Falling Apart

"Dad!" Emily screamed, struggling out of the man's arms.

"It's alright love." Cal said, trying to calm her. He slowly crept up towards the man with the gun.

Emily screamed again once she felt the cold barrel of the gun on her temple.

"Put the gun down." Ben said, keeping his gun trained on Emily's captor.

"Now why would I do that?"

"You are going to jail anyway. Do you want to have murder added to your sentence?"

"Does it matter?"

"I think so." Cal said, keeping his eyes on Emily's.

She let a single tear fall and gribbed the man's arms, digging her nails into them. "Well of course you do. She's your daughter." The man said with a chuckle.

"Let me go!" Emily yelled, bringing elbow back into his gut forcefully. The man fell back with a grunt and Cal grabbed Emily and pulled her away as Ben cuffed the man.

.:.

Cal stared at Zoe and shoved his hands into his pockets nervously, "What exactly do you want to tell me?" He asked.

"I want full custody of Emily." She said with a determined look.

He stared at her and chuckled, "What do you really want?"

"I'm serious Cal."

"You aren't stupid enough to actually do that." He said, trying to keep a smile.

"Cal... I am totally serious. Your job is too dangerous. She could have died last night!" She yelled at him.

"But she didn't! You can't take her from me!"

"Yes I can and I plan too... I am sorry but I don't want my daughter to die."

"Our daughter," He whispered, "OUR daughter!" He said madly, "How exactly do you plan to do this?"

"Take it to court. I have a very convincing argument." She said with a shrug.

"She is the only thing that really matters to me! Have you even brought this up with her?" He yelled.

"It doesn't matter what she thinks. It is for her safety Cal." She said sternly.

He shook his head and ran a hand through his hair. "No. You can't do this." He said. She sighed and leaned against the wall. "You can't. I won't let you." He felt her hand on his arm and he backed away quickly, "Don't you dare try to comfort me." He then turned and walked away.

.:.

"You know what? You seriously need to just give me some asnwers Leo." Cal said with a cold laugh.

Leo shrugged and rolled his fingers on the table in the cube. "That's too easy."

Cal's eyes widened and he took a deep and loud breath.

"Excuse us." Gillian said, grabbing Cal's arm and dragging him out.

"What?" He asked her madly.

"What's wrong?"

"What the bloody hell would make you think something was wrong?" He asked frowning.

"Because you can't read Leo at all." She said, gesturing towards the cube.

"He's good."

"You're better."

Cal ran a hand through his hair and sighed. His mouth opened, but he couldn't say it. He turned around and walked back into the cube. "Back already?" Leo asked with a chuckle.

"I'm done with Mr. Smart-Ass." Cal warned, pulling up a chair and sat in front of Leo.

"I'm not... I think Mr. Smart-Ass is fun." Leo smiled and leaned back in his own chair. Cal attempted a smile, but just bit his lip, "Awww... what's wrong?" Leo asked.

"Where were you when it happened?"

"Huh?"

"When she was killed! Where were you?"

"At home... 4 miles away from her house."

"How do you know where she lives?" Cal asked.

"She is my ex-sister-in-law."

Cal raised his eyebrows and walked out. "I need more information on why he got divorced and we need to talk to his ex-wife."

Gillian strugged to keep up with him as they walked to his office, "When are you going to tell me the problem?"

"Not yet." He then shut the door to his offce before she could enter.

She sighed and walked away.

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"I love you dad." Emily whispered into the phone that the man had given her.

"I love you too Em. Everything is going to be okay. I promise. I am going to find you. Don't worry." He heard her take a deep breath and then silence. "What does is-"

"Times up." The man said in a low voice. He chuckled and slapped the phone shut.

"We need to find her." Cal said to Ben, running outside, "It was definitely under ground. Maybe near a railroad because it sounded like a train near them." Cal slammed the door shut and Ben was soon driving the car quickly. "God... what if something happens to her Ben?"

"Let's not think about that."

A/N: New story... im trying to follow the characters better and i thought this could be a fun story... leave reviews!

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