Zach probably broke quite a few speeding laws on his way to Kendall's condominium but he had no time to waste. There was no way that anyone would lay a hand on Kendall as long as he was around. No way in hell was he going to lose Kendall too. As soon as he pulled into his parking spot in the condominium development park where he and Kendall both lived, separately, he jumped out of the car and ran down the pavement.

"Damn it!" Zach exhaled.

The door to Kendall's condominium was wide open. He entered the condominium slowly, scared to find blood, someone's body, or worse, Kendall's body. He dismissed his morbidity and looked around the condominium. The coffee table that Kendall absolutely loved was toppled over, her various fashion magazines were strewn around in messy disarray, pillows were scattered, and a spilt container of pink yogurt was on the floor, probably spilled when the table was knocked over. He went into the bedroom and bathroom to see that everything else seemed in order.

"Kendall? Kendall? Ken—" Zach called but before he could call her name a third time, he was tackled to the ground.

"Where is she, Slater?" JR yelled. He held Zach's arms around his back and had one fist above his head, ready to strike Zach.

"What did you do to her? I swear to god I will kill you if you don't tell me where she is!" JR screamed. Zach groaned and struggled to free himself.

"Relax, Junior! I didn't take Kendall! Get off of me!" Zach said.

"JR! Get off of him!" a woman screamed. JR released Zach's arms and stood up. Zach straightened his suit jacket and looked up at Babe trying to control JR's anger.

"What the hell are you doing here?" JR asked Zach.

"Yeah, Zach what are you doing here?" a man asked. Zach looked up and saw Ryan Lavery standing in the doorway.

"I got a phone call. Someone tipped me off that Kendall might be in trouble. So I got down here as fast as I could." Zach replied, nonchalantly.

"Who was the call from?" JR implored.

Zach tilted his head at JR and said, "That's none of your business and it's irrelevant. So shut up and take your wife home and leave this to actual men."

"Why don't you stuff it Slater? You're not the only one who cares about Kendall." JR yelled.

"Guys! Knock it off! I'm going to go call the police, JR, please come with me. You can call your guys to get on the search." Babe said, pulling JR by the arm. JR scowled and followed his wife out of the door.

"Do you know who did this?" Zach said, sharply turning to Ryan, who was wandering the living room.

"Damn it, Lavery. Don't play games with me. This is Kendall, the mother of your child and my—" Zach said but he couldn't finish his sentence. Ryan looked up at Zach and exhaled deeply.

"Josh Madden." Ryan said.

Zach's face contorted into a frown and he asked, "Madden's son? Why would he care about Kendall?"

"I believe that I can answer that." A woman's voice said. Zach turned around to see Erica's petite figure in front of him. Behind her was her husband Jackson Montgomery. Both looked somber and extremely worried.

"Josh Madden is my son. I chose not to tell him about who his real family was and he's… he's completely lost it." Erica said.

"You mean… Kendall might be dead because you didn't want to acknowledge your own son? You selfish bi—" Zach said, his anger rising.

"How dare you talk to my wife like that? You have no right. You denied your own son for what? To 'protect' him? You have no right to pass judgment or anything like that!" Jackson snapped back at Zach.

Zach felt like he was about to combust. Not knowing where Kendall made him anxious, nervous and scared, which was everything that he didn't want to be. If his emotions got the best of him, he was no longer in control. And no matter how much Kendall fought him to keep him out of her life, he would always think and worry about her. Zach was the cool and confident businessman and he was always in control of every situation. He knew how to open a new casino, make a profit, move on to a new location and build an empire. That was a controlled environment. Emotions, feeling the way that he did for Kendall, grieving for Ethan, that was something that he had no control over. He felt like he was losing his sanity. Possibly losing Kendall to another Pine Valley lunatic was more than he could bear after losing Ethan at the Mardi Gras ball at the hands of Janet Dillon. What was it with Pine Valley and breeding psychopaths? Zach thought.

"Your tantrum isn't helping anyone, Slater." Ryan said coolly.

"I'm aware... I—I just want to know that Kendall is alright." Zach said after taking a few deep breaths.

"We all do." Jackson replied and as soon as he finished, Police chief Derek Frye, followed by two other detectives, walked into the condo. JR, Babe, Danielle Frye and Simone Torres shortly followed.

"Ok, I know that we have a potential suspect in Kendall Hart's--" Derek started.

"Hart-Slater" Zach quipped.

"Stuff it, Slater!" Derek snapped. Zach pursed his lips and Derek continued, "Can everyone tell me what they were doing before they got here?"

"I—I was at home with Reggie and Lily when Dr. Madden came over to inform me that Josh was missing and might go after Kendall." Erica said.

"And afterwards?" Derek asked.

"I called Jackson immediately." Erica continued.

