About five minutes after midnight Andrea tried to call Desiree to wish her a happy New Year. She got a sinking feeling in her stomach that something was wrong. She rushed home as fast as she could. When she didn't see Eli's car in the driveway, she got an even more eerie feeling. She hurriedly went into the house and up to Desiree's bedroom. What she saw terrified her. There was blood all over the sheets and pillows. Andrea immediately started crying. She got out her cell phone and dialed 911.

"911 what is your emergency?"

"My sister, my sister!" She said frantically and tearfully. "There's blood everywhere, she has holes in her head!"

"What's the address?"

She gave the address. "Please hurry, please!

"Is she breathing?"

"I don't know." She suddenly thought of Hallie. "Oh my god." She hung up the phone and ran down the hall to Hallie's room. She didn't see her at first. "Hallie, are you hiding?" "It's aunt Andrea." Hallie came out of her closet. Andrea picked her up. "Are you ok?"

"Yeah." "Daddy gave mommy boo-boos." "Bad boo-boos."

"Where did your daddy go?"

"I don't know." "He try to find me." "He yelled my name and I hide."

When the paramedics got there Desiree was alive but barely. Her skull was caved in.

An hour later Eli's car was found on the Tappan Zee Bridge, over a river. The engine was running and the driver's side door was open. On the passenger side was a bloody hammer on the seat, with Desiree's hair on it.

John woke up at six in the morning the next. He saw on Twitter through a news app he followed, that Desiree was at the hospital in intensive care. He got the next flight out. It was around one o'clock in the afternoon. He went up to the ICU and up to the front desk.

"Can I help you?" The woman behind the desk asked.

"Desiree Taylor."

"Are you a relative?"

"I'm her boyfriend."

"Through those double doors behind you."

John went through the double doors and saw Andrea in a waiting room with Sophie and Robert. He could tell they'd all been crying.

"I'm sorry I couldn't call you." Andrea said when she saw him. "I didn't have your number."

"Is Hallie alright?"

"She's fine." ""She's with our cousins."

"What about Desiree?" Andrea took John into the hall. "How bad is it?"

"It's bad John." She said with tears in her eyes. "She's in a coma and on life support." "The doctors say that the damage to her brain is irreversible." "Her vital signs are failing."

"No." He said with tears in his eyes. "How?"

"He did it with his hammer."

"I'm gonna kill him!" He yelled as he was crying. "That son of a bitch!" Andrea hugged him. They cried together. "Why didn't I protect her?! "I should've protected her!"

"It's ok."

John went into Desiree's room. Her head was bandaged and she was pale.

"I'm sorry Desiree." John said leaning down by her face. "This is all my fault." "I love you so much."

Desiree died in the hospital six days after the attack. Eli's body was found in the river three months later.

Four years later Andrea had custody of Hallie. She controlled Hallie's trust fund. They moved into another house. Hallie was seven years old. She'd just gotten home from school.

"Hi aunt Andrea." She said as she took her shoes off by the front door.

"Hi." "I have a surprise for you."

Hallie came into the living room and saw John sitting there.

"Uncle John." She said happily.

"Come here." She went over to him. They hugged. "I missed you."

"I missed you to." "I want to show you something uncle John."

This was the last chapter.