Joe got out of the cab several blocks from his hotel; his mind still in a daze; after the events of the evening. He thought that a walk would help to clear his mind. Damn, what a blow to his ego! Joe thought as he moved slowly along the streets. He just couldn't believe it; Stetson had actually proposed to Amanda and to make matters even worse, she had said yes! You were such a fool! What did you think, that no one, in their right mind; wouldn't want Amanda? That no one else would want her? Well, that was that! Now, he was resigned to staying here; he'd quit his job and accepted a new one! It would give you a chance to get to know your boys now! Selfish, you hadn't thought about them, not really like that until now!

Joe was just about to the hotel as he crossed an alley, when suddenly he felt a blow to the back of his head.

"I think I hear someone coming!" Joe vaguely heard a raspy voice say just as he fell to the ground, before passing out.

/

"Lee, I'm worried about him!" Amanda whispered to Lee as they remained outside.

"Yes, I know you are, as only you could be," he said with a smile. "But truth of the matter is, I'm a little concerned for him myself."

Amanda arched an eyebrow.

"After all, he was once married to you and if he worked things up in his mind to think that there was some hope for him to have you back; and now that dream is dashed, well—" Lee shrugged his shoulders. "I'd be upset, for sure, if it was me!"

"Maybe, the boys can call him when we get back!" Amanda said.

"That's probably a good idea," Lee agreed. "Now, what's taking your mom and the boys so long?"

"I don't know, let's go see!"

Lee and Amanda walked back into the house, arms looped around one another.

/

"You idiot! I said to hit him on the back of his neck, not his head, you imbecile!" Spencer said to Cress as they perused the unconscious man laid out on the bed; his hands tied behind his back.

"I'm sorry; I panicked when I heard footsteps."

"It was only me. I told you I would be pulling up with the car."

"Well, what should we do? Mr. Sombini isn't going to be too happy about this."

"You better hope he wakes up and soon, or you are going to be in a whole lot of trouble."

"Yeah!"

"How about you call that nurse friend of yours?"

"Which one?"

"I don't know…her name…there's more than one?"

"Ugh yeah! You know I have a thing for nurses. All Florence Nightingale and shit!"

"Linda, Lynn, or something…I don't care which one you call, get one of them on the phone now!"

"Yeah right!" Cress jumped up from the sound of his cousin's booming voice. "I'm on it!" He said and headed out of the room to use a pay phone.