Chapter 23: The Long Haul/Can't Be Undone

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Angela was at her desk thinking about Ronald and how he was treating her the way she deserved to be treated: like a queen being swept off her feet and Ronald was her Prince Charming. She forgot that he was her client and paid more attention to him being her boyfriend. Angela enjoyed spending time with him and was happy to be with him. She wanted to break the news to Trey so she picked up her phone and sent him a text saying they needed to talk. Angela got a knock on the door and it was Ramona. Ramona came and sat down and brought her flowers and an expensive bottle of wine that Ronald had sent. Angela took the flowers and put in a vase and put the wine bottle on her desk. Ramona wanted the details on Angela's relationship with Ronald and Angela smiled and told her she doesn't kiss and tell. Ramona laughed and was very happy for her and became a little envious that a man she was working closely with would get her flowers and wine. Angela was one of the lucky ones and knew that Ronald was a good man. Angela received a text from her phone, thinking it was gonna be Trey but it wasn't. It was Stony. Angela read the text and it said that she needed to see her immediately as there was some last minute business that needed to be taken care of before Stony would head to Miami. Angela sent her a text back and put her phone in her purse and told Ramona she had to make a run really quick and to cover for her while she was gone. Ramona told her that Keith wanted to see her in his office. Angela walked out of her office, with Ramona right behind her. She walked in his office and Keith told her to close the door. Keith asked her to sit down and Angela did just that. Keith told her that she had one chance to come clean before going to the cops and telling them everything he knows. Angela grew confused but suspicious as to what he was even talking about. Keith went in his drawer and took out a surveillance tape and turned on the TV for her to see. It was the recording of the FedCal bank job that he managed to snag a copy of it. The video revealed Stony, Annalisse, Bianca and Angela dressed up and disguised robbing the bank. Keith turned off the TV and ejected the tape and laid it flat on his desk. Angela came clean and told him everything and said it was just a one time thing and convinced Stony she wanted to be a part of the FedCal job. Keith had a feeling she was involved and wished she would've told him sooner. Keith had two options: fire Angela and call the police on her involvement in the FedCal job or pretend like nothing happen and destroy the tape, which he happened to steal from the precinct when he visited Roman and Palmer. Keith asked where the money was and Angie had her take, which he wanted half for his silence. Angela went inside her purse and took out $10,000 and said she would pay him the rest. Keith took the money and grabbed a hammer out his desk and smashed the tape. Keith told her he made copies so she had to give him the rest of the money in exchange for his silence or he would go to Roman and Palmer directly and tell them everything. He was also aware of her relationship with Ronald and would hate to tell him about her newfound criminal lifestyle. Angela didn't want that to happen and didn't appreciate being blackmailed by her own boss. She told him she would get the money to him in an hour and received another text from Stony and a text from Trey. Angela got up out her seat and showed herself out to get the money and to see Stony and meet up with Trey. At the precinct, Roman and Palmer spent the last hour and a half going through Lydia's file and the information they dug up was beyond dirty and juicy. They found out a lot of interesting things about her, including the fact that she was secretly dating Trey after he got released from prison and went to visit him every day while he was inside. Trey was their prime suspect they were going after and had ties with Black Sam and Smooth as well as being married to Angela. The detectives finally got what they were looking for and could connect Lydia to Trey and bring them both down. They had to tell Holbrook and let him know that the FBI had a mole. Roman headed to Holbrook's office and told him he had something for him to see regarding Lydia. Holbrook looked at her folder and seen every crime that she covered up and evidence in cases she worked on and tampering with crime scenes and her connection to Trey. Holbrook was surprised and amazingly pissed to see what he had seen. Holbrook asked Roman does anyone else know about this and he told him only himself and Palmer know and Holbrook wants to keep it that way. Lydia hasn't been seen around since she interfered with their crime scene and lord knows what she could be planning. Holbrook made a phone call to the ADA to get a warrant for her arrest and put out an APB on Trey since they were both in cahoots with each other. Lydia and Trey were partners-in-crime, also lovers and Roman knew they had to be stopped. Holbrook got off the phone with the ADA and told him to head down to the ADA's office to pick up the warrant and nail that son of a bitch Trey and bust down Lydia. Holbrook was gonna contact the FBI special agent in charge and inform him about Lydia. Roman stopped him from picking up the phone as he didn't want to tip them off and quickly responded "Fuck FBI. we'll handle this ourselves." Holbrook smiled and laughed, agreeing with what he said. He put the phone down and Roman was out of his office and told Palmer they were heading to the ADA's office to get the warrants for Lydia and Trey's arrests. While leaving the precinct, there was a car parked across the street watching Roman and Palmer. Lydia peeked at them leaving and driving