Elisha watches her brother enters the house, Malcolm and Zane put away their guns.
"What do you want Ace?" She crosses her arms as Evan comes to see what the commercial is all about.
"I came to apology", he answers and she scoffs,"just hear me out, I'm sorry for all the things I did to you and your friends. I know its unforgivable what I did and I don't deserve forgiveness, but all I'm asking is for you to drop all your charges you have against me when your father is caught", he says.
"And why would I do that?"
"Because I want my son to have a normal healthy family", Ace smiles and she gasps.
"You have a son?"
"Yeah, he's two years and a half, he's living in New York with his mother and I promised I would visit and be with them. You don't want your nephew's family to be broken like our, do you?" He frowns.
"No", she sighs,"what about Jett? I want to press charges against him."
"That's not going to happen, he's dead. Dad murdered him in cold blood", Ace sighs.
"What?!" Elisha exclaims.
"Yeah, didn't Brendan tell you? His funeral was almost two weeks ago and dad divorce mom, he cheated", he explains.
Elisha turns to Zane and Malcolm,"did you know he was dead?" She demands.
They stay quiet.
"Answer me!"
"Yes, but Brendan said not to tell you yet", Zane answers.
"Then when would he have tell me, huh? Its been almost two weeks since the funeral", she snaps.
"Elisha, we're so-"
"Save it Malcolm, Ace I would drop my charges against you since our father did more horrible things than you. You can leave and go meet your family, but I'll be visiting often."
"Thanks sis", Ace hugs her,"go get that son of a b*tch who murdered my best friend", he whispers.
"I'll let Brendan handle that, but I'm not staying here. Brendan kept a big secret from me", she lets him go.
"Where you're going?" Evan asks.
"Stay with Kacy if she wants me to. I'll call Zack and ask him if I can crash at his place", she answers.
"Well I'm going, I got to go book a flight. Talk soon okay sis", Ace explains.
"Yeah."
Elisha goes up to her room and start to pack back her stuff, her laptop is on.
Tony video calls her,"hey, why you packing? Coming back already", he teases.
"Well my best friend kept a huge secret from me so I'm not staying here", Elisha states.
"Wow, that must be one big secret."
"Yeah, anyway what's up?"
"Just checking up on you, I missed you already. I'll be heading to a bar with Aaron soon."
"Nice maybe you will get laid tonight", she winks.
"We're just going to chill, but we'll see how that goes."
"Who's number you said you had, Jackie or Felicity?"
"Felicity, she really misses you. Do you want her number?"
"Maybe another time, when everything is over I'll call her and explain everything clearly", Elisha says.
"Good, well I'll leave you to your packing", he ends the call.
****
Brendan is kissing Annelise on her bed when his phone rings, he groans,"don't answer it", Annelise kisses his neck.
"It sounds urgent, that's the third time it's ringing", he gets up and answers it,"what?!"
"Brendan we got a problem, Elisha is packing", Zane says.
"What do you mean she's packing?" He demands.
"She's leaving already? I'm not surprise", Annelise says.
"Yeah, Ace told her Jett's dead. You should have told her, now she's upset."
"I'm coming", Brendan gets his shoes.
"No you can't go, let your friends deal with her", Annelise whines.
"No Anne, you don't understand she's my best friend. If anything happens to her I wouldn't forgive myself. I'll take you out tomorrow", he kisses her and leaves.
Brendan arrives at the house, as Elisha is stepping out the door with her suitcases.
"Lisha stop", he gets out his car.
"No Brendan, I never hid anything from you. I'm not staying here anymore", she shakes her head.
"Lisha please, don't go. I'm so sorry, I didn't know how to tell you, you were already hurting I couldn't let you get hurt anymore", he shakes his head,"forgive me please", he hugs her.
She sighs,"I understand why you did it, I would have done the same thing if your father murdered someone so close to him, but I'm not staying here maybe after the wedding I'll come back I need to clear my head", she pulls away.
He nods,"I understand, if anything happens I'm just one call away."
"You mean three calls once with Annelise", Zane says from the door.
"Shut up man, stay safe", Brendan kisses her forehead. He puts one of the suitcase in the trunk of the taxi,"I'll hold on to this one, see you on Friday."
She nods and gets in the taxi, then it pulls off.
"Well I'm going to go now, thanks for having me over", Evan says.
"See you soon man, I don't know why we had so much grudge all these years", Brendan did a fist bump with him.
"I know right and don't snap at Elisha again", he warns.
"Wouldn't dream of it."
-----
"I still can't really stand you, but I missed you", Kacy hugs her once Elisha gets to the apartment.
"Aw, I missed you too. Thanks you allowing me to stay here", she smiles.
