Chapter One:

Foreman bedroom

Red and Kitty were getting ready for bed, the house was quiet, Eric had left for Africa and Steven had went after the loud one in Chicago. Red figured he would have a day or so of the house to himself. He wasn't sure what Steven planned to do when he got back, but he hoped that he would be moving out of his house soon. Maybe once and for all he could have his house and Kitty to himself.

The ringing of the phone caused them both to jump in the quiet house. "That better not be Eric calling to say he missed a flight and is on his way back here." he looked at Kitty, "or Steven saying he did something stupid and is in Jail."

Red went to answer, he might have wanted not to, but in the thought it could be his daughter he wouldn't chance it.

"Foreman residence"

"Is this a Red Foreman?" the voice on the other side said.

"Yes" he could barely get out, something in his gut was saying who ever this unknown man was on the other side of the line was not calling for good reasons, not this late at night.

"This is Detective Mac from Chicago PD, do you know a Jacqueline Burkhart?"

"Yes she is a friend of my son's, why?"

"Well I am not sure I can tell you over the phone details but we are trying to locate her next of kin, we found your number in her motel room."

"Well her father is in the Wisconsin State pen, and her mother should be home, where is Jackie?"

"Look can you get her mother to come to Chicago, Jackie is at Cook county hospital."

"What happened to her?"

"She was attacked in her motel room, the manager called us and then was able to break the door down and killed her attacker, but look if you want to get more details I can give them to her mother when she gets here, if you want you may want to come with her, not sure a woman needs to come here alone."

"I'll go get her mother and bring her to Chicago."

Red went back to his bedroom, "Kitty we need to go get Pam and go to Chicago, something happened to Jackie." there was no way he was going to tell her what little information he knew.

"Where is she?"

"That was the hospital in Chicago, they are needing her next of kin."

Red and Kitty drove in silence over to the Burkhart's, but what they saw when they got there, told them the house was abandoned, no lights on anywhere. Red grabbed his flashlight out of his glove box and walked up to the house, he found a key under a rock nearby. As he walked in he flicked the light switch and nothing happened. Kitty walked up behind him, "Red what is going on? Where is Pam?"

"I don't know, there is no power."

They walked towards the kitchen, for the most part it was fairly clean, of course it wasn't like Jackie cooked or anything. He found stacks of bills and a graduation card.

"Darling sorry I wasn't able to come home for your graduation, love mom."

"That bitch, she had left her again in this house!" Red was ticked, why didn't anyone know it.

"Red how long do you think Jackie has been here by herself?"

"Well sounds like before she graduated what three months ago?"

"Why didn't Steven say anything? Do you think she has been sneaking into his room again?"

"I don't know. But we need to get to Chicago, and hope we can find out what is going on"

"Red did the hospital say anything as to what was wrong with her?"

"They wouldn't give me details, they were trying to contact her next of kin."

"Well they better tell us when we get there, we are her next of kin, where is Steven?"

"I didn't ask." He didn't want to think that he was the one that had attacked Jackie and was killed. "We better be going, we may have to be making a call to Jack and see if we can get something from him to give us rights to Jackie or something."

When Red and Kitty got to the hospital is was three in the morning, it had already been a long day. Kitty when right up to the nurses station in the ER, "Hello I am here checking on Jackie Burkhart"

"Are you her mother?" a nurse asked.

Knowing she would get through faster if she just lied, and in a sense had been like a mother to Jackie and all the other basement babies over the years it wasn't that big of a lie, "Yes, where is my daughter?"

"Hold on one moment, the doctor and detective want to speak with you before you see her"

"Detective?" She turned to Red, "Did you know anything about a detective?"

Before Red could answer, "Mr. Foreman, Mrs. Burkhart, I am Detective Mac, I spoke with you on the phone, I am glad you were able to get her mother here. This is Dr. Peterson he has been treating Miss Burkhart."

"Detective Mac, I hadn't told her much of our conversation, I had just told her the hospital had called and needed her here."

