Chapter 7

When Elaina and Frank arrived back at the ranch, they were both extremely tired from the events of the morning at the last couple of days. Elaina could see Frank was starting to feel the pain in his shoulder again as well. When they rode up into the yard, Derek and Hank met them. Hank helped Frank off his horse while Derek went over to help his mother, then hugged her tight. "I'm so glad you're okay."

"I never had any doubts. I knew your father would get me out safely," she said while Frank came over to them receiving a gentle hug from Derek.

"Why did you let her go in the cabin?" Derek asked.

"You were listening to what was going on?" Frank asked, looking over at Hank who shrugged his shoulders, and then lead the two horses to the stables. "How did you do hear us if you were in the safe room?"

Derek looked at Mom and then his Dad. "Did I tell you how glad I am that the two of you are okay?"

His mom took him around the neck in a headlock. "Son, I am tired and I'm not in the mood for games. How did you hear what was going on?" Elaina asked while he struggled to get loose.

"I slipped a radio off the shelf when Cody was watching the monitors, so I would have it in the room. Don't blame him, it was entirely my fault. I wanted to know what was going on. I knew you wouldn't tell me everything," Derek replied, still trying to break free of his mom's hold.

"I hate it when he's right." She let him go. "How do you expect your father and I to discipline you for this little stunt?"

"I hope you'll see the creativity in it and chalk it up to my being a nosy teenager," Derek suggested.

Frank laughed. "That's really good, Derek. Very creative, but we're not going to do as you suggested. You're going to be grounded for the rest of the vacation. Which means you won't be able to go to Becky's birthday party," Frank explained."

"You can't do that. You promised I could go!" Derek said in disbelief. "I made a deal with you."

"You should of thought of the party, instead of doing something you weren't supposed to do," Frank said, holding his sore shoulder.

"Mom! How can you stand there and let him treat me like this? He's breaking his promise!" Derek was yelling, which wasn't setting well with either of them.

"I'm not letting him do anything to you. He is your father and he can discipline you as he sees fit. I agree with everything he said."

"But I did everything you asked me to do. He promised I could go, if I did every damn thing I was asked to make it easier for you!"

"If I were you, I would watch my tone of voice and what I was saying. You're about to step over a line you won't like. Keep it up and you'll be grounded a lot longer," Elaina warned.

"I hate both of you!" Derek shouted.

Frank tensed up with anger, stepping in front of Derek. "You had better apologize fast, young man." Derek turned to leave with Frank grabbing his arm, but he was weaker than he thought and Derek was able to jerk away and run off.

Elaina held Frank back from following him. "Let him go! We all need to cool down, and then we'll discuss it later. We both need sleep before round two," she said, letting go of his arm. "Hank, will you keep an eye on everything until we wake up?"

"Sure thing, Missy. Do you want me to talk to the young pup and set him straight?" Hank offered.

"No. Let him be for now. We'll handle him. He won't be handling us the next time," Elaina said. "We'll see you in a few hours or days…depending on when we wake up."

"Sweet dreams, Missy. You too, Frank." Hank said when they strolled toward the house.

They walked into the house with their arms around each other's waist. They heard Sabrina and Cody talking to each other, but they stopped when they entered the room.

"You two aren't planning anything are you? You stopped talking when we came in," Elaina asked with a smile.

Cody spoke up first. "We were just wondering what made Derek fly upstairs and slam his door. He scared Sarah; Monica is with her now."

Elaina heard Frank sigh heavily. He removed his arm from her waist and headed up the stairs. "Frank?"

He didn't stop walking when she called to him. "I'm just going up to see Sarah," he said.

Elaina let out a breath not realizing she was holding it in, waiting for him to respond. She walked over to Cody and Sabrina and leaned against the back of a chair. "We grounded Derek for listening in on us at the cabin. He then said he hated us. Needless to say, neither Frank nor I cared for it," she explained. "We're going to try and get some sleep. Are you two going to stick around awhile? I need to talk to Sab, but I'm too tired right now."

"We can stay for a day or so, and then we're going to head for LA. I told Sab we'd still go to Def Con," Cody answered.

"Stay a few more days and I'll make sure you get there in plenty of time," Elaina said, yawning while she headed for the stairs with Cody and Sabrina agreeing to stay. She walked up to Sarah's room, where she found Frank holding her while he was talking to Monica. "How's our girl doing?"

