Back at Danny's apartment, Danny found himself pacing from room to room. He'd watch Michael for a while then he would walk to the kitchen and living room. Maggie and John had both fallen asleep on the couch. Danny was truly touched by what her parents said to him earlier. He had been waiting to hear it for a long time, but he knew that it wasn't really true. He hadn't taken care of Kathryn. If he would have, then she would be here. He would have know that someone was following her. He would have known she was in danger. Danny felt like such a failure.
Danny went in to the bathroom to splash cold water on his face. As he was toweling off his face, he saw Kathryn in the bathtub. He knew it wasn't real. It was just another memory flashing through his mind. He remembered one night right after they got married. Kathryn had an especially hard day at work. She lost a very tough case. He told her to relax and take a bath while he put Michael down for the night.
Danny walked into the bathroom and watched Kathryn for a few moments. The steam and bubbles surrounded her as she lay in the tub with her eyes closed. Danny was about to walk out and leave her alone when she opened her eyes.
"Where are you going?" Kathryn asked.
"I was just going to let you relax...alone. I'll clean up the kitchen."
"The kitchen can wait. Why don't you join me? I don't want to be alone," she responded quietly.
Kathryn was just the opposite of Danny. When Danny had a hard case, he wanted to get away. He didn't want to talk about it. He wanted to be alone. When Kathryn was having a hard day, she wanted Danny. So he undressed and sank into the hot bath with her. He layed at the other end of the tub and started to massage her feet. "Are you going to be OK?"
"I guess. I just hate losing. It's not right. That jerk is going to hurt someone again...and there's nothing I can do," she replied as she tilted her head back to enjoy the foot massage.
"I'm sorry. I know it's frustrating."
"At least it's easier now. It's easier to deal with because it isn't my whole life anymore," she said as Danny pulled her legs gently so she was closer to him. "I can come home and look at Michael...everything else just falls away. I know as long as I have you and Michael, nothing else matters."
Danny nodded and smiled. "I know the feeling," he responded as they were just inches from each other now with her legs wrapped around his body.
Kathryn lightly wet his hair and started to play with it, as he kissed her neck lightly. "What are you doing?" he asked as she continued to run her fingers through his hair.
"Your hair...It's like I can create a piece of art of something," Kathryn replied as she put some bubbles on his head and giggled at the sight.
"Don't make fun of my hair. It has a mind of its own. You know I'm sensitve about that," he said as he smiled with mock embarrassment.
She laughed and they started to kiss. "I love your hair...every last crazy strand and I love you more than life, Danny Taylor."
Danny pulled her even closer and replied, "I love you too, baby."
Danny ended up sitting on the floor of the bathroom just staring off into space. All he could remember were the good memories. All the bad stuff between them was gone. He just wanted her back. He needed her back. He promised himself he would never make her sad again if she just came back to him. Just then, his cell phone rang.
"Hello," Danny answered quickly.
"Danny, it's Jack. We...uh...just arrested Kendall."
Jack heard Danny sigh heavily before asking, "What did you find?"
"Kathryn's locket...in the trunk of Kendall's car."
"I gave that to her for her first Mother's Day. She never takes it off," Danny whispered to himself more than Jack. "Did you...uh...did you find any blood?"
"The CSU team is looking for that. I have Kendall in an interrogation room. He's denying everything right now, but I'll get him to talk," Jack replied knowing that Danny was fully aware of how dire the situation was. "Are Kathryn's parents still with you?"
"Um...yeah...they fell asleep. I'll tell them about this when they wake up."
"Actually, as much as I don't want to do this, I need you to come down here. Kendall had some video of you and Kathryn, and we need you to tell us exactly when it was shot so I can figure out exactly when Kendall set this in motion. There has to be a reason he did this now." And then Jack added, "But that's it, Danny. You come down, watch the tape, and go home. Got it?"
"Yeah, I got it. I'll be there in twenty minutes," Danny said as he hung up the phone.
After Jack hung up the phone, he headed down to the interrogation room. He watched Kendall through the two-way mirror for a minute. The man looked completely unphased like he didn't have a care in the world. Then Jack stepped into the room. "Is your lawyer on his way, Mr. Kendall?"
"No. I didn't call him. I have nothing to hide, Agent Malone," Richard replied cooly.
"Nothing to hide, huh? Hmmmm. That's interesting," Jack said as he took a seat. "If you have nothing to hide, then what to you make of this?" Jack took a plastic bag out of his pocket. Richard looked at the open locket inside the bag.
"I've never seen that before in my life."
"Really? Are you sure about that? Because we found it in the trunk of your car. How did Kathryn's locket get there, Richard?"
Richard looked down and shook his head. "This is...unbelievable. I knew I never should have gotten involved with her again. I knew it was mistake."
