The man looks out his store window and sees the man in the large black SUV. He stares and tries to put together a good mental picture to tell the police.
"Can I have the wigs now please?"
"Little girl, I know you are scared, but if you just get behind the counter, I'll keep you safe from him."
Kelsey backs away from the man. "No…he'll shoot you." She says in a scared little voice.
"Then look, there's a bathroom right in back, you go in there and I'll wait outside, then we can go out the back way."
"I'm not allowed to use the bathroom."
It was then the man realized how brainwashed the man made this little girl. He gives her the wigs, takes the money and watches as she gets back in the car with her kidnapper. As soon as they pull away, the store clerk dials 911 and tells the police that Kelsey and her kidnapper are town.
The store clerk sits down with a sketch artist and draws out a very detailed description of the man that has Kelsey.
The police block all exits from the town and wait until they finally see the car in the distance. The man stops his SUV and gets out. Then walks to the other side and pulls Kelsey forcefully out of the car and pulls her to the edge of a steep hill.
"If anyone of you come near me, I'll throw her down!" Kelsey starts to cry.
"Now sir, we don't want that. Please just let the girl go." The one officer talks to the man in a calm voice.
"No! I want her to myself! You can't have her!"
"Sir please, she doesn't belong to you. She has her own family. Her family misses her."
"No! She's my daughter! You can't take her away!"
"Sir she is not your daughter. Now remove your mask and give us Kelsey."
"I will never let you know who I am." He says in a deep voice. The officers begin to slowly walk towards him, as they get closer, the man let's go of Kelsey, causing her to fall to the ground and start to roll down the steep hill, luckily one of the officers grabs her in time and pulls her up to safety. As they do this, the man gets away.
They pull her to safety and ask if she is alright.
"I'm okay. I just want to go home." She says
"We first are going to take you down to the station, call your parents, then you can go home."
Kelsey nods as they lead her to the car.
They call Lorelai, Luke and the police and within 5 minutes the police go after the guy and Luke and Lorelai drive 5 hours up to go get Kelsey.
When they see Kelsey, Lorelai, Luke and the kids run over to her.
"Oh Kelsey! My baby, thank god your alright!" Lorelai says as Kelsey flings her arms around her mom and dad.
Kelsey hugs them tightly "I was so scared mom"
"I know you were baby, you're okay now." She hugs her tighter. Then Kelsey gives her dad a big hug.
"I'm glad you are okay kiddo" Luke says
"Me too Daddy"
Kelsey looks at her big sister and runs over to her, giving her a big hug.
"Don't ever get kidnapped again squirt."
"I won't. I promise" She says hugging her tightly
Lorelai smiles at her daughters. "Okay, well let's just go home."
"Excuse me, Mrs. Danes, Mr. Danes. We are putting an out an order of protection for Kelsey and the rest of you while our guys search for the guy."
"What does that all mean?" Luke asks.
"It means our officers will drive you all back home, then search your house to make sure the man isn't hiding out in your house. Once we give you the all clear you will be allowed to come in. We will lock back doors and install a alarm. We will also park a patrol car in your driveway to scare the guy away."
He nods "Okay. thank you officer."
"No problem." Then the officer goes over to Kelsey. "Kelsey, I'm going to need you to come with me. The doctor here at the station needs to take a look at you."
"I want to go home" She says and looks at Lorelai.
Lorelai lifts Kelsey up and holds her. "Sweetie, the doctor needs to check you out first to make sure you aren't hurt. We all want to make sure you are okay."
"Can you come with me?"
"Of course I can. Right?" She asks the doctor and officer. They both smile and nod.
"Of course."
"Great, so um..where does she need to go?"
"Back to the other room with us please " He says and Kelsey clings to Lorelai tightly
"Okay." Lorelai says and carries Kelsey to the room. It looks like a fun room with a bunch of toys, but it is still half doctor's office.
"Look honey, there is a bunch of toys for you to play with." She says, trying to get Kelsey to stand up by herself.
"But I don't want to. I want to stay with you."
"Kelsey, baby, I'm not going anywhere. Here look, I'll even play with you. How about we color?" She asks soothingly. Then looks at the doctor who is giving her the okay to keep talking to her. While the doctor sits down at the little table with them.
"Kelsey, did the man that took you, hurt you?" Kelsey just continues to color
"Do you mind if I check to see if you have any cuts or bumps?"
She nods allowing him to check.
