It's been hard to process everything since Marcus is in jail, and the death of my brother still haunts me up to this day.
*Previously*
"Jacob, Jacobbb"...I screamed as I burst through the doors.
There he was lifeless on the floor.
Gasping for air, as I saw my brother. I felt like my soul just left my body. A thousands thoughts flustered my mind. I could feel the wetness on my T-shirt as the tears escaped my eyes.
I held on to my lifeless brother for what felt like a thousand years. Bawling my eyes and felt nothing but numbness.
I could feel the presence of someone standing over me. "Emily?" The sound of my moms voice.
As I turned around I could see the shock in my mother's eyes, tears escaping her eyes. That was the last thing I remembered before passing out.
*beep beep...beep beep*
Was the sound I heard as I slowly opened my eyes. Gasping for breath...I noticed the familiar room, heart rate monitor on my left, needles in my arms. My eyes opened widely as a sudden shock of reality hit.
"Jacob?" I questioned on the hospital bed I laid on.
"I'm sorry sweetie"....she said while crying.
Sniffling while my eyes filled with tears, I asked, " Mom what happened to you?"
Marcus isn't who he says he is sweetie. He planned this all along.
"How...how did he know who we were?"
"How did he find us?"
"Who is he?"
A lot of questions raced through my mind. Shhhh... I'll tell you everything ok. Just get some rest. "Mom said".
After 3 days in the hospital, I finally got to go home. While getting ready to go, I noticed a figure standing by the bathroom. "Mom?" I called out.
Slowly walking in the direction of the bathroom... I gasped from the nurses' voice as she entered the room. "Emily!! So you're all ready to go. Take 3 of this a day and everything would be great."
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Finally, I made it home. I went straight to my room. It feels all new being here, especially without Jacob. As I lay on my bed, a heard a sudden knock.
"I'm just resting mom".
But the knocking continued. I said I'm resting....I yelled while opening the door. But no one was there.
"Mom?" I called out. But there were no answer.
Heading downstairs I noticed my mom in the kitchen. "Did you just knock?" I asked.
No, she responded.
"Mom, can you tell me everything please, I deserve to know".
~Moms POV ~
When you and Jacob left me here. I thought to myself something isn't right. Everything started to go down in since Marcus appeared. So..I did some digging. Apparently your dad knows Marcus' parents. They owed him some money for some type business. Marcus wasn't to happy with his inheritance being touched so he killed his family.
Hearing my mom ramble about everything...I felt so guilty allowing him to get so close to me. I felt like this all my fault.
Hours passed after my mom told me everything with Marcus and everything that's been happening to us since we got here. As I headed up to my room, I decided to turn on the television, flipping through channels to watch something to get my mind off everything.
Skipping though the news I noticed something similar. As went back on the news channel I recently passed I noticed the headline stated: ESCAPE CONVICT
Standing on my feet, I gasped as I noticed it was Marcus.
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