When the phone rings in the middle of the night, the only thought of the President is that somewhere in the world there's trouble. So, with a groan, Jed turned over and reached for the phone.

"Yes?" thinking he would hear Leo's gravelly voice telling him he was needed in the Situation room. But it wasn't his Chief of Staff's voice he heard.

"Dad."

Jed eyes flew open and his mind instantly became alert. "Liz? What time is it? What's wrong?"

Her crying prevented any clear reply.

"Liz, honey, tell me what's wrong. Please calm down and tell me what's going on."

Finally, her sobs eased enough to try and tell her father what was going on. "It's Annie. She's …the doctors…Dad, it's bad. Is Mom there?"

"No, honey. She's in California at a conference. What about Annie?"

Jed heard some static and another voice came on the line. "Jed, it's me, Doug. Liz is really too upset. We're at Manchester General and Annie has overdosed. The doctors don't know yet with what or how but they are trying to make her breathe again. She was brought by ambulance about twenty minutes ago unresponsive. Our agents woke us up and got us here."

"Wait a minute, Annie overdosed? She's only 14. How did she get hold of drugs at her age?"

"Jed, they are all over the place. Apparently she went to a party after the football game, which we approved, and someone brought in alcohol and pills or something. We don't know exactly what. Anyway, a couple of the kids are here as well. And none of them are in good shape. That's all we know right now. Will you call Abbey and tell her? If at all possible, it would help us if she could come and be here. We have no idea which way this is going to go."

"Of course, Doug. And Doug, watch out for the press. You know they will find out about this and start appearing. We'll do our best from down here, but don't make any statement. Do you hear me? I'm praying for Annie."

"Thank you. And we understand about the press. I'll keep in touch. Bye."

"Do that. Bye."

Jed hung up and looked at the bedside clock. Two am. That meant 11:00 on the west coast. He got out of bed and put on his robe because he figured his sleep was finished for the night.

Turning on more lights, he made his way to the sitting area and dialed Abbey's cell number.

"Hi, Abbey."

"Well, hi yourself. Wait a minute, shouldn't you be asleep?"

"I was until Liz called." He then told her what was going on and Doug's request.

"Of course I'll go. I'll let Marks know right now of my change in plans and then call Lili to change my schedule. Once on the plane, I'll call Liz myself and get an update. I know you can't come, but I'll keep you updated. My God, Jed, not our Annie. She just has to make it."

"Yeah, Abbey. I'm already saying prayers for her."

There was a brief silence between the two of them before Abbey spoke again. "Well, I've got to get busy. I'll call you in the morning once I check in with Liz and Doug. You try and go back to sleep. At least try to nap will you?"

"I will try, but I doubt I can."

"I love you. Jed. It will be okay."

"I love you too. Give Annie a kiss for me, will you?"

"I will. Bye."

"Bye."