C.C. dropped the gun with a trembling hand, and stared upon her father. "Good riddance" she said, then turned to Maggie, "are you okay?"
Maggie's hand came to her mouth, and she crawled over to C.C. She snaked her arms around the older woman's neck, and nestled her head in her shoulder comfortably. She began to cry.
C.C. encircled her arms around the girl. "It's okay, It's okay." She soothed.
All of a sudden, important-looking policeman marched through the door. "What happened here?" one of them boomed.
C.C. all of a sudden remembered Niles being shot in the shoulder. "Him! Officer, please, save him!"
One of them, who appeared to be the medic, kneeled down and checked his pulse. "Nothing to worry about ma'am, just a bullet wound and slight head trauma."
"What happened to him?" the one with the loud voice, once again, boomed.
"He was our attacker" Maggie piped up, "she saved us."
"That's John Babcock, right?" said the officer.
C.C. nodded.
"And your- his daughter! Wow, C.C. Babcock. Pleased to meet you, I'm Officer Carter."
C.C. shook his hand rather reluctantly. "Can we please get some help with him?" she said, pointing to Niles.
Ambulance sirens wailed in the background. "Already here, Ms. Babcock" said Officer Carter.
Right after the paramedics loaded Niles onto a gurney, a familiar couple walked through the door. "Daddy! Fran!" screamed Maggie, and wrapped her arms around both of them.
Fran turned to C.C. "What happened?" Before C.C. could reply, Brighton and Gracie burst through the hotel doors. They were all eager to know what happened.
Since Niles was unconscious and Maggie was not emotionally stable, C.C. decided she better be the one to explain.
She told them everything, every little detail.
After she was done, Brighton asked to speak to her privately.
"Yea Brighton?" she said, once they were in a tiny corner together.
"That was awesome, Ms. Babcock. You saved both of my sisters, and I just wanted to tell you alone so dad wouldn't completely destroy my ego."
"Your welcome....B." she said. He cracked a small smile, and they hugged.
C.C. went over to talk to Fran.
"You know we'll have to delay the flight until tomorrow because Niles is in the hospital" said Fran.
C.C. nodded.
Fran rubbed her arm. "That must of taken a lot of guts, to well, you know-
"Kill him." C.C. finished for her, "actually it was pretty easy. The weird thing is, I thought I would feel completely horrible doing it, I mean he is my father. Is it possible to not love somebody that your related to?"
"When he is as slimy as your father was, yes it is." Fran said.
C.C. smiled a little.
"Well, for the time being, we should go get something to eat. And we have to renew our hotel room paying thingy." Fran said.
"Anything you say, darling" said Maxwell, "but I advise we eat first."
"Well said" said Gracie, Brighton, Maggie, and C.C. in unison. They then burst out laughing.
Fran and Maxwell gave eachother a knowing glance, and beckoned the four out to dinner.
As C.C. passed Niles gurney, she kissed him lightly on the forehead. "I love you." She said.
