Updated 2007-11-16 22:48:58
At the cabin in the woods, Jack pleads with Aidan to give up information on Greenlee, but Aidan refuses, believing that to do so would ensure a swift trip back to jail for his lady love. Jack admits that he is worried because to stay in town, to keep him as her lawyer that is what would have worked out in the end. Aidan tells him that they had a small window of opportunity to make their plan work and they had to take it. Derek shows up then and starts to question Aidan about his involvement in Greenlee's escape. Aidan maintains his innocence, but Derek isn't buying it. They do a verbal back and forth dance, with Derek coming close to outright blaming Aidan for letting Greenlee get out of jail, and Aidan not admitting any culpability. The conversation starts to get heated when Aidan insists that Derek and his men are not doing nearly enough to investigate Kendall and Zach, instead satisfied with the easy way out. During the yelling match, Jack spots Greenlee's stuffed tiger and manages to hide it before the detectives searching the house see it. He then comes to Aidan's defense and announces that he is Aidan's lawyer. In that capacity, he tells Derek that he needs time alone with his client. Reluctantly, Derek leaves, but not before noting that they are both on thin ice. Once alone, Jack demands details so that he can have a prayer of helping his daughter. Aidan finally spills the details, including noting that the reason Jack was fired was to save him from the possibility of being disbarred. Derek returns a short time later, after he and his men discover the bikes. Aidan again tries to act like he is clueless, but Derek won't let up this time. Jack tries to distract him so that Aidan can get out, now that they both know that Greenlee didn't make it out of the area, but when he goes to leave, he finds two of Derek's men blocking his way. Suspecting that they would try that, Derek places both of the men under arrest for obstruction of justice and hauls them back into Pine Valley.
In his haste to get to his childhood friend, Richie hits Zach with his car at a high rate of speed. He pulls over to the side of the road and goes back to check on him. Believing that he won't make it, he reaches into Zach's suit pocket and steals the wad of money from his clip. It is then that Zach regains a modicum of consciousness and asks for help. Knowing that he can't leave him in the middle of the road, he picks Zach up and puts him in the passenger side of his stolen car. He then takes the picture of JR, Babe and Little A and sticks it under the tire of Zach's car and speeds away. Zach randomly asks for help in the form of a hospital or a call to his wife, but Richie refuses, instead pushing him out of the moving car once they made it down the road a piece. Zach rolls down the embankment and when his body stops, his head lands with a thud on a rock.
At the hospital, Erica stands by helpless as Kendall frets over the fact that she can't get in touch with Zach and doesn't know where he is. Lily comes on the scene, and after overhearing Kendall's dismay, tells them about Zach going to see the house and where it is located. In the midst of it all, Erica notices that Lily is dressed up, so the young girl tells them about the coffee date that she should have had, and then says that since the hospital was the last place she saw him, she thought she would look for him again in the same space. Then, after trying Zach a few more times, Kendall decides that she needs to go out to the house to see if she can meet up with her husband. Erica insists that she is coming with her but Kendall is upset because she feels like someone she trusts needs to stay and watch over the boys. Erica calls her son and asks him to come back to the hospital to help Lily with the task.
Ryan and Jonathan race to catch up with Richie and possibly get to Tommy Brennan first. They feel that if that happens, they can get the man to safety, and Derek can question him free and clear to get the information they need to prosecute Richie. Ryan believes that if they can't pull this off, his family will never have any peace. Jonathan offers an alternative, where he would take care of making sure Richie can't terrorize them again. Ryan thinks that Jonathan wants to kill him, and refuses to use his brother as his personal hit man. Jonathan clarifies that he would only hold Richie hostage until he died of his disease, but Ryan wants to do things the right way.
Greenlee runs through the forest as fast as she can, taking only a few short breaks to catch her breath. At the first one, she flashes back to various scenes where the people that have meant something to her dismiss or discount her in some heartless way. Her anger over that fuels her to run some more, but at one point, she trips and falls right into Zach's unconscious body! She tries to rouse him but he is out cold, so despite herself, she tries to call for help. When she finds that her phone doesn't have a signal, she promises him she will call once she finds a functioning phone. Not wanting to leave him all alone where help couldn't get to him, Greenlee scopes out a nearby house and plots to take him there. She yells at him a lot, not realizing how seriously hurt he is. She gets him to his feet and tells him to lean on her for support. They are almost to their goal when the ground gives way and the two of them disappear into the earth.
A knock comes on Tommy's door and when he asks who it is, he is told that the visitor is Ryan Lavery. Not knowing what Ryan sounds like, he trustingly opens the door but finds Richie there instead. Although he tries to close the door quickly, Richie is slightly faster and forces his way in. He immediately intimidates Tommy, asking about his plans for talking to the Laverys about how things were when they were younger. Tommy tries to convince him that he was running a con, that he made up some lies so that he would be able to squeeze some money out of them. Richie doesn't really buy it and his suspicions are confirmed when he finds an envelope of evidence regarding the death of the boy that Richie allegedly drowned. Fearful for his life, Tommy tries to make a run for it but Richie trips him, causing the young man to fall and hit his head. He then pleads with Richie, promising to do anything he wants as long as his life is spared. Richie warns him that if he has any further contact with the Laverys, or stays where he is so that they can contact him, there will be hell to pay. He then alludes to a confession as to what he did by saying that the friend of theirs died quickly, but notes that others are not so lucky their suffering is dragged out over a long period of time. Feeling that he has sufficiently scared Tommy, Richie takes the evidence and leaves. He doesn't get too far away before he burns it all to ashes.
Ryan and Jonathan arrive at Tommy's place a short time later and after knocking at the door and receiving no answer, they kick the door in. They find that they are too late, and that Tommy packed and ran in a hurry.
In the car, Kendall and Erica talk about the possibility that Greenlee won't come back to Pine Valley. While Erica seems pleased at this turn of events, Kendall doesn't think it will help. Although Erica has never really liked her, Kendall can clearly remember the good times she had with the woman she once thought of as her sister. She believes that regardless of how we feel about people, everyone is entitled to their dreams. She goes on to say that the dreams Greenlee had were not unreasonable, and that if those that betrayed her don't do something to rectify it so that Greenlee can have her basic rights back, that betrayal will loom over their head. Although Erica is set on trying to convince her daughter otherwise, she lacks the time to do it. They spot a car up ahead and recognize it as Zach's. They stop and Kendall desperately calls out Zach's name, but to no avail. Kendall then notices the pool of blood on the ground and fears the worst.
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