Emily episode 29 – end
Emily
Episode 29
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PRE-FINALE
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She woke up tied on the chair with a headache.
“You awake!” she exclaimed puffing up smoke. “You have been sleeping for about three hours. I must have banged you really hærd on the head.”
She sat on the chair afraid and tears streaming down on her cheeks. Afraid to look her in the eye, she looked aside.
“Look me in the eye, dammit!” she shouted slapping her hærd on the cheek. “I am sorry my princess. I didn’t mean to hurt you. Mummy, loves you. She loves you,” she wiped her tears and k-ssed her on the cheek. “We are going to be happy, you and I. All we need is your passport,” she stood up. “I need your passport, yes, yes.”
“I am thirsty,” she muttered under her breath.
“Thirsty? Let me pour some water for you,” she took the wine.
“That’s not water, it’s wine.”
“Yes, you are right. Water, water,” she kept looking around the room. “There is no water here. Let me go and buy you some water. In this shack there are no taps. I am running away from the cops. Can you believe it? I killed that man, Max. Your step father. Damn, what’s wrong with me today,” she dropped the water glass on the floor.
“Untie me please. It hurts,” she begged.
Emily burst out laughing.
“So you can run away from me? You and I are leaving the country tomorrow morning. I am going to buy the suitcase. If I put you in the suitcase, you will be safe,” she said and walked out of the shack.
She came back after five minutes.
“I am sorry, my princess. Let me untie you,” she said. She untied her. “Don’t try to run away or I will kill you. I am going out now, I will lock the door. If you behave well I won’t put you in the suitcase.”
She walked out and locked.
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Andrew kept pacing up and down in the house. It had been fours hours since Chloe had been reported missing.
‘CHILD MISSING’- It sounds like something you would hear on the news or see in a TV movie. But that headline became his reality last spring when endured the longest four hours of his life waiting, hoping and praying for his 10 year old daughter, Chloe’s return. He had seen played up kidnappers on TV a late night home invasion, followed by a ransom note and a frantic family gathered around their coffee table with FBI officers and high teck equipment. They were afraid to involve the police since it could led to a much longer negotiation and less willingness to co-operate.
In the room there was Shania, her parents, Chloe’s teacher, her best friend and Calvin.
“The kidnappers should have called by now. I don’t want anything bad to happen to my princess, mother,” said Shania in tears.
“Shhhh. She is going to be alright,” assured her mother, patting her back. “Calm down. You know it’s not good for the baby.”
“Baby?” said Andrew.
“You didn’t tell him. Did you?”
“No, mother. You have spoilt the surprise,” she said her eyes on Andrew.
“I am going to be a father!” shouted Andrew in excitement.
His happiness was cut short when Calvin’s phone rang.
“It’s Chloe!” exclaimed Calvin.
He quickly answered the call and put the phone on loud speaker.
“Calvin, help me. I am scared. She she got a gun with her and a and..,” she stammered.
“Chloe, calm down. Where are you? Who took you?” asked Andrew.
“Em..,” she stopped at midsentence.
“You little brat. You had a phone. I am going to beat you to death today!” shouted Emily from the back ground. “Give me that phone!”
“I am sorry,” Chloe could be heard apologising.
“You are sorry? Who were you talking to. Your brother?”
“Emily, let the child go please,” pleaded Andrew.
“She is my child and she is not going anywhere. She is coming with me, Andrew. Goodbye.”
“Emily, wait wait. Please I beg you. I know deep down there you still care about your children. Why don’t we meet so that we can talk?”
“You want to hand me to the cops. You know that I killed Max right. The police are after me.”
“No! I will never do that. I want us to talk so that I can forgive you. I want to be with you and the kids. I love you Emily. I really do,” he said as he looked at the paper Shania had given it to him.
It was written:’ tell her you love her’.
“You do? After everything I did to you.”
“Yes, my love. I need you in my life.”
“You lying to me Andrew. You don’t love me, anymore. I hate being lied to. Goodbye,” she hanged up the call.
“Dammit!” shouted Andrew throwing the phone on the sofa. “She got her and now I won’t be able to see my daughter.”
“Yes!” exclaimed Calvin who was busy with his computer. “I got her. I know where she is. She is near by, at Mahatshula. I think it’s 5km from here.”
“How did you?”
“Dad, remember I did a course. While you were busy talking to her. I was tracing the call. All we need to do is pick two police officers on our way there. In case she is armed. We better do it quickly,” said Calvin. “Next time don’t throw my phone like that.”
“I am sorry. Lets go!”
“I am going with you,” said Shania.