Dr. Peterson looked at the couple, and motioned for them to go in a small conference room so they could talk. He hated cases like this, he hated talking to family members but at least the news wasn't all bleak. But something about this couple said they were married and that they were not the girls parents, but he could tell they cared enough about the girl to drive in the middle of the night to get here to her. He would play along.

As they took a seat, Red wanted to know everything about Jackie but couldn't help but wonder what in the world happened to Steven. "Before you guys start, do you know what happened to Steven Hyde?"

Both men looked back at him questioningly, "Steven is Jackie's boyfriend, he was supposed to be coming here and talking to her, we thought he was bringing her home."

Mac looked at the two, "Well from what we gathered from on lookers at the motel, there was a confrontation with Jackie and two men in the parking lot, one guy was in a towel and the other guy chased him and grabbed the towel. From what they said the naked guy ran off and the other guy ignored Jackie's pleas and got into a black El Camino and took off"

"Ok so it sounds like Steven got to the motel, found kettle head in a towel got mad and took off, leaving Jackie in the motel parking lot?" Red stated, he was now ready to kill both of those boys when he saw them.

"I guess, we are wanting to talk to both men, but the naked one, you call Kettle head we have no description of and we are tracking the plates of the El Camino."

"Michael Kelso is your naked guy I can bet on it, Steven Hyde is the guy in the El Camino, I would say he went back to Point Place but he wasn't there when we left."

Kitty was just in shock, she knew there was more to the story than the boys being idiots, why was Jackie in the hospital, did she try to kill herself after Steven left her? She was sick with worry over what the little girl was going through. All her thoughts were not going to prepare her for the worse she was about to hear.

"The next part gets worse, Miss Burkhart apparently collapsed in the parking lot, and several bystanders saw what they said would look like a nice guy pick her up and take her to her room. One bystander just had a gut feeling that him and his friends should keep an eye out for her, they couldn't see through the window, but it seemed she woke up to the man raping her and holding a knife on her. One of the guys ran to the manager's office while the others tried to breakdown the door. The manager got there with his gun just as they got the door down, he tried to give the man warning but he had a knife to her throat, the manager took aim and fired, killing the man."

The doctor looked at the couple holding each other and both with tears in their eyes, "You are not her parents are you?" the doctor asked.

Red looked at the doctor, "We are all she has, her father's in prison and her mother has most likely left the country. Steven her boyfriend is our foster son, we have been looking after him since his parents abandoned him. Jackie is like a daughter to both of us."

"I had that feeling, I know I am not supposed to tell you anything about her condition, but to me you are her parents, to come this far this late at night for her, I am guessing is more than her own parents would do."

Red could tell Kitty was in no way able to talk, he was having a hard time, at least the bastard was dead, or he would have to kill him himself. Now when he found kettle head and the hop head, then he might kill them. How could either of them leave her like that? "Her father was a rich lawyer and city councilman used his wife and daughter for prestige but never cared unless he needed the look of the perfect family. Her mother just wanted the money and what she could get out of it. She was gone when Jack got arrested and left Jackie in the house alone when she was only 16 years old. She had came back, and they both moved back into the house, but it looks like her mom took off again, at least 3 to 4 months ago, it could have been longer. She always seemed to be at our house, but then so did most of our sons' friends."

"Well Jackie has the trauma she received from the rape itself, but she also had several cuts that had to be stitched up from the knife. She will have a few scars, but the main thing is going to be getting over the rape, she is going to need the love and support of family and friends, and a lot of therapy. I would like to keep her here for a few days, not sure if you know anyone in Chicago to stay with or want to get a hotel."

Kitty finally looked up and spoke, "Can I see her?"

"Sure I'll take you to her room."

Red took his wife's hand, "Kitty, I'll let you see her alone, I want to talk to the detective some more."

Kitty left with the doctor, Red turned to the detective, "What do you know about the man that attacked Jackie?"

"We are not sure, but he may be tied to other rapes in the area, but we will have to wait on tests, if he is, she is the only one to survive."

