"What's wrong?" Nora asked urgently. "Ricky, honey what's wrong? What do you need?"
"I need you to watch John for me. Amy's in the hospital. I have to go be with her" Ricky said frantically as he gathered his things together.
"Oh my God, what happened?"
"She got beat up by that pimp-"
"The one who attacked that other boy from your school?"
"Yeah."
"Why would he attack Amy?"
"I don't know, but if I ever get my hands on him…" he hissed angrily.
"Ricky, calm down. It's going to be okay."
"Can you just get over here? Now."
"Of course, of course, I will be right there" she said as she hung up.
"Who was that?" Anne asked entering the kitchen.
"Oh no" Nora thought to herself "how am I going to tell her this?"
"That was Ricky" Nora said dryly.
"Is everything okay?"
"No. It's not. Anne, I'm so sorry..."
"What is it, what's wrong? Is it John, is he okay?"
"John is fine. It isn't John. It's Amy."
"What is it?" Anne asked as her face drained pale.
"She was attacked…"
"What!? What happened?"
"I'm not sure exactly. She's at the hospital. Ricky asked me to watch John so he can go see her. I can call George if you'd like…"
"But, but no…. This can't be happening. How is this happening?" Anne stuttered nervously as she began to break down.
"Shh" Nora said reassuringly as she hugged her. "It's okay, it's going to be okay. Amy will be fine. She has to be."
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"What the hell is taking her so long?" Ricky mumbled pacing nervously. He pulled out his cellphone to see if he had gotten any messages, and his breath caught in his throat as he saw the background picture. It was of him, Amy, and John from Christmas. "Amy" he said softly to himself. "Oh God" he said as he started to cry. "Please be okay, you have to be okay Amy, I can't lose you. Not like this."
"Daddy?" John interrupted running into the room.
Ricky quickly pulled himself together. "Hey buddy, why aren't you in bed?"
"I miss mommy."
"I do too buddy. But it's okay, mommy will come home soon. She'll come home, and everything will be okay" he said as he grabbed John in his arms and started to softly cry again.
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"Ricky" Nora said as she pulled him into a hug.
"Mom" he replied as he hugged her back.
"Are you going to be okay to drive?" she asked as she pulled back.
"I'm going to have to be" Ricky answered as he started to make his way out the door "Amy needs me."
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"George-" Anne said frantically as she made her way to the car. "You need to get to the hospital, now!"
"What? What is it?"
"It's Amy."
"What happened?"
"She was attacked."
"What?"
"The pimp that beat up Jack…" Anne started to explain, but was interrupted.
"I'm going to kill him!" George yelled as he slammed his fist into a nearby table.
"George, you need to calm down and get to the hospital now. Amy needs us."
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"I'm here to see Amy Juergens" Ricky said as he ran up to the nurse's station.
"Ms. Juergens is in surgery" the nurse replied.
"Surgery? For what?"
"Are you family?" the nurse asked suspiciously.
"I'm her husband" Ricky lied.
"You're wife sustained some major injuries. Right now she's in emergency surgery for a severe laceration of her liver."
"What? What does that mean? Is she going to be okay?"
"Mr. Juergens, why don't you sit down. I can get a doctor to come talk to you."
"I don't want to sit down, I want to see Amy!"
"Ricky!" Grace said running up to him.
"Grace, what are you doing here?"
"I was with Amy when…"
"So you know what happened?"
"Yeah" Grace said as tears started to fill her eyes.
"Grace, you need to tell me. Please tell me. What happened!?
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