Elena attempts to kidnap Allison

Life, Crime

Elena intercepts Daniel's family as they are driving home through a storm. She takes Allison at gunpoint and runs off. Daniel gives chase, and is wounded.   Elena is struck by lightning, giving Daniel a chance to catch up and take Allison back.

She looked into the rest of the car and saw a woman in the passenger seat, who, judging by the plain ring on her finger, was obviously now his wife, though they had just started going out last time she saw them. The wife wore a dark evening dress and two plain studs in her ears. She had a tired look about her and did not seem bothered about the interruption. In the back sat two children. The eldest, a girl of about six who also wore a dress; this one in pink with white flowers patterned through it. The youngest was newborn, probably a month or two old. She sat in a car seat, covered in a blanket appliquéd with horses. Her dummy pulsed in her mouth as she slept.   The Father looked at the Woman, drops of Rain darkening his light blue shirt, ‘Are you lost?’ he asked.   ‘No,’ she replied, pulling from beneath her cloak a large Colt revolver decorated with images from the American west. She pointed it at the Father, ‘I came for your daughter.’