Emma woke up to a bunch of yells and screams, she slowly lifted her head up, she had fallen asleep on Kate. Kate jerked her head up at the noise too she looked down at Emma. "I'll be right back, ok?" she said as she stood up.
Emma nodded.
Kate stood up got on her crutches and hurried out of the tent.
Emma sat up, she looked around the tent, not remembering how she got here. She figured it didn't matter right now, she slowly stood up and walked over to the 'door' she poked her head out, he eyes widened. Something was on fire! It looked like a boat, but they didn't have a boat… did they?
After a minute of watching, Kate headed back towards her. "Emma!" she shouted once she saw she was out of bed. "What are you doing?"
Emma ignored her and continued to watch as people tried to put out the fire.
"Emma, get back to bed, now." Kate said.
Emma looked up at her, and slowly walked back into her bed.
Flashback!
Years earlier…Emma woke up to her mothers screams, she quickly got out of bed and rushed into her mom's room, where her mom's boyfriend was hitting her.
"Emma!" her mom shouted once she saw her.
Her mom's boyfriend turned to her and started coming towards her.
Emma stood there, frightened, her mom was bleeding on her arms.
"Emma! Run!" her mom shouted,
Emma did, she quickly ran out of the back door and out of the property, with her mom's boyfriend right behind her, she was a fast runner for a six year old, suddenly, her mom's boyfriend wasn't behind her, she stopped for a minutes, then continued to run down the street in her blue plaid pajamas, her bare feet hurt from running on the bumpy road.
All of the sudden, a car came at her, it was her mom's boyfriend's car. Emma started to cry, and quickly turned and ran the other way, away from the car. The car continued to gain on her. "You damn kid!" he shouted, he got out of the car and tackled her. "If you ever, EVER say a word, I don't care if I get sent to jail, I'll kill you."
"Well, I'm telling the police you hurted my mommy!" she shouted as she began to run again.
"No, you wont!" he shouted, he got back into his car, and drove right to her.
Emma screamed, the car was right next to her, and suddenly, everything went black…
End of flashback!
"Emma, you're still sick!" Jack said later that day, after Kate had told him that she had gotten up. "You were out there for a long time, a long time, you shouldn't have gotten up…" Jack said.
Emma ignored him.
Jack sighed and rubbed his forehead. "Here, eat this," he said as he handed her a piece of fruit.
Emma looked up at him, and shook her head.
"Emma, eat the food!" Jack ordered.
Emma shook her head again.
"Emma eat the damn food now!" he shouted.
Emma's bottom lip trembled, she stared up at Jack with tears in her eyes.
Kate looked over at Jack he rarely lost his temper.
"Emma, I'm sorry but-"
Emma turned away from him, she bit her lip to keep herself from crying.
"Emma, you have to eat," he said. "I don't know when's the last time you had food was, but I know you haven't had it in at least two days!"
Emma's shoulders shook.
Great Jack you got her crying now. He thought to himself.
"Emma," Kate said as she sat down on the 'bed' next to her. "You need to eat something, ok?"
Emma shook her head.
Kate turned to Jack helplessly.
Jack sighed, the next resort was force feeding… and that was something he didn't want to do. "Emma, please?" he asked.
Emma wiped her tears away.
"Please?" Jack asked again.
Emma shook her head again.
Jack sighed, and walked out of the tent…
Flashback!
Emma's mom walked into the hospital, she headed over to the counter, "Umm, I need to see my daughter, Emma Jones," she said.
A doctor walking by stopped and turned to her. "You're Emma's mom?" he asked.
She turned to him and nodded her head.
"Come here," he said as he walked away with her right behind him.
"What's wrong with her?"
"I'm afraid it was your boyfriend who hit her ma'am," he said.
"Oh god!" she cried.
"Umm, he crushed her leg, we had to amputate it," he said.
"You're telling me she has no leg?" her mom asked.
"Yes ma'am," he said.
"Where is she?" she asked.
"Come here," he said as he walked into a room.
There laid Emma, she was hooked up to many machines, her leg was covered with a cast, from that day on, she had not spoken a word…
End of flashback!
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