Lucy sat in the patio area, her hair pulled back from her face by a pair of shades on her head. She sipped a cold drink through a straw and looked up as a yellow taxi pulled into the driveway and Kimberly walked out.

"Can I help you?" Lucy asked

"Maybe" Kimberly stated angrily

"Well I won't know unless you tell me" Lucy asked sarcastically.

"Is Mrs Ewing here? Mrs Pamela Ewing" Kimberly asked impatiently

"No she's not. Can I help? Im Lucy Ewing and you are?" Lucy asked

"Not very happy, tell Mrs Ewing that I have waited for over an hour and she didn't bother to turn up" Kimberly spurted

The ringing of the telephone interrupted their conversation.

"Looks like nobody wants to answer the phone around here" Lucy huffed and picked up the phone.

Bobby still stood with JR

"Are we going to tell momma?" JR asked

"Of course JR, then we can finally put this nightmare to rest" Bobby expressed

Lucy walked in on them, she stood without speaking.

"What's wrong Lucy? What's happened?" Bobby asked

"Bobby - the police just rang. They found your car burnt out , there was some kind of accident" Lucy said slowly

"Oh god - Pamela" Bobby said in an almost trance like state. The horror fixated on his face

In downtown Dallas an abandoned warehouse, isolated from the busy streets, away from public view.

Willie Joe Gar carried a flashlight, followed by Jeb Ames they walked up a flight of metal stairs. Their heavy foot steps echoed out in the damp and deserted building. Willie removed a large piece of wood which had forced an open storage freezer door shut. With Jebs help he pulled the door open and walked in. They walked in and covered there faces as the stench of rotting meat filled the air, they waved flies away from their faces and walked towards a body that lay on the floor. Pamela Ewing , her mouth taped and arms bound was pushed into a corner.
Jeb kneeled down and ripped off the tape from her mouth. Pamela coughed and took a moment to gather her breath.

"What is going on? Who are you?" she asked fearfully.

"Lets just say we have a long history with the Ewing family, we met once or twice, Pammy, long ago, very long ago. Your husband and his brother - should of kept their nose out of our business" Jeb explained in a sarcastic manner

Willie butted in

"You are our bargaining chip Mrs Ewing - so you best do what we tell you and you will be fine. We don't want to rough you up but if this messes up you will rot here like the rest of the dead carcasses left in this meat freezer"

Jeb took out a cell phone. "Now Mrs Ewing you are going to say a few little words for your hubby back home - you know the usual crap, tell him your fine and perhaps put on a few tears about how much you miss him - now whats the number to his private line"

Pamela looked on.

Bobby drove his car down the highway on his way to the scene of the car accident, Lucy sat at his side. The phone rang in the car, Bobby reached over with one hand and picked it up

"Hello" he said

"Is that Bobby Ewing?" Jeb asked

Bobby frowned "Who is this?"

"I have someone here who wants to talk to you" Jeb smiled and turned to Pamela

"Now remember Pammy, not a word about where you are, you slip up and thats it. Its over." Jeb threatened her.

Pam nodded and Jeb gave her the phone.

"Bobby" Pam said shakily

Bobby looked up to the skies with a mass of relief.

"Pamela, Pamela thank god" Bobby said with an intense joy "Where are you?"

"Bobby, Im fine, they have me. These two men -" before she could finish her sentence Jeb grabbed the phone from her

"Bobby Ewing - your wife is fine for now and if she stays that way depends on you" Jeb explained

"What the hell is going on? Who the hell are you?" Bobby shouted as Lucy looked on in confusion.

"I guess Parmalee has told you everything by now and if not it wasn't long." Jebs said looking down at Pamela.

Bobby thought for a moment "Ames? " he whispered

"Got it in one Mr Ewing and I got your wife. So no Police, no funny business and she'll be fine. We want money, we want out of the states, a private plane to escort us to Mexico, you can arrange that?" Jebs asked

"Whatever you want but just don't hurt my wife" Bobby begged

"I will be back in touch tomorrow morning Ewing, on your private number." Jeb instructed

"Tomorrow? I can arrange it now, I can do it now" Bobby pleaded with him.

"Tomorrow , I said tomorrow" Jeb replied and hung up the phone.

"Ames? Ames" Bobby called.

Bobby put his foot on the accelerator and spun the car around, skidding in its tracks sending a dust cloud up into the sky.

"What's going on Bobby? " Lucy asked

"We have to go back to Southfork and you don't breath a word of this. They have Pam, the men responsible for your granddaddy's death have Pam." Bobby explained as he sped back to Southfork.

"What are you going to do?" Lucy asked.

"Wait - wait for instructions what else can I do?, just wait " Bobby said hoping everything would work out just fine.