Author's Note: Okay so I thought the snow was gone but the weather man lied again because guess what... it's snowing again. A few days ago it was 81 degrees and now its 34. Anyways my teeth are feeling a whole lot better and I am no longer on all the pain meds so hopefully this chapter is better than the last one so enjoy all!!!!

Dylan's Car

Brandon and Dylan were on their way to Dan's Long Beach apartment, but neither one of them had any idea of what they were going to do when they got there, or even if they were going to find anything there. Dylan was gripping the wheel as tight as he could, trying to mask his anger towards the man who was making Kelly's life a living hell. Brandon, on the other hand, was staring out the side of the car trying to figure out what they were going to do.

"Hey D… how do we even know that this Dan guy still lives here?" Brandon asked taking his eyes off of the houses to look over at his buddy.

"Brandon, Brandon, Brandon… have some faith here…" Dylan started but Brandon knew that he was just trying to think of something.

"You got nothing!" Brandon said shaking his head.

"I got nothing… but let's hope that he still does for Kelly's sake… I don't like seeing her like this." Dylan said loosening his grip on the wheel.

"Uh… D?" Brandon said as he looked down at the paper he had in his hand.

"What's wrong?" Dylan asked looking over at him.

"I think that's it." Brandon said pointing to the building across the street.

"What do you mean that can't be it… that place is a dump compared to the rest of these places." Dylan said wondering if Brandon was pointing to the right place.

"No… no 1431 Fillmore Court… that is definitely it, any idea on what to do now?" Brandon asked.

"See if he is in there and if he really has Cassie." Dylan offered.

He parked the car on the other side of the street and quickly got out and waited for Brandon to join him. He was on a mission and the one thing Brandon knew about Dylan was that once he has something in his head there is no stopping him. Brandon shook his head, unable to rationalize what he was doing spying with his best friend. The only thing that he could come up with was that he loved Kelly, and Cassie meant the world to her, so Cassie meant the world to him too. Without thinking to much he jumped out of the car and followed Dylan towards the building.

"What are we going to do if they're in there?" Brandon asked catching up to him.

"Wait until he leaves and go in and get her." Dylan said knowing that it wasn't going to work.

"Dylan even if you weren't all there in the head would you leave a five year old alone?" Brandon asked him.

"Okay so it was a bad idea…" Dylan said turning to face Brandon.

"No my friend it was a very bad idea…" Brandon said as the two ducked under one of the back windows.

A few minutes later Dylan got gutsy and decided that it was about time to face the music and find out if they had the right house. As he peered inside he saw a man who looked like the Dan that Kelly had described to the police. The guy was pacing back and forth in what looked to be the kitchen area. Every once and a while he would look over to the corner of the room where neither Dylan nor Brandon could see. Finally, Brandon got tired of just watching the man pace back and forth and decided to do something about it.

"Hey B… what are you doing?" Dylan asked as he continued to watch the man inside.

"I'm sorry but I need to do something and just watching this guy… who might not even be the right guy is driving me nuts… I'm going back to Kelly, to see if she needs anything." Brandon said heading back to the car.

"Uh you might need the keys man." Dylan said holding the keys in his hand.

"Those would probably help uh?" Brandon said as he tried to grab the keys.

"Just answer me one question before we go." Dylan said seriously.

"What is it?" Brandon asked as he noticed the man pick up the phone and dial.

"You really love her don't you?" Dylan asked noticing the same thing as Brandon had.

"Yeah I do… wait a minute hand me that picture of Cassie again." Brandon said finally getting a glimpse of the little girl.

This little girl didn't look like the girl in the picture at all. For one, her hair was a light brown and it wasn't long a curly. However, she did look like she was terrified and wanted to go home. This might not be little Cassie, but this little girl did need help. Dylan and Brandon both knew this but still the turned and walked back to the car to head home. They would let the police know about what they found but Brandon still felt guilty leaving her there.

