The lies they told

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The ride to the hospital took around 10 minutes. Lia and Cora roll Isabella into the hospital. Emma and Isabella were still holding hands. "Isabella Summer, six years old. The missing girl." "Okay." They went into the treatment room. "Miss you can't go in there." A doctor stopped Emma. "Sorry, I have to because otherwise you won't get to Isabella. She doesn't trust anyone except for me." "Miss, the little girl is asking for you." "Told you, I'm coming." Emma goes in with the nurse.

"Emma." Isabella reached her hand out to Emma. "I'm here Bella, don't worry. I'll stay with you as long as possible." "Okay." Isabella smiles a little. Emma brushes her fingers through Isabella's hair while the little girl squeezes her hand.

"Isabella, hey. My name is Nina, is it okay if I check you?" "Mhm." Isabella looks at Nina. Nina smiled and sat down by Isabella's side. Emma takes a chair and sits down by Isabella's side. Nina carefully lifts Isabella's Shirt and listens to Isabella's heart beat and breathing. "Everything sounds good. Is it ok with you if I feel your stomach?" "Mhm." "I'll be careful Isabella." "Okay." Nina gently pressed Isabella's stomach down. Isabella giggles. Nina smiles amused. "You seem very ticklish to me Isabella, is that so?" Isabella nods and giggles. "Your stomach is fine, nothing bad." "That's good isn't it Bella." "Mhm." Isabella smiled a little more than before. She got more comfortable with her situation now.

"I will go and talk to my colleagues. Then I'll tell you what we will do." "Okay." Nina smiles and closes the door behind her. Isabella looked at Emma. "Will they hurt me?" "No, maybe they will take your blood to test it and that might hurt a little to be honest with you but usually if you are not in pain it won't hurt." "Okay." Emma sighed. "Is it ok if I ask you a few questions?" "Mhm." "Did James ever hurt you or did something to you you didn't want?" "He slapped me a few times, but nothing else." "Okay, that's good." Emma smiles. Isabella smiled too. "Can you do that again?" "Do what again?" "Brush your fingers through my hair." "If you want to of course." Emma brushes her fingers through Isabella's hair again. "I like that." "Okay, then I'll continue." "Please." Isabella smiled as Emma continues to brush her fingers through her hair. Five minutes later Nina comes in.

"Hi there, so we decided that we will take a bit of your blood. I will be honest with you, it will hurt a bit." "Okay." "If you want to I'll hold your hand Bella." "Please." Bella took Emma's hand. "Squeeze it when it hurts okay." "Mhm." "I'll be as gentle as possible Isabella." "Okay." Isabella closed her eyes and turned her head to Emma's side. Nina gently cleanses Isabella's arm. Then she takes a bit of Isabella's blood to run a few tests. Isabella squeezes Emma's hand when Nina puts the needle in. "You good?" "Yeah, just hurts a little." "That's okay, I know it does an I hate that feeling." "Bella, look at me." Isabella looked at Emma. "You are really brave Bella." Isabella smiles. Emma smiles too.

"And we're done." Nina pulled the needle out of Isabella's arm and put a plaster on the little girls arm. "Now if you'd come outside with me now Nurse Ellie will be taking you to get X-ray's and an MRI scan." "Okay." Isabella and Emma followed Nina out of the room.

"Hi, I'm nurse Ellie and I'll be taking you to X-rays and MRI scan." "But I don't want to be alone." Isabella was scared. "I will wait for you Isabella. The doctors said that you will be brought to a room after the tests. I will be there. Okay." Isabella went with a nurse and Emma stayed behind.

"Where is she? Where is Isabella?" Amber and John came. Emma turned around to face them. "She just went with a nurse to get an MRI scan. And they also will do an X-ray." "Is she alright?" "She's okay." "Thank god you found her." "No problem." A Doctor came up to them. "Mister and Mrs Summer?" "Yes?" "We took Isabella's blood and found out that her blood type is B+, but both yours are A-." "John isn't Isabella's real father but Tom has A+." Amber covered her mouth. "Shit!" Escaped her lips.

Emma quickly understood. "Isabella isn't. daughter your is she? You kidnapped her!" John tried to run but is stopped by the police officer Hanna. "Yes we took her. I took her when I was together with Tom. I pretended that she was my child." "You played a whole pregnancy?" "Yes I did. And I played it good for six years." "What happened to her real parents?" "They died in a car crash. Two weeks affer parents Isabella was born!" "Ambers baby died. She switched her daughter with Isabella." "You both will go to jail for a long time!" Hanna passed Amber and John to her colleagues. Emma was shocked about the truth.

Hanna and Emma waited until Amber and John were removed from the hospital. "Isabella will be in room 106 shortly." "Okay thank you sir." "No problem." Emma and Hanna up to room 106. They knock on the door.

"Come in." Emma and Hanna go in. Isabella sat on the bed. "Hey Bella." "Hi." Emma sat down on the bed. "I'm Hanna by the way." Hanna took a chair and sat down. "We have to tell you something Isabella." "Okay." "We found out that Amber and John are not your real parents." "So it's true." "What do you mean true?"

"In school we were told that at least one of the parents has the child's bloat type and that's how I got my suspicion." Emma and Hanna were shocked. "Did you plan on telling them?" "Of course, but I never got to." Emma hugs Isabella. "Where are my real parents?" "In heaven darling, they died in a car crash." "But, who will take care of me? I don't want to live in an Orphanage." "I'm going to apply for a guardianship. Then maybe you can live with me and my boyfriend Oliver." "Really? You'd do that?" "Yes." Isabella smiles and hugs Emma tight. Emma chuckles and rubs Isabella's back gently.

"Thank you so much." Isabella started crying because she was so happy. "That's no problem Isabella." Emma hugs Isabella too. "You'll make a great mother Emma." Hanna smiled. "You think Hanna?" "Yes of course." Emma smiles at Hannah's kind words. "I'll call Oli to come and meet you." "Okay." Isabella wipes her tears away. "You know he always told me not to give up searching for you Bella. He was the one keeping me going and giving me hope." Isabella smiles at Emma.

"Did you meet Jessy?" "Yes, I met your best friend Jessy." "Did she tell you what I told her?" "Yes, she told me about that." "Would you have remembered?" "Probably. Everyone said their names and kinda introduced themselves a little. I think then I would have remembered who you are." Isabella smiles. "We will have to go to court soon." "Because of my parents?" "Mhm." Emma looked at Isabella. "You think you can do that?" "Mhm." Isabella nods a little scared. "Hey, no need to be scared. I'll be by your side." Emma runs her fingers through Isabella's hair. Isabella smiles. "When can I leave the Hospital?" "I don't know, we have to wait until a doctor tells us." "Oh, okay."

Later that day a doctor came and told Isabella that she needed to stay for two more days. The little girl could live with that knowing that Emma would visit her often.

TBC...