Chapter 12 ~Why Lord, Why?~

Doctor Brown said those words and looked into the sky and cried. He took Delia by the hand and told Irv, Doctor Abbott and everyone else he had to go. Delia asked why they were leaving and he said that he forgot to turn the stove off. That really wasn't the reason. The real reason was that he couldn't bear to see his son in tears anymore.

Meanwhile, Nina looked over at Doctor Brown and smiled lightly. Ephram sat and cried still while everyone was talking and crying amongst themselves. Ephram then stopped crying and remembered something important.

"Bright….Nina! It was Bright." "Oh God, Nina it was Bright." Ephram stuttered his words.

"Ephram are you sure?" "What are you talking about?" "Did he threaten Amy in any way?" Nina asked many questions.

Ephram stood up.

"Bright was at the restaurant…I heard him murmur that he wanted to kill Amy." "And when Wendell got murdered we saw his bracelet on the ground, next to the dead body." "He's always gone when something happens, its really suspicious."

"Lets go tell the CSI'S what you just told me ok Ephram?" Nina asked.

Nina and Ephram walked over to the CSI'S and told them what Ephram knew and saw at Wendell's murder. The CSI'S said they would investigate this right away and find Bright. Mrs. Abbott and Doctor Abbott looked at each other and sighed in disbelief. Doctor Abbott started to have an outrage because he said he knew his son better than that.

"The reason is because, well, me and Amy are going out Doctor Abbott." "Bright doesn't like me." Ephram said softly.

"You are going out with my daughter?" "How do we know it isn't you then?" Doctor Abbott yelled.

"I was on the phone with her when it happened, I have proof sir." "Your wife picked up the phone and told me to come down, she told me Amy had been kidnapped at gunpoint, and I heard the damn scream Doctor Abbott." "Why the hell would I be crying?" Ephram said.

"To cover up your o-" Doctor Abbott started.

"Now Harold, stop being ridiculous." Think of someone else's feelings for a change." Rose said.

"I'm sorry Ephram." "Please forgive me for those mean things I said." Doctor Abbott said meaningfully but sarcastically.

Delia and Doctor Brown heard everything and walked over to them. Doctor Brown went up to his son and hugged him with a tear. Ephram didn't want to cry because he would cry even more thinking about Amy, and Lord, he would die if Amy was hurt in any way. Delia came over and went into a big hug. Soon everyone joined and hugged. Ephram in the middle, surrounded by everyone of Everwood's town. One by one, everyone looked up into the sky and prayed Amy would be ok.

*************************************************************************************

It now was around 8Pm and everyone was still together. Mrs. Abbott invited everyone over to talk and discuss some things they would have done the next morning when it was light out. If Amy was there, I bet her and Ephram would have a lot to talk about. But she wasn't. and Ephram just sat quietly in the living room while everyone was once again, in a different room. This time someone else came over to talk to him, and share the same pain he did. It was Edna. She walked across the rug and sat down next to him on the couch.

"Ephram, you need to eat or do something, you've been doing nothing all day." Edna said.

"I know, I just can't get my mind off of Amy." "I love her to death." Ephram said quietly.

"We're gonna find her Ephram, everything will be ok." "Please don't worry anymore Ephram, your father is very very worried about you." "Please come have something to eat at least." Edna said.

"Ok, I am kinda hungry if you think about it." Ephram said.

"That's my boy!" Edna laughed.

So Ephram and Edna walked into the dining room and sat down. Everyone said hello and greeted him warmly. Everyone knew he was sad and down, so they started to tell jokes and what not. The matter of where was Bright though go everyone cautious and wondering…could he have done it??

*****************************************************************************************

The next morning Doctor Brown got an emergency call from Denver.

It was Colin.

He was missing.