"Do you have any blond Jane Does in their early 20s?"

"I would have to look, why do you ask?"

"My daughter, she disappeared we are not sure if she is in Chicago or even up in Canada, we haven't heard from her in about a year. She was home back when my son was supposed to get married, but took off again. I haven't talked to anyone about her missing, but I guess after this tonight, I need to find out what is going on with her" he pulled out his wallet and pulled a picture of her, Kitty had taken it when her and Fez had came up and told them they were married, right as his heart gave out. Of course he had torn Fez out of the picture, but it was a picture of Laurie she looked almost happy and proud. "Here is the most recent picture I have of her."

"I'll see what I can find out." He took the picture and took down some notes. "I am going to track down this Kelso and Hyde and get statements from them."

"Kelso has a child here in Chicago the baby's mother's name is Brook Beck. He may have went there, if not back to Point Place."

Mac took down all the information Red had on Kelso, his parents, his apartment, the fact that he was a cop on the force in Point Place, it wouldn't be hard to question him. Then all of the information on Hyde, his father, Grooves and anything else they could think of. He wasn't sure about finding Hyde, it maybe a little harder, he hoped there was a credit card he had that could be traced, hopes WB Barnett would be assistance there.

Kitty went into the room and looked at the girl sleeping there was a bandage over her shoulder and one on her arm. From what the doctor told her there was also another on her side. When she told the doctor she was a nurse he told her that might help her getting out earlier if she could take care of her at her house.

Kitty took a seat by her bed and took her hand, yes this girl was going to need therapy, more than just what had happened over night. She had her own issues with abandonment possibly more so than Steven had. She couldn't believe that she had been left by her mother again. Or that Steven let her go to Chicago to begin with. She just wanted to take that girl in her arms and give her all the love that her own daughter never let her do, she wanted to make her feel safe and secure. Her heart broke for the girl that kept getting left and shoved to the side. She remembered how years ago she had told Steven she thought he liked Jackie and he said if he did then shoot him, well right now she felt like she could do more than just shoot him with a finger gun. She was so disappointed in her other son, Jackie was so good to him, helped him in ways he didn't even know. She knew that she was the one that talked to WB and helped them form a relationship, sure he knew that Jackie pushed him into meeting him and everything but she was the one that went off on him when he thought that Steven was just after money. She overheard them in the driveway, it made Red proud that night as they stood by the door listening to Jackie go off on a man she didn't know. She knew where Steven was one of little effort, Jackie was all in. After the cookie fiasco that her cookies turned into what could be used as hockey pucks Jackie came back the next day determined to learn, she said she was perfect in everything and she wasn't going to let some stupid cookie ruin that for her. She helped her make cookies for the LOPP's Christmas party and they turned out perfect. She remembered later that night finding Jackie upset in the kitchen, she asked her if Steven liked the cookies and Jackie had told her she didn't even get to talk to him about the fact she had helped make them. Or the batch she made herself for him, she had stopped by the store and gave them to Leo. She broke up with him shortly after. But then they had gotten back together and they seemed so happy when they went to the car show with her and Red, Steven didn't want Jackie out of his sight for long, she thought for sure they were going to last. She thought of just the night before Eric left when Jackie had called, her husband was not one to show emotions aside from anger too often, but she could tell his eyes glistened as he talked to her on the phone telling her to take care of herself.

A nurse came in to check on Jackie, they had told her they had given her a sedative to calm her down for the night. "Mrs. Foreman, your husband is just outside the room and wanted to speak with you."

At first Kitty was confused, why Red didn't come in, but then looking at Jackie, he wasn't ready to see her like this. Despite Red's rough exterior that he tried to show to most people, she knew he had a soft spot for the girls, especially Jackie ever since that day she helped him work on the car for the first time.

"Kitty I am going to check into the hotel across the street, why don't you come with me and we will try and get some sleep. We can tell the nurses to call us there if they need us or she starts to wake up. I also need to check with Bob and WB see if they know anything about Steven. The police are looking for him and Kelso to question them about what happened."

