Emma woke up in pain and had bruises all over her body. She was alone in the house. She couldn't help but wander where her parents and Manny were. She put on a jacket Jay had left at her house a few days ago and walked into the kitchen. She found a note.
Emma,
Dad isn't doing so good and we had to go to a hospital in New York. Sorry honey. We will be home in a few days. I will try to call.
Love, Mom
That answered that. Emma didn't even want to know why Manny didn't show. She just wanted to go downstairs and cry. About ten minutes later her phone rang. "Hey Em! Sorry I didn't show. Are you crying? Are you ok? Emma I'm on my way." Emma didn't get to say a word. But she was glad to not be alone. When Manny got there Emma told her everything that happened in the day and Manny tried to comfort her over it. Finally Manny got her to sleep. Manny heard a knock at the door so she went upstairs to answer it.
"Hey Jay. We need to talk." Manny whispered. Manny told him what happened and Jay asked her to leave. Manny took the hint and grabbed her things. Jay took a deep breath and went downstairs. At first he couldn't tell anything was wrong. He went to lay down next to her and saw the bruises and scratches. By this point the was filled with sorrow and anger. He leaned in to hold her and noticed she was wearing his jacket. He smiled and kissed her softly.
Emma opened her eyes and saw him laying there with her. "Jay." Emma cried in a weak voice. "Who did this Em?" Jay whispered. "Chester's brother Ricky." Emma answered to weak to hold back the facts. Jay gave her a tight squeeze and a kiss on the forehead and left to find Ricky. Emma was to weak to even wander where he was going.