"I think she missed you both. The minute Frank hit the door she was reaching for him," Monica replied before she left them to be alone with their daughter.

"Hey, Little One, did you miss me too?" The little girl held her arms out to her. Elaina eased her away from Frank trying not to cause him any discomfort. "I'll stay with her for a while, you better get some rest."

"You need it more than I do. You haven't slept well in days." He stood behind her and put his arm around his two ladies before speaking to Sarah, "Don't keep your mommy up too long." Frank was in a great deal of pain from lifting her and the events of the day. He had tried to hide it, but he knew Elaina had seen it in his eyes when she walked in.

"Go to bed, I'll be there in a while," Elaina told him.

"Okay, okay, I'm going."

He kissed Elaina on the forehead before heading for their room. He closed the drapes to shut out the light, and then went over to sit on the bed. He kicked his shoes off and collapsed back on the bed. He closed his eyes, but only for a minute before he heard someone singing. He went to the door, opening it to hear the voice more clearly. It was Elaina singing to Sarah. (ANGEL' S LULLABY) It was the first time in a while he had heard her sing. The memory of the first time he ever heard her came to his mind. She had seduced him, singing "Fever". Seduced? It was more like torture. Sweet torture. He left the door open a bit, so he could listen while he went back to bed.

Angel's Lullaby (RICHARD MARX)

I was never alive

'Til the day I was blessed with you

When I hold you late at night

I know what I was put here to do

I turn off the world and listen to your sighs

And I will sing my angel's lullaby

No one's forever near

The one you can always call

Right now all you know to fear

Are the shadows on your walls

I'm here close enough

To kiss away the tears you cry

And I will sing my angel's lullaby

So tell me how

To stop the years from racing

Is there a secret someone knows?

I'll never catch all the memories I'm chasing

I'll never be ready to let go

And when the world seems cold

You feel your strength is gone

There maybe a tiny voice

Your reason to carry on

And when I'm not close enough

To kiss away the tears you cry

You will sing your angel's lullaby

Let this be your angel's lullaby

Downstairs Cody, Sabrina, and Monica sat listening to the baby monitor.

"She has a beautiful voice," Cody whispered.

"She's definitely full of surprises," Monica added.

Reese lent his car to Jake and Alex, so they could drive to Allison's house. When they pulled up to the curb, she was once again tending to her roses. She cut a few off while Jake and Alex came up to her. She gave Alex a white rose. "This is for looking after Sabrina and Jake. I'm happy things worked out for all involved."

"Thank you. Sabrina and I were wondering for a while if we would be okay, but thanks to Elaina, we were set free. Even though she shouldn't have traded herself for us. It wasn't right."

"Elaina knows Collin better than anyone. She did what she thought was right."

"Frank wasn't pleased, but I have to admit she was creative in the way she got word to us," Jake said.

"Yes, Sabrina called me and gave me a play by play of what happened." Allison smiled nervously. "The results are in the house. They were delivered about an hour ago," Allison said, fiddling with her gardening gloves. "I've been afraid to look at them. I guess that's why I'm out here trying to keep my mind off them."

Jake was apprehensive himself although curious. He needed and wanted this lady to be his mother. "Let's go in and read them together," he suggested.

They walked up the sidewalk to the front door where Allison stopped, turning to look at Jake. "Jake, if the results aren't what we expect…"

He cut her off. "Let's find out first, then we can talk."

Allison went into the house, picking up the envelope off the desk. "I don't want to read it…you can." She handed the envelope to Jake.

He noticed how her hands were shaking. Jake went to open the results…his hands were shaking just as bad as hers were. He could hardly hold on to it.

Alex took hold of his hands. "Let me do it." She opened the envelope, reading the results to herself before reading them aloud.

Jake tried to read her reaction, but wasn't sure what she was making of the information. "Come on Alex, don't make us wait any longer," Jake said, impatiently.

"The results are 98.99 percent sure you're the son to Allison Gaines," Alex replied, lowering the paper.

Jake took the paper to read it himself while Allison had tears running down her face waiting for him to say something to her. "Congratulations, Allison, it's a boy!" he said, making them all laugh and cry at the same time.

The phone rang and Allison walked over to answer it, trying to gather her composure to speak. "Hello?"

"Allison, this is Elaina, I need a favor from you."

"Elaina, hello. Just name it. I owe you a debt of gratitude," Allison said, smiling at Jake and Alex.