"No problem, it's getting kind of lonely here now", Kacy admits.
"Of course, anyway where's Zack's room?"
"The room on the right, second door", Kacy answers.
Elisha nods and goes to the room, Zack's room is an appropriate size. Everything is pack away and just a photos on the table next to his bed.
She texts him.
Elisha: I know you're asleep, but thanks for making me crash here for the next few days
"Hey wanna watch a movie and tell me why you're really here?" Kacy enters the room.
"Sure, I'm sure you'll be very interesting in this", Elisha smiles.
They go to the living room and Kacy looks for a movie,"ready to tell me?" She sits down when the movie start.
"Brendan kept a secret from me and I got mad, so I told him I'm staying at his house tonight and here I am", Elisha answers.
"Oh, that's bad keeping secrets from your best friend. Also, how are you coping with him dating someone? Is she nice?" Kacy frowns.
"Well she's a two faced b*tch", she says honestly.
"Ouch, that bad? Dang."
"I thought we would have got along, but after a while she started to talk crap and I wasn't taking that so I defend myself", Elisha smirks.
"Good, you knew Brendan first so she can't be pushy", Kacy nods.
"Do you want popcorn for the movie?"
"Yes and a diet coke too."
***
"Elisa I'm glad you're back", Miranda greets her with a smile when she enters the café.
"Glad to be back", Elisha laughs and hugs her. Evan is in the kitchen area and Kacy is putting on her apron,"so who's my temporary replacement?"
"That'll be me, hey I'm Brad", the guy who looks like he is in his senior year of high school or first year of college says.
He got silky black hair and golden brown eyes.
"Elisha, I'm sure you heard about me" she introduces herself.
"Yeah, Evan and Kacy always talk about you", he nods,"anyway today is my last day here, I'm leaving tomorrow", he explains.
"Oh vacation?"
"Nope, I don't live here I live in Miami. Just came for the month by some friends, I got to go pack for college which is in Washington", he explains.
"Nice, planing to go into politics?"
"Yeah something like that."
"Let's start to work guys, we got a busy day", Evan walks out of the kitchen with a tray of cookies.
Some hours later....
Elisha walks down the street with Evan, they're on their lunch break,"by this time next month Zack will be back", Kacy states.
"Yeah and you'll be going back to your university in three weeks", she nods.
"I sort of missed it though, but at least when I come back for Thanksgiving I'll see you and Evan again."
"Yeah, maybe have a sleep over too", Elisha suggests.
"I can't believe we're actually friends, when I got here last month I couldn't stand you", Kacy chuckles,"look at us now."
"Yeah hard to believe, how's your bed buddy going?"
"We hooked up weekend gone, he's leaving next week though. Gonna go spend the rest of the summer at his cousin's in Albania", she explains.
"Will you miss him?"
"No, we aren't dating, but I will miss our hook ups though", she admits.
Elisha grins,"who wouldn't? After how long you guys been doing that."
"Yeah, anyway do you like Brad?"
"He's very down to earth and lay back, I'm sure Evan and him chill sometimes", Elisha says.
"Well yeah since his only close friend left suddenly", Kacy teases.
"And she's back, isn't she?"
"I heard there's a wedding on Friday you're attending. Who'll be your date?"
"I was thinking Evan", Elisha shrugs,"I'm going to ask him later."
"What if he doesn't agree? What if he has plans?" Kacy frowns.
"Then I'll think of something, don't worry", she assures her.
They enter burger king, pick up the orders and Elisha pays.
--------
Brendan is sitting on a chair by his pool, Annelise is with Stephanie and his mother. They are going over last minute stuff for the wedding and finishing up their plans for Stephanie's bridal shower tomorrow night.
Nick, Stephanie's soon to be husband is having his bachelor party at a club tomorrow night as well. He invited Brendan, Zane and Malcolm as well since they all attended same high school and are friends with Stephanie.
Brendan's phone rings,"yes?"
"We know where Damon is hiding, we finally got him there's no escaping. Call the police?"
"Yes, tie him up and leave him where the police can take him also leave the file with everything next to him", Brendan orders.
"Didn't you want to personal see him get arrested?"
"Where is he exactly?"
"Connecticut at his new club well Jett's club he took over."
"Even better, no doubt he's dealing drugs there. Bust his men and him out, call the police", Brendan smirks.
"And the file?"
"Once he is in police custody, email it to them and if he gets away then I'll take him down my way", he hangs up.
"I made Elisha a promise and I intend to keep it Damon Black", he states to no one in particular.
_________________________
Will Evan agree to go to the wedding with Elisha?
Thoughts on Brad?