"Lavery?" Derek asked, turning to Ryan.

"I was over at Erica's house when Dr. Madden told Erica that Josh could possibly go after Kendall. I immediately left the house and called Tad while I drove over here. When I got here I found Zach, JR and Babe." Ryan said.

"I was probably the last person to see Kendall!" JR piped up. Derek whipped around to face JR.

"I came over to see Kendall at about 4:30. I left when it started to get dark, so I'm guessing at around 6:45. I left to go pick up Babe and my son from Fusion and I got a call from Tad as well about Kendall going missing and I got over here as soon as I could." JR said.

"Derek, I don't see how this interrogation is helping." Zach blurted.

"For once, I have to agree with Slater." Jackson said.

"We know that Josh has my daughter, Derek, and she's pregnant. My grandson is in danger and you're interrogating JR Chandler?" Erica squeaked.

"Forget this," Zach said, pushing past Jackson and out the door.

"Zach?" a woman asked. Zach stopped and turned around. He sighed heavily and said, "Simone,"

"After—After Ethan died, I thought that you were a cold-hearted ba—" she started but she stopped herself before going any further.

"A cold-hearted bastard, I know. You could really be the president of my fan club." He said quietly.

"I didn't mean it like that... Its just that—I didn't believe Kendall when she told me that you were grieving for Ethan. I didn't think you cared about anyone but yourself..." She continued.

"Nope, I'm the son of a bitch that everyone thinks that I am. Zach Slater only looks after Zach Slater." He said, with a sad smile curving on his lips.

"You love Kendall. I see that. I still think that you were wrong to treat Ethan the way that you did, but anyone who tells you that you have no feelings, is lying." Simone finished.

Zach stared at her with bewilderment. This was the last thing that he would expect or deserve from Simone, the woman that his son should have married. She smiled sadly and exhaled deeply, weary from worrying about Kendall and from thinking about Ethan.

"I—I appreciate that, Simone. I really do." Zach stuttered.

"Don't thank me... I just want you to find her. Too many people that I love are gone forever. Ethan, Greenlee, and I don't want to add Kendall to that list. She's all that I have left." Simone said. She looked up at Zach, her eyes glistening with tears.

"I won't let anything happen to Kendall, I promise you." Zach said, trying to hold back his emotions.

"Slater!"

Ryan walked outside and saw Simone's face.

"Are you alright?" Ryan asked.

"I'm just worried about Kendall." She said, wiping her eyes. She excused herself and she and Danielle left the condo.

"So what do you think?" Ryan asked. Zach looked at him and slightly tilted his head.

"So you're asking my opinion now, Lavery?" Zach asked.

"I know that you don't trust that Derek will get Kendall home safe." Ryan said.

"I don't trust anyone in this town with Kendall's life. You can put all of your faith into Derek and the PVPD all you want... I have other resources and if you'll excuse me--" Zach started while turning away but Ryan stopped him by pulling his shoulder.

"I'm going with you, Slater." Ryan said.

"You're not going with me." Zach protested.

"Kendall is the mother of my child. Like it or not, Slater, I'm involved. This psychopath, Josh Madden, like his father, is endangering my son and his mother. You can't expect me to sit and not do anything!" Ryan shouted.

Zach said nothing. He stared blankly at Ryan, contemplating how spending more than five minutes with "Saint-Ryan" would be cruel and unusual punishment. No matter how Ryan irritated Zach, that amount of hatred couldn't possibly measure up to the depth of his feelings for Kendall. What Kendall could make him do even when she wasn't around astounded Zach. Zach rolled his eyes and nodded quickly.

"I have my guys looking into it, looking at possible car rentals, unusual equipment purchases, and I had my guys track Josh's credit cards when he was staying at the Seasons." Zach explained but suddenly Zach's phone rang.

"What do you have for me?" Zach asked the person on the other line. Ryan waited anxiously as Zach took his call. Zach occasionally nodded his head muttered, "uh-huh". He finally snapped the phone shut and Ryan looked at Zach, waiting for an answer.

"Let's go… We have a lead. Apparently, Josh used his card to purchase a piece of land recently in upstate New York. He might be heading up there." Zach said.

"We have to tell Derek." Ryan said.

"No, they'll slow us down. We need to go now." Zach said, urging Ryan.

"We have to tell Jack and Erica at least. If we have any leads, we need to tell them." Ryan said.

"Do whatever, Lavery. Frankly, I don't give a damn if you tell them or not but if you're going to go with me, we need to go now. I don't have time to argue with you while Kendall is out there with a lunatic!" Zach said and he turned around and rushed to his car. Ryan looked back to the condo where Jack and Erica were talking to Derek, part of him wanting to let them know that they were following a lead. But, his feet pulled him at a running pace to Zach's silver BMW, without saying a word to Erica.