"I take it the test results proved our suspicions? I'm glad I could help. My favor is for you come back with Jake and Alex. I need to inform Sabrina of something and I think you should be here when I do it," Elaina said.

"That's no problem. When do you want us there?" Allison asked.

Alex and Jake look worried when they overheard her. "Wonder what has happened now?" Alex asked Jake.

"Allison is there a problem at the ranch?" Jake asked when she sat down with them.

"No, Elaina has something she wants me to do. She said it was nothing urgent, anytime we go is fine," Allison answered.

Alex was curious. "What did you mean when you said you owed her?"

"She's the one who helped me find Jake." Allison replied, caressing his face.

"I thought it was Waters who found me," Jake asked in confusion.

"Only after she gave him the information. When she read your bio she noticed the dates were the same as the ones I had given her a long time ago," Allison replied.

"Why would you give a federal agent the dates of a child you put up for adoption?" Alex asked.

"I was Elaina's secretary before I had to move. I was actually going to college to become a psychiatrist. I became friends with a few of the agents there," Allison replied. "That's also how I became acquainted with Sabrina."

"I can see we still have a lot to talk about if you don't mind answering a lot of questions?" Jake asked.

"I don't mind as long as you don't mind answering all of mine."

"It's a deal."

A couple of days later, Jake, Alex, and Allison arrived at the ranch in the afternoon. They waved at Elaina and Sabrina, who were out riding in the pasture along the driveway. When they got out of the car, Derek came storming out of the house with Frank following close behind him.

"Derek, you take one more step and you'll be grounded the rest of the year," Frank yelled causing him to stop.

"I'm not going to go home with you and mom! I'm staying here with Hank," Derek yelled, turning around to face him.

"No, you're not! When we leave you'll be right there with us," Frank said, still yelling.

Elaina and Sabrina heard the shouting while they came in from the pasture. Elaina handed Sabrina the reins to her horse before running over to stop the confrontation "I'm tired of this Derek. Every time one of us tries to talk to you, it ends in a shouting match. It ends here and now." she said.

"Then let me go to the party tomorrow!" Derek yelled.

"No. If you wanted to go to the party so damn bad, you shouldn't have broken the rules we gave you."

"Rules! That's all you care about. You don't care about promises. Those, you and Dad constantly break," Derek stated.

"You're the one who did something wrong…you even admitted to it. Therefore, you have consequences to bear, so live with them," Elaina said, getting directly in his face.

"I could've lied, but I told the truth and look where it got me. I thought with the truth there would be a little leniency," Derek said.

It did. We grounded you for the duration of the vacation it could have been longer, which is what you're going to get if you don't change the attitude," Frank warned.

Elaina turned her attention to Frank. "What started this round?"

"He insists on staying here and not going back home with us," Frank answered.

"Like that's going to happen. We're also still waiting for an apology from the other day," Elaina said turning back to her son.

"I'm not apologizing for something I said was true," Derek said.

Elaina reared her hand back to slap him, but Frank stopped her. "That's not the answer."

Elaina turned, running back to her horse. She saw the look on Sabrina's face and knew it had upset her. She was one of the few that knew about her abusive father and how he had treated Sabrina when she was little.

"I'm sorry you had to witness that. I need to get away from here," Elaina said, getting on her horse. "Again…I'm sorry."

Frank saw the look of fear still in Derek's eyes while he stood there as if frozen in time. Frank knew he had pushed her too far and now maybe Derek was regretting it. Before he could approach him, he turned and ran to the house.

"I'm sorry," Frank said, walking up to Allison and the others. "It's been like this since we got back from the cabin. We either fight or not talk at all," he explained. "I need to check on Elaina." He got on his horse, riding out to find her. When he caught up to her, far from the house near a small creek, she was sitting on the ground, crying uncontrollably.

Frank knew exactly where to find her. She had said once she would go to the creek to think when she was bothered or upset when she was younger. He sat next to her, silently cursing the sling his arm was in wanting to hold her with both arms. He knew it would be painful, but he threw the sling off and wrapped his arms around her.

"Calm down, lady, you know he'll apologize. He always does," he told her.

"He has never said he hated us before," she said, still crying.

"He said it in anger. He didn't mean it," Frank said, comforting her.

"He said it days ago, and he said he meant it." She raised her head off his shoulder. "What if I just made matters worse with almost slapping him…in front of others no less?"

"I think what almost happened had a positive effect on him," Frank replied. "You should've seen the look on his face."