Jack looked at Richard with a surprised expression as he made the admission. "What was a mistake?"
"Look...I ran into her that morning. She made me swear not to tell anyone. She was very depressed and frantic to get out of town. So I helped her. The locket must of come off when we were taking her overnight bag out of the trunk. Or, maybe she just threw it away. She seemed very intent on leaving her life behind. She was a very unhappy woman," Richard said emphatically.
"You ran into her? And she, all of sudden, asked you for help to leave town? Do you think I am stupid, Kendall?"
"I don't know. Are you? She was desperate. She said she couldn't trust anyone else. And that it must of been some kind of karma that we ran into each other that day...because she needed someone to trust. She needed my help."
"Where did she go?"
"I don't know. I gave her some money and took her to the airport. I didn't see her after that."
"What time did you do this?"
"Around 11 that morning."
"You're a damn liar, Kendall. You couldn't have run into Kathryn, taken her to the airport and gotten back to your meeting at the Waldorf by noon."
"I saw her at 11, and then we agreed to meet after my meeting. That's when I took her to the airport."
Jack stood up quickly and started to pace the room. He was becoming angrier and angrier by the second. "OK...this is good story, Kendall. Will you take a polygraph?"
Richard looked down and thought for moment. Then he finally shook his head. "No...no way. You people want to protect Taylor. You'll do anything to set me up to take the fall for this. I wouldn't trust your polygraph as far as I could throw it."
"No...I figured you wouldn't," Jack said in an irritated tone. "I'll be right back."
Jack walked out of the room and slammed the door shut. He told the agent standing outside to keep an eye on Kendall and then headed back upstairs. Vivian and Danny were in his office. Danny was watching the video footage of he and Kathryn. They looked up as Jack walked in.
"This was the day before she went missing," Danny said quietly. "We are outside our marriage counselor's office."
Vivian watched as Danny kept rewinding the footage of he and Kathryn sitting on the park bench. Kathryn gets up to walk away and Danny takes her hand. She sits back down and they talk for a few minutes. Kathryn is crying as she and Danny talk. Then they get up and Danny hails a cab for her. They embrace and then she kisses him on the cheek. Before she gets in the cab, he kisses on the forehead and strokes her arms protectively. After he watched it three times, Vivian put her hand over Danny's and said, "That's enough. Let's turn it off."
"This is where we decided to try again. Before that morning, she wanted me to move out. But we talked and she told me how guilty she felt about the miscarriage. She thought it was her fault. I told her it wasn't. We agreed to keep working things out, and that I would stay at the apartment. We were going to be OK," Danny said quietly.
"So, Kendall sees this...and realizes he needs to make his move. Up until that point, he was hoping that you two would separate. But then he sees this, and realizes that's not going to happen. And he can't wait anymore," Jack said as he worked the details in his mind.
Danny nodded in agreement. "What's he been saying? Did you confront him with her locket?"
"Now he says that he did see her that morning, and she asked him to help her leave town. I know he's lying. I asked him to take a polygraph, but he refused. I'm going to head back in there, but I'd like to hear what the CSU team found in that car."
"I'll call over there and get an update," Vivian volunteered. "His office is clean. I think he kept his whole obsession in that apartment."
As Vivian started to dial her cell phone, Jack addressed Danny. "You've been a lot of help. You should probably head on home. Try to get some...."
"Rest? You think I can sleep now? You have to let me stay here, Jack. I'll stay out of the way. I just need to be here as soon as you find out what happened. Don't make me go home. I'm going crazy there, Jack. All I see is her face when I'm there. She's all around me...her scent...everything is there," Danny said desperately.
Jack looked at Danny and saw the anquish in his face. It was so unlike how Danny usually looked. For years, Jack could always count on Danny to make situations lighter. Danny always seemed relaxed even in the most stressful situations. Even when Danny would lose his cool, he would just as quickly regain his composure. Jack knew it was all an act. He knew that deep down Danny had demons -- but on the surface you would never know it. It's what made him a good agent...and what made him one of the most popular among his co-workers. He could make just about anyone smile...even Jack...who often carried the weight of the world on his shoulders. In that moment, Jack was struck by how unfair this all was. What Samantha said earlier about no happy endings was ringing in his ears. If anyone deserved a happy ending after a tough life, it was Danny. Life truly wasn't fair.
"You can stay here in my office. But that's it. If you do anything to get in the way, I'm sending you home."
"Thanks, Jack," Danny replied.
Vivian closed her phone and turned back to them. "They...uh...found blood in the trunk. I'm sorry, Danny. They are rushing the blood and DNA analysis for confirmation. They also found mud in the trunk and on the tires. They are trying to determine where he would have driven. Samantha and Martin are on their way back now."
Danny didn't say a word. He just sat there looking down at his feet.
