Adam and Scott sat nervously at the Pine Valley police department. They could hear little snippets of things like "kidnapped," "Lavery," "Chandler," "sending out descriptions," and "Texas," but they still couldn't piece together what exactly was going on. Finally, Jesse came to enlighten them.
"They found them," he said.
"Oh, thank God…" Adam said. He stood up. "When will they be here?"
"Change of plans, they're injured so my men taking them to Pine Valley Hospital."
"Injured badly?" Scott asked. Jesse frowned.
"Go to the hospital. They're bringing them in right now."
Annie and Emma were brought into Pine Valley hospital on stretchers, Ryan following close behind them. He held Emma's hand in his as Angie Hubbard approached them.
"Jesse told me you found them," she said. She smiled briefly at Emma, then turned to on of the nurses. "What do we have?"
"For this one," she said, pointing to Emma. "We just have a split lip, but we should check her over. For Ms. Lavery we have several flesh wounds and bruises, possible internal bleeding, and she needs an evidence collection examination."
"Rape?" Angie asked. The nurse nodded.
"Oh my God…" Ryan whispered, his blue eyes wide in shock. He held Emma's hand tighter.
The three nurses around a nearly comatose Annie wheeled her into an examination room, and Emma was wheeled nearby where Angie followed.
"We're so glad to have you back, Emma," Angie said with a smile. Emma smiled back slightly.
"Is my mommy going to be okay?" she asked, tears in her eyes.
"You're going to be fine, mommy's going to be fine…everything is alright, Emma. You're safe now," Angie assured the little girl. Ryan gave her a smile of thanks. "Now let me just clean this up for you."
Angie got a wet medical cloth and wiped the blood off Emma's split lip, then put some medication on it before covering it with a bandage.
"Does this bruise here hurt really bad?" Angie asked Emma, pointing to the bruise on her cheek. Emma shook her head.
"Not really bad."
Ryan realized this was harder for him than he thought. He had just saw that bruise was on Emma's cheek, and he knew by the shape of it that Terry had slapped his daughter. He would be fuming without his little girl at his side.
"Well, Miss Emma," Angie said. "You're all done getting patched up. Now…" Angie felt Emma's forehead. "You're a little hot, but it might be dehydration. When's the last time you ate, sweetie?"
"On my birthday," Emma whispered, her eyes down. "Thursday." Ryan jumped up.
"I'm going to go get her something from the cafeteria," Ryan said, furious at Terry for not feeding them for three days. He kissed Emma on the forehead. "I love you so so so much. I'll be right back." He ran out, determined to be back in the room with his daughter as soon as possible.
Adam and Scott Chandler ran into the main hallway of Pine Valley hospital so quickly that they bumped into Ryan Lavery.
"Have you seen them?! How are they?!" Adam asked, a hand on each of Ryan's shoulders. Ryan nodded.
"Emma's fine…physically, I mean. Just a bruise and a cut, thank God. And…um…little red marks on her arms…she won't say it but I know its from being tied up." Ryan looked about to cry.
"I'm sorry…what about Annie?" Scott asked. He and Adam both feared the answer. Ryan didn't respond. Growing impatient, Adam started running past each room.
"Where is she?!"
"Adam, stop," Ryan said. He stood in front of Adam, and the look on his face froze the old man in his tracks. "She's going to live. But she was beat up really bad. She's in the examination room now." Ryan took a deep breath. "She was raped."