"I saw the look he had when my hand went up. I just wish I hadn't let my temper get the best of me. It's been getting out of control again lately."

"In case you forgot I've been on the receiving end of your temper this past week. I've survived…barely." Frank chuckled.

Elaina looked up and smiled. "I'm sorry about what I put you through. You do forgive me, don't you?"

"Not really, I actually think I have grounds for divorce," he said, giving her a devilish smile.

She showed him what she thought of his little statement by smiling her devilish smile, then pushed him on his back, holding him down. "You know I still have a few bullets left in my gun."

"I surrender," he said, gazing into her eyes.

She leaned against him, forgetting for a moment about his shoulder while she kissed him. She heard a moan, and then realized she had pressed her hand against his sore shoulder.

"That wasn't your usual moan from passion was it?"

"No, it wasn't, but I'm willing to let you try again if you stay away from my shoulder."

He rolled her over on her back, kissing her softly on the lips, then moving to trail kisses down her neck. He felt her trembling when his hand moved over her breast, working the nipple through the thin fabric of her shirt and bra. He wanted to caress them, suckle them. He tried to unbutton her shirt, but his arm was aching when he tried to use both hands to accomplish the task, but couldn't.

Elaina saw his frustration and moved her hands up to unfasten the buttons, then her bra clasps giving him full access to her.

Elaina's mind was clouded with the pleasure washing over her. She ran her fingers through his short locks while he suckled her to a painful pleasure. "Oh my love," she whispered.

Frank slowly moved his hand down between her legs, rubbing her through the denim fabric. He was about to unfasten them when they heard a helicopter coming their way.

"Your brother has the worse timing."

"I guess I need to have another talk with him," Elaina said, getting her clothes back in place.

Frank helped her to her feet. "I'd do it, but he wouldn't like it too much."

"Behave. Reese lied to me with the explanation as to why you fight. Are you going to tell me the truth?"

"Not right now," Frank said, getting the horses. "We better go back to the house…we do have other company as well."

"I know. I asked Allison to help me talk to Sabrina," she said, helping Frank on his horse, though he didn't need it.

"Are you going to tell me why you have to talk to her?"

"I can't; it has to do with her past. If she wants others to know, she'll be the one to tell it. I have just been keeping quite about something and I think I should tell her now."

"So, I'm not the only one you've been keeping things from," Frank said when they started back to the ranch.

"No. I'm learning a lesson as to not keep things from people."

"I'll believe it when I don't hear; 'Honey I've been meaning to tell you' from you," he said, laughing.

"Very funny," she said, sticking her tongue out at him.

"Can we finish what we started back there later?" he asked while they walked the horses close together.

"You can count on it."

"We also need to talk to Derek," he said.

"Just what are we going to say to him, that won't piss him off more?" Elaina asked.

"I haven't figured that out yet. You have any ideas?" Frank asked.

"I'm thinking about a slight compromise. We allow him to take Becky on a date alone after his punishment is finished."

"You actually think her parents will allow that?" Frank asked.

"I said alone, I didn't say they wouldn't be supervised from a distance," Elaina said, winking before she galloped away.

"Hey Derek. What are you doing up here alone?" Reese asked, walking into Derek's bedroom, seeing him lying face down on the bed.

"Wishing I was dead," Derek answered with a sigh, turning over. "I really screwed up again, Uncle Reese."

"Jake told me you've been arguing with your mom and dad. Got pretty intense from what I hear."

"Made Mom angry enough she almost hit me. She's spanked me before, but she was going to hit me in the face. It really scared me," Derek said, sitting up on his bed.

"What did you do or say to get her mad?" Reese knew his sister had a bad temper, but Derek had never made her angry enough to hit him the way he described.

"I told her and Dad I hated them the other day. She wanted me to apologize and I told her I meant what I said."

"Did you mean it?"

"No! I was just angry. I wanted to go back to the party and I blurted it out when they said I couldn't."

"Sounds like all you need to do is apologize to them. I'll stand by you when you do. Then if you say something stupid I'll be there to kick your ass."

Derek looked at him and started to laugh. "Thanks, Uncle Reese. The way my mouth has been running off you may have to."

Elaina looked at her watch when Frank caught up with her back at the stables. " I thought Hank and Monica would be back from the auction. It must not have started on time."

"Are you anxious to see the new horses or just wanting another distraction from your talk with Sabrina?" Frank asked after he got off the horse.

