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Chapter 10
Brian's View
I walked quickly down to the emergency entrance and stood waiting for the ambulances to show up. I was worried out of my mind. Were Christian and Michelle OK? I prayed so much that they were.
Finally two ambulances drove up and the backs flew open, paramedics jumping out. I pushed through the doors and ran over to the back of one of the ambulances. Michelle was being lowed out of it.
"Oh my God, Michelle! Oh sweetie," I cried looking at her motionless body.
"Sir, please step to the side! We need to get her inside!" someone yelled at me pushing me to the side. Tears streamed down my face as paramedics surrounded her and started to roll her into the hospital. I can't believe this is happening.
I spun around hearing another stretcher hitting the ground and what I saw before me horrified me. I stood there not moving, gaping at the sight of Christian's body. That wasn't my son, my son didn't look like that. The person in front of me had cuts all over him, pieces of glass were visible in his body, blood was dripping down his arms and his legs, it was staining his white T-shirt and the stretcher under him.
"Christian, oh lord, buddy Daddy's right here," I cried rushing over to him.
"Sir please move out of the way!" A man pushed me to the side. I didn't argue so I just stood back and stared, teary eyed, after my son. Someone then put his hand on my shoulder, I spun around to come face to face with Nick.
"Oh God," I said as he wrapped me in a hug.
"I'm so sorry Brian, things are going to be alright," he said softly. I just sobbed into his shoulder.
"Dad?" I heard a small voice behind me. I pulled away from Nick and turned around to find Jason looking up at me sadly.
"Oh Jason, come here," I cried opening my arms. He ran into my arms and started to cry into my shoulder. I hugged him tightly rocking him back and forth.
"It's OK Jason," I said kissing the top of his head and rubbing his back. He shook his head and said, "No it's not!"
"Shh...don't talk buddy," I said softly. We sat outside for a few more minutes and then we finally moved into the hospital sitting down in a couple seats near the back of the waiting room.
"Nick, did you call the others?" I asked, my arm was around Jason and his head was resting on my shoulder. Nick nodded his head and said, "I called Tiffany's parents and yours too, I kinda called everybody, They should be here soon."
I nodded my head and looked down at Jason who was hiccupping.
"Jason? Could you do me a favor?" I asked. Jason sat up straight in his chair, wiped his tears away and nodded his head slowly.
"What happened tonight?" I asked.
"I don't really know, I was sleeping in my bed and Michelle and Christian came in closing the door behind them whispering. I don't know what happened before that but there were three women..." he began.
"What? Wait...did you just say there were three women?" I asked my eyes widening.
"Yeah," he said nodding his head.
"Did they say their names at all or did you see their faces?" I asked.
"Well, I heard the name Leighanne," he said.
"Leighanne? Oh no, did you hear Sarah or Mandy?" I asked.
"I don't think I did," he said.
"OK, well you can keep going."
"OK, after that we went..." Jason continued to tell me what he had seen. I had no idea he witnessed through a window in the front of the house, Michelle being pushed down the stairs, he said that she looked like a rag doll being thrown around. That brought tears to my eyes once again.
"I had no idea all that happened," I said quietly.
"Of course Dad, you weren't there," Jason lightly laughed.
"Yeah...I wasn't there," I said sadly. I knew I should have been there. If I was none of this would have happened. I could have prevented it but I had to be stubborn and stay here for another night. Three of my children are missing, two are in critical condition and, to my relief, Jason is fine but to top it all off the love of my life is in a coma. How could this happen to me? My family is falling apart...the people that I love most in the world are being taken away from me. I could barely deal with what was happening to Tiffany but now...what am I supposed to do? Half my family is missing and the other half are...dying. What did I ever do to deserve something like this? I really thought that my life was going great before all this and that I had nothing to worry about but what really makes me sad is the fact that if I actually did go home to be with the kids they would still be alright. That mistake that I made just a couple hours ago is changing my life forever.
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