Episode
3.01
PHPD Squad
room
Detective
“Any luck
yet?” Shamus Becker asked Siobhan as he sat down on the chair across from her
and then looked into her chocolate eyes.
“No, none yet. I feel as though I am missing the most obvious piece of this puzzle.”
She ran her hands through her short crisp brown hair and sighed, “Conner is not
the kind of guy who would just leave his teenage daughter and run off to start
a new life somewhere else.”
Becker
picked up his coffee cup, “Are you sure no one’s heard from him? Maybe if not his parents and Lysa, perhaps Maggie Williams or maybe
a brother or employee.”
“I talked
with Eric Savoren earlier today, no word from Conner at all. Which
means he’s left in charge of the store which would have Conner in a panic.
You’ve heard him talk about the granola frat boy space cadet that Eric is.”
Siobhan tapped her pencil against her nails, “I’ll give Maggie a call, maybe
she has a message from Conner she hasn’t gotten since she and some doctor she’s
been seeing have been in
Becker
nodded with approval, “Good idea, I’ll be in the office, I have to return a
call from the mayor about the groundbreaking at the new concert hall on campus.
He wants us, the heroes to be there.”
“
Cassie
rolled her eyes at her older sister, “Oh come on Mags,
this is silly. Besides I want to see what your house
looks like.”
“Yeah, same here.”
Carsyn
Raleigh carried the two younger Williams’ bags to the door before placing a
kiss on Maggie’s lips. “I hate to do this but I have to run to the hospital for
duty. I’ll call you as soon as I get a chance—at a decent hour.”
Cassie
couldn’t hold off a laugh as she listened to her younger new found brother. “Definitely Dad’s kid.”
Carsyn
sighed, “Sorry I guess I should’ve asked you if it was alright.”
Maggie
shook her head and tossed Cassie the keys, “Go on in side and there should be
some milk in the fridge and homemade granola bars.”
Cassie
caught the keys and nodded, “Alrighty then, come on
Maggie
watched as her sister and brother entered her house, “Sorry about that I guess
the men in my family feel the need to protect me.”
Carsyn
smiled, “Its alright, I actually understand. I don’t
blame him at all.”
Maggie felt
a blush come over her face, “Well I should probably get going, but um on labor day, if your not on call, how about you come over for
a barbeque.”
“I would
love that.” Carsyn leaned over and kissed Maggie on the cheek. “I’ll see you
then. Don’t let the kids get to you, they love you. You are their big sister, they’ve got to watch out for you while you watch out
for them.”
“Thanks.”
Maggie said softly as Carsyn climbed into his car. She watched him drive down
the road before going into the house. She walked into the kitchen to find
Cassie pouring three glasses of milk and
“Mags it looks like you’ve got a ton of messages for being
away for what, three days. Someone must’ve missed you. I bet it was Conner.”
Cassie joked as
“Who’s
Conner, I thought Maggie was dating Carsyn.”
Hey Maggie,
it’s Siobhan. Listen I need to know if you’ve heard from Conner in the past few
days. His car was found abandoned in the parking lot for the Subway in Salida and well no one knows where he is. Lysa is over at
Arthur and Fiona’s, but other then that, we have no idea whats
going on. If you heard anything let me know.
Maggie
looked over at Cassie, tears brewing in her eyes as the worst possible
scenarios played in her head. She then looked over at her younger brother and
saw his sweet, innocent smile. Something about that short moment allowed her to
realize that if anything were wrong with Conner, she would know. Her heart would
tell her and lead her to him, just as his had brought him to
The Country
Club Bar
“Yes, I’d
like a pina coloda.” Spoke
Kathryn Layden as she sat down next to
“Just wonderful.” Kathryn spoke with a confidence she wasn’t really feeling as she
thought about her daughter Quincy being raised by Doug and his wife Adel, and
being renamed Isabella. “And how are things going for you?”
Kathryn
nodded, picking up on the one thing he was missing. Something she knew a man
couldn’t live without, his father hadn’t been able to. A wicked gleam flashed
in her eyes as she couldn’t help but wonder if
“Its too soon. I just lost my wife, besides I have my
children to focus on and a step-daughter to look out for. Trust me, she needs
me now.”
“Why does
your step-daughter need you, she has a father doesn’t she?”
Kathryn
smiled, “You are definitely not the man I expected. I expected a cold hearted
man, like your father.”
Kathryn
covered his hand with hers, “Its alright you’re allowed to. You’re right I’ve
only seen your father in the business world, I have no
idea what kind of man he really is. I’m sure if I knew that I would be
surprised.” She spoke with confidence as she flashed back to the night Doug
came and took
“Abby is
wonderful, if it weren’t for her I would be lost.”
“Yes, and
hired help will understand when you find a new wife. I mean not to sound callus
or anything but second marriages are never as great a love as the one before.
Yes there is a deep love, but its not the same as the
sparks that lead you to a different level of self.” Kathryn peaked out from
behind her falling blond hair as she leaned forward, “A second wife would
always know someone else has a permanent hold on your heart, they should at
least know that they’re there to help you, guide you, and comfort you in anyway
possible.”
Chad could
feel Kathryn’s hand slide up his leg and he took hold, his thumb rubbing
against her palm as he looked into her light eyes, “You’re right, very much
so.” He brought her hand to his lips and kissed her knuckles and smiled, “I
think you might be able to help me move on.”