"Another distraction wouldn't hurt my feelings," she said when he put his arm around her waist.

"Come on! You might as well get it over with." Frank was right, but she still didn't want to go in.

"Okay, but you have to do me a favor. Come and get me the minute Hank and Monica show up," Elaina said, turning to face him.

"You want me to interrupt your talk with Sabrina for that? You really don't want to tell her, do you?"

Elaina shook her head.

Frank walked her to the house. When they got to the front door she turned to leave; he caught her by the hand. "Oh no you don't! Get in there, and get it over with."

"Don't rush me, I'll go." Elaina walked in the door and saw Allison and Sabrina talking. "Sabrina, could you and Allison come with me please?"

"Whatever it is, I didn't do it," Sabrina said, noticing Elaina had a worried look on her face and wanted to lighten the situation.

"I know you didn't." Elaina led them to the security room for privacy. "I'm the one who has done something. Please sit down." She was too nervous to sit, so she paced back and forth in front of them.

Allison started the conversation off, which Elaina was grateful for. "Sab, there is something we need to tell you, but Elaina is afraid you'll be angry with us when you find out."

"What's going on? You're freaking me out here," Sabrina asked, becoming worried.

"There's someone from your past that has resurfaced. I've kept it from you for about two weeks now." Elaina observed how pale Sabrina turned when she started to explain everything. "I know you're going to want to know who, when and where. I just want you to know the person is being watched and you'll know the minute he makes any move toward contacting you." A knock on the door interrupted her; she answered it seeing Frank.

"They're back. How's it going?" Frank asked, poking his head in waving to Sabrina and Allison.

"So far so good. I'll be there as soon as I can." She shut the door and went back to finish.

"Something wrong?" Sabrina wondered.

"Nope, I just need to go out in a few. I have something else to say," Elaina said, taking hold of Sabrina's hand. "I also had you watched. The couple on the train was shadowing you and Cody for me. Unfortunately, all they did was make you run. I told them not to follow you too close, but the only seats left on the train were across from you."

"They should go back into training, they weren't very good," Sabrina said. "I'm sorry I ran away. I have a tendency to do that, you know."

"It's my fault. I should've said something to you before now. I just wanted you to have a fun on your vacation. And as far as the running away goes…at least you ran to the right person." She smiled at Allison.

"If you're needed outside, I can give her the specifics for you," Allison volunteered.

"I'll take you up on the offer. Hank is back with new horses and I'm so curious," Elaina said, going to the door. "When you're finished come out and look for yourselves."

"Hank, from this bill of sale you got carried away at the auction," Frank said, looking at the total paid for the ten horses.

"I didn't, but Monica did," Hank replied, looking to Monica, who was turning away from making eye contact with Frank.

"Why did you let her bid?" Frank asked, turning back to Hank.

"She saw a horse come up and she felt strongly on the fact you'd definitely want it," Hank explained.

Elaina walked up to the group and looked at the bill of sale. "Aren't you glad you married me for my money?"

The statement got Cody's attention. "I knew there had to be another reason other than your beautiful looks. So how rich are you?"

"That's none of your business," Frank answered, giving Cody an icy stare.

"We won't go bankrupt anytime soon, unless we keep buying horses," Elaina said, looking at the bill again, then to Hank.

"When do we get to see this horse, which is so important for me to have?" Frank asked.

"It's your surprise, so go lead him out," Hank told Monica.

Monica went into the trailer to get the horse out. When she emerged, Frank and Elaina were stunned to see a beautiful black Arabian, which looked like his horse, Black Velvet.

Elaina was able to speak first. "Monica, you did really good! Why was he up for auction?"

"The owner filed bankruptcy and had to sell him," Hank answered.

"I'm glad we got him," Frank said, looking over the beautiful animal.

Derek and Reese walked up behind the others to look at the horses. Elaina walked around to stand by them. "Why don't you go take a closer look at him, Derek?" she said. He didn't move an inch.

Elaina took it as a positive sign. "I'm glad you're here. I want to say how sorry I am about what took place earlier. I want you to know I would've hated myself more than you ever could hate me if I had slapped you," Elaina explained to her son.

"I'm sorry I said I hated you the other day. I don't hate either of you. Uncle Reese and I talked about it. I was just angry and blurted it out. I could never hate either of you. Will you forgive me please?" Derek asked, turning to his mother.