The doctor checks and finds small cuts and brusies but nothing major. Then a detective comes in a sits with them.
"Thats a very pretty picture Kelsey." Michelle, the detective says in a sweet voice.
"Thank you, who are you?" She asks looking up.
"My name is Michelle and I'm a detective."
She nods.
"Can you tell me what the place looked like that the man took you to."
"I really don't remember, he told me to keep quiet and he took me to a lot of places."
"You must remember something. What did the room look like?"
"Well, it was a cabin" She says.
"Did you see any signs? Were there any roads near you?"
"I don't remember. It was in the woods though."
"Okay, and was it a big cabin, or a small cabin?"
"Small I think."
"Okay good." She says and writes it down on her small note pad, along with everything else Kelsey said.
"Now Kelsey, I'm going to need your mom to leave the room so that we can talk, just the two of us."
"Why?" She asks, suddenly clinging to Lorelai again.
"Because it is important to talk to you without your mom in here. You are a very brave girl Kelsey, I know you can do it. Your mom will be right outside that door."
She looks up at Lorelai "Don't go" She whispers.
"Sweetheart this is very important. It'll be like you are playing detective and helping them catch the bad guy. I'll be right outside the door."
"Okay." She says and lets Lorelai get up and leaves
Lorelai kisses her on the head and then leaves the room, standing with another officer and listening to all that Kelsey and the detective were going to talk about.
"Okay, so are you ready to help me find the guy that did this to you?"
She nods slowly.
"Okay, now I need you to think really hard for me. What happened when he first grabbed you?"
"He put his hand over my mouth and said don't scream or I'd regret it."
She writes that down. "Okay, then what happened?"
"He took me to his car."
"And then?"
"Then we drove, and he told me not to talk."
"Okay, and then what happened?"
"We just drove for awhile. A long while."
"Did he say anything to you? Or remove his mask?"
"No, he kept the mask on."
"What did his voice sound like?"
"Deep and raspy I guess."
"Did he tell you where he was taking you?"
"No."
"He didn't say anything about where you were going or what he planned to do?"
"I...I..don't remember." She says, starting to get scared.
"Kelsey, I'm going to need you to think really hard for me. Can you do that?" She asks in a soft voice, not wanting to scare the little girl.
"I don't remember what he said to me. I just remember him wanting me for himself and I know we left connecticut"
"Okay, and did he say why he was doing this?"
"Because he wanted me for himself"
"Did he threaten you?"
"He said if i tried to run or tell someone that he would hurt me"
"Okay," SHe says as she finishes writing everything down that Kelsey has told her. "Thank you so much sweetheart, you were a very good detective. Would you like to see your mom now?"
She nods.
The officer let's Lorelai back in the room and right away Kelsey runs up to her and clings onto her.
"You did a good job Kels."
"I just want to go home. Please?"
"Okay baby, we can go home." SHe carries her out to the exit. "Thank you all for your help." Lorelai tells everyone.
"We will be in touch with follow ups on the guy. The patrol car will follow you home tonight."
They go out and get into the car and drive home. about 5 hours later they get home. Kelsey had fallen asleep, so Lorelai carefully took her out of the car and took her inside
Lorelai puts Kelsey in bed and then her and Luke give Kelsey a kiss goodnight. Then they leave and go into their own room after putting the rest of the kids to bed.
"I am so glad she's okay."
"Me too." He says changing into boxers as Lorelai puts on sweats and a t-shirt
"I want to kill this guy so bad" Luke says
"Yeah I know, me too. I hope they get him and lock him away for good."
"They need to kill him." Luke says as they climb into bed.
"I agree hun...hey Luke, do you think that guy did anything to her? Like something she isn't telling anyone?"
"You mean like.. sexual?" he asks and she nods "I hope not, but can't they do test to determine that?"
"Yeah...but what if the tests show nothing, but something did happen?"
"I'm sure if you ask Kels, she will tell you"
"She's 7 Luke. SHe probably doesn't understand half of what happened."
"Well, just ask her if he touched her in places where she shouldn't be touched. I'm sure she will understand that much. Right?"
"Yeah..."Lorelai says sadly. "I guess."
"But, I really don't think he touched her" He says rubbing her back.
"Promise?" She asks, looking up at him and then cuddling into his arms.
"Night Luke."
"Goodnight. I love you" He says and turns off the light.
"Love you too Luke."
It was about ten minutes later and Lorelai was just about to fall into a deep sleep when the bedroom door flew open and Kelsey jumped up on their bed
"Mommy, I'm scared."
