Song: Control by Halsey

Scarlett's POV:

In the following weeks, Meagan stayed with us until Sam was able to come home. He had been gone on a business trip and hated the fact that he had missed the whole birthing experience. I was happy for her when he got back but was a little sad knowing that they would be leaving. I loved spending all the time I could with Rylan.

I have a job to do and need to finish getting ready to get out of here however Meagan comes up to me in tears. "What's wrong?" I ask her...because she seems to always be crying about something.

"It's Rylan...all he does is cry...he has been crying for the past hour and refuses to stop."

"So call Dr. Stevens...he can come here to look at him. I have to be going before I am late."

"Are you ever going to quit, Scar...do you enjoy the job that much?" Seriously...she has to ask me that, god she sounds so much like her brother.

"It's all I know Meagan...it's just a job."

"I know but..."

"But nothing...now...here is Dr. Stevens number...call him." I hand her his card with attitude because she is going to have to freaking grow up and do things on her own for once, and I walk out the door.

 I am already behind schedule.We pull up to the house. Atticus and I get out and walk in. The lights are all on and there is music blaring from one of the rooms. We go through the house searching for the dead bodies. He goes to the right; I go to the left. Whoever did the job did one hell of a job. Mekhi would have had one perfect hole to the head...this guy shot the guy over five times right in the chest. Blood is splattered all over the room. I mean all over...walls, furniture, the freaking ceiling. This job will take the rest of the night to clean.

We bag the body and load him in the back of the truck and then go back into the house. He finds the wife...or girlfriend...whoever the hell she is laying on the bed completely naked. Not sure if the guy done this or whoever killed the guy but her throat is slit from ear to ear and a pool of blood soaks the bed underneath her.

 Atticus helps place her in a bag and then we start cleaning. By the time the sun is coming up the house is almost spotless. We are still upstairs when we hear a door shut. I look over at him and he looks back at me shrugging his shoulders. Whoever it is...is singing. I creep down the stairs to see who it is and it looks like it is the maid. I walk back up to Atticus. "It's the maid...I thought they said no one would be around for days. What the hell?"

"Do you want me to finish her off?"

"No...I will tell her that I am a family friend....just visiting. I will be right back alright."He knows just as well as I do that we leave no one behind. I walk down the stairs and into the kitchen. She is standing by the sink cleaning up the few left over dishes. When she sees me she nearly jumps out of her skin. "Hi...sorry to startle you but The Avery's didn't tell me that you would be here today. I stayed over last night."

She turns to me, drying off her hands on her apron, still breathing hard from my sudden appearance. "Oh...I'm sorry they didn't tell me anyone was staying. I'm Lucy the maid. It's nice to meet you..."

"Oh...I'm Alyiah." I reach over and shake her hand.

"Can I get you anything? I mean I don't normally cook or anything like that but if you want me to I can." She says with a rather shaky voice and I hear the nervousness in it.

I try to smile politely back. "Really...actually that would be very nice of you."

She turns and walks to the fridge to open it up to see what they have to cook. I slid the knife out of the holder on the counter and walk up behind her. I reach out wrapping my arm around her. The moment she gasps I pull her in closer to me and slice her throat. I hold on to her body till she sinks to the floor; the whole way down she is making this gurgling sound. Blood spills out like a freaking fountain. "I'm sorry Lucy...I can't let you live."

Atticus walks into the room and shakes his head at me. "I knew you were not going to let her live."

"You know the rules...we can't take that chance." I hand him the knife and push her off of me. "Come on let's get this over with. We can use her organs."

 Atticus throws down the plastic and helps me maneuver her body onto it, then I cut her open and start taking out everything and placing it in the cooler. I make perfect cuts not to damage anything. Once I am done we load the remainder of her body in the bags and then clean up so no one will ever know we were there.

We arrive at the crematory and I let him bring in the bodies as I turn up the fire in the pit. "Atticus...I have been thinking lately." I continue working as I talk to him.

"Yeah...what about?"

"Zane loved doing this black market thing and it's not like I really need the money you know...but if you want to take over that part you can have it...keep all the money...do whatever you want too you know."

"Scar that was never my thing and you know it."

"I know but I know you continued doing it after Zane." I stop for a second, thinking about the man who raised me. "I just thought maybe you would want to control all of that aspect of it."

"Really you would let me be in control over all of it. I mean it's a good way to make money you know."

"I know...just don't get caught doing it. I know Zane taught you a lot about the job and you know what to do...so I would be glad to hand all of that over to you."

"Wow...thanks Scar that means a lot to me." He says with a smile.

"Yeah...well in doing that we might need to hire someone to help clean. Do you know of anyone that can keep secrets and can handle the job?"

"I know a few people I could trust that really needs a job."

"Good call them up...I will decide if they can actually handle the job though alright."

"No problem. I will get right on it."We finish cleaning and then head home.