"They don't think they had anything to do with what that man did to Jackie do they?"

"No but both were seen leaving the scene of the crime, even if it was before the crime took place. I hope they scare the crap out of both of them."

Point Place

Fez was woken up by banging on his door, he wasn't sure where his roommate was, but he was ready to kill Fenton the only person that would knock on their door.

"Fenton, you do not need to wake me up at this ungodly hour for rent, it isn't even due till next week" Fez shouted as he opened the door. But it wasn't Fenton but two Point Place police officers. "Aye, what are you guys doing here?"

"Is officer Kelso here?"

"No I believe he is Chicago with his baby and baby mama. I thought he had the weekend off, he is supposed to be back later today."

"Do you have an address where we can find his girlfriend?"

After giving the officer Brook's information he found in Kelso's room the officers left. Never telling Fez why they were looking for him.

Milwaukee

WB was already up having an early morning breakfast when his maid came and told them there was two officers at his door asking for him.

WB got up and walked to the door and let them into his living room.

"Sir we are looking for your son Steven Hyde, by chance have you heard from him over night?"

"No I haven't, can you tell me what this is all about?"

"It seems they want him in Chicago for questioning he was last seen peeling out of motel parking lot in Chicago, not long after there was a rape and attempted murder, he was last seen speaking to the victim."

Jackie, WB felt his heart drop into his stomach. He had heard that she had gotten an offer in Chicago, she had talked to Angie about it. "Well Steven lives in Point Place."

"We have already been to the house, and record store, the store wasn't opened and the neighbor didn't know where anyone in the house was. And no sign of his car."

"So you don't know where Red and Kitty Foreman are?" WB asked, he knew if they were in Chicago it was definitely Jackie.

"They are in Chicago, Mr. Foreman gave us information to track down Mr. Hyde and a Mr. Kelso. By chance does your son have a credit card in your name he would use if he was to take off, one we could trace?"

"yes let me go to my office and I can get the information for you guys, and can you let me know when you find him?"

He had just shown the officers out when the phone rang, his maid came in "Mr. Foreman is on the phone for you"

"thanks, I'll take it in my office" WB stepped back into his office and closed the door, walking over to his desk he sat down and picked up the phone, "Red what is going on?"

Chicago suburbs

Brook was up with Betsey getting her breakfast when there was a knock on the door, she hadn't had much sleep thanks to Michael coming over in the middle of the night with nothing but sheet he had found in the laundry area of the motel. Luckily he had his clothes here since he was spending the weekend here, supposed to be with his daughter, but last night said he was going out for some snacks and was gone for several hours. When he did come back pretty late and naked for the most part, she finally got it out of him what he had done. According to him, he went over to check on Jackie who was pretty depressed, and tried to cheer her up, when she kicked him out he went and found a towel and stripped, her door was unlocked when he walked in on her and Hyde talking but he didn't see Hyde till he started at him and chased him and grabbed the towel. He ran around naked till he found a sheet and came back to her house. Brook was furious with him and was ready to kick him out that night, but he had convinced her to let him sleep on the couch and leave in the morning so he didn't fall asleep on his way home.

The knock on the door startled her, she walked in the living room, Michael was still passed out on the couch, she opened the door to two Chicago police officers, "May I help you?"

"We are looking for a Mr. Michael Kelso, is he here by chance?"

"He's here, can I ask what this is about?"

"There was an incident at a motel last night and we think that Michael Kelso was there before that and need him downtown for questioning"

"MICHAEL!" Brook shouted, this time his stupid prank was going to land him in jail. Why did she have to get drunk that night and have bathroom sex with this moron?

Kelso bolted off the couch, "What, I didn't do it!"

"Michael these officers want to take you down to the station for questioning about an incident at the motel last night" Brook said looking at the boy that never seemed to want to grow up.

"What I just pranked my friends and then one of them grabbed the towel and I ran off naked, when I went back to my clothes someone had taken them."

"Was the friend that took your towel Steven Hyde?" one of the officers asked.

