"Why isn't she here?" Emma asked the frantic couple that stood over her. Nothing was said.
"Why isn't she here?!" Emma snapped loudly causing only causing more attention to herself. Still nothing.
Jay and Manny stood in shock as they saw red piercing through Emma's eyes. The look on Manny's face said it all. The look that only Emma knew when she knew things weren't right.
"Emma is everything okay?" The nurse said softly as she peaked through Emma's room door.
"I'm fine, please give me a moment." Emma assured then bringing her attention back.
It was 7 am and the sun had already brightened the entire room. Part of them knew they should've came back earlier, but having not slept the entire day in search of Emily only caused them to take a rest stop. Emma however, stayed up the entire night hoping the two would walk in with her daughter.
She hoped that everything that had happened from after she'd got into that car was a dream. But the looks on the faces in front of her proved her wrong.
"Look Emma, you need to relax. Okay?" Jay announced as he pulled the chair out in front of him for Manny to sit in.
"Then tell me what the Hell is going on!" Emma shouted throwing her hands up flinching both Jay and Manny.
"I'm gonna go get some water." Jay whispered to Manny rolling his eyes at Emma as he left through the door. He knew this was something Manny had to handle. Just as he needed to with Sean.
"Manny please tell me. Something!" Emma pleaded softly as she adjusted herself.
"She's in Wasaga Emma. And I think you know with who."
"Emma you're okay! You're just dreaming! You can wake up!" Manny assured as she tried to restrain Emma from hurting herself as she constantly fought the air above her with her eyes half closed.
"It's okay! Emma we got you. It was probably just a bad dream or something." Jay comforted as he gently fixed the knotted cords that Emma had just made a mess of.
"Guess it was a dream." Emma rasped as she sat up to adjust herself.
The movements around Emma slowly brought her back to reality. Her eyes had finally fluttered opened and she was able to see both Manny and Jay beside her. The room looked the same. She could see the nurses walking from outside. Everything felt normal again. Almost.
"Emily's still gone." Emma announced hoping the faces in front of her would tell her otherwise.
"I'm sorry Emma." Manny consoled softly rubbing Emma's arm only for her to snatch it back.
"Maybe it's for the best. I think it's time." Jay confessed walking towards the door.
"That's not your fucking decision to make!" Emma yelled slamming her fist against the headboard causing them to flinch once more.
"You both had one job which was to bring my daughter back! You should've told Sean she was going back with you. Why did you let him keep her?"
"Because she's not our fucking daughter Emma! She's yours. " Manny screamed back in frustration.
"And let's be clear Greenpeace. She's Sean's daughter too!" Jay shot back adding his sly smile that only brought more smoke to Emma's ears.
"Jay, I think you should wait outside." Manny whispered softly pulling him back.
"No babe, she needs to hear this!"
"Did you really think Sean Cameron was gonna let Emily walk in the hands of the people that weren't even her parents?"
"We love that little girl as if she were our own Emma, but she's not ours!"
"She's not even a relative, bleeding flush whatever you wanna call it! Yet we were around her entire life and Sean wasn't. Do you know how that makes him feel?" Jay yelled throwing his hands back.
"What did you think he'd just say, here guys you can take her back to wherever she came from and everything will go back to normal. You'd think he'd be willing to miss another ten years of his kid's life? We both know he's not that guy Emma!"
"He never was." Jay finished as he walked through the door slamming it behind him.
There was a long silence that filled the room, after Jay had left. Manny kept her eyes clear as day on Emma but her expression was still unreadable. It almost looked emotionless as if she felt nothing of what Jay had just said.
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"You know till this day. You've never really told me why you've kept him away." Manny hinted causing Emma to turn away.
"You would've never understood Manny." Emma answered allowing the silent tears that tried to escape from her eye to fall on her pillow.
" You're right. Our friendship was based on trust right? And you were able to trust that i'd keep Sean as a secret from Emily. And my job was to trust you in that decision you made. No questions asked."
"And just like then, you don't owe me an explanation." Consoling Emma hugging her softly from behind.
"But you do owe Sean." Manny announced causing Emma to shrug her off her back. She just didn't get it. No one would.
"You need to call him." Manny suggested as she went through her purse.
"He never gave a number. He does own a car shop in wasaga. I forget the name, but I'm sure it wouldn't be hard to find." Manny informed as she handed Emma her cellphone.
"I'm gonna go check on Jay." Manny announced quietly, leaving out the door.
