apparently... but that doesn't matter. What matters is..." She looks at him, " I needed you John B. And you... Its-It's just too complicated."

"No, it's... it's not. it's not too complicated."

"It is for me. I think I need to go, uh do you know where Stella is?"

"Um inside"

Sarah walks into the Chateau to find Stella laying on John B's couch flicking through a magazine

"Sarah, Hey, how are you coping?" She notices tears falling down her cheeks, and stands up, "Hey, hey, what's up?"

"I- i just think I ended things with John B. It was just too complicated." Stella pulls her into a hug. "He didn't give a shit about my dad. I get they had their differences but I needed him."

"I get it, It's going to be okay" She strokes her hair

"Can we talk about something?"

"Uh sure, anything." Stella sits back down and she sits next to her.

"Rafe... what's going on between you two?"

"Nothings going on between us."

"You went to the Bahamas with him, you got him to leave the Chateau, you were there when he was arrested, Shoupe asked you to tell him about dad... And even if it was all just a coincidence, the way he acts around you has changed."

"What do you mean?"

"Stella for someone so smart, you're being incredibly naive right now." Sarah shakes her head, "I don't know what is happening between you and my brother, but you definitely don't hate each other anymore.... So I just want to know... do you like him?"

"No. I don't like your brother." She states.

"Are you sure? Because..." She hesitates for a moment, "You know he tried to drown me."

"What?" Stella's mouth hangs open.

"I thought I was meeting Wheezie on the docks, the day before dad... but it was Rafe. Thank god Topper arrived or...."

"That's why he had a black eye." Stella whispered to herself before looking at Sarah, "You brothers a psycho Sarah, I know that. I suppose we've been hanging out more, but it's not been voluntary, so I promise you." She grabs her hands. "I promise you, nothing is going on between us. Even though it would mean being your sister-in-law, which i'd love."

"Yeah, guess that would be a perk." She smiles, before pulling her into a hug again.

"Also I hate the fact Shoupe made me tell him."

"He was probably just too scared to do it himself... again Rafe seems calmer with you." Sarah starts to giggle, "Which is weird because you really know how to wind people up."

"Hey!" Stella nudges her, " It's not my fault people are so soft."

"Wait, maybe that's why -"

"Nope. Stop right there Sarah Cameron. I don't want to hear your theories about me and your brother, now wanna do something to take your mind off everything?"