off. She started the car and began to follow them to see where they'd be going. Lydia received a phone call from one of her old contacts in the bureau and was told that LAPD got ahold of her personal jacket and case files. Lydia wanted to know how they got it and who gave it to them. It was her former partner that gave Roman and Palmer her case folder. Lydia said she would take care of it. She hung up the phone and started screaming and yelling. Luckily no one could hear her since she had the windows up. She knew what she had to do now: kill her former partner and then kill Roman and Palmer, frame Stony for their murders and have the greenlight to take her and the rest of her crew out. Lydia opened the glove compartment and took out 9MM Baretta and an AK-47. She hid them under the seat. She began driving and followed Roman and Palmer. Angela had met up with Stony, with Annalisse by her side and Smooth standing by. Angela needed to know what was going on. Stony explained to her about everything that happened, including Bianca's death and mentioning to her that Trey was looking to have Smooth killed. Angela couldn't believe what she was hearing and told Stony she supposed to meet Trey in an hour but Stony wasn't going to let her. None of them were safe. They needed to leave town. Angela knew Trey was dangerous before which was why she ended their marriage. She told Stony that Keith showed her the tape to the FedCal job that they did and was being blackmailed by him into giving up half of her cut from the bank job in exchange for his silence. She also told her that he made copies and if he didn't get the money within the hour, he would go to the police. Stony couldn't believe what she was hearing either. Keith blackmailing Angela? That didn't even sound like him and yet it turned her on. Stony had a hunch that Keith could be bluffing but just to be sure, she was gonna deliver the money to him instead of Angela doing it. Stony assured Angie that Keith wouldn't go to the cops about what they did since he has leverage and as long as he has those tapes as leverage, nothing will happen long as he has the money. Stony called Keith and he answered quickly after the second ring. She wouldn't mention about the blackmail but told him that her flight to Miami was leaving in a few hours and needed to know if he was coming with her. Keith wanted to go and he wanted to marry Stony and be happy with her but couldn't just uproot himself for her to go to Miami, no matter how much he loved her. Stony wanted a fresh start. A fresh start with him. Against his better judgement, he decided to go with her after all. Stony was happy to hear it. She was planning on leaving in an hour and didn't want to go without Keith. He told her he would stop by his place to grab a few things and start packing and then meet her at LAX. Stony had some last minute arrangements to make and told Keith she loved him and he loved her too. They both hung up. Keith grabbed his belongings and headed out the door and straight to his car, driving to his place to pack his things while Stony had some unfinished business to take care of. She needed to take care of Lydia and make her pay for having Bianca killed. Angela was coming with them. She needed to confront Trey. She got in her car and followed Stony and the others to track down Lydia and Trey. Meanwhile, Lydia was still following Roman and Palmer, making their way to a big and tall building which was the Department of Justice. Roman and Palmer walked inside the building and met up with Gloria Mendez, the assistant district attorney that would be able to grant them the warrant to apprehend Lydia. Lydia waited outside for them. She knew what was going on and there was nothing she could do to prevent it from happening. Something inside her told her to storm in the building and shoot Roman, Palmer and Gloria. Gloria reviewed the files and evidence which was enough to issue the warrant. Roman got the warrant while Gloria made copies of the files and would bring in to a judge to have her convicted. Roman and Palmer walked out the building, about to find Lydia and serve up the warrant. They figure she be at the FBI field office so that's where they went, not knowing that Lydia was across the street under their nose. She had to drive to the field office and get there before they did. Trey was ready to make his move on Smooth and finish him off to kill him. He called Lydia to tell her he be in position but broke the news to him that she's been exposed and the LAPD had a warrant out for her arrest and his. Trey became pissed. Lydia was following the detectives and needed to get ahead of them, which she did as she drove past them. Roman tried to see who it was but couldn't recognize her face. Palmer had a feeling it was Lydia and that she might be trying to beat them from getting to the FBI field office. Roman drove faster and seen it was Lydia and told her to pull over. Lydia refused and continued driving at max speed which drew the attention of a highway patrol cop who suddenly stopped her. Roman pulled over and stop to see Lydia get pulled over by the young patrol officer. The man asked Lydia to give him her license and registration. She reached in her glove compartment and got them out. The officer took them and told her he caught her speeding back there. Lydia grew hesistant and nervous as the patrolman would've found out who she was and that a warrant was out for her arrest. Before the cop could do anything, Lydia drew out her gun from the dashboard and shot him. She got out the car and shot him again in the chest, falling down on the ground. Lydia stood there watching the cop die in front of her. He was bleeding and crying. Lydia looked at him and decided to end his misery by shooting the cop in the head. Roman and Palmer