"It's my decision."

"It's our child Emily. You can't just make a decision like this without talking to me about it."

"Yes I can!" "No you can't Emily. When we got married, the I's changed to us'. This is not a decision that will just affect you. it will affect the both of us and our family. We have already lost two children and now you want to murder our last one."

"I LOST TWO CHILDREN, NOT YOU!"

"How selfish can you be Emily? I helped create this pregnancy and you want to tell me that I didn't lose two children. I have loved all of our children unconditionally since the moment I found out about them. I cannot let you make this decision." "This is my body!" "It's my baby too!"

"I don't want this baby.", Emily screamed out in-between tears. She buried her face between her hands and sobbed loudly. "I don't want this baby if it means that I lose Pandora. I'm not even sure if I want this baby at all. If you can't respect that then maybe I don't want you anymore either. I don't want any of this anymore."

"Emily we have to talk about this." "No we don't. If I need to end this pregnancy to save my daughter then so be it." "Your talking about murder!" "GET OUT! Get the hell away from me Steve. I hate you!"

Steve wanted to grab Emily's wracking body to soothe her, but she'd just crushed him completely. He gave Emily what she wanted and left the room to go into the hallway. Tran heard the entire fight and felt tears trickle down her face. She couldn't believe that Emily would want an abortion. She knew deep down that it was the guilt and grief that was talking and not Emily's rational mind. Emily desperately wanted a huge family, but she was terribly afraid of everything that she just went through. She saw Steve, who was nearly in tears, walking over towards her. In that same moment, Pandora's doctor was walking in her direction. Steve stopped walking and looked up at the doctor and Tran. "I don't care what you have to do, but don't let her go through with this. She isn't thinking clearly. Please save Pandora and our baby."

Tran wiped away her tears and nodded her head at Steve. She gave him a hug and whispered in his ear, "Find him and kill him." "I will."

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Egypt felt eyes on him as he pulled the thick blanket over Winter and Wolf. He kept his back turned but said, "it's not your fault Dec." "If I never came back then-"

"You'd probably be dead. Look I know you want to blame yourself but mom and dad are already blaming themselves. It's no one's fault except the guy who did this. We're all alive and that's all that matters."

Declan stood motionless and let Egypt's words sink in. He failed to hear the person walk up behind him. "Your brother's right", Doris said.

"But that doesn't change how I feel. If I never came back, then mom wouldn't have gotten shot and Pandora wouldn't be fighting for her life. This is all my fault and I'll never forgive myself." Doris reached out to Declan but he just walked away with his head hung low.

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"Ma'am, you'll feel a pinch but I want you to keep squeezing the ball in your hand. Take a deep breath. You ever given a transfusion before?"

"No I haven't. This is actually my first time giving blood at all." Catherine said with a nervous chuckle.

"What changed your mind?" The young nurse asked. Catherine let out a breath before speaking.

"I've caused enough trouble with this family. I figured it was the least that I could do. I wasn't even sure that I'd be a match."

A knock at the door shifted Catherine's attention. She turned her head and felt her anxiety bubble up again.

"Thank you." Emily said barely above a whisper. Before Catherine could speak, Emily said, "Why are you doing it though? We don't exactly have a good track record with one another. Is this some sort of guilt trip?"

"Yes and no. I do feel guilty about what happened but I'm choosing to do this because it's the right thing to do. You're pregnant and shouldn't have to choose between your unborn child and one of your daughters."

Emily eased herself into a nearby chair, "Who told you? Steve? Doris? Tran?"

"Actually it was Declan."

A/N: Definitely one of my shorter chapters but I felt the need to at least give some sort of update. This story is coming to an end pretty soon. I'll update as soon as I can.