Jack finally said, "I'm going to take another run at Kendall. Viv...why don't you join me. Danny..."
"I know...I know...stay put. I got it, Jack," Danny interrupted as he still didn't make eye contact.
Danny went in to the bathroom to splash cold water on his face. As he was toweling off his face, he saw Kathryn in the bathtub. He knew it wasn't real. It was just another memory flashing through his mind. He remembered one night right after they got married. Kathryn had an especially hard day at work. She lost a very tough case. He told her to relax and take a bath while he put Michael down for the night.
Danny walked into the bathroom and watched Kathryn for a few moments. The steam and bubbles surrounded her as she lay in the tub with her eyes closed. Danny was about to walk out and leave her alone when she opened her eyes.
"Where are you going?" Kathryn asked.
"I was just going to let you relax...alone. I'll clean up the kitchen."
"The kitchen can wait. Why don't you join me? I don't want to be alone," she responded quietly.
Kathryn was just the opposite of Danny. When Danny had a hard case, he wanted to get away. He didn't want to talk about it. He wanted to be alone. When Kathryn was having a hard day, she wanted Danny. So he undressed and sank into the hot bath with her. He layed at the other end of the tub and started to massage her feet. "Are you going to be OK?"
"I guess. I just hate losing. It's not right. That jerk is going to hurt someone again...and there's nothing I can do," she replied as she tilted her head back to enjoy the foot massage.
"I'm sorry. I know it's frustrating."
"At least it's easier now. It's easier to deal with because it isn't my whole life anymore," she said as Danny pulled her legs gently so she was closer to him. "I can come home and look at Michael...everything else just falls away. I know as long as I have you and Michael, nothing else matters."
Danny nodded and smiled. "I know the feeling," he responded as they were just inches from each other now with her legs wrapped around his body.
Kathryn lightly wet his hair and started to play with it, as he kissed her neck lightly. "What are you doing?" he asked as she continued to run her fingers through his hair.
"Your hair...It's like I can create a piece of art of something," Kathryn replied as she put some bubbles on his head and giggled at the sight.
"Don't make fun of my hair. It has a mind of its own. You know I'm sensitve about that," he said as he smiled with mock embarrassment.
She laughed and they started to kiss. "I love your hair...every last crazy strand and I love you more than life, Danny Taylor."
Danny pulled her even closer and replied, "I love you too, baby."
Danny ended up sitting on the floor of the bathroom just staring off into space. All he could remember were the good memories. All the bad stuff between them was gone. He just wanted her back. He needed her back. He promised himself he would never make her sad again if she just came back to him. Just then, his cell phone rang.
"Hello," Danny answered quickly.
"Danny, it's Jack. We...uh...just arrested Kendall."
Jack heard Danny sigh heavily before asking, "What did you find?"
"Kathryn's locket...in the trunk of Kendall's car."
"I gave that to her for her first Mother's Day. She never takes it off," Danny whispered to himself more than Jack. "Did you...uh...did you find any blood?"
"The CSU team is looking for that. I have Kendall in an interrogation room. He's denying everything right now, but I'll get him to talk," Jack replied knowing that Danny was fully aware of how dire the situation was. "Are Kathryn's parents still with you?"
"Um...yeah...they fell asleep. I'll tell them about this when they wake up."
"Actually, as much as I don't want to do this, I need you to come down here. Kendall had some video of you and Kathryn, and we need you to tell us exactly when it was shot so I can figure out exactly when Kendall set this in motion. There has to be a reason he did this now." And then Jack added, "But that's it, Danny. You come down, watch the tape, and go home. Got it?"
"Yeah, I got it. I'll be there in twenty minutes," Danny said as he hung up the phone.
After Jack hung up the phone, he headed down to the interrogation room. He watched Kendall through the two-way mirror for a minute. The man looked completely unphased like he didn't have a care in the world. Then Jack stepped into the room. "Is your lawyer on his way, Mr. Kendall?"
"No. I didn't call him. I have nothing to hide, Agent Malone," Richard replied cooly.
"Nothing to hide, huh? Hmmmm. That's interesting," Jack said as he took a seat. "If you have nothing to hide, then what to you make of this?" Jack took a plastic bag out of his pocket. Richard looked at the open locket inside the bag.
"I've never seen that before in my life."
"Really? Are you sure about that? Because we found it in the trunk of your car. How did Kathryn's locket get there, Richard?"
Richard looked down and shook his head. "This is...unbelievable. I knew I never should have gotten involved with her again. I knew it was mistake."
Jack looked at Richard with a surprised expression as he made the admission. "What was a mistake?"
