What if Marco’s death is not the end of the danger, but the start of something even worse? That is the terrifying possibility this theory opens up. If Cullum kills Marco in his office, the real horror may begin only after the body drops. One quick look at Marco’s phone could give Cullum everything he needs for his next move. And if that phone contains Lucas’s message with the address where Britt is waiting at the pier, then Marco’s final connection may become the clue that unleashes a second wave of disaster.
The first key part of this theory is simple: Marco may be doomed because he knows too much. Cullum arriving with a knife already suggests intent, not just intimidation. A knife hidden behind his back is not the kind of detail the show throws in by accident. It points to premeditation. Marco may have become too dangerous to leave alive because he sits too close to too many secrets involving Cullum, Jason, Brennan, and the wider WSB mess. If Cullum believes Marco could expose him or interfere with his plans, eliminating him becomes the fastest way to regain control.
But the real twist comes after Marco is attacked. In true soap fashion, one death rarely closes the story. It opens another door. If Cullum searches Marco’s phone, he may discover that Lucas sent him a message with Britt’s location at the pier. That tiny detail could become the engine for the entire next phase of the storyline. Suddenly, Cullum does not just have one loose end to tie up. He has a fresh target, a fresh location, and a fresh chance to tighten his grip on everyone around him.
That immediately makes Britt the next likely target. She is already in a vulnerable position, caught in a web of medicine, secrecy, and a possible escape plan. If Cullum learns where she is, he has every reason to go after her before she disappears or tells the wrong person the wrong thing. Britt is not just another character standing nearby. She is connected to Jason emotionally, tied to the pier meeting logistically, and wrapped inside the larger fallout of this plot. If Cullum wants to stop information from spreading, Britt is exactly the kind of person he would hunt down next.
This is where Rocco’s presence becomes far more important than it first seemed. At first, he looks like the classic soap kid who is snooping where he should not be. But what if that is only the setup? If Rocco is lurking near the pier while Britt and Lucas meet, then he is no longer just a curious bystander. He becomes a witness. And if Cullum arrives there after tracing the address through Marco’s phone, Rocco may see something he was never meant to see. The moment Cullum realizes a kid is nearby and watching, the danger escalates instantly.
That is why the most explosive version of this theory is not that Cullum grabs Britt alone. It is that he kidnaps both Britt and Rocco. Taking Britt helps him silence a problem. Taking Rocco gives him leverage. Britt is useful because she may know too much, but Rocco is valuable because he matters so much. He is Dante and Lulu’s son. He is emotionally central. If Cullum takes both of them, he creates panic on every level at once. He covers his tracks, removes a witness, and gains a hostage who can force everyone else into desperate choices.
A double kidnapping would push Dante into total emotional collapse. Up to this point, he may still believe he can manage the chaos through procedure, warrants, and authority. But if his son vanishes, that illusion is shattered. This would no longer be just another dangerous case. It would become personal in the worst possible way. Dante would have to live with the sickening possibility that while he was busy dealing with Jason and the WSB fallout, his own son walked straight into a nightmare. That kind of guilt would hit hard and fast, and it could change every decision he makes after that.
Lulu would be dragged into the center of the storm too. A missing Rocco instantly raises the emotional stakes for the entire family. This is not abstract danger anymore. It is not some distant intelligence plot or shadowy criminal maneuvering. It is their child. A kidnapping would force Lulu and Dante into crisis mode together, whether they are emotionally aligned or not. That kind of pressure creates exactly the kind of intense family drama soaps love to weaponize.
Jason, however, may carry the heaviest psychological burden of all. If Cullum kills Marco, traces Britt through Marco’s phone, and then kidnaps Britt and Rocco, the chain of cause and effect becomes brutal. Jason had the shot. He did not take it. That hesitation may suddenly look less like mercy and more like the moment everything broke open. The show could turn that decision into a devastating emotional wound. He may end up believing that Marco died, Britt was taken, and Rocco was dragged into danger because he waited one second too long.
Lucas also fits into this theory in a painfully tragic way. If his message to Marco is what exposes Britt’s location, then Lucas becomes the person who accidentally opened the door to catastrophe. He would not be guilty in any malicious sense, but the guilt would still crush him. Marco could die, and then even after death, his phone could be used as the map that leads Cullum straight to the pier. That is exactly the kind of cruel twist soaps love: one innocent text message becomes the fuse for a disaster no one saw coming.
If this theory plays out, it would finally make Cullum feel like a truly dangerous villain instead of a storyline that just keeps stalling. Killing Marco would be bad enough. Using Marco’s phone to hunt Britt would be colder. Kidnapping both Britt and Rocco would be unforgivable. And that is precisely why this possibility feels so powerful. It transforms one missed shot into a domino effect of blood, panic, and heartbreak. In that version of the story, the real tragedy is no longer that Jason failed to pull the trigger. It is that Cullum stayed alive long enough to turn one murder into a full-blown nightmare.