Sandy Cohen was afraid. But he did his best to hide it, he had to be strong for his family. He knew he couldn't call the cops, he didn't dare, in case something would happen to Kirsten. He couldn't call secretly either, Logan was probably watching them.
Kirsten, Sandy and Kelly stayed in all day, Ryan went to see Marissa at the pier.
"He's gone?" Marissa couldn't believe it. Ryan nodded.
"Have you told Summer and Anna?" she asked.
"No, we just found out. He had apparently been sneaking into the house during the night. We found a note on his bed."
"Oh, god. Do you know who it is?" she asked
"Yes, I think so. It has something to do with Kelly." He wasn't sure if he should tell her about the rape, it could get her into trouble, especially if Logan found out.
It was dinnertime at the Cohen's, take out as usual. Kelly looked a bit pale.
"What is it Kelly?" Sandy asked, looking worried.
"It's just…I have a headache. I'm going to bed. Good night" she said and went upstairs. Sandy and Kirsten looked at each other.
"Poor girl, she has been through so much. What are we going to do, Sandy? Sandy!"
He didn't answer, he swore that he had just seen a face looking at them through the window.
"Eh, what did you say, honey?" he didn't want to worry her. She looked in the direction he had just been staring, but she didn't see anything
"What was you looking at?" she tried.
"Nothing, I was just lost in thoughts" he lied. She nodded, but she could tell that he wasn't completely honest with her, but she was too tired to argue. They cleaned up the kitchen and went to bed. Kirsten was in the bathroom, and Sandy stood looking out through the windows, when something out there drew his attention. A shadow moving around their house. 'Damn it. It must be Logan' he thought. Sandy watched Logan walk over to Kirsten's car, and put something on the hood, a box. Then he walked away.
"Sandy?" He heard Kirsten call his name, she was right behind him and wrapped her arms around his waist. "What are you doing?" she was starting to get worried, she had call his name at least three times before he noticed her, just like earlier. What was he looking at? Was there someone out there?
He turned around, with her arms still around him.
"Hey there!" he tried to pretend like everything was ok, but she didn't bought it.
"Sandy, what are you doing? And don't say nothing, cause I know something's going on. I 'm not stupid" she looked into his eyes.
"Honey, I know you're not stupid. It just…I don't want to worry you more than necessary. I'm trying to protect you" he admitted.
"Protect me from what, Sandy? You have to tell me. Is it something about Logan?" He looked down. "Then you have to tell me Sandy."
"Ok. When we had dinner I saw him outside the window, now he was here in front of our house" he left the part with the box on Kirsten car out, like he said, he didn't want to worry her.
"Oh, my god. What do you think he was doing?" Kirsten asked, wrapping her arms tighter around Sandy. He put his hands on her back, rubbing it gently.
"I don't know, baby. But don't be afraid, I have checked all the windows and doors, they are all closed and locked." He said, trying to calm her down. She pulled him closer and kissed him.
"Ok. Are you coming to bed?" she asked.
"Yeah. Come on." He said and led her towards their bed. She crawled onto her side of the bed with him next to her. He turned off the light and wrapped his arm around her. She was soon asleep, she snored lightly, un- aware of her husbands concern. He got out of bed, put on a robe and went downstairs. He unlocked to front door and stepped out into the chilly December night. He walked over to Kirsten's car; on the hood was the small box. He slowly reached for it and opened it. He pulled out a watch and a note. 'Tick, tack, tick, tack. The time is almost up. I want the right answer, or Kiki will be nothing more but a memory.'
Sandy felt a shiver up his spine. Nothing more but a memory…not his dear Kirsten!
"You better watch your back" the voice was coming from behind Sandy's back. He spun around. There, close to the wall, stood Logan.
"What do you mean with 'the right answer'? Sandy asked. Had he missed something?
"I think you know what I mean, otherwise Kelly didn't tell you the whole story." Logan said.
"I actually don't know what you mean" Sandy was a bit confused. What the hell was this kid talking about?
"Then ask her about it. A little advise, keep your eyes on your wife…Cause she's a hottie" he said, and walked past Sandy. At the end of the driveway he turned to Sandy
"Oh, and don't call the cops. I'm sure you don't want to lose that Ryan kid either" he smiled and walked away.
Sandy just stood there. He couldn't believe that this was actually happening. He put the watch and the note back into the box and walked back into the house. He carefully locked the door after him. He brought the box up to the bedroom and put it in a drawer. He was going to talk to Kelly about this in the morning, but he didn't want to tell Kirsten. He took off his robe and got back into bed, with his arms around his dear wife, and finally fell asleep.
"Sandy? Sandy, honey"
He woke up at the sound of his wife's voice.
"What?" he asked, slowly looking up at her.
"Sandy, it's nine o'clock. It's not like you to sleep this long. I brought you breakfast. The kids have already left for school, Marissa picked them up." Kirsten said. She was sitting in their bed with a tray in front of her.
Sandy suddenly realized something. He sat up. "They have left!"
Kirsten looked at him, surprised by his reaction. "Yeah. I'm sorry, I just didn't want to wake you"
"It's ok. I just needed to talk to Kelly, but I guess I can do that tonight. She may have been keeping something from us." He explained.
"How do you know that?"
"I didn't want to have to tell you this, but last night when I was looking out the window, I saw Logan put a box on your car, so when you had fallen asleep, I went out to look at it. It contained a watch and a note." He got up from the bed and walked over to the drawer. He pulled out the box and sat beside Kirsten on the bed. He took out the note and gave it to her. She looked at him before she read it, her eyes widened in shock.
"Oh, god" she whispered.
"I think he asked Kelly something and got an answer he didn't wanted" Sandy explained.
"Sandy, I'm scared" she hugged him tight.
At Harbor School, Kelly ran into Anna.
"Hey Anna" she said.
"Hello. Have you seen Seth?" Anna asked. Kelly didn't really know how to say this, but she knew she had to say something.
"Anna, come here." Kelly said, and grabbed Anna and walked over to an empty space in the hall.
