Chapter 52: She Runs Again I

Victoria ran over to Sharon and gave her a hug and a kiss on the forehead.

"I'm so sorry," Sharon apologized for bringing so much trouble into their lives.

"It's okay, Sharon. It's not your fault. I only hope that one day, we'll meet again."

"Me too, Victoria! Me too," Sharon replied.

Hector tied Addicus and JJ up with ropes and called the police anyway, informing them of a fight in the shop and giving them the address. He figured that if Addicus was indeed bluffing and more of his men weren't coming, then the police would get there before them and he'd be arrested.

Hector and Victoria left the building with Sharon still in it. They will have to seek refuge somewhere until the heat died down and Addicus is apprehended by the police or leaves Costa Rica.

Sharon watched them leave, upset for having disrupted their lives with her problems but also thankful for having met them and relieved that they weren't hurt by Addicus.

She moved over to Addicus who was still tied up and slapped him across the face and vented all of her anger and frustrations.

"Why can't you just leave me alone? Why do you always have to ruin everything in my life? What did I ever do to you?" She asked him with tears pouring from her eyes.

"I can't leave you alone, dear Sharon. I adopted you, remember? You're now and forever my responsibility," Addicus taunted her some more.

JJ finally regained consciousness. He realized that he was tied up and tried to force his hands free. Sharon noticed him and walked over to where he lay.

"Your little dog is awake, Addicus," She said to him.

"You little brat! You're going to pay for this," JJ threatened.

"You're the one who's going to pay, JJ, for everything you did to Martha and Lily," she responded.

"I'm going to kill you. I'm going to break you apart, the same way I..,"

Sharon didn't let him finish and struck him again with the frying pan, knocking him out cold once again.

"You really have become a lot tougher these past two years," Addicus said, impressed by her strength and courage. "Why are you still here, Sharon? Why haven't you run off like you usually do...because whenever I seem to get close to you, you run away?"

Sharon stood up and turned her back to him. She began speaking from the heart; unfiltered and honest.

"I would ask you why you had to kill my parents, but the answer is simple; ***You're a monster, and you don't care about anyone but yourself. I would try to get some closure about why you had to kill Lily, but the answer remains the same.*** You're just a terrible person who does whatever he wants, not caring about how it affects others, just as long as you get what you desire."

"That's not true, Sharon, about me not caring about anyone but myself. I loved you, more than anyone. I even still do. I wanted to give you the world, but then, you found out the truth, and it all became impossible," he said to her.

Her back was still turned so she couldn't see that he was becoming free of his binds. He loosened his arms free and then his legs, all the while still talking to Sharon about loving her.

"I was captivated by your beauty, grace, and talent. You made me a better person. You taught me how to love and give myself to another despite all of my doubts and reservations about marriage and commitment. You brought me so much joy that I didn't even know was possible and now, I'll give it back to you," Addicus said, completely untied.

Sharon noticed his reflection in a steel tray in front of her and realized that he was about to attack her. She turned around and he launched himself at her. She swung the pan, but he caught it, snatched it from her, and hit her across the face with it.

He picked her up and threw her over the kitchen counter and laughed.

"If only you could love me back, then we would be so happy together. But, I can see that there's no hope for a future together so I'll have to settle for a future without you in it, at all!"

He sadistically smiled and grabbed her hair while she was down on the floor.

"Get up, Sharon, and look me in the eye," he demanded.

As he lifted her, he had no idea that she had grabbed onto a meat cleaver that was on the floor.

"Ahhhhh!" Sharon screamed as she attacked.

She raised it and swung it at his face. His reflexes kicked in and he raised his right hand to protect his face and the blade cut his hand clean off, right off his wrist.

"Ahhhhh! You bitch!" Addicus cursed out in agony, "My hand! My hand," he screamed hysterically, rolling around on the floor.

Sharon was shocked at what she had done, but she felt no remorse. She picked up the cleaver and stalked him, intent on finally ending him. He crawled away from her in fear and she taunted him.

"What's the matter, Addicus? I thought you wanted me close to you and now that I want to get really close, you're running away?"

She decided that she would rather live an unhappy and unbalanced life with Addicus dead rather than live happy and free with him still alive, even if he was in prison. He was a monster and didn't deserve any form of mercy.

"Today's the day you die," she told him and raised the cleaver, ready to strike.

"Please, please don't, Sharon! I beg of you," he pleaded pathetically.

She was ready to kill him when she noticed that the men Addicus had mentioned were outside the shop and were trying to force their way in.

"It's your choice. Kill me and get killed by my men **OR** run away and save yourself," Addicus taunted again.

There wasn't enough time to do the deed as the men had just burst into the shop. Sharon put down the cleaver and ran out the back, not knowing

what was next in store for her but hopeful that it would be freedom at last.

**BACK IN THE BUNKER...**

"If that was how you escaped from Addicus and came to the Island, why did you try to kill yourself?" Peter asked.

"Oh, that wasn't the day I left San Jose and came here," Sharon clarified.

"It wasn't?"

"No, it wasn't. So much more happened after that day before I came to the Island. I didn't take anything with me when I left so after a few days, I went back to the house to get a few of my things. Hector was back in the house, but Victoria wasn't. He wanted to make sure it was perfectly safe before he let her return to the house.

"When I went back, and he saw me, he didn't look very thrilled," Sharon said and recollected the event.