"Yea, see he stole my girlfriend two years ago, and I joke about getting her back all the time, we usually throw a few punches and he hits my eye and its over. But I guess he didn't want to hit me when I was naked."

"So do you mind coming down to the station and giving a statement? Also would you happen to know where we could find Steven Hyde?"

"Um, I thought he was with Jackie, so if they took off I don't know, maybe she talked him into getting married and they went to Vegas?" Following the officers to the door he turned back, I'll come back and see Betsey and get my things when I am done and head back to Point Place."

Brook looked at the officers, "Sir, what happened at the motel last night besides his stupid stunt?"

"A girl was attacked, the motel owner shot and killed the attacker, we are trying to interview everyone that was there"

A sinking feeling sat in Brook's gut, they hadn't asked about the whereabouts of Jackie, just Hyde, did Hyde leave her after chasing Michael and was Jackie the one attacked?

"Is the girl OK?"

"She survived, but I really can't release anymore information than that.

After Michael and the officers left, Brook went into the kitchen to find her mom in there feeding Betsey.

"Is everything alright Brook?"

"I don't know, I need to make a phone call." Brook looked at her daughter and could only think of her little girl's godmother. The one thing Michael did right, Jackie called and checked on Betsey and was always sending presents, she knew some of the things she sent had been Jackie's when she was little, she made sure to keep everything in good condition so to return them when Jackie had her own little girl. She went over and looked up the number for the hospitals in the area, she figured she would go down the list and pray she wouldn't get any information. The phone was answered, "Can you help ring me to Jackie Burkhart's room?" she figured it would be easier to ask that way as though she knew she was there, all they could tell her was no or connect her.

"Hold on let me ring that room for you"

Brook's heart sunk, the first hospital she called was the one she needed. She wasn't sure what she was going to say when Jackie answered, but it wasn't Jackie that answered, she heard Mrs. Foreman answer the phone.

"Mrs. Foreman, it's Brook, the police just took Michael down for questioning, the said a girl was attacked last night at the motel, they asked about where Hyde is but didn't say anything about Jackie. I just called and asked for her room, I was hoping they were going to tell me they didn't have a Jackie Burkhart there."

Tears were falling down Brook's face, her mother got up and went to her daughter. She could hear the lady on the phone talking to her daughter.

"Jackie has been asleep since we got here last night early morning, I don't know anymore. They really haven't talked to her yet either, if you can it might be good for Jackie to have a good friend here if you can come up."

Brook's mom took the phone, "I'll take care of Betsey and send Brook up to be with you and Jackie"

"Thank you, I called Donna, but Bob said she seems to be a shell since she got back from taking Eric to the airport yesterday and is holding up in her room."

After she hung up the phone, she looked at her daughter, a crumbled mess on the floor. "Brook, cry it out, but you are going to need to pull yourself together, you are going to need to be strong for your friend. I'll call your work and I am going to spend the day here with Betsey, when Michael comes back I'll send him packing to Point Place, or do you think he should be at the hospital?"

"No don't tell him anything, if he doesn't figure it out that it was Jackie, don't tell him. After the stunt he did yesterday if that is what really happened, I don't think she wants to see him. If it wasn't for that stupid stunt or whatever it is that he did, this might not have happened."

"Ok, as far as he will know you had to go into work, I'll try to make an excuse that Betsey needs a nap or something to get him to leave not long after he gets here."

"Thanks mom, I just can't believe something happened to her."

Brook got herself together and headed to the hospital.

Milwaukee

WB hung up from talking to Red, he couldn't believe Steven had left Jackie in the parking lot at night in Chicago. Now where is son was he wanted to know. He picked up the phone and called the number on the card the officer had left, talking with them they were able to trace it but it seemed like Steven was heading out west, and had stopped at a bank and somehow cashed out the credit card. Steven now had cash and no need to use the card, and thus no way to track him. The last place they know where he was was a bank in Minneapolis. There was no telling if he was staying in the area of just passing through.