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●ARIA POV●

When Warren called me I was a bit anxious but also excited . Did we get everything we needed on the first day? I know Alex had been dreading this but he's been such a good man through this whole thing . Warren said that the Psychology test was gold and called to give me play by play of the end of the day . Apparently, Brittany didn't leave when she was excused to go home . They had been talking for a little while but as soon as Warren saw her begin to walk away he told me that he'd call me right back.

A few minutes later one of the guards had come into my office . We had decided that the woman part of the team would be best matched inside the building because she was the most discreet . We had her pose as a second assistant and so she came to work looking like the rest of us . Of course my assistant was drooling all over her because, she was afterall , easy on the eyes.

But he realized his mistake immediately when he tried to flirt and almost got his head cut off. It was pretty funny to watch . Lucy, that's her name, she gave me a smirk after that incident and we laughed about it all week.

"Miss Lawson?" Lucy entered my office .

"We have orders to bring you over to the brothers. Are you ready?" Lucy asks me.

"Yes, let me just grab my bag," I tell her and she gives me as tight nod .

She walks with me down to the underground lot , where we have two more guards . Although these people were easy to work with and have around, I can't wait to get my life back. Wesley sat in front and Damien drove, while Lucy stayed in the back with me.

"This nightmare is almost over," Lucy reassured me.

"I'm glad," I say to her as we begin to make small talk . The normal routine is to drive back to Alex's after work . But tonight they have detoured to the Warren's building instead . Once we got the clearance we parked and began to walking inside .

Inside where Warren and Alex were waiting. I rushed into Warren's arms and he hugged me tight . Then I looked over at Alex and gave him a squeeze, "where is she?"

Alex began , "She pulled up a map of my apartment building. The PI followed her there . She had been visiting your apartment for the last few days, so when she saw you weren't going in or out of the building she realized you might be with me."

"Did she follow us back to your place?" I asked.

"Would seem like it."

Warren tightened his grip around my waist , going into protective mode as soon as he heard that Brittany had been following us , "the PI has already called in the authorities and they just arrived. Shall we go?"

We all piled into the awaiting SUV . We had one guard on the vehicle with us and the others were in another car. As we approached the familiar street we saw several cop cars and other vans blocking the street. We pulled into a spot and that's when we saw Brittany being surrounded.

Her parents were there as they were informed we had finally found their daughter and what she had been up to . They had been searching for her for last few years. We got even closer but the guards were blocking me from her view .

"Brooke...." we hear her mother say.

"I'm Brittany," she responds.

"I know my daughter anywhere, why are you doing this? What is your obsession with Aria? This is crazy," her mother says.

"You won't understand. No one deserves her but me . But she rejected everything , so now she has to pay . Why be with these dimwits when she has me?" Brittany began to say. The girl is deranged and she was delusional.

"Brooke, she doesn't like you. She never will love you," her father speaks up.

"Ha, it was never about love. I don't love her," she tells them.

"Then why?"

"Because once I got everything I wanted, people would respect me more, they would admire me more . She was the key to all of that," she tells them.

Then we saw the cops move in, "Brittany Hickson formerly Brooke Hudson, you are under arrest for stalking , making threats and evading authorities. "

"I'll be out in no time, you have no evidence," she says smugly .

That's when Alex stepped forward , "you're a sick woman . We have all the information we need to get you locked away for the rest of your life."

She immediately turned on the charm, "Oh , Alex, is this how you play hard to get? Honey, you've got nothing. My word against yours."

"No, everything was being recorded. Every word you said is on tape . Every action you made is on tape ," he looks her square in the eye.

Brittany just gave him a cold and unblinking stare . No other words were exchanged as Alex walked back to us , "time to find me a new apartment."

"Why don't you stay with me for the time being?" Warren offered, "I know it's not your cup of tea but it's safe."

"Sure, why not?"

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《WEEKS LATER》

Alex had put a lot of his furniture and things in storage and fully moved into Warren's apartment. Who knew that he'd be so picky with where and how large of a place he was looking for would be . Trip offered a room for him as well but Alex couldn't see himself making that commute back and forth . He liked the location of Warren's apartment so for now he was here.

"How's Trip doing?" Alex asked me one night while we were all having dinner.

"Surprisingly, he and Sonja have been going strong . I thought for sure their little fling would end after a week but they're making it work . He seems to be improving tremendously. Which, I have a week scheduled to be out there . You guys should visit for the day," I suggested.

"I'll go," Warren said happily, "we haven't seen him since that night. It'll be good to see the man fully clothed this time."

"What?" Alex asked confused.

"We walked in on him and Sonja," we tell him as Warren recounts that blinding night.

"I'm glad it was you and not me. I don't care to see any of my brothers naked, ever," he states.

"I'll call . Right now isn't a good time . I'm moving offices and we're going through resumes for an assistant for me ," Alex explains .

"Too bad Brittany didn't work out," I joked but only got warning glares from both brothers.

"It never would . Which by the way, she's sitting comfortably in her maximum confinement cell . The judge assured us that this time she wouldn't get away," Alex says.

"At least that's done and over with," I let out.

I had spoken to Dylan after Brittany's detainment and told him everything I knew . He was so mad , mad at himself for letting everything get so out of hand. I told him that I'm not mad anymore but that I hoped he would be able to forgive himself and move on with his life.

"Now we can relax," Warren said as he stretched his arms up and out.

"I still can't believe that she was actually a psycho . I mean I knew she was a b-i-t-c-h but full on?" I say.

Alex then explains , "yes, several of the questions he asked were to determine different marks on the list . And some of the physical tests , I had no clue he was implementing, showed failure on her part. Unable to yawn showed signs of lack of empathy and the fact she didn't pick up on the change of smell was a bigger key."

"And all the questions he asked to which she either didn't blink when answering or answered in a way that was concerning," Warren adds in, "were all also hallmark signs. Plus , her inability to describe or explain love was the icing on the cake ."

"But a lot of the things they noted seemed like she was more antisocial," I try to work through.

"Yes but the key difference was that she used people around her for one goal . She had no issues using and abusing anyone along the way, as long as she got what she wanted," Warren clarifies.

"Look, there are many highly functioning psychopaths out there. Not every one of them will show violent tendencies, however in the case for Brittany, she showed that she was willing to go as far as she can to hurt you," Alex interjects.

"She had a fascination about you, and that drove her to do some disturbing things . She won't be coming near you , or us again, " Warren finishes.

"I'm thankful for that," I say .

"So Trip's this week , huh? Maybe I can take another few days off, if Alex is up to the task," Warren looks over.

"I think I can manage. It's just trying to hire an assistant is what's proving to be the biggest challenge," Alex admits.

The rest of the evening goes by smoothly as we all sat and talked for a little while . I had to go home to ready my things for my week visit so I said my goodnight and told Warren I'd pick him up in the morning.

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I didn't want to dwell too long on the closure of Brittany's character. But we're getting down to the wire now . Who's excited? Any guesses to what the future holds?