Duke saw what Valentin was aiming for and tried to wrestle the gun away as the gun went off in Holly and Diane's direction. There was a second shot taken that hit Valentin, he dropped to the floor as Duke grabbed a hold of his gun. He looked out and saw Anna and Annie, Anna had her gun in her hand.
Robert heard the gun shots echo throughout the place and his heart just about stopped. Him and Ethan ran towards the noise. "Holly!" Robert yelled as him and Ethan ran past Duke, Anna and Annie.
Diane and Holly laid on the floor, blood on them both. Robert pushed Diane off of Holly and held her in his arms, why did he agree to this? He silently cursed himself as he started to check Holly to find out where she was bleeding so he could apply pressure. Annie called 911.
Ethan had noticed blood was still coming out of Diane and quickly brought it to Robert's attention. "Robert that's not mum's blood. Diane was hit."
"Good." Robert didn't feel one bit of regret with that statement. Holly was still out of it but knowing she wasn't hit made him feel better. "Is everyone okay?"
"Yes Robert, well most of us are." Anna went to check on Duke. "Are you alright?"
Duke nodded and hugged Anna. "Thank you. I gave Robert my word and I planned on keeping it."
The ambulances got there and took the ones who needed to go to the hospital to the hospital. Robert grabbed Holly's ring before going with Holly. Anna was insisting Duke get checked out but he wanted to ride in the car instead. Him, Anna, Ethan and Annie drove the cars to the hospital.
The Hospital
Holly had started to wake up not long after getting to the hospital. "Robert?" She said as she saw him with her hand against his face.
"Hey babe." The relief on Robert's face said it all. He had never been so happy to hear his name.
"What happened?" Holly asked Robert.
"Your temper got the best of you, Diane pushed your buttons and the two of you were going at it. Duke would be able to tell you more." Robert told Holly as he kissed her hand.
"I'm so sorry I didn't follow the plan. I just..." Holly started to say but Robert interrupted.
"You have no need to apologize. She was pushing your buttons. I heard most of it, when I realized you and Duke could be in danger Ethan, Annie, Anna and I moved in." Robert kept a hold of Holly's hand.
"Thank you." Holly told him as she looked at her hand. "She took my ring."
Robert shook his head. "I got it back." He slid her ring back on her finger.
Holly's face lit up. "Thank you. Is Duke okay?" She asked.
"Yes, Anna is making him get checked out but he seemed fine." Robert told her as there was a light tapping on the door.
Holly gave a warm smile as she saw Ethan and Annie. "Hello you two."
Ethan's face lit up at the sight of his mother awake. "Mum." He hurried over to her like a little kid and hugged her. "You have no idea how happy I am you are okay."
Holly hugged Ethan tightly. "Darling she hadn't taken me out before, she wasn't going to then. I am alright." Holly tried to reassure him, She reached for Annie's hand. "I appreciate all your help too."
Annie took her hand and smiled. "Not only does my mom need her best friend but my daughter needs her other grandmother. Wait until she is older and we get to tell her this story."
Holly reached out to hug Annie then looked at Robert. "When can I go home?" She asked.
"I think you should probably stay for observation, you have a nasty bump on the head." Robert tried to reason with her.
"Is Diane in this hospital?" Holly asked Robert.
"Yes she is. I don't know how she is and frankly I don't give a damn." Robert stated then realized where Holly was going with this.
"I am not safe here then. Robert I would be safer at the townhouse. I want to go home and be in our bed." Holly took Robert's hand in hers.
"Mum does have a point." Ethan chimed in.
Robert had no argument here, he saw exactly where both were coming from. "Let me see when you can go home." Robert looked at Ethan. "You two going to be in here for a while?"
"Try to get us to leave." Ethan sat next to Holly's bed.
"I'll go see if I can find anything out about Duke too." Robert stood up and gave Holly a kiss.
"Thank you darling." Holly wanted to get home, take a shower and go to bed. She wasn't going to able to sleep in the hospital or even have a proper shower.
Robert went out to the hall and found Elizabeth, he let her know Holly was wanting to go home and Liz agreed to go talk to the doctor. As he went to turn around he ran smack dab into a familiar face. "Just the man I was looking for."
Duke gave Robert a warm smile. "Is Holly alright?"
"Funny she asked the same about you. She is fine, wanting to go home." Robert told Duke as Anna approached. "You both are more than welcome to see for yourself." Robert led the two of them back to Holly's room. "Instead of checking on Duke I've got something better."
Holly grinned as she saw Duke and Anna. "You both are okay!"
"As are you." Duke returned her grin. "I did what I could to prevent Valentin from hitting you."
"What?" Holly had no idea what Duke was talking about. The man she helped Anna save earlier this year was really trying to take her out?
"We don't have all the details yet but yes Valentin was aiming towards you." Duke let everyone in the room know.
Robert had never liked Valentin and this definitely didn't help. "Oh we will get all the details and when we do if they pull through both of them will pay."
