He sat in his easy chair watching the news. He loved the news; there was always someone getting hurt or killed. It made his day to know that there was so much pain and suffering all around him. The fact was, he had been miserable in the past few weeks. He had taken it upon himself to stalk Jackie to no end. He come to know everything about her. When she got up, the time she ate breakfast, her appointments to physical therapy and psychiatrist, when she made phone calls, took a nap on the couch, showered, he even went as far as to know the little things about her. Like what kind of shampoo she used, how often she went to the bathroom, what foods she loved, and which one she despised. He knew what time the mail arrived and observed what type of shoes she would go out to get the mail with. It was always the same slippers. It was getting to be about eight at night when another homicide report came flashing onto his TV. He filled his glass up with Scotch and prepared for another wonderful report; he hoped this one would be detailed with lots of gore.

Jackie woke up from another frightening nightmare. The house was filled with silence; Zack was a school, Shawn was off to college again, and Hyde was at work. They had barely talked in the weeks that had followed that night Hyde had been questioning her. Since then, he had not said a word to her. Which in a way kind of scared her because she didn't know what he was thinking. Well, the day was approaching when Heather would have to come home and she was not ready for that. She had rarely talked to anyone in the town and word was getting around about the preliminary custody trial.

One day after physical therapy, she went into the Brady Pub and got the cold shoulder. She could tell that many people were mad about her decision to fight Bo Brady for the custody of his son Zack. No one would listen to her side of the story when it came to Zack. They all sided automatically sided with Bo Brady; all of them except his son. Not to long after Hyde and Jackie came to town, Shawn had talked his father into signing over all of his parental rights. Shawn felt like his father wasn't stable enough to raise Zack; and he was right. He checked his father into the state ward and then proceeded to get Zack a family that would want him and love him. He found the perfect family; the Hyde's had agreed to adopt Zack. Mr. Hyde had gotten the job as the new detective of the police force when Roman Brady had decided to leave Salem for good. As soon as the killer was caught, the adoption papers were soon to go through. Zack's adoption had been a swift one. They had been living for three years in peace and bliss until recently. This year everything had changed; Bo Brady came back and just recently she was attacked. At least Abby was in prison where she would be spending the rest of her life. There was no way that she would be getting parole after all the people she had killed.

Two hours later, Jackie was leaving physical therapy when she decided to stop in the pub for something to eat. She didn't really want to stop there but it was the closet place to eat. Her therapy sessions were going real well but her sessions with the psychiatrist were a different story. Marlena had been trying to convince her to open up more. She said that if she did it would help her remember who her attacker was; she said that she would be able to unrepressed her memories of him. After the attack, Jackie had been able to forget who it was that attacked her. She had been so good at it that she had forgotten whom it was that attacked her. Marlena was becoming adamant that she had to go under hypnosis to discover who her attacker was. This was something that Jackie had managed to escape for a while. She knew that sooner or later she would have to face her attacker head on but right now wasn't a good time to go out confronting who ever it was.

She walked into the pub and sat down in a small booth in the corner of the pub. People began to stare at her but Jackie looked away. She had become accustomed to just looking away in public. The waitress came up to her and rudely smiled. She asked her what she wanted and Jackie told her. The waitress came back with a Coke and a tuna fish sandwich. She threw the basket on the table and then slightly slammed the coke on the table after the sandwich. She rudely smiled and then threw the check at her. The old Jackie would have gotten up and confronted the waitress but this Jackie just smiled and began to eat the tuna fish sandwich. She had to make sure she did everything in her power to stay calm for Zack's sake. Jackie was eating her sandwich when she felt a tap on her shoulder; it was Kate Roberts, Lucas's mother.

"Hello, Ms. Roberts; what can I do for you?" She asked.

"Actually I came here to ask you what I could do for you." Kate said.

"I don't know what you mean." She said.

"Well, Mrs. Hyde you helped me out and now I'm going to return the favor to you." Kate said.

"Ms. Roberts that's quit alright; you don't need to repay me." Jackie said.

"Oh, but I do. Now my son tells me that you haven't officially hired a lawyer yet." Kate said. "No; not yet." Jackie said.

"Well, don't worry. I have a set appointment for Ms. Janez to meet with you here at the Brady Pub. Now are you available tomorrow at noon?" Kate asked.

"No I have therapy from twelve to one." Jackie said.

"Well how about one-thirty then?" Kate asked.

"No, I have my session with Marlena at that time." Jackie said.

"Well, how about three o'clock then?" Kate asked for the third time.

"Yeah sure fine." Jackie said.

"Okay then; have a good day Mrs. Hyde.

Hyde sat at his desk looking out the window when Officer O'Neil came into his office.

"Detective Hyde, we I have some news for you." O'Neil said.

"What is it?" He asked?

"When you and your wife were at the hospital, a man was reported following you. He made eye contact with your wife." She said.

"So what." He replied.

"Detective, he's been stalking her for some time now without her knowing. Some reported seeing the same man outside your window last night and this morning." She said.

"Oh great, I need to go." He said and then left.