"You want to come sleep with me and daddy?"
"Yes. Can I?"
"Of course baby, come here." She says and snuggles Kelsey under the covers between herself and Luke. "Are you feeling okay honey?"
"I'm scared the bad guy will get me."
"Aw sweetie, don't worry. Daddy and I are going to protect you. ANd there is a police car right outside the house to scare the guy away. He won't come after you anymore."
"Kay." She says and cuddles into Lorelai.
"I'm so happy you are okay Kelsey." She whispers softly, thinking Kelsey fell asleep.
"What mommy?" She asks.
"Nothing kiddo..I'm just... really happy you are okay." She says, with small, happy tears, forming in her eyes.
"Okay" She says once more and pulls up the blanket more.
"Goodnight angel."
Ten minutes later she falls asleep.
25 minute later Lorelai still wasn't able to fall asleep. She quietly gets out of bed and goes into the bathroom. Shuts the door and turns the light on. THen let's out a deep breath and just reflexes on what happened.
Kelsey stirs a little, but doesn't wake. Luke then notices that Loreali wasant in bed and gets up and goes in the bathroom.
"What's the matter?"
She smiles at her husband. "Nothing...I just couldn't sleep. It was a hell of a day today wasn't it?"
"Yeah, it has, but Lorelai you need to get some sleep. It's already 2am."
"I'll come back to bed in a few minutes, I promise."
Luke smiles slightly at her and hugs her "You dont have to be so strong all the time you know, I know you want to cry."
"I'm not....going to cry."
"You can if you want."
"Luke I'm not going to cry. Please just give it up. Why do you want me to cry so badly?"
He backs up a bit from her "I don't want you to cry. I was just letting you know it ws okay for you to cry. Am I not allowed to be here for you?" He asks and then opens the door. "I can see you wanted to be alone, so I'll go back to bed." He says and goes out and climbs back in bed.
She let's out a long, tired sigh. Then leaves the bathroom and climbs back into bed.
Luke doesn't even look her way. He just turns away from her and can't fall asleep.
Lorelai doesn't look at Luke, instead, she stares at her sleeping 7 year old daughter. Never wanting to look away for a second again.
The next morning Luke was downstairs making breakfast for his family when Kelsey came downstairs and sits at the table
"Morning daddy" She says.
"Morning kiddo" He says back "Sleep well?"
"Uh huh. Thanks for letting me sleep with you guys."
"No problem." He says. Then Lorelai entered the kitchen.
"Hey you two. Good morning." She gives Kelsey a hug. "Did you sleep okay sweetie?"
"Yeah, I slept okay."
"Thats good, what about you Luke?"
"Okay. I guess." He says and puts food on the table turning back to the stove.
"Well..uh..thats good." She says quietly.
"Mommy, whats for bekfast?" Little Colin asks, coming into the kitchen carrying his blankie.
"Good morning buddy, did you have a good night sleep?"
"Mmhmm." He says rubbing his eyes.
Lorelai picks him up and holds him since he's still half asleep.
"Daddy made you some pancakes. Do you want some?"
"Uh huh." He mumbles.
Luke puts a plate for him on the table and cuts it up for him and then puts down Lorelai's plate.
"Okay. Thats everyone's. I'm going to go shower and go to the dinner." Luke says.
"I'll be right back, you two stay right here." Lorelai tells her two youngest kids, then goes after Luke.
He is upstairs in their room picking out his clothes before getting i nthe shower.
"Hey, are you mad at me?"
"Not mad. Concerned, but since you don't want me to be I guess I shouldn't be concerned."
"What is wrong with you? I'm sorry about last night, I was tired and I snapped at you. I didn't mean to."
"Whats wrong with me? Whats wrong with you? Damn Lorelai, you are acting like Kelsey is just your daughter... and when I want to comfort you you snap at me. I know you wanted cry. I know you, but that doesn't matter anymore, like you said it was last night right?"
"I am not acting like that!" She denies, when the truth is, she is acting like that. "I don't have to cry, I didn't need to cry last night! Stop telling me when I'm supposed to cry!"
"I'm not going to fight with you anymore. I'm just going to go to work. It's useless to fight with you because you always have to be right!" he says and gets in the shower.
"I do not always have to be right!" She yells from outside the bathroom.
Luke doesnt answer. He finishes his shower and get dressed going downstairs and kissing the kids goodbye
"Bye guys." He says to all of them again and doesn't even give Lorelai the satisfaction of looking at her. He just walks toward the door.
