Luke slammed the door and caused the bell above it to fall to the floor. Everyone paused from their eating for a moment, but then lost interest and began eating again.

"What the hell is his problem?" Jess asked aimlessly.

"I think he feels like everyone's accusing him of Taylor's murder." Lorelai replied.

"No one has said anything." Jess remarked. "He has a guilty conscience over something though."

Lorelai made a strange face. "Jess, this is Luke. Luke isn't a murderer."

Rory came over to where they were standing. "Mom, can we just go home, please."

"Why are you taking up for him, after the way he snapped on you?" Jess asked.

"He's under a lot of stress..." Lorelai shot back.

Jess gave Lorelai a cold stare. "Why would he be under a lot of stress?" he asked cooly.

"Mom..." Rory interrupted again.

Lorelai ignored Rory. "He sticks his neck out for you all the time. He gave you a place to live... and a job. Now you're actually going to stand here and admit it's possible Luke killed Taylor?" Lorelai was becoming upset.

"Hey, anything is possible."

Lorelai's temper rose to its limit. She was about to spit out one of her clever, and this time, hurtful lines, but Rory grabbed her by the arm.

"Mom..." Rory repeated this time with annoyance. "We're leaving." Rory lead Lorelai out the door and onto the street. "What are you thinking?" Rory asked immediately.

"Did you hear him?" Lorelai asked abruptly.

"Yes. Did you hear yourself?"

"That takes a lot of nerve!" Lorelai scoffed. "To accuse your own uncle of... of... murder."

"He didn't accuse Luke of Murder." Rory defended, guiding her mother down the street towards their house.

"In a round about way, that's exactly what he did."

"That's just Jess being Jess."

"Yeah, well looks like that new leaf he turned over, is just as rotten as the other side. I told you his good boy charm wouldn't last." Lorelia's eyes widened and her heart thumped as she thought back to that moment at the diner. She stopped dead in her tracks.

"What?" Rory asked wondering why they had stopped moving.

"At the diner." Lorelai began. "Yesterday morning."

"What about it?"

"Jess said he had gotten stuff taken care of... that someone was giving him problems." Lorelai's mind trailed back to the conversation.

Rory's stood back in awe. "Mom..." she replied insultingly.

"Come on Rory it's not that far fetched. Problem kid from California no one likes him, Taylor gave him the most grief. Think about what he said."

"No.." Rory replied. "No.. There's no way."

"He's acting way too cool about all of this."

"Cause he didn't do anything." Rory defended.

"How do you know that?"

"I don't for sure."

"Ha. Exactly."

This was becoming a regular game of Clue. Everyone was taking random stabs at everyone. It didn't matter if there was any evidence or not. Rory for one was tired of this whole ordeal and was becoming annoyed with the way everyone in town was acting. Yes a murder had been committed, yes the killer was still lurking in the shadows, but accusing everyone and anyone of being the killer wasn't solving anything. Rory sighed.

"I'm going home." She finally replied. "Are you coming with, or are you going to hook up with Scooby and the gang?"

Lorelai turned up her nose at her daughter's comment. They started walking again. Lorelai glanced over at the town gazebo and noticed Kirk was sitting on the steps with head hanging low.

"Maybe he's upset over Taylor." Rory spoke.

"Should we go over and talk to him?" Lorelai asked.

"I don't know. What do we say?"

The girls slowly walked over to Kirk. He raised his head and looked at them. Clearly he had been crying. He wiped at his nose and eyes and then cleared his throat.

"Hi." he said through his sniffling.

"Hey, Kirk." Rory smiled. "Are you okay?"

"No." He whimpered. "I'm not."

Lorelai and Rory sat down beside him. Both their hearts went out to the gawky little man.

Lorelai placed her hand on Kirk's arm. "Are you upset over Taylor?" she asked concerned. Kirk nodded. "Aw, it's okay. Everyone is upset."

"Yeah." Rory added. "Things will be okay again soon. Don't worry."

"Things will never get better." Kirk replied.

"Sure, they will." Lorelai said reassuringly. "Give it time."

Kirk stood up aggressively. "Everyone thinks they know everything in this town!" he roared. "They don't!" his tears were falling rapidly now.

Rory and Lorelai both were at a loss for words. Never had they seen Kirk so torn up about something. They each searched for something more comforting to say, but came up with nothing. After a pause, Kirk turned and hurried off.

Lorelai sighed deeply. "I can't take much more of this."