Kirsten was sitting in the kitchen with Sandy, Seth, and Ryan. They're fixing dinner. She's thinking to herself, 'Okay. He's leaving. You scared him away. The mention of your protective husband scared him away. Nothing to worry about. Sandy doesn't have to know right away. He'll kill him. And then he'll go to jail and then I'll be alone. No he doesn't have to know until Carter leaves Newport. It's gonna be okay. Breathe, Kirsten. Just act normal. Eat. Give Seth a look when he says something inappropriate. Just like normal. It's all like normal. Breathe.' She doesn't realize it but Sandy's watching her. Watching her stare off into space w/ a bothered look on her face. She finally feels his eyes on her and looks up into his eyes. Sandy gives her an "I love you/ is everything okay?" smile. 'Be normal.' She tries to give him reassuring "Everything's great" smile so he won't suspect. It's a failure. Instead she gives him an "Everything's horrible" smile. 'Crap!' Luckily for her he says nothing. 'Yet.' She tells herself. She decides to go up to her room. "Get me when dinner's ready." She says as she leaves the kitchen. Sandy watches her leave with a slightly worried look on his face. Seth and Ryan look at him.

Seth broke the silence. "Is she okay?"

"I'm not sure." Sandy said as he walked toward their bedroom.

In their bedroom, Kirsten is sitting on the side of her bed. She hears Sandy come in. She knows why he followed her. She starts taking her jewelry off and putting it on the night stand. Maybe this way he won't suspect anymore than he already does. Sandy comes over and sits beside her. 'Uh-oh.' He puts his arms around her pulling her into a hug. She leans into him. He feels how tense she is.

"What's wrong, honey?" He says quietly.

She tries to play innocent. "What? Huh? Nothing. Why?" She thinks, 'Am I that obvious? Of course we have been married for 21 years.' She smiles inwardly.

"Well… you're obsessive w/ your jewelry and would NEVER put it on your nightstand. That is---- unless something is bothering you." Sandy said gently.

"Oh Sandy!" Kirsten burst into tears and buried her face into Sandy's chest.

"Oh God! What happened?" Sandy said extremely concerned now. He tries to console her.

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Sandy storms out of their bedroom like a bat out of hell. Kirsten is trailing behind him. Seth and Ryan are in the kitchen, still fixing dinner. They hear the commotion and come into the living room.

"Don't Sandy!"

"What's wrong?" Seth yelped, scared to death.

"A man can't just do that to you and get away that easy!" Sandy yelled.

"What!" Seth cried. What did someone do to his mom? No not his mom. Who would do anything to her? She was an angel.

Ryan thinks the worst. He learned to always think the worst. Because in Chino it always was the worst.

"I told him to leave Newport." Kirsten yelled, trying to get Sandy to calm down.

"And what if he didn't listen?" Sandy says, ready to kill Carter for daring to even touch his wife.

Sandy begins to storm out of the front door. He swings it open and there is Carter. Standing there like an idiot. He sees Sandy's anger and begins to back away.

"Sandy, I know you're mad." Carter says as he puts his hands out in slight defense.

'Understatement of the century' Sandy thought, keeping his eyes in a glare at Carter. He walked slowly towards Carter. His eyes were gleaming w/ hate. Carter could see that Sandy was planning where the best place to strike first would be.

"Just keep your head on!" Carter yelled.

"It's too late for that." Sandy whispered. He quickened his pace and shoved Carter against a car and begins punching the living daylights out of him. Face, stomach, chest, anywhere he could make contact. When Sandy stood back catching his breath, Carter gave him a punch to his face, hitting him near his eye. It was a slightly hard punch nothing near how Sandy was punching him. Sandy barely felt it as he was pumping adrenaline plus anger. He starts hitting Carter again. Carter gets a few hits in. To Sandy's stomach and face. None of them are very hard since Carter can barely even get a few breaths in from Sandy's punches much less punches of his own.

Kirsten, Seth, and Ryan are still standing by the door. The boys are in shock as they watch their dad try to kill someone w/ his fists. They're both wondering what exactly Carter did to deserve this. But if it was to their mom, there's no doubt that it's not well earned. Kirsten's standing there looking horrified.

"Sandy!" She yells, then motions for help from Seth and Ryan. Seth and Ryan go toward Sandy whose yelling at Carter.

"Come on Dad." Seth says as he and Ryan put arms under Sandy's to make him go toward the house. They become the boundary between Sandy and Carter. Sandy's still yelling at Carter.

"Don't ever come near my wife again! If you ever touch her again--- If I ever hear you were near her-----I –I--- I'll Kill you!"

Sandy begins to calm down and is standing on the porch. Kirsten motions for the boys to go inside. They comply but still watch out the window. Kirsten stands between Sandy and Carter.

Carter gets up and a surge of strength enters his body. He's pretty banged up. 'Maybe Sandy's weaker now that he's taken out his energy on me. Yeah, he's pretty old. He'll just give up.' Carter thinks. He decides he's gonna talk some smack. "I'll fight for her! Come on! Let's GO! You treated her bad last year. It's time for you to pay for it." Carter yells challenging Sandy.

Carter begins to move toward Sandy to fight him. Sandy comes down the steps and starts making a fist. No way is he giving up now. He didn't even finish before. However Kirsten moves in front of them.

"He's doesn't need to fight you. He's already won." Kirsten says while wrapping her arms around Sandy's waist. Sandy wraps his left arm around her back, his hand resting on her waist. He holds her hand w/ his right and watches Carter walk away defeated.