Lorelai goes after him. "You always say goodbye to me before you leave...you've changed."
"I'm not in the best mood with you right now, remember that? Im sorry if It seems like i have changed, but you are acting very selfish right now Lorelai" He says and opens the door "Goodbye. I'll see you tonight."
"I'm not acting selfish!" She says loudly as he slams the front door and leaves.
Lorelai sighs and goes back into the house.
Later that night....
Later that night the kids are all doing their homework and/or watching T.V. While Lorelai finishing ordering dinner. Luke walks in the door about 15 minutes later. Bypassing the kids in the living room and going into the dining room where Lorelai is setting the table.
"Oh goody, you're home." SHe says in a harsh and sarcastic voice.
"Yeah, but I'm guessing you don't want me to be?"
"No, I don't care if your home." She says, not looking at him. Just setting the table.
"Maybe I'll go back to the dinner. I thought I would come home" He says and goes.
Lorelai sighs sadly and goes after him. "Luke wait," She gets to him and lightly touches his arm. "Please...don't go."
"Are you going to be yourself if I do stay? Be the Lorelai I married and know?" He asks.
"Don't blame this on me. I didn't think I changed. What's changed about me? Please tell me." She begs him, gripping onto his arm so that he doesn't leave.
"It's your attitude Lorelai. Ever since Kelsey has been home you act like you are the only who can be here for her or as if your her only parent and you wont let me be here for you or her and I want to."
"I'm doing that?" She asks in shock.
"Yeah, you are" He says sadly.
"Well then I'm sorry. I never meant to make you feel that way."
He nods "Am I allowed hug you?"
She nods and looks at the floor. "You can...but I wouldn't blame you if you didn't want to." She says sadly.
He moves closer to her and holds her and he feels her grip on to him.
"I love you. You know that right?"
"I know you do. I love you too....I'm sorry I've been acting the way I have. I honestly didn't realize it. You believe me don't you?"
"I know. I believe you. Its okay"
"I just...anything could have happened. She could have been killed." She says as tears start to slowly leak from her eyes.
Luke hugs her tighter and rubs her back "I know, but she's not. She's alive and home."
"But what if they don't catch the guy that did this? What if he comes back?"
"They are going to find him. Don't you worry. No one is going to hurt anyone in this family."
"You promised me nothing would happen before and Kelsey ended up kidnapped. How can you be so sure it won't happen again?"
"I..I..I don't know." He says not sure what else to say
"I"m scared Luke."
"I know..I'm scared too."
"You? But you're never scared."
"Why do you say that? I get scared too. I'm human."
"Yeah I know, but you never show it."
"Im showing it now. I just dont want this asshole to come back and hurt any of my family."
"I don't want him to either."
Luke just holds her as she sobs.
Later that day all the kids are doing there own thing. Brendan is at camp, Katrina is at the movies, Colin is taking a nap, Luke is at the diner, and Lorelai and Kelsey are at the Inn. Lorelai hasn't let Kelsey out of her sight yet.
"Mommy can I go get some cookies from Sookie?" Kelsey asks
"Umm, just let me finish this and I'll come with you." She says, even though the its just the kitchen.
"Okay."
Lorelai finishes what she's doing and goes into the kitchen with her.
"Sookie! Can I have cookies?" Kelsey asks.
"Sure cupcake, there's some right on the counter over there."
She goes and gets some.
"So Lorelai, how are you guys doing?"
"Oh umm...were good."
"Good? Are you really?"
She shurgs. "I'm still scared to let her out of my sight."
"Aw honey, she is safe while she is here."
"Yeah I guess."
"Honey she is safe here. Trust me. no one here will let anything happen to her."
"How can I ever leave her alone again?"
"I don't know hon."
"I need something Sook, I"m going crazy."
"I don't know what to say, but I mean what are you gonna do when you take her back to school?"
"Good question, I have no idea. I don't even want to take her back on the set of the movie she is set to be in...but she wants to...I can't just tell her no. She loves acting."
"Can't you just wait there with her until she is done filming?"
"I could, but I'm just nervous about her going into that world again."
"Yeah, I understand, but honey Im pretty sure that guy is not going to come back."
"No one knows that for sure. We still hav police at our house 24/7, making sure the guy doesn't come back."
Sookie just nods, not sure what to say.
"I just don't know what to do."
"I know honey" She says and hugs her best friend