Second Chances

Pushing It

After the party, some of the guests- Pride and their children plus Guita- went to the Stein Mansion.

Guita sat on the bay window with her guitar as Hana sat next to Guita. Hana hands her friend a glass of whiskey. Guita looked at her friend worriedly, "Pang ilan mo na yan?"

"My eighth glass," Hana admits, "why?"

"Don't you have work tomorrow?" Guita questioned.

"What's your point?" Hana focuses her eyes on her friend.

"Never mind," Guita shook her head, "I forget the time you took a calculus test drunk and still got an A++ on it."

As the night went on, everyone started to leave except the Minorus and Guita.

Janet had gone down to the garage a few moments ago. Chase decided to check on his mother; what he saw made him scream. "Call 911!"

The panic in his voice made everyone rush downstairs. They all gasped; Victor couldn't breathe, his pregnant wife had a deep cut on her lower abdomen.

Tina immediately sat beside a sobbing Janet. Janet cried, "I can't lose this baby! I just can't..."

"And you won't." Tina sighs.

Guita showed Hana a video from the CCTV. A burglar broke in and tried to steal one of the luxury cars. Janet tried to fight them off but got slashed on the abdomen. Hana looked around the floor and saw a rusty knife. Hana bends down to pick it up and saw the engraving:

Atlas Academy of 2004.

Tina yells, "Call the Yorkeses!"

Victor knelt beside Tina and held Janet's hand.

Amy, who was on the phone with Gert, ends the call, "Gert said, they'll be right over, but it would take a while..."

Hana sighs, "Okay, they might not gotten that far..."

"Who's they?" Victor asked.

Hana reveals the videos; Victor looks at his wife, "They'll pay for this." Victor promised, kissing Janet on the forehead. "Hana, stay here."

Hana looked startled by the command, and so was Janet. Janet stares at her husband, "I don't-"

Hana breathed out, "You're really pushing it..." Hana gave the knife to Guita, "Fine! Go with them..."

Guita nods as Hana knelt and applied pressure on the wound.

Tina saw the fear in Janet's eyes, "I'll stay too. Robert, go help, Victor and Guita."

Janet sighs, "I don't thi-"

"Oh, trust me, you want me here," Tina smirks, "to prevent Hana from killing you."

Robert looks at Tina, "You sure?"

Tina nods, "Take Nico with you."

Nico nods, "Can I drive?"

Robert chuckles, "Not a chance... backseat, now."

Nico frowns and climbs in the backseat. Hana looks at her phone and dials, "Andre, Janet Stein was cut with a knife on the right lower abdomen... and she's also seven months pregnant..." Hana then puts the phone on speaker and places it on the floor.

"You need a needle and thread." Andre breathed out.

"Chase..." Hana turns to the man.

Chase's face fell, "I... I... I don't know."

Tina sighs, This kid's stupidity baffles me! "In the medicine cabinet..." Janet said, pain evident in her voice.

Amy nods to her older sister and grabs Chase's elbow, "Let's go!"

Tina went pale. "Mom..." Hana looks at Tina, "you okay?"

Tina nodded and stood up, walking towards the lab. Hana looks at Janet's wound as Amy and Chase hand the sewing kit to Hana. "You need to disinfect the needle," Andre instructed.

Hana nodded and used a lighter to disinfect the needle; she looked at Chase. "Put pressure on her cut." Hana looked at Amy, "You do the stitching." Hana stood up as Chase did what he was told. "I will be right back." She walked towards the lab, "Hey, you okay?"

Tina turns around opens her mouth to say something, but before anything can come out, Tina falls unconscious. Hana caught her. Amy gasped and immediately stood up. "Stay there!" Hana ordered her sister.