Casa Walsh

Kelly was sitting on the couch, her face was red and puffy and her hands were fidgeting with the throw pillow that was sitting next to her. All she wanted was to see her little girl and to hold her little girl in her arms, she wanted it more than anything in the world and it was driving her crazy not knowing where she was. Cindy sat on the chair across from her knowing how she felt and yet, trying her best to make her see that everything was going to be okay. Brenda sat over in the corner with Donna not really knowing what they could do to help their friend. Jackie sat next to Kelly on the couch with her arm around her daughter. David sat on the arm of the couch just watching the phone on the coffee table. Steve and Jim were in the kitchen getting everyone some ice tea.

"What time is it?" Kelly asked as she took her little sister Erin in her arms.

"Almost eleven… hang in there sweetie… he'll call." Jackie said as she hugged her girls.

"Kelly I miss Cassie." Erin said looking up at her big sister.

"I know sweetie… I miss her too." Kelly said as she tried to hold back the tears.

"Stay strong Kel!" David said giving her arm a light squeeze.

"It's kinda hard to do that… when the one person I love more than anything in this world is missing." Kelly said as the phone rang.

"Kelly… it's him." Cindy said handing her the phone.

"Hello." Kelly said trying to keep it together.

"Hello? Is that all you have to say to me?" Dan asked.

"Where's my daughter Daniel?" Kelly asked forcefully as this new found strength surged through her body.

"My, my, my aren't we a little testy this morning." Dan said loving every minute of their conversation.

"Just answer my question and tell me what you want!" Kelly said passing Erin to her mother as she stood up.

"You know very well what I want… two hundred and fifty thousand dollars under the willow tree in the park… you know your favorite place… and your little girl is right here with me." Dan said as he sat down at the kitchen table.

"I want to talk to her… I want to talk to her now Daniel!" Kelly demanded as she walked around the house trying to find Brandon.

"Why are you calling me Daniel?" Dan asked her.

"Because you have done something that is unforgivable to me… you don't deserve to be called by your name at all. Now let me talk to Cassie!" Kelly said opening the front door to see Brandon walking up the walkway.

"Cassie get your butt over here and talk with your mother." Dan demanded.

"Mommy…" Cassie cried into the phone.

"Cassie baby are you okay?" Kelly said smiling through tears of joy.

"Mommy I'm scared I wanna go home!" Cassie cried as she clutched the phone to her ear.

"I know baby I want you home too… and I'm doing everything I can to get you back home… just hang in there." Kelly said not wanting the conversation to end.

"Mommy don't make me stay here… I promise I'll be good." Cassie said with her shaky voice.

"I'm coming to get you… I love you baby… where are you? Can you tell me?" Kelly said not wanting to wait any longer.

"I don't know… Mommy I love you…" Cassie said but before Kelly could reply Dan cut in.

"Okay that's enough. Drop the money by five and I'll bring her back." Dan said grabbing the phone from the little girl.

Cassie was screaming that she wanted to go home and she wasn't done talking with Kelly. Then all of a sudden she was quietly whimpering as Dan slapped her across the face and threw her into the corner. Kelly could hear everything on the other line and wasn't about to stand there and do nothing.

"Cassie… Cassie…. NO!!!!" She screamed as the line went dead.

Kelly looked at the phone in her hand and closed her eyes as she tried to keep it together a little longer. Finally she just lost it and threw the phone across the room. She knew that he was hurting her little girl and there was nothing she could do about it, she had no idea where he was keeping her. Brandon was standing in front of her and could tell that her feet where about to give out on her and when they did he was there to catch her. She buried her head in his shoulder and just let everything she had inside her out. She wanted to kill the bastard for what he was doing to her and Brandon knew that because it was exactly how he felt.

"He hit her Brandon… he hit my little girl…." Kelly cried.

"What else did he say?" Jackie asked wanting to know what they had to do to get Cassie back.

"Two hundred and fifty thousand dollars under the Willow tree in the park." Kelly said turning her head to look at everyone in the room.

"Don't worry Kel… We'll get her back. I promise!" Brandon said as he looked over at Dylan standing in the doorway.