At the S.I.U., Nash and Joe interrogated their prisoner, who refused to give up the whereabouts of his partners. Joe saw Harvey return and motioned to Nash.

"Harvey?" Nash said.

"I just heard what happened with you car," Harvey said, "Used for a getaway?"
"That's part of it," Nash said, "They also have a hostage."

"Isn't that perfect," Harvey said, "Do we know who it is?"

"Your niece just got back into town," Joe said, "She was in the car."

"Lynette?" Harvey said, concerned, "They've taken her?"
"I'm afraid so," Nash said, "So we have an extra big problem."

Lynette sat on a couch, as the two men who had kidnapped her, stood on the other side of the room arguing. "A hostage!" one of them yelled, "What were you thinking?"
"Look, I was just trying to get away!" the other said.

"What are we supposed to do with her?" the first man said.

"I don't know," the other said.

"That's a great plan, Nathan," his partner said frustrated. He looked over at Lynette and said, "She just better not cause us any problems."

"Carl, knock it off your scaring her," Nathan said.

"They caught Marcus," Carl said.

"Yeah, I noticed," Nathan said.

Lynette interjected and said, "If you let me go, I won't tell anybody about the two of you."

Carl took a swig of his beer and laughed. "You'll forgive me if I don't believe you sweetheart."

"Would it hurt you to be nice to the lady?" Nathan said.

"Let me try and explain this to you," Carl said, "The lady, is why we're in such deep trouble." He paced and then said, "I'm going to go and ditch the car. It's too risky to keep around. Don't let her out of your sight."

After he left there was a silent pause between them, until Nathan said, "Hey, don't let Carl get to you. He's just really worried right now. As long as you do what he says, he won't hurt you. And neither will I, okay?"

Lynette nodded. "You don't have to do this," she said, "You and I can both be gone by the time he gets back."

Nathan laughed. "You don't know Carl," he said, "He would find me, he would find both of us and we'd be as good as dead. So, don't get any bright ideas."

"But you don't have to worry," Lynette said, "My uncle is a cop, I can get you protection. I'm sure if you turn yourself in…."

"What did you say?" Nathan said, panicked, "Your uncle is a cop? Oh, man!" He began pacing again and sighed, "That's great…wait until Carl hears about this one. He is going to burst!"

"You don't have to tell him," Lynette pleaded.

"You're a family member of a cop," Nathan said, "I can't keep this from Carl. This just makes everything ten times worse!"

Nathan sat at the table with his head in his hands. Several minutes of silence followed as he began working on something with a pen and paper. Without, looking up, he said, "Do you have to keep staring at me?"

"Forgive me, I'm a little scared here," Lynette said.

Nathan tossed his pen down. "Me too," he quietly said. He stood up and pacing again, he said, "Where the heck is Carl? What is taking him so long?"

"Maybe the police caught him," Lynette said.

Nathan looked directly at her. "That's not funny," he said.

"I wasn't trying to be funny, I was being hopeful," Lynette said.

"Okay, if you can't say anything helpful then keep quiet," Nathan said, "I hope you realize that Carl gave you a break by not killing you. Don't think he won't either, he's done it before so…" Nathan stopped, realizing he was revealing his partner's past crimes. Nathan paced and said, "I've got nature calling. I'm trusting that I can leave you for a minute. Don't try anything stupid. If you run, Carl will find you and he won't be so kind then. I'm warning you, don't move." He quickly left the room.

Lynette looked around the room, hoping for and easy escape route. Even though she had been warned to stay put, she was determined to find a way out. She noticed there was a window. It was small, but she thought if she tried, she might be able to force her way through it. She got up and jiggled the frame, but it wouldn't budge. She scanned the window for a lock, but there didn't appear to be one. She tried again, saying, "Come on…please…", but there was still no movement. She gathered up all of her strength and pushed one more time. This time the window rose a few inches, but made a loud creak as it did. In her desperation to escape, she decided she had to risk the noise and forced the window all the way up. She began to climb out and she had one leg out the window, when she felt someone grab her arms from behind. "No!" she yelled, as she struggled to get free.

"Where do you think you're going?" Nathan said.

"Please, just let me go," Lynette pleaded.

"I don't think so," Nathan said, preparing to pull her back in. She was straddling the window, when Carl's voice startled Nathan. He had just returned and he called out for his partner. When Nathan looked up, Lynette kicked him with her free leg and caught off guard, Nathan released his grip and staggered backwards. Lynette quickly made her way through the window and jumped the single storey to the ground. She could hear Carl yelling as she ran as fast as she could.