“No!” shouted Calvin and Andrew at the same time.
“Okay, fine. I will stay. Bring her safe,” shouted Shania.
Episode 30
‘Love is something, we all cherish dearly. When we lose it, our hearts ache severely. Trust is something we share with a few. It requires honesty and a heart that is true. Love without trust, is foolishly blind. It’s easy to lose and easy to find.’
Emily kept pacing up and down the room after talking to Andrew.
“I am sorry I called Calvin. I was scared that you were going to kill me,” said Chloe softly tied on the chair.
“Shut up!” she banged her first on the table. I thought we were on the same page, Chloe but you betrayed me. I should have killed you with Max. I hate you Chloe,” she spat on the floor.
Chloe just looked at her mother.
“Mum!” she called out.
Emily stopped and looked at her.
“What did you just call me?” she got close to her.
“Mum, I am sorry for hurting you that day at the restaurant. I was made at you because you left us. I never stopped thinking about you. I always prayed to God to take good care of you.”
“Shhh, don’t say no more. I should be the one apologising to you. I didn’t mean to hurt you or your brother. I didn’t want to leave you guys. Now I regret what I did. I love you Chloe. You are the best thing that ever happened to me,” said Emily in between sobs. “Always know that I loved you. My little princess.”
“I know mum. Are you sick?”
“No, I am fit. I will let you go. Go and be with your dad. Always listen to Shania. She is now your mother,” she untied her and held her tightly in her arms. “I am sorry, my princess. Mummy will not be able to take care of you. Mummy is mentally ill. Now go, run and never look back.”
“What about you? Let’s go to the hospital.”
“No! I can’t. Go Chloe.”
She walked to the door.
“I love you mum,” she said with tears in her eyes.
“I love you too my princess.”
Chloe opened the door and walked out bumping into her father and Calvin on the door.
“Dad!” she hugged him.
“Are you okay?”
“Yes!”
“Where is your mum?”
“Ins..,” she stopped at midsentence when they heard Emily scre-ming.
Andrew opened the door and Emily sat at the corner scre-ming while closing her ears with her hand.
“Emily!”
“Andrew! Save my life. Max is here to kill me. Get away from me, Max. Don’t you dare touch me,” she shouted.
“Emily, there is no one here,” said Andrew.
“Max is here with me. He wants to kill me. Get him away from me Andrew. Please, I am scared. Max, I am sorry. He is coming. He is coming. Nooooo!”
She kept scre-ming and shouting Max’s name. The police officers had to hand cuff her.
¤ONE YEAR LATER¤
After Emily was taken to a mental hospital. The children used to visit her but she couldn’t recognise them anymore. She always asked who they were everytime they visited. She called herself, Max.
Later on Shania gave birth to a baby girl.
“Claudia is making lot of noise,” said Andrew late that night.
“And you here with me instead of helping mum,” said Calvin his eyes on the television.
“Dude! You should go also and make her keep quiet.”
“No, thanks I will pass.”
Chloe walked in the room.
“Claudia is making lot of noise,” she sat beside Calvin
Andrew laughed. Shania walked in with Claudia in her arms.
“Can someone help me with the baby please?”
“Me I have to go and iron my suit. Work tomorrow,” said Calvin sitting up.
“I forgot I have to go and wash the dishes,” said Chloe sitting up as well.
Shania looked at Andrew.
“Babe!”
“I have to..,” Shania glared at him. “Okay, fine. Come Claudia.”
She kept quiet when Andrew held her in his arms.
“Thank goodness!” said Shania throwing herself on the couch. “She was driving me crazy. We should write a timetable. Tomorrow it’s Calvin.”
Chloe and Calvin came back.
“I thought you guys had something to do,” spoke Shania.
“I changed my mind about ironing.”
“I will wash the dishes later,” said Chloe.
“These two children of mine are crazy,” laughed Shania. “I am going to sleep Andrew. Come with the baby later. I am tired.”
“No, wifey. Sit down. We watch television as a family. Isn’t it Claudia?” he tickled her.
“Don’t do that Andrew,” warned Shania.
“You want me to tickle you also?”. He smiled at her.
They all sat in the dining room watching my wife and kids.
One of the most difficult things to think about in life is one’s regrets. Something will happen to you, and you will do the wrong thing and for years afterward you will wish you had done something different. We don’t have to be defined by the things we did or didn’t do in our past. Some people allow themselves to be controlled by regret. Maybe it’s a regret, maybe it’s not. It’s merely something that happened. Something you need most might be something you turn away from, something you turn away from might be something you regret, and something you regret, in the end, might cost you the one chance you ever had.
*THE END*