Chapter 2: Waiting
As Sarah turned the corner she saw something she hoped no other wife would ever have to see. Matt was shot, unconscious and lying in a poll of his own blood. Sarah handed Jaime to Simon, grabbed the nearest phone and hastily dialed 911. "Looks like we'll need another ambulance at the Camden's house," she said to the operator. "Make that four more," said Carlos as he walked over, "I found Annie, Eric and Sam. Sam's in pretty bad shape. It looks like he was stabbed a couple times. Annie has a gash on her right arm and Eric's unconscious but otherwise unharmed." Just then David appeared at the top of the stairs. "What's going on up here?" he asked. "David I need you to go downstairs and help Lucy, Mary and Ruthie with the little kids," Simon replied. "Why can't I help you up here?" David demanded as he caught sight of Matt. Simon handed Jaime to David. "I need you to do this," Simon said. He wanted to save David the gruesome sight of the rest of his family members.
David walked back downstairs with Jaime in his arms. He saw the paramedics put Kevin on a stretcher and carry him outside to the ambulance. Lucy handed Sean to Ruthie and followed the stretcher outside. As soon as Mary saw David she asked "What's going on up there?" "I don't know. Simon made me come back downstairs." Just then more paramedics rushed into the house and disappeared upstairs. Minutes later they came back down carrying stretchers that held Annie, Eric, Sam and Matt. Sarah got into the ambulance with Matt. Before long everyone was piling into cars and driving over to the hospital. Ruthie was driving Lucy and Kevin's kids. Simon and Faith drove Matt and Sarah's sons and David. Mary and Carlos drove their kids. As Ruthie was driving to the hospital, Grace started crying. "Mama, Dada," she cried. "I want Mommy and Daddy too," whined Hailey as she too started to cry. Then Jenna and Sean started to cry. "You can see your mommy and daddy as soon as we get to the hospital," Ruthie said trying to comfort her nieces and nephew. "I hope I'm right," Ruthie thought to herself.
When everyone got to the hospital they saw Lucy and Sarah sitting in the waiting room. "Mommy!" cried Noah as he ran over to Sarah. "Hey buddy," Sarah managed with tears in her eyes. "How is everyone?" asked Mary. "Well Kevin and Matt are in surgery. Dad woke up and you can visit him. Mom just needed stitches. And Sam well….."
A/N: Cliffhanger ha, ha! Next chapter- What happened to Sam? Will everyone else be okay?
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