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Nightmare.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! "Everyone get down on the floor!" That could be heard followed by screaming and running for cover. Emmy froze she wasn't sure what was going on but, knew something bad was taking place. She looked around for family. Her Grandpa was being shielded by body guards. Was this a hit on her family? She scramble to her knees and hid under the table. The sound of shots being fired was getting louder. As, Emmy hid she brought her knees to her chest and started to panic. Was her parents okay? Was her sisters and her brother? She prayed for everyone to be safe. Closing her eyes she tried to calm down but, the shots only became louder as yelling and scream filled her ears. "Ridge Montgomery!" Emmy heard a mans voice call out for her father. "You think you can just take one of shipments and get away with it?!" The man shouted out and footsteps could be heard walking closer. "You take something of mine, I'll take something of yours." The voice was cold and filled with anger. Emmy held her breath as she saw shoes walk past followed by another shot that caused someone to call down. Emmy could only see a little but, she knew she had to escape someway or how. Feeling her lips trembling she didn't understand how a good night turned into a nightmare.
It was her grandfather's birthday party. Family and flew in from Italy to celebrate. It was in a hall in New York. Great food, music and overall happiness. Emmy was happy to be around her family and missed moments like this. Why did this have to happen? Why now? Everything happened so, fast now there was shots being fired. Hearing it become quite she slowly and carefully looked around before making a run for it. She saw one of her father's body guards rushing over. "Emmy, you need to get out of here. Go with Milo and he will take you to a safe room." The guard said.
Emmy looked around and spoke, "Wait, where is my dad? My mom? My sisters? My brother? Is my grandfather safe?" She needed to know these things. But, before they could be answered Milo pulled her out of the room. Seeing a couple of bodies on the floor she fought see who it was. "I need to find my parents! Let me go!" She tried to pull away but, Milo took her out and into a safe room. She looked around seeing her grandfather and her two sisters. She ran over to them and hugged them before going over to hug her grandfather. "Grandfather are you okay?" Emmy asked softly.
Her grandfather smiled softly and took his hand rested it on her cheek. "I'm okay. Don't worry about me. Have I told you how much you look like your mother? You have her eyes and her heart of gold." He said softly.
Emmy looked at her grandfather and fought back tears. "Is mom safe?" She asked her sisters who said they didn't see their mom. "We need to find her!" She got up and rushed to the door but, Milo stopped her. "Our mom is out there still! I need to find her! She needs to be in here with us."
"Emmy," Milo said as he paused. "I'm sure your mom is safe. Right now we need to be in here and wait. Your father has this covered and your brother." He reassured her.
As Milo said this another round of gunshots could be heard and then the sound of her father's voice. "Get my daughters out of here and take them straight to the house and take their grandfather with them too. They are to be guarded and not let out of the house. Go now!" Her father said in a stern voice.
Milo and another guard took them out the private door. Emmy along with her sisters were taken to a car. She held her grandfather's hand. In the car it was quiet. She placed her head against the window and breathed out. Emmy hoped and prayed her brother and mom were safe. Arriving at the house they all went inside and took a seat. Now the waiting started. After a couple hours her grandfather started to hum a song he used to sing to them when they were younger. Sitting on the edge of the couch the front door opened and in came her big brother. Emmy got up and hugged him. Her sisters went to hug him too. "Is dad okay? Where's mommy?" She asked worried.
Her brother looked at their grandfather and hugged him. "Grandfather how about you go get some rest okay?" Her brother helped their grandfather to the bedroom and came out. "Everything is taken care o---"
The sound of the door to the living room opened up and in came their father. He had a look in his eyes something was going on. He greeted each of them with a hug. "Are you all okay? Did you any of you get hurt?" He asked. "I have to go down to the hospital," Ridge said his voice cracking in tears.
"Dad? What's going on? Where is mommy?" She asked.
Ridge took a deep breath. "Your mom---" He fell to his knees crying out.
Looking at her dad and then to her brother and then to her sisters. "Did mommy get hurt?"
Their father looked up and spoke his words shaking. "She's gone. She got shot and didn't make it." Ridge said as her two sisters went to his side and hugged him tightly. "I'm so, sorry." He said crying more.
Emmy stood their shocked she didn't believe it. "This is a sick joke! Tell me you're lying!" Emmy felt her stomach turn upside down. "Where is mommy?!" She ran to the front door tried to unlock the door but, couldn't move. Her brother came over and pulled her close. "I want to see mommy! Please!" She demanded with tears rolling down her cheeks.
"Emmy you don't want to see her like this." Her brother hugged her as he tears up.
Shaking her head some she pulled back. "Mommy is all alone, she needs us. Please let me see her." Begging her brother.
Ridge came over and spoke. "I got Emmy. Can you keep an out for your sisters? Don't say anything to your grandfather yet." He said to his song. "Emmy, I'm going to see your mom now. I don't think you should come but, if you want I will take you." Walking out the car he opened the door for Emmy and then got in on his side. The ride to the hospital felt like it took hours but, as they arrived to the hospital the body guard opened the doors and walked in with them inside. At the front desk Emmy's father spoke. "We're here to identify a body. It's my wife." The person behind the desk looked up and then said where they would go.
Emmy hoped and prayed that it wasn't her mom. What if they were wrong? She walked with her dad and looked at him. As a nurse came out she took them down the hospital morgue. It was cold it felt like a movie. As, they came to the room it read 'Morgue' the person inside nodded at the nurse and then looked to Emmy and her dad. Removing the sheet to show the face Emmy closed her eyes. 'Please, don't let it be Mommy' she prayed. As, her eyes opened it all hit like a ton of bricks. "Mommy?" She said in a weak voice. "No," She went over to the body and laid her head against her mom's head. "Mommy please wake-up! Please!" She begged through the tears. "You can't be gone." Her eyes in tears. She felt her dad pull her close to him. "She can't be gone Dad. Please fix her. Please." She said through the tears.
Standing there in the hospital morgue crying Emmy didn't know how to get through this. How would her family get through this? It truly felt like like a nightmare.
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