Natalie was waiting for John to get back from the hospital when Rex came into the station looking for Bo.
"Hey, Natty" Rex said giving his sister a hug. "Is Bo in?"
Natalie hugged him back and said, "Yeah he just got back from court. He was a witness in a case."
"What case?" Rex wanted to know. He had some information on a case and he needed to run it by Bo. Bo had been so good to him in the past year. It was almost like having a father and Rex liked it.
"I think the Smithson case. Why?"
"Damn," Rex muttered he had to talk to Bo and quick. Giving Natalie another hug he took off into Bo's office.
Natalie shrugged and wondered what that was all about. She didn't get a lot of time to wonder though because John came back about five minutes later.
"So you ready to go?" John asked Natalie. He didn't really want to go to Llanfair. It was too stuffy and formal there. He would much prefer a nice quiet evening at home. He chuckled at the thought.
"What's so funny?" Natalie asked curiously.
"Nothing. I was just thinking that I really must be married. I would prefer to stay home then go out. I used to tease other people about that and here I am doing the same thing."
Natalie laughed and grabbed her coat. "Come on we need to get going or we'll be late."
John nodded and they left for Llanfair. "Is Jessica going to be there?" He asked, wondering about her break up with Antonio. He had thought that those two were solid.
"I don't know. I think she is seeing someone else now so she might be with him." Natalie said. Knowing why Jess and Antonio broke up, Natalie fully agreed with Jess's decision.
Pulling up to Llanfair Natalie was stunned to see all of Vicki's favorite furniture on the front lawn. "What the..?" Natalie muttered to herself.
"Is the place getting cleaned or something?" John asked. He glanced at his watch and saw that they were a bit early. Maybe this was something the Buchanan's did before dinner. But he seriously doubted it.
"That is so weird." Natalie said. Getting out of the car they headed to the house, "Mom?" Natalie called out. "Mom
What's going on?"
Vicki met them at the door and Natalie was stunned at her appearance. Vicki's hair was wild and she looked like she had picked up her clothes from the trash. "Mom? Are you ok?" Natalie asked confused.
"Yes sweetheart I'm fine. I'm just airing out the furniture. It smelled dusty." Vicki said in a perfectly reasonable voice.
"Dusty?" John mused under his breath. Vicki was worried her furniture was dusty so she put it all outside? That was out there even for the Buchanan's.
Natalie looked at Vicki wondering if maybe Nikki had gotten out again, "Is that you Nikki?"
"Of course not Natalie. It's me Vicki. Why would you think I'm Nikki?"
"Mom you moved all the furniture outside cause it was dusty!" Natalie said.
"Oh, posh." Vicki said, " I didn't move all of it out here for that. I moved some of it because of the dogs running around inside the house. They kept knocking everything over."
Natalie and John exchanged looks and mouthed, "Dogs?" to each other. What was going on here?
"Ok, Where are the dogs?" Natalie asked beginning to get seriously worried. Something obviously wasn't right.
Vicki lead them into the house and pointed to a knocked over chair, "There they are." Looking around Vicki started yelling at the maid, "Glenda I thought I told you to clean those foot prints off the ceiling!" The maid came in looking harassed.
"But Mrs. Davidson there aren't any foot prints on the ceiling." She said nervously. Looking at John and Natalie she said, "She has been acting funny ever since she got back from the doctors. I think she forgot to take her meds but she insists she took them!"
"Mom," Natalie said stepping up next to her, "Did you take your pills today?"
Vicki waved her off saying, "of course dear." Vicki then began to climb the stairs shouting for weed killer because the staircase was over run with weeds.
"John, there is something seriously wrong with her!" Natalie said urgently. Maybe Vicki had a nervous breakdown for some reason. "Could you call Michael while I go try to talk to her?" When John nodded Natalie gave him a quick then headed for the stairs.
As Natalie headed up the stairs she notice that some of the expensive art was missing from the walls. She sighed. Obviously Vicki had moved it somewhere. Wondering what in the heck was the matter with Vicki Natalie went in search of her.
"Mom what are you doing?" Natalie asked when she saw Vicki standing in the bathroom scrubbing her hands.
"I'm washing the tree sap from my hands." Vicki said as though it should be obvious. Natalie looked down at Vicki's hands and saw nothing. "Oh goodness. Look at your shirt. Its positively covered in oil" she said to Natalie.
"What are you talking about? My shirt is fine mom. You're starting to scare me Mom." Natalie told her frightened for her mother.
Meanwhile downstairs John was on the phone with Michael. "You need to get over here right away Mike. Vicki has flipped. She put all the furniture out side because of the dogs!"
"Dogs? Vicki had dogs?" Michael asked.
"NO! That's the point Mike. She put some of it out there cause it's dusty." John said. " Look just get down here, OK?"
"Ok John, I'll be there in like 15 minutes." Michael said.