Luke sat in his truck and paused while reaching to turn the key in the ignition. The thought of what he was doing, hadn't hit till that moment. Max's car was already gone, that much was apparent. His head still ached, why he had been drinking in the first place was a subject that he'd rather not wander to at that time. He was in the truck, and it was time to figure out where exactly he was going and he had to do it fast.

"Miss Patty."

The cell phone number of Lorelai Gilmore surprisingly was completely unknown to him. If anyone knew what it was, it would be her. The key now firmly turned and the gas petal under his foot he went to "Hello Magazine" and about ran her and Babett over, but instead he hit the fender of Taylor's car. Intentional or no, it felt good to take out some of his frustrations.

"Oh my god Luke, are you alright?" Miss Patty came up to his car window with a hand on her chest and Babett following close behind.

"I can't wait to see Taylor's face when he sees this." Babett stood next to Patty with a phone clasped in her pocket so she could start calling as soon as Luke had gone.

"Yeah, I'm fine." Luke was impatient at this point and could only take a few seconds of pleasure of what he had just "accidentally" done to the parked car, which wasn't even in it's usual space. Which was something he would have to remember for his defense if he actually got out of Star's Hallow and back. "What's Lorelai's cell?"

"Um it's…" Miss Patty fumbled for her phone, slightly thrown off by the gruff demand.

"Never mind, just dial it."

"All right honey, hold on."

At the Bed and Breakfast Ladonn was cleaning around the room where her two younger guests were staying. She loved the company, and would have been just delighted if the two girls would have come down and stayed longer for breakfast but they seemed to have already left. While tidying up the mussed bed and the strewn clothes, the pants that she held in her hand began to vibrate. Perplexed by odd shivering in her and the low buzzing sound she decided that she would pick it up.

While the ringing still persisted Ladonn flipped the pink phone and answered. "Hello!" she quickly flipped through the guest book and found the name. "Lorelai's not here at the moment…but she is,.'satanic forces are at work here?'

"Um hello?" she heard the voice on the other line, while bringing her back from the guest book. "Who is this?"

"This is Ladonn at the Cheshire Cat Bed and Breakfast."

"Should I be worried about the devil worship?" Luke was now thoroughly confused about the number that was just dialed for him.

"Devil worship? What kind of place did they go?" Miss Patty tried to listen through the now half closed window. The truck had been on the fritz lately.

"Sounds like something kinky to me…"

"Oh, stop that Patty, she took Rory with her"

"That makes it all the better-"

"Would you two be quiet?" Luke whispered while holding the phone.

"We're just saying"

"Shh!"

Ladonn stood in the middle of the room now tring to sort out all the different voices she was hearing. "Hello? Would you like to leave a message?"

The phone on the other end cut off.

"Hmm, guess not." After shutting the phone she went to set it on the counter when another buzzing came. "Busy today aren't we. Hello?"

"Lorelai?"

"No, this is Ladonn speaking. May I ask who's calling?"

"This is Max, why are you on my fiancé's cell phone?"

"It rang."

'Oh of course' Max was at the last bit of patience himself, he was stuck in traffic going in a direction that was a complete mystery to him, and he just now decided that maybe he should call to see where he was going.

"Never mind, where is she?"

Ladonn looked around for some sort of clue as to their current location, while setting down the book she remembered how she said she was in Publishing and how she had gotten a call before then. "At a publishing office, I assume. Are you the one who called yesterday?"

"No, I wasn't" 'Yesterday?' he thought. …'Luke, and why a publishing office?" Any idea why should would be at the office?"

"For work I assume."

'Probably showing Rory something…' "Where is this?"

"Oh, this is the Cheshire Cat Bed and Breakfast of Connecticut, where satin is eternally at work apparently. Oh your fiancé's sense of humor, I tell you." Ladonn tried to laugh at this, but wasn't making that much progress in succession.

"Oh yes, that sense of humor." 'Luke must have lied if he called yesterday.' Max had ceased smiling from finding her at that point. It seemed that from looking at his map that he would have to somehow turn out of Hartford traffic, if that was even where he was in the first place.

"You have a nice day now!" Ladonn let out a chipper voice as she closed the phone yet again.

"Oh, you too." The phone had cut off before his bitter voice had reached the other side.

"What a nice man." With that Ladonn set down the phone and exited the room, unaware of the intervention she had just caused. "What are you doing on the stairs Sammy?"

TBC

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