Kathryn
pretended to look down at her feet as though contemplating the idea, but in
reality a smile was growing across her face that made her ache to rub this
relationship in Doug’s face, and perhaps in the nanny’s face as well. “I’ll do
whatever it is I can to help you.”
Conner sat
in the corner, wrapped in the blanket that Grace had left him with. His mind
couldn’t wrap around any of this. Why had she done this? What was going on with
Lysa? Had she gone to stay with
“Stop thinking about her damnit. That’s what got you stuck down here
in the first place.” Grace opened the door and came down the first few steps.
“You’re precious little Maggie just returned home with her Doctor Boyfriend,
and get this two children. Well what appears to be a teenage girl and a young
boy. So it looks like she’s got a nice little family going there. Don’t worry
though, we’ll have ours soon enough.” Grace tossed a plastic bag full of bread
to him and then placed a large bottle of water on the stair next to her foot. “Just you, me, and Jasmine. A perfect
trio.”
Conner
stood up, holding the blanket tightly around his body, “Grace I have a
daughter, I can’t abandon her. She needs me, I’m the
only parent she has left.”
Grace shook
her head, “No Conner! Jasmine is your daughter!” she cried out, tears seemed to
be screaming for a release. “You’ll forget all about Maggie, and then you and I
can go back to how things used to be before she came into the picture.”
Conner
watched her, knowing that whatever was going on in her mind he was missing a
large piece of the puzzle. Antagonizing her would only make things worst.
“Please Grace, don’t you remember it was you, me, Lysa, and Jasmine.”
Grace
rolled her eyes, “No it wasn’t. I’m not an idiot Conner.” She kicked the
bottled water down the stairs and then stormed up and slammed the door shut
behind her before the sound of her locking him in was heard.
Sinking
back down to the ground he sighed as he caught glimpse of the growing evening
sky behind a pile of boxes. He reached up and began to rearrange them, seeing
the stars for the first time in what felt like several weeks. He looked up at
the one shining the brightest and made a wish, “I wish for Lysa to be okay. I
want my little girl to be the same sweet child she was when I last saw her.
Please protect her, someone watch out for her and keep her healthy. I hope to
God she knows that I love her, and didn’t leave her on purpose.”
Lysa McKay laid on her bed, blasting the Ashlee
Simpson song Pieces of Me from her computer as she went over her copy of
Romeo and Juliet for her English class. The door of the room opened and
her grandmother Fiona McKay entered. “Lysa, could you turn that down
sweetie?”
Lysa sighed
and leaned over to the laptop and pressed a button a few times before the song
faded deep into the background.
“You’re
Uncle Sean will be home soon, isn’t that exciting?” Fiona asked, knowing this
wasn’t easy on the young teen, especially after having just lost her mother a
few short months before.
Looking up
at her grandmother Lysa put the book down, “Sounds like a riot Gran, I mean gosh my Uncle will be back, yet where’s my father? Hmm, no one knows.”
Fiona
sighed, “I know this is difficult, you know that
“No news is
good news right? I mean as long as we don’t get word he’s dead.” Lysa spit back
with all the anger she was bottling up inside of her.
Fiona
nodded, “Yes I suppose it is.”
Arthur
McKay came down the hall, “Fiona, may I speak with you?”’
Fiona left
Lysa and joined Arthur outside of their bedroom, “What is it?”
“You know I
hate to say this, but maybe we need to think about getting Lysa some
counseling.” Arthur scratched his salt and pepper head, “I mean first
Fiona
nodded, “I agree but please could we wait just a little while longer. If
Conner’s not home by the time Sean gets back then we’ll get her to a
counselor.”
“Alright,
but lets keep a close eye on her till then.”
Hallow
Hills—Nursery
“Hush
little baby, don’t say a word, Abby’s going to buy you a mocking bird.” Abby
sang to Fallon as she drifted off to sleep for the evening. Most nights Abby
wouldn’t be here this late, but
As she put
Fallon in her crib she looked out the window towards the front path of the
house and saw
Abby crept
over and kept her eyes glued to them. Something about this moment made her
stomach tie in knots and she wasn’t sure why. As she saw
Kathryn was
a sexual being, he couldn’t ignore it. Not when her hands unbuttoned a few of
the bottom ones of his shirt and caressed his abs. It had been ages since he
had felt a woman’s touch,
with
He quickly
pulled away from Kathryn, “Miss Adams, this is far from what it appears. But I
do thank you, have a good evening.”
Abby slowly
walked down the first few steps before hitting the gravel driveway. She looked
at Kathryn, who made no effort to adjust her clothing. Abby felt sick to her
stomach, at least she knew that by leaving at this moment, the twins would be
protected at least for on more day of a wicked step-mother, who was probably
just plotting to get her hands on the
He turned
to her and pushed her up against the tree. As he looked into her ice like eyes
he wasn’t sure what he wanted to do, but then he pulled away, “We should
continue another time.”
Kathryn
looked upset, “I guess we should.” She reached over and pulled him closer to
her by his belt. She slid her hand into his pants and smiled as she looked into
his eyes, “Trust me, it’ll be more fun with me, then without me.” She removed
her hand and then started down the drive to her rental car. She turned to wave
and saw