Ch. 1

There is a worried looking young woman. She has blonde hair and looks to be in her early twenties. She is lying on a couch sleeping, and she looks to be about 6 months pregnant. Suddenly there is a knock on the door. "Patrick?" she says groggily as she is still waking up. There is another knock, more frantic this time. "Oh I'm coming I'm coming." She opens the door

"Jessica," says Kate, "Oh I'm so glad you're home."

"Mom, what's wrong? Do you know what time it is?" questions Jessica.

"Jess, haven't you heard the news?" she asks, but she can tell that her daughter hasn't heard the dreadful news that sent her out in a worried state. "Come here sweetie lets go sit down"

"Mom, you're scaring me. What happened? Oh my God Is Patrick alright?" she's starting to panic now.

"You mean he's not home?" asks Kate, alarmed by this news.

"No he's not. He called to say he was going to be late. Something about a case he had to wrap up at the station. He said it wouldn't take that long, so I wanted to wait up for him, but its been so long," she stammers.

"Oh no"

"Oh no, what?" asks Jess, now very alarmed, "Mom, what is going on?"

"Jessie, there was a terrible explosion down at the station tonight," Kate says gently.

"No!" Jess say's standing up, "No, he's alright. He has to be alright." Kate stands up too and comforts her daughter in a hug. After a minute Jess says, " Wait, you didn't know that Patrick was down there. Why did you come over here?"

Kate is somewhat caught off guard: "Billie was down there, She called to say she was going to be late, and I heard, Oh God I heard Roman talking in the background with your father."

Jess says, "No! We have to go down there," as she moves toward the door.

Kate gives her a gentle reality check, "Sweetie, It's impossible to get to the station now. There are road barriers everywhere."

"I don't care what we have to do, I'm not going to loose my husband, Dad, or Billie."

"And Roman," thinks Kate to herself, "Oh God I was so stupid. I love him and now I might loose him before he know it." They both head out the door.

At the rubble heap of the Salem PD…….

A hand moves weakly and a voice calls out even weaker, "Jess!"