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Emily felt her body chill the moment she saw her mother, she really wasn't expecting her to ever come back again, by the look on Jack's face it was easy to see that he wasn't expecting it either, before he went to greet her he and Emily shared a look so as soon as he started talking to her Emily went to get Aiden and Emma.
''We need to go.'' Aiden got worried by her tone and it didn't take long for him to see what the problem was.
''What is your mother doing here? I thought that she wasn't coming back.''
''So did i, but now we can't let Kara see Emma she might recognise her.''
''You're right but if we leave right now it might seem suspicious.'' Nolan came to them.
''Look Ems i'm going...''
''That's perfect, you can take her home then.''Nolan confusedily at her.
''Take who and why?''
''Emma, my mother is here and we can't let her see her.''
''Oh ok, but what are you two going to do?''
''We're going to greet her quickly then leave.''Emily, Aiden and Nolan started going outside to Carl and Emma who were still playing with no worries. Emily felt bad about sending her home but she knew that she wasn't safe with her mother here.
''Emma you need to say goodbye to Carl, Nolan is taking you home.''
''But why?''
''We'll explain when we get back home, okay?'' Emma sighed and nodded, she said goodbye to Carl and then got out with Nolan. When Emily made sure that they were gone she went back inside with Aiden to find her mother talking to Stevie, she spotted Jack and walked to him while Aiden went to get something to drink.
''Did you get Emma out of here?''
''Yeah she's with Nolan, did you know she was coming?''
''No i didn't, i would have told you otherwise.'' Kara saw Emily and went to her.
''Miss Thorne it's nice to see you again.'' Aiden overheard and decided to intervene.
''Actually it's Mrs. Mathis now.'' Kara recognised him from the time when she left but she was still surprised that Emily and he got married.
''So you two are married now?''
''Yes we have been married for 4 years but had a daughter a few years earlier.''
''Where's your daughter then?''
''She's in the beach house right now, we're going to stay there this summer. What about you, are you planning to stay here?''
''Not for long, i just wanted to see my grandson, i'm staying in the South Fork Inn.''Aiden saw the time on his watch and decided to wrap this up.
''Ok well we better go back to Emma, we'll see you around Kara.'' After they got out of the Stowaway they sighed in relief, they were able to handle this situation well but now they had to be more cautious with Emma.
The party had just ended and after saying goodbye to her grandson, Kara went back to the South Fork Inn. As soon as she got in her room she took out her phone and dialed a number, she waited a while before anyone answered.
''What is it?''
''I just got back from seeing Carl and Jack.''
''How where they?''
''They were fine but something unexpected happened.''
''What is that ?''
''Emily Thorne came back, she was Amanda's best friend and also the person who advised me to stay away from the Grayson's. But there's something not right about her,''
''I'll do a background check on her.''
''Ok but in the meantime i'll see what i can find.'' She hung up the phone.
In the afternoon Emily and Aiden were cleaning up while Emma was on the sofa reading a book, she was still confused as to why she had to leave in the middle of Carl's birthday party so she decided to ask her parents.
''Mom, dad why did i have to leave in the middle of Carl's party?''
''Do you remember when we talked about your real grandmother?'' Emily walked to the sofa and sat next to Emma.
''Yeah, she thinks that the other Amanda is you. What about her?''
''She came to the party today and we thought it was best for her not to see you.''
''Do you think i'll ever get to meet her?''
''Maybe one day.'' Emily could understand that her daughter just wanted to get to know her family, the thought of reconnecting with her mother seemed to be more of a fantasy than a possibility in fact she had already given up on it but she didn't want to take away that hope from Emma.
The next day...
Emma had just gotten dressed and now she was combing her hair, when she was done she was about to go downstairs to eat break fast but stopped when she saw the little box containing the new infinity bracelet that her parents bought her for her birthday on the nightstand, she opened it and smiled contemplating how pretty it was after she heard her mother calling her for breakfast she quickly put it on and then ran downstairs.
''Morning mom!'' She went to get some juice from the fridge and went to sit down at the table.
''Morning sweetie.'' Emily kissed Emma's head, put the food on the table and sat down. Emma looked around in the room and couldn't see or hear her father anywhere.
''What's wrong Emma?''
''Where's dad?''
''He had to go in the city this morning, he'll be back in the afternoon.''
''Why does he always go in the city, i thought he was on vacation too.''
''He is on vacation, it's just that he has some business to care of.'' Emma was saddened because during the year her father was at work a lot so she was not able to see him often, so she thought that he would actually stop working during the holidays. Emily saw that her daughter was sad so she tried to cheer her up.
''Don't worry Emma it's just until today i promise. Okay?'' Emma felt reassured because her mother always kept her promises to her so she knew that she only had to wait.
''Okay!'' Emma smiled and then started eating her food.
Kara parked her car in an empty parking lot, got out and waited near the car until another car came and parked behind her.
''You're late.'' Kara said as she got close to the other car, but got irritated when the person didn't come out. ''So you're not coming out?''
''It's better if i'm not seen, i got the information you wanted.'' He said taking out a folder and handing it to her.
''So was i right?'' She said in anticipation.
''See for yourself...'' She opened it and after a few seconds she smirked.
''So what are we going to do now?''
''We'll follow the plan.''
''When do we start it?''
''In 2 days, i'll contact you then.'' The man drove off, while the woman put the folder in her bag went back in her car and started driving back to the South Fork Inn, after all she had to prepare herself.