"Look...I ran into her that morning. She made me swear not to tell anyone. She was very depressed and frantic to get out of town. So I helped her. The locket must of come off when we were taking her overnight bag out of the trunk. Or, maybe she just threw it away. She seemed very intent on leaving her life behind. She was a very unhappy woman," Richard said emphatically.
"You ran into her? And she, all of sudden, asked you for help to leave town? Do you think I am stupid, Kendall?"
"I don't know. Are you? She was desperate. She said she couldn't trust anyone else. And that it must of been some kind of karma that we ran into each other that day...because she needed someone to trust. She needed my help."
"Where did she go?"
"I don't know. I gave her some money and took her to the airport. I didn't see her after that."
"What time did you do this?"
"Around 11 that morning."
"You're a damn liar, Kendall. You couldn't have run into Kathryn, taken her to the airport and gotten back to your meeting at the Waldorf by noon."
"I saw her at 11, and then we agreed to meet after my meeting. That's when I took her to the airport."
Jack stood up quickly and started to pace the room. He was becoming angrier and angrier by the second. "OK...this is good story, Kendall. Will you take a polygraph?"
Richard looked down and thought for moment. Then he finally shook his head. "No...no way. You people want to protect Taylor. You'll do anything to set me up to take the fall for this. I wouldn't trust your polygraph as far as I could throw it."
"No...I figured you wouldn't," Jack said in an irritated tone. "I'll be right back."
Jack walked out of the room and slammed the door shut. He told the agent standing outside to keep an eye on Kendall and then headed back upstairs. Vivian and Danny were in his office. Danny was watching the video footage of he and Kathryn. They looked up as Jack walked in.
"This was the day before she went missing," Danny said quietly. "We are outside our marriage counselor's office."
Vivian watched as Danny kept rewinding the footage of he and Kathryn sitting on the park bench. Kathryn gets up to walk away and Danny takes her hand. She sits back down and they talk for a few minutes. Kathryn is crying as she and Danny talk. Then they get up and Danny hails a cab for her. They embrace and then she kisses him on the cheek. Before she gets in the cab, he kisses on the forehead and strokes her arms protectively. After he watched it three times, Vivian put her hand over Danny's and said, "That's enough. Let's turn it off."
"This is where we decided to try again. Before that morning, she wanted me to move out. But we talked and she told me how guilty she felt about the miscarriage. She thought it was her fault. I told her it wasn't. We agreed to keep working things out, and that I would stay at the apartment. We were going to be OK," Danny said quietly.
"So, Kendall sees this...and realizes he needs to make his move. Up until that point, he was hoping that you two would separate. But then he sees this, and realizes that's not going to happen. And he can't wait anymore," Jack said as he worked the details in his mind.
Danny nodded in agreement. "What's he been saying? Did you confront him with her locket?"
"Now he says that he did see her that morning, and she asked him to help her leave town. I know he's lying. I asked him to take a polygraph, but he refused. I'm going to head back in there, but I'd like to hear what the CSU team found in that car."
"I'll call over there and get an update," Vivian volunteered. "His office is clean. I think he kept his whole obsession in that apartment."
As Vivian started to dial her cell phone, Jack addressed Danny. "You've been a lot of help. You should probably head on home. Try to get some...."
"Rest? You think I can sleep now? You have to let me stay here, Jack. I'll stay out of the way. I just need to be here as soon as you find out what happened. Don't make me go home. I'm going crazy there, Jack. All I see is her face when I'm there. She's all around me...her scent...everything is there," Danny said desperately.
Jack looked at Danny and saw the anquish in his face. It was so unlike how Danny usually looked. For years, Jack could always count on Danny to make situations lighter. Danny always seemed relaxed even in the most stressful situations. Even when Danny would lose his cool, he would just as quickly regain his composure. Jack knew it was all an act. He knew that deep down Danny had demons -- but on the surface you would never know it. It's what made him a good agent...and what made him one of the most popular among his co-workers. He could make just about anyone smile...even Jack...who often carried the weight of the world on his shoulders. In that moment, Jack was struck by how unfair this all was. What Samantha said earlier about no happy endings was ringing in his ears. If anyone deserved a happy ending after a tough life, it was Danny. Life truly wasn't fair.
"You can stay here in my office. But that's it. If you do anything to get in the way, I'm sending you home."
"Thanks, Jack," Danny replied.
Vivian closed her phone and turned back to them. "They...uh...found blood in the trunk. I'm sorry, Danny. They are rushing the blood and DNA analysis for confirmation. They also found mud in the trunk and on the tires. They are trying to determine where he would have driven. Samantha and Martin are on their way back now."
Danny didn't say a word. He just sat there looking down at his feet.
Jack finally said, "I'm going to take another run at Kendall. Viv...why don't you join me. Danny..."
"I know...I know...stay put. I got it, Jack," Danny interrupted as he still didn't make eye contact.