I don't hear anyone as I walk in the door. I run up to take a quick shower and lay down for a second but then I hear a baby crying. I get back up and walk to her room. She is also crying."Meagan...where is Rylan?" She points over to the crib. I walk over and he is beat red from crying so much. "Did you not call Dr. Stevens?"

"I did he said try feeding him and cradling him...and I don't know...he just keeps crying."

I reach over and pick him up out of the bed. He is burning up. I carry him out of the room and she jumps up out of the bed and follows me.

"What are you doing Scarlett?"

"Taking him to the hospital...what does it look like I am doing?"

"Scarlett...Dr. Stevens said he will be fine."

"Yeah...and he will get a good chewing out from me...in the meantime get your shit and let's go. Ashton I need you." I call out loud enough for him to hear me. Ashton comes around the corner and sees me holding the baby. "Ashton... I need you to drive us the hospital and step on it...got it."

"Yes ma'am."

We get in the back of the car and let Ashton take us to the hospital. I text Mekhi to let him know where we are going. I then text her parents to tell them to meet us if they want. I truly believe he is ok but him crying all night and burning up doesn't set well with me. Ashton pulls up and jumps out of the car to hold the door open. I rush him in and demand a doctor to look at him.

 Of course the nurses and other staff just look at me. "Don't make me ask again...do any of you have any fucking idea who I am...get me a fucking doctor right now."

One of the security guards comes out with the doctor. When the doctor sees me he holds the guard back. "I got this...it's Mrs. Adler, I know the family. Scarlett what brings you here?"

I hold him out for him to see Rylan. "He hasn't stopped crying...and he is burning up."

He takes him from me and we follow him to one of the private rooms in the ER. "We will run some test on him first I need you to answer a few questions."

"I need you to run the test on him...then we will talk." I say demanding. He shakes his head and leaves the room with Rylan and Meagan starts to cry again."Meagan will you please stop." I look over at her.

"It's just that I am his mother and you act more like a mother than I do...look at you...you take over like it is nothing and here I am panicking."

I walk over to her and sit beside her. "Meagan...he is going to be fine. I know the doctor and he is going to take great care of him."

The door swings open and her parents walk in and behind him is Mekhi. "What is wrong?"

"He was burning up with a fever...they are still checking him out."

When the door opens back up we thought it was the doctor but it was Sam. He comes rushing in with his arms wide open for Meagan to collapse inside of them. I roll my eyes. If he was my man he would get a nice ass kicking and he still might just get one. "Sorry I tried to get here as soon as possible."

"Yeah...how many weeks ago was he born...what took you so long?" I snap at him. He rolls his eyes at me and I see the guilty look on his face.

"Scarlett you know that he was working out of the country...he feels bad enough you don't have to make it worse." Meagan snaps back at me.

"Worse..." I laugh. "He should have been here the night you gave birth...or hell at least the next fucking day...not weeks later. Coming here all worried like you really even care."

"Scarlett that is enough." Mekhi stands between us, placing his hand on my arm.

I shove him away and walk out of the room. Enough my ass...he needs a good ass kicking. I walk outside to get some fresh air. Of course Mekhi comes out right behind me. "What the hell was that all about?"

I turn to glare at him. "Really...that is your sister in there scared to death about Rylan...and then Sam all of a sudden shows up like he even gives a shit...if he fucking cared he would have been here weeks ago and you are acting like it doesn't bother you."

"Scar...he was out of the country...it's not like he could just get on a plane and come home at the spur of the moment."

"Why the fuck not...you saying if that had been us...and you were gone you would have done the same thing?"

"Hell no...but we don't know what was happening over there. Look...I know you are pissed off; hell I am too but this is between the two of them not us."

"Yeah...well if that is so then he needs to step up and be there for her."

"I will talk to him if that makes you feel better." He wraps his arms around me then leans into me taking my lips. "Come on maybe they will have the results back." He takes my hand and we walk back in.

Before we get to the door the doctor walks down the hallway towards us. Mekhi opens the door for him. Meagan walks over towards the doctor with Sam right by her side. "Is he going to be alright?"

"Yes he is a little trooper. We are giving him fluids; he was dehydrated and has RSV...Respiratory Syncytial Virus. We are in the process of giving him a breathing treatment and we are going to keep him over night just to make sure he is doing well. It's a good thing you got him here when you did."

Meagan lets go of Sam and hugs the doctor and the she comes over to me to wrap her arms around me. "Thank you Scarlett for always being there...I don't know what I would do without you."I hug her back and look away from Sam. Thinking to myself...damn right she should be glad I was there...both times that is.

 After releasing her she goes back to Sam and cuddles in his arms. "Well...I guess we will be going home you two got this?" Mekhi ask the both of them.

Sam holds out his hand to thank Mekhi and when Mekhi holds out his hand, Sam pulls him in for a hug, patting him on the back. "Thanks man...I appreciate you two taking care of my girl." He let's go of Mekhi and acts like he is going to give me a hug but steps back to Meagan. I pretty sure he knows that I am pissed off at him.