Ch 4

"Please hurry up, a girls been attacked on the docks" Nikolas told the operator who had answer the phone when he called for an ambulance

"She's unconscious; I don't know how long, it looks like she is in pretty bad shape"

"What about her age?" the operator asked him

"She just turned 15 last month"

"Tell the ambulance to hurry" Nikolas told the operator as he hung up the phone

Nikolas took of his coat and covered her with it when he realized that she wasn't wearing one. He looked over her injured body again

and prayed that she was better off than she looked. He felt horrible as he realized that he was probably the reason why Emily was

attacked, there were so many things she would not have done if it hadn't been f him and Lucky. She never would never have left the

dance or been on the docks, and she never would have been alone.

A few minutes later the ambulance arrived and the attendants started to work on Emily. They put her in the ambulance and Nikolas told

them that he was going to ride with her. Once they were in the ambulance Nikolas called Liz and Lucky, and told them that he had found

her. They both agreed to meet him at the hospital.

The ER

"What have we got here?" asked Bobbie as she greeted them at the door

"15 year old girl, unconscious, possible sexual assault victim."

"Oh my god" Bobbie said as she recognized Emily

"Page Dr. Quatermaine, tell her daughter was brought into the ER"

The ER waiting room

Nikolas sat in a waiting room full of Quartermaine's trying to explain what happen when he had found her.

"She looked like she was in pretty bad shape; she was cover from head to toe with bruises and blood and her dress was torn up"

"How could you that happen to my granddaughter?"

"She just ran out of the school, we could catch up with her"

"What did you do to her to make her run out like that?"

Nikolas was saved from answering that question by the arrival of the doctor

"Who here is with Emily Quatermaine?"

"We are" said at least 10 Quartermaine's and Emily's friends

"Okay well how about her parents?"

"That would be us" Monica said as she and Alan followed the doctor in to the hallway.

"Your daughter was rapped, when we did they rape kit we discover severe tears and bruising. It's one of the worst cases I've seen"

Monica and Alan were speechless. They couldn't understand how anyone could do that to their little girl.

"She hit her head at some point during the assault and was knocked unconscious, she always is being treated for hypothermia, and she

must have been out in the cold for at least 3 hours."

"Can we go see her?"

"Yes but only one at a time, she should wake up soon"

Alan went into the waiting room to update everyone on Emily's condition while Monica went to go sit with Emily

Emily's hospital room

Monica went into Emily's hospital room. She saw Emily lying in the hospital bed connect to breathing tubes and a heart monitor. She was

also covered in a special blanket to bring back her body heat. She looked so small and helpless. Monica pulled back the covers and saw

all the bruises and cuts, there was a deep looking gash that had been stitched up on her thigh. It look like had put up a hell of a fight.

Monica cried as she looked at her daughter. She didn't understand how anyone could do that to such a sweet and innocent girl. She

prayed that had been knocked out before the worst of the attack, in hope that at least Emily might be spared of reliving the experience.

Emily started to wake up. She noticed her mother holding her hands and whispered in a lost sounding voice ……

"Mommy"