"Yes, I forgive you." Elaina hugged him while she did, she motioned for Frank to join them. "Someone else needs to hear you apologize." She turned him to face Frank.

"I'm sorry, Dad, for everything I said and did. Will you forgive me?" Derek asked, looking up to Frank.

"I'll think about it," Frank replied. He tortured them for the last few days, now it was his turn. "I'll forgive, but I won't forget it happened. It better never happen again."

"It won't. I promise if I get mad I'll just walk away and cool off," Derek said.

"That's the smartest thing to do. Too bad we grown ups don't practice that very often," Elaina said, looking to Derek then Frank. "Now your father and I think we have a solution to your missing the party. After you have done your time, call her and ask her out to dinner."

"My allowance won't pay for a fancy dinner," Derek told his mom.

"We'll pay for it," Frank said.

"Does that mean you'll be our chaperone? Couldn't I have one date without someone with us? I can tell you nothing would happen, I'd be a gentleman the whole time," Derek pleaded with them.

"We'll think about it and talk to her parents, that's the best we can do. Now, go put your horse away," Frank said, turning to the horses.

"My horse isn't out. He's in the stables," Derek pointed out, a bit confused.

"I meant that one," Frank said, pointing to the Arabian. "There is only one catch. You have to let Monica ride him occasionally. If it wasn't for her, you wouldn't have him."

"Dad, are you sure you want me to have him after everything I've done and said?" Derek asked, stunned about the gift.

"I wouldn't have said it, if I wasn't sure." Frank replied with Derek thanking him with a bear hug, then went over to check out his new horse. "Now…there are nine horses left and there are six of you, try not to fight over any of them."

The team looked at Frank and then at Elaina. Monica was the first to ask, "Are you saying you're giving us each a horse? Where are we supposed to keep it?"

"We wanted to show our gratitude to all of you for giving up your time to help us. We thought about how you all loved to ride…so pick your horse out," Elaina answered.

"You'll be keeping them at our ranch outside Chicago. We acquired it before coming here," Frank added.

Elaina noticed Sabrina had joined them, but was standing back, not looking at any of the horses. "Sabrina. You're not mad at me are you?"

"No, I understand why you didn't tell me right away," Sabrina replied with a half smile.

"Frank was including you too. Go pick a horse," Elaina said, walking over to her with Frank.

"But I'm not part of the team," Sabrina said.

"You were a part of the team last week. I have a little pull with my superior to get you assigned to us permanently…if that's what you want?"

"You serious!" Sab said, exclaimed totally stunned. "I'd be honored to work with you and the others."

Frank and Elaina both said the same thing, "Especially with Cody."

Sabrina started blushing. She wanted to get far away from them, so she hugged Elaina, then went to pick her horse out. They could see by how animated she was with Cody while she was telling him the news. Cody was stunned as well when he hugged her he mouthed thank you to Frank and Elaina.

After a while, they all had their horses picked out. "Well, now all you need are saddles. Hank will help with those. He knows the best place to buy them." Elaina stated.

"Now for our other surprise," Frank said.

"You mean there's more?" Cody was amazed they were being so generous to them.

"We'd like to take you out for drinks tonight to celebrate," Frank said, remembering all the times they tried to get him to go out with them. He did finally break down and went once.

"Celebrate what?" Alex was curious.

"Jake finding his mother. Sabrina is joining our team. Derek is speaking to us again, and last but not least, Monica." Frank turned his attention to her. "They found the person who attacked you. He did however attack two more women. He made the mistake of trying to attack a woman he shouldn't have messed with. She was a body builder and she tossed him around like a rag doll. The guy was knocked out for twelve hours," Frank replied, laughing.

"Did he use my gun?" Monica asked, after they all giggled.

"They found it in his home when they searched it…he took it as a trophy. He had taken other things from all his victims," Elaina replied.

"In other words, he really wasn't a rapist. He just got his jollies from beating women. He must've been beaten as a child by a female member of the family," Monica said, evaluating what the guy could've gone through to make him hurt women.

Elaina was impressed at how accurate Monica was. "I see you are an excellent profiler. You're right on the money. His mother used to beat him as a child. He was just acting out what he wanted to do to her."

Monica was glad her gun wasn't used on anyone and her attacker was now behind bars. "My only question was why he was wearing a vest. I shot him point blank and it didn't faze him."

"He knew women protect themselves with guns, so he played it safe. That's just my guess," Elaina surmised.