witnessed the whole thing and became shocked. Lydia picked up her credentials and got back in the car and drove off flying, leaving the young officer dead. Roman and Palmer seen Lydia kill him with their own eyes and were in disbelief as to why she would take someone's life. They had no idea she would kill the guy but that didn't matter as now they really had to stop Lydia and manage to arrest her before she gets to the FBI field office. Roman started the car and drove, trying to follow Lydia. Lydia was still on the move as she continued to drive and evade Roman and Palmer from apprehending her. While driving, another car came in the opposie direction and ran right into her, causing the car to crash into a tree, making Lydia hit her head on the mirror and an airbag deploying. Stony and her crew were the ones that hit Lydia. They all got out the truck and walked towards Lydia's car to see if she was dead. Stony opened the door and grabbed Lydia out the car and threw her down on the ground. Stony searched for her and found her gun. She threw it on the ground and took her gun out and pointed it at her. Annalisse saw Lydia and immediately got angry just by looking at her. Angela and Smooth stood right by. Lydia looked at Stony and seen the gun pointed right at her. As much as she wanted her dead, Stony had Lydia dead-to-rights and was about to kill her. Stony seen Annalisse's face and she was upset and crying since Lydia is responsible for the death of Annalisse's cousin Bianca. Stony told Annalisse to come here and handed her the gun. Stony wanted her to have an opportunity to kill Lydia and avenge her cousin's death. Annalisse aimed the gun and pointed at her, yelling and ordering her to get on her knees. Lydia got up and kneeled down before her. Annalisse told her that she deserves to die and has to pay for killing Bianca. Annalisse was getting ready to kill Lydia until Roman and Palmer came and told Annalisse to drop the gun and move away from Lydia. Annalise didn't respond as the gun was still pointed at her head. Roman ordered Annalisse to drop the gun or they would be forced to shoot. Stony took the gun from Annalisse and dropped it on the ground, following Roman's orders as she didn't want to go through with what she went 17 years ago when her old crew got killed. Stony didn't want Annalisse to die. Roman told them that Lydia had an arrest warrant put out on her and would be taken into custody for her crimes that she committed. Roman began to read Lydia's rights and asked her to stand up. Roman knew everything that she did and couldn't believe that the FBI would send them a corrupt piece of shit. He asked her if she knew where Trey was but wouldn't say anything to him other than telling him to go fuck himself. Roman asked her again and still no response. Trey appeared out of nowhere and shot Palmer. Lydia tried to get up but Roman punched her while Smooth took his gun out to get a shot at killing Trey. Trey had seen Smooth and pointed his gun at him but Smooth fired the first shot in his chest and the second one in his kneecaps. Trey was down. Smooth came towards him and cussed him out for attempting to kill him and killing his uncle, Black Sam. He waited all day to kill Trey and he had him right where he wanted him. Trey seen Angela's face and asked if she could help him but Angela wasn't gonna do anything for him anymore. She was done being lied to and played by a man who didn't care about her. Angela told him their relationship was over and she was gonna be filing for divorce and moving on with Ronald, whom by telling Trey he was her boyfriend. Trey knew who he was and became furious. He seen Lydia's gun on the ground and quickly picked it up and Roman and Smooth both shot him multiple times, killing him. Roman rushed to Palmer's aid to see if he was ok and checked under his shirt as he wored a protective vest and the bullet went straight through. Palmer was gonna be fine. While talking to him, Annalisse got the gun back from Stony and shot Lydia in the back. Roman and Palmer turned around and seen what had happened. Lydia fell to the ground. Annalisse kicked her repeatedly and let out her rage until she was completely dead. And she was. So was Trey. Annalisse gave the gun to Roman and told him she did what she had to do. Roman understood and nodded his head. Roman had to get Palmer to the hospital but still had Stony and her crew to deal with. Roman wasn't going to bring any of them in and told them they can go and disappear. He was going to take catre of everything and explained to Holbrook that they escaped and got away. Stony wasn't surprised they would be free to go since it happened to her before. Roman would pretend like nothing happened and immediately got Palmer to the hospital. Stony and her crew were happy they accomplished what needed to be done. Annalisse hugged Stony and kissed her, which caught Angela by surprise as she didn't know she was a lesbian. Stony and the others began to leave as she had to catch her flight before it was too late. Keith was gonna meet her at LAX once she arrived. Everyone said their goodbyes and went their seperate ways. Driving in different directions, they left and wasn't seen again. Stony had made it to LAX just in time to catch her flight. She seen Keith waiting by the gate with his things and was waving at her to see him. Stony got out the car and ran to him, jumpimg in his arms. She was glad to see him and was ready to leave LA and start a new life with him in Miami. Stony introduced Keith to Annalisse and told him she was coming along. The three of them ran inside the airport to catch the flight to Miami. Stony couldn't wait to marry Keith and begin a new chapter with him. Their lives were about to change for the better. 

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