Next chapter will feature more L/S from a flashback of their romance just before she had been abducted. Don't worry Lilly/Michelle is going to do something to alert Scotty in the next few chapters.

By the time the next month had came around, a few leads poured in. Almost immediately, Scotty pounced on each lead, hoping it would lead him directly to Lilly. Then a phone call came into the station, which sent off red flags.

" I know where that blonde woman is being kept," the voice on the other end said.

Scotty's eyes widened," Where is Lilly?"

" My brother has her, it's just a matter of time before she too become his tenth dead wife."

Then the phone went dead, leaving Scotty with mixed emotions. He knew that Lilly would never marry someone that she didn't love, nonetheless her own abducter. In a matter of moments, the call had indeed been traced, giving him a breath of hope.

For all they knew it could have just been someone taunting them, but Scotty knew it had to be real. Almost automatically he jumped about heading straight down to Florida, but was stopped, when the caller just happened to call back.

With anger in his voice, Scotty was determined one way or another to find her, but the caller now told him a much different story," Iknow that you have the capablities to trace this number, but I can tell you that my brother isn't in the state of Florida. He wouldn't stoop that far into taking her down here, be too easy."

However Scotty wasn't buying the story,"Where did you last see her?"

" At some rest stop, a real beauty if you ask me. Haven't seen the two of them in two months, Gary seemed very happy with this one. Last time I spoke to him, he told me that they were planning to get married."

Scotty needed more information and was now pressing harder to get the caller to provide more," What did the woman look like?"

" Blonde, slender with blue eyes but with very fair skin," which exactly matched up to Lilly's description," She never spoke, Gary told me that her name was Michelle. Until I saw the missing poster of her, and knew what he had done," as the caller paused for a moment," Gary wouldn't even tell me where he lives for that matter. "

That intriequed Scotty, to find out why," I never asked you where he lives."

" Look Detective Valens, I'm just trying to help, I have nothing to hide," he said before providing the detective with his name and last name. A background check revealed that this man had no arrests or anything else.

Just moments after James had put down the phone, he felt guilty of even placing the call, knowing just how violent his older brother was. Grabbing his keys, James now got into his car and drove over to where Gary had been staying.

The neighborhood wasn't on the good side of town, nor was it nice looking on the outside. On the inside, well Gary had managed to remodel the entire place. James knew what he was doing would save the life of this woman, " You abducted a murder cop, " he said.

Gary shook his head," Her life isn't that anymore, besides we're off to our new home, leaving this behind. Michelle deserves everything."

" Her name isn't even Michelle," James said," People are out there looking for her, I just saw her dad on the news the other night, pleading for her safe return."

Just then Lilly/Michelle came out, walking past Gary," Are we ready?", she asked.

" In a minute," he responded before shooting his younger brother a look. After the bags had been loaded into the car, James once again had stopped him," Everytime you pass through a toll, there's a camera. They can spot her in the car."

Gary didn't say a single word, but instead watched Lilly/Michelle getting into the car. He then stepped aside to speak to his brother," You tell the police anything about this, and I'll kill you too. What I should have done years ago."

The trip was a bit long, but their new house was much nicer, although the neighorhood wasn't exactly charming. Lilly/ Michelle sighed deeply as she entered the kitchen, feeling Gary's lips kissing one side of her neck, while he held her.

" What you don't like this place?"

Lilly/Michelle shook her head, " No I do, " giving him a smile. Indeed the kitchen was nice, but upstairs was even better. Later that night, as the two lay in bed together, Lilly felt still very uneasy about this. She wanted to run but then her life would be in great danger.

Gary was noticing a grey sweatjacket that belonged to Scotty," He didn't really love you, if it took him seven years for him to even kiss you. Think about it, wasn't even there for you after your shooting."

" I still love him," she replied softly, feeling angry at herself for confessing to him ever bad negetive thing that had ever happened to her, while holding onto the jacket. Gary now slowly undid it," you have to let it go, let him go. He only felt sorry for you because of your upbringing. Even slept with your sister."

After much convincing during these past two months, Lilly now took it off, as Gary now softly stroked her cheek," Your no longer that same woman, Michelle."

Just two weeks later, Lilly had already settled into her new home. Indeed she was still heavy controlled on what or what not she could do. So much of this, was implemented in her mind. Gary had indeed picked the right woman, was determined to keep her for his own.

In addition, she also was allowed to decorate the house anyway she wanted. After the last song played on the radio, the news came on, one story was about her disapperence. Without blinking, Lilly flipped on another station and continued hanging some stuff up. She already had accepted her new identity,but wasn't keen on tracking her old life.

Back in Philly, Scotty on weekends would sleep over at her apartment. Although by now her power had been turned off, he didn't care. Being in this apartment, was the closest thing that he had to being close to Lilly. Except now he knew that Lilly was pregnant when she disappeared, with their baby. It now made it more a reason for him to find her.

Would Lilly even recognize him if she saw him in person, he wondered? Time surely was ticking away, as Scotty now broke down in tears, along with memories of their relationship flashing through his mind.