Victoria, Nick, Heath and Audra sat in Jarrod's kitchen going over everything they had discovered since arriving in San Francisco. Nick was agitated that Jarrod had not asked for the families help but he understood why his brother had done it this way. Heath was taking notes as the family talked about their findings.

"So do you think Sister Catherine will give us any more information?" Nick asked.

"I honestly don't know. Your brother warned her that I would be rather insistent that she helped us."

Heath pointed to the letter on the table, "Guess you may as well see what Jarrod wrote you."

Victoria sighed as she looked at the letter. She had been dreading this moment because she knew Jarrod would not divulge any information. She opened the letter and glanced at the contents. Just as she knew there was nothing in the letter regarding his plans.

She cleared her throat and began, "Mother, if you are reading this letter that means you have spoken to Sister Catherine and she has informed you of what has been happening the past few months. I am sorry for putting the family through this but it is something I have to do. You see I made a promise to Abby's mother that I would keep her safe and away from her father and in order to do so I had to take Abby and leave. Please be careful and don't let Nick do anything stupid since I will not be available to bail him out of jail." Victoria heard Heath and Audra stifle a chuckle while Nick snorted. "Love Jarrod."

"That's it?" Nick questioned.

Victoria held up the letter for Nick to look at, "Yes."

Nick took the letter and glanced at it as well hoping to see some sort of coded message but there was nothing. He put the letter on the table and continued with his pacing.

Heath began, "The man at the livery stable said Jarrod showed up at the same time every day to get Jingo and all he told him was he was taking Jingo for a ride in the park."

Audra interjected, "Sister Catherine said Jarrod would get Abby to take her riding in the park every day."

"So he was preparing Abby and Jingo for the trip," Nick said.

"Sounds like it." Victoria agreed. "Did the man at the livery stable say if anyone has been there to question him about Jarrod?"

Heath nodded his head, "No. When we rented the horses and buggy we gave him the name and he asked if we were related to Jarrod. I asked him if anyone had been by to speak to him about Jarrod and he said no," Heath stated.

"Do you believe him?" Victoria asked.

"Yes, he doesn't have a reason to lie to us," Heath said.

"So Wells has not figured out that Jarrod had Jingo here and that is how they are travelling."

"Which gives him some extra time and it is much harder to track someone who is travelling by horseback," Heath stated.

Nick added, "Especially when we have no idea where he is going." Nick continued pacing and said, "Where in the devil could he be heading too?"

Victoria shook her head as she answered, "I don't know but apparently Mr. Wells doesn't either since he had the authorities searching here, the Ranch and both of Jarrod's law offices. He has been planning this too long to just ride off without some sort of plan."

"I agree with you mother because he had Nick send Jingo to him a few weeks ago," Heath added.

Audra asked, "Do you think he is taking Abby to a family member away from Mr. Wells?"

Victoria answered, "That is what he talked to Sister Catherine about so it would make sense for him to do that."

"Well how are we supposed to find out anything about that little girl's family when Wells has people watching us?" Nick asked angrily.

Victoria answered, "Simple we start following Mr. Wells." All of her children looked at her in shock as she smiled. "We'll make it easy on him and just put the shoe on the other foot. He is not the kind of person to sit back and wait for results; he wants to be in the middle of everything so we will simply follow him everywhere."

Nick laughed and said, "That is a wonderful idea mother." Nick sat down at the family formulated a plan for following Danny Wells.

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Sister Catherine closed her eyes and prayed the beating would eventually stop. She was going to run some errands for the church when she was attacked.

He jerked her head up and spat, "You know more than you're telling Sister."

The Sister simply smiled and said, "I will pray for you Mr. Wells."

Danny backhanded the Sister once more and spat, "I don't need your prayers. All I need is my daughter and you will tell me what you know or else."

The Sister closed her eyes and said, "Or else what Mr. Wells? You will kill me? I am not afraid to meet my maker."

Danny picked her up by her throat and spat, "Well that is good to hear because you are going to be meeting him sooner rather than later." He pushed the Sister down and spat to one of the men, "Finish it." He stormed off.

The men watched Danny ride off and looked back to the Sister. Neither one of them wanted to finish it as their boss had put it.

"This ends now," the younger one walked to the Sister and gently picked her up and carried her to the horse. He looked at the other young man and said, "I may be a lot of things but I am not a killer." He loosened the reins and started walking towards the hospital with the other young man following him.

They arrived at the hospital and carried the Sister inside. The young man simply said, "Please help her," and both men walked out and were never seen or heard from again.

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The knocking on the door startled the family as they rushed to answer it. Victoria had given Jarrod's butler the night off while the family put together a game plan.

Sister Frances was on the other side of the door and it was obvious she was extremely upset. "Mrs. Barkley I'm sorry to bother you but we thought you would want to know Sister Catherine was beaten up tonight."

Victoria and Audra gasped in horror hoping their visit had not caused this. Victoria finally found her voice and said, "Will she be okay?"

Sister Frances shook her head, "The doctors think so but they beat her badly."

Nick asked, "Does she know who did it?"

"Danny Wells."

Nick grabbed his hat and gun belt and spat, "That son-of-a..."

Victoria stopped Nick and said, "Nicholas, please. I will get my coat and go to the hospital with you Sister."

"That is not necessary Mrs. Barkley. Sister Catherine wanted me to let you know so you could see just how dangerous Mr. Wells is. Please be careful as the man is pure evil." She took a small piece of paper out of her habit and handed it to Victoria. "She asked me to give this to you Mrs. Barkley. Now if you'll excuse me I need to get back to the hospital."

Heath closed the door and looked at the paper in Victoria's hand. She carefully unfolded the paper as she looked at her children.

It only had two lines on it. The first was - Toby Mitchell

The second had - Sister Tammy at St. Peter's

Nick pointed to the paper and said, "How is this supposed to help us?"

"It's more than we had Nicholas. Audra and I will go back to Jarrod's office in the morning while you and Heath follow Mr. Wells around."

Heath objected, "I don't like this at all."

Victoria spoke, "We'll be fine." She walked into the living room and threw the paper into the fireplace. "By tomorrow afternoon you and Nick will have Mr. Wells so flustered he will not be worried about me or Audra."

Heath and Nick sighed but they both knew their mother was right.