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our damndest to keep her behind bars."
    "Thank you. That's all I want," I say, wiping tears from my face.
    We drive to the station and wait while Cara goes through an interview. That's how we find out that her odd-looking friend - she of the badly done Mohawk haircut - has been involved in tracking us down to our temporary hideout and to our new home! Her friend - Melanie - also helped her find our studio. After obtaining her street address, the police drive to Melanie's flat and arrest her as an accomplice to Lizzie's attempted kidnapping. Now, I'm glad we went, even though we're all completely exhausted!
    As the two accomplices are interviewed, the police slowly begin to realize that they could both have mental issues. Before continuing any further with their questioning of both young women, the police take them to their cells, where they are locked up. A magistrate orders evaluations for both Cara and Melanie. He also orders that they be detained until trial - they have already proven that they are willing and able to take dangerous actions to get to Marcus, the target of Cara's...erm, "affections."
    Because of our band's fame, word quickly seeps out to all the news outlets - newspapers, tabloids and the telly. All of them get wind of Lizzie's attempted kidnapping. The tabloids especially have a field day with Cara and Melanie. Fortunately, the press sees me in a positive light. No news outlet, no anchor, no reporter appreciates that Cara or Melanie attempted to harm me or my baby in their effort to get to my husband. This means the press, at all levels, treat the defendants roughly in their accounts of the story.
    Unfortunately, this also means that reporters are camped out at our house, Marcus' parents' house and my parents' house. Laslow, Linny and Tim are also besieged with reporters. Our studio is overrun with reporters and television trucks and satellite feeds. Every one of our comings and goings - indeed, every facial expression we make - is breathlessly reported upon.
    Because of this, the crackpots inevitably come out from under their rocks, nooks and crannies. Soon - too soon, I see breathless accounts of "How I Helped Melanie and Cara Kidnap Johanna's Baby!" or "I Saw Everything Happen! Cara Threatened to Set the Baby on Fire!" It all becomes too much for me, as my imagination begins to run riot. Marcus finally has to set his foot down rather firmly. My mum and dad begin to take care of our food shopping, letting us know when they're nearby so we can let them into the back yard. We unload the groceries from their car, and then they stay and visit for a while. This happens infrequently because we decide to buy everything we need, so that we only need to replace staples and things we run out of often, such as nappies and wipes for Lizzie.
    Finally, things seem to be calming down. I notice that the numbers of reporters and satellite trucks swarming around the house and studio seem to be dwindling. I draw a huge breath of relief - as it turns out, prematurely. I learnt the following only after it happened:
    Cara, in her overweening desire to keep herself in Marcus' mind, finds a way to do so. A rather enterprising, erm, "reporter," for lack of a better word, disguises himself as a jail guard. He gets into the jail and finds where Cara is incarcerated, then, still in uniform, manages to interview her! She's only too eager to speak. She wants any opportunity to let Marcus know that she still "loves" him. Once that "reporter" leaves, he makes an immediate beeline to his employer's office, where he tells the editor that he has a scoop.
    The editor listens to the recording and reads the reporter's notes and he agrees. By the next morning, an accounting of "My Wild Night with Marcus Hadley: A True Accounting by Cara!" is splashed over the tabloids all over the U.K.
    I'm not aware of the story, so when a reporter raps on my car window, shouting at me as we arrive at the studio, I'm taken completely by surprise. Thankfully,