"Try to remember. Anything you recall could turn out to be important!"

Kimber massaged her temples moaning. She was sitting in the McNamara house's living room together with Sean and Julia for hours now and was taxing her brain to find a way to help Christian.

"But I already told you everything that I can think of!" She retorted back annoyed, "I was kept in a cage of sorts, the bars reaching the ceiling. There was another room there too. There..." She swallowed before continuing..."He performed the operations on me," she lifted her head and looked at Sean offended, "I can't dredge up anything else, really! I'm sorry Sean that I can't be of anymore help to you."

"It's okay," Julia said soothingly.

"No, it's not!" Sean jerked his chair back and jumped up, "you were kept there for three weeks! There must've been something else there other than darkness!" He said displeased with her.

Kimber broke into tears.

Julia jerked her chair back a similar way Sean did a few seconds ago, "tell me, are you crazy!" She hissed to him quietly after she had pulled him to the side, "Kimber went through a terrible experience and you still force her to try to evoke everything, stirring up all the ghastly memories."

"She is the only one who could help us," Sean said, "Christian is in mortal danger! Should I just sit and wait till Quentin kills him!"

"No, of course not. But you can't stress her out that much. Can't you see how upset she got?"

Sean glanced at the sofa where Kimber sat snivelling. He nodded, "yes, you're right," he gave in sighing, "you are always right."

Julia smiled, "have you calmed down a bit?"

Sean nodded. He stepped over to Kimber and gently pulled her hands away from her face, "I'm sorry, I'm really sorry!" He said, "I had forgotten for a minute you were through hell and how painful it would be for you to try to remember everything."

"It's okay," Kimber said in a choked voice. She glimpsed at the engagement ring on her left hand. She had slipped it on her finger because she had the feeling she was so close to Christian. After all, he had given away a piece of his soul when he gave her the ring and he had assured her of his love with it. And it was the only connection she still had with him. Kimber closed her eyes. For a moment she completely ignored why she was there and that Sean and Julia were present. She considered Christian's words when he gave her the ring.

"I guess everybody has to do what makes them feel whole, it doesn't matter how crazy that sounds. I only know that without you something is missing. You and I-until death tears us apart. I love you! Say yes, Kimber! Marry me!"

"Would you like another tea, Kimber?" Julia's voice broke her reverie.

Kimber jerked her head back up. She suddenly remembered all too clearly why she was there, "no...I had enough, thanks."

"Please," Sean said persuasively, "try to remember! Maybe there is something else you can hark back to. Perhaps some smells, sounds, perceptions, the temperature..." Sean discontinued the sentence and drove his hand through his hair sighing, "I can not let him kill Christian, I can not..." He turned away because he felt his eyes filling with tears. The thought that Christian was in danger drove him completely nuts. He could evoke quite well the last time Quentin had shackled him and Christian to chairs at the surgery and threatened to kill them. Maybe this time he wouldn't just leave it at threats. Maybe he had already killed Christian.

"Oh, Sean!" Julia took her husband into her arms, "we'll find him, for sure. We shouldn't give up hope."

Kimber closed her eyes once more. Even if it distressed her that much, she just had to remember what had happened there. She took a deep breath and let her mind wonder back to that place where she was delivered horrible torture for three weeks. In thought, she was really back at the site of horrors. She heard Quentin's laughs, felt as he grabbed her and shoved her to the ground, she felt the knife slicing deep into her soft skin, felt the pain and heard her own screams. Silent tears ran down her cheeks.

Sean and Julia stood embracing each other closely. Both had sensed the pain of the other, the helplessness they had equally felt. Neither of them noticed that Kimber jumped up suddenly.

"Trains...!" She said, "there has to be a train station in the neighbourhood. I had often heard trains passing by. And you could almost feel the movement too if you were lying motionless on the floor."

"What are you talking about?" Sean and Julia broke the embrace and looked at Kimber confused.

A barely perceptible smile played around her lips, "there must be a trains station somewhere close," she repeated.

Sean went over to Kimber and squeezed her in his arms, "that is really fantastic! You can summon up something!" He thought about it for a minute, "you said you were kept in some kinda warehouse?"

Kimber nodded.

"So we only have to comb every warehouse that is in the close proximity of a train station," he said ironically. He sighed, "that is like finding a needle in a hay stack!"

"Yes, but at least it's a start," Julia said, "we should certainly go to the police and ask for help. We can't do all that alone."

Sean nodded, "I'll call detective Myers first thing tomorrow," he turned to Kimber, "you can't go back to your old place, now that Quentin knows where that is," he said resolutely, "you are not safe there anymore. It would be best if you just stayed here."

Kimber lifted her head startled and looked at Julia uncertainly. She was relieved to see her nodding in confirmation, "I'll just get a few things and say good bye to Alicia."

Sean shook his head, "you can call your friend. I'll go along tomorrow so you can get your stuff."

Kimber nodded. She looked at Sean and Julia and smiled, "thank you for everything. You are so kind to me."

"Good, then it's all set," Julia was ready to leave the room, "come with me Kimber! I'll show you were you can sleep."

Kimber nodded and followed Julia after that.

Sean waited till the women disappeared into another room and went into the bedroom. He pulled a drawer open and stared at the item that was in there. Since Nicki was killed, he didn't feel at all safe anymore. He had bought a gun to be able to protect his family that he, in the case of a situation occurring, he intended to use too. The moment Quentin found out that Kimber was staying with him and Julia, they were not safe either. Sean took the handgun out of the drawer and put it in his jacket pocket.