Chapter 21

Who was shot

Matt moved off Lisa and Stephanie and saw the massive amount of blood and panicked Lisa moved he checked her out

"Oh thank God you are ok baby" Matt said

Then he looked at Stephanie and covered Lisa's eyes so she wouldn't see When the gun went of Stephanie was shot right it the head it had killed her instantly

Lisa's Father and Brothers had come back to the floor to see all the commotion with the security officers and the police but they weren't allowed in the room Stephanie's body had been placed on a stretcher and covered in a white sheet to be brought to the morgue .When Eric F. and Lisa's Brothers saw it they assumed it was Lisa and Eric fell to his knees and Matt came out just as he did

He saw that Matt wasn't hysterical "If your not hysterical then that couldn't have been my baby girl" Eric said

"No it wasn't" Matt told them "Maybe you should come in here and sit" Matt guided them into the room

"Oh baby girl" her dad said as he went to hold her

"I can't believe she is dead she said as she looked past her dad to her brothers "I am so sorry I didn't want it to happen this way she came here to kill me, she would have too if Matt and the security guard didn't open the door and startle her Matt and I both jumped her to get the gun away from her and the gun went off "

Although Ridge and Thorne were devastated at the loss of their mother they knew it wasn't Lisa and Matt's fault and didn't blame them but how to tell the rest of the family and their kids Ridge and Thorne went to make the appropriate calls When new of who the gunman was leaked it would make national news and the family had to be told before word got out

Lisa, Matt and the security guard talked to the police as Eric F waited outside the room,but Matt could see that Lisa had enough after a while and he asked them if they could continue this later

All Lisa wanted to do was see her babies and feed them so Eric wheeled her to the NICU and stayed with her while Matt called his family to let them know about what happened because it was probably all over the news by now

KTVN channel 2 Reno Tahoe news was all over the story by the time Matt called the ranch his mother Annie answered the phone

"Oh Matt thank God its all over the news about the shooting at Renown in Reno on the Maternity floor"

"Is that daddy" Emma asked

"Is Mama OK" Ethan asked

"Tell them Mama is fine he is with grampy and he wheeled her to the NICU to feed the babies, Annie told them what Matt told her " But don't tell them what I am about to tell you, Lisa is pretty shaken up." Matt said

Yes I can imagine, the news said the identity of the intended victim is unknown and the identity of the shooter remained unknown Annie told him

"Well as you can pretty well guess, it was Stephanie who came into the hospital with the intent to kill Lisa God I cant even believe that phrase just came out of my mouth." He told her exactly what happened including the struggle and how the gun went off.

"Oh my god Matt you and Lisa could have been killed, I am going to let the family know but not in full detail well except for your father I don't want them to freak out."

"I will let you know when it is OK to visit at the hospital again right now it is a media circus and the police are everywhere" Matt said

"I will be staying at the hospital tonight Lisa is still very shaken up and overwhelmed." I will call you in the morning Give Emma Ethan and Jacob a kiss for me I am going to go to the NICU now Love you mom"

"Love you too and I will call your cell later to talk to you and Lisa if she is up to it. Bye Matt"

Matt walked down the hall past the police and some reporters who tried to get a statement from him he went to the NICU and was buzzed in Lisa was nursing Leah when he went in and Lisa's dad was giving Zachary a bottle

Matt gowned up and picked up Alexis and sat with her in the rocker and the nurse handed him a bottle and he fed her The 3 of them were very quiet except for talking to the babies they were all in a state of shock

After an hour or so all babies were put in there bassinets and Lisa was wheeled back to the maternity ward she was put in a different room her old room had police tape that cordoned off the room

Eric C and Annie called that night to check to see how Lisa was and told them they would check in the morning to see how things were and if they should visit or not

Tuesday Matt awoke to his cell ringing

"Hello, Matt said in a groggy voice

"Matt, it's mom I just wanted to let you know somehow the media knows the family's Identity and where the ranch is we are swamped with the media here KTVN channel 2 and KOLO channel 8. We called Kevin and he called some others from the sheriff department and got them off the property but they are at the gate"

"Oh no how the heck did that happen? Mom I think you should keep Emma and Ethan home and maybe you should think about keeping Sam and David home too," Matt said

"Yeah we have already decided to do that.

"Good maybe you should stay home today I know Lisa wouldn't want the kids to face the media. I know they both want to come to the hospital but it is a hot spot here too I hope it dies down by the end of the week Lisa and the babies my be discharged by the end of the week and that's all we would need is to bring home preemie triplets with that kind of circus.

Lisa's father and the rest of the family gave statements to the media and helped Matt to deal with it to, The Foresters given the nature of the business they were in had a lot of experience dealing with the media and scandal although never this severe. The real story was never given out to protect the not just the business but the grandchildren as well

Once the media were given what they wanted the press died down so by the time Lisa and the babies were all discharged on January 31st they didn't have to deal with it.

All the babies were over the 5 pound requirement and could pass the car seat test The only thing they were sent home with as a precaution was an apnea monitor

Stephanie's body had been released and flown back to New York were the family had a VERY private service and for obvious reasons Lisa and Matt didn't attend but they also had the excuse for the public that well she just came home from the hospital with Triplets.

It was anything BUT normal back at Camden's Crossing dealing with 4 babies but it was happy Luckily they had all the help in the world to deal with 4 babies.

PLEASE LOOK FOR THE CONTINUING SAGA IN THE FAMILY IN MY NEXT INSTALLMENT CAMDEN'S CROSSING