The consular got worried about Emily. She grabbed the box of tissues to her. The consular wanted to cry herself, but instead she took a deep breath and told Emily to do the same. Emily obeyed and blew her nose.

"There, there. Here's a napkin ... are you going to tell me what's wrong?" the consular asked.

Emily wiped her tears away and slowly replied, "January 23, 2006 is the day my ..." Emily gulped, "... mom died ... from a ......." Emily cried all over again and couldn't keep her tears in anymore. She took a deep breath and spoke again, "She died from a fire, trying to protect me. She ended up saving me but killing herself. But before she died she gave me her necklace," Emily pointed at the necklace around her neck. "It was her favorite piece of jewelry, and I promised myself that I would protected it and save it until I would see her again."

Andrew is still waiting for Emily in the office and he could hear her cries of terror. He felt really bad and felt he should do something since he felt pretty useless. The moment Emily came out of the consular's room he quickly got up and gave her a big hug. She felt a little more comfortable with someone by her side. His warm touch, his brown hair, the scent of his cologne eased her stress.

He walked with Emily back to third period, blushing, and asked if she felt better. "I feel a little better," Emily said quietly. As soon as the arrived to third period class the bell rang for fourth period. Andrew and Emily packed up their bags and headed out the door. All of Emily's friends had the same fourth period, math, and when they all saw Emily they were asking if she was okay, if she needed anything. But all Emily did was hug all of her friends telling them she's fine. They were all happy that Emily was okay.

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In fifth period, choir, Emily and Anna were headed together in the room and Anna said, "If you need anything I'm always by your side."

Emily was happy she had someone to depend on, but still upset about today. She didn't want to sing, she didn't want to do anything, and her teacher excused her for just today. Tristan, the guy Emily has been crushing on, noticed the way she was acting and came up to her.

"Are you okay? I usually see you sing in class," he asked.

Wow dude that was too creepy! Will she think I'm a creep? Tristan thought

OH MY GOD!!! He notices me?!??! Emily thought. Emily was surprised that her crush noticed her. Emily felt like she heard her heart beat for the first time.

Emily replied, "Yeah, I'm fine, it's just today is not my day."

"Well hope you feel better."

Emily wanted to freak out ..., but not today.

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As she arrived home she saw everything wrecked. Glass were broken, plates were shattered, holes punched into the wall. It was just an absolute mess! She walked into the living room, seeing her dad on the couch, the t.v. still on, and so many bottles surrounding Emily's father. He was more drunk than Emily has ever seen. He looks at Emily with sorrow and he began to cry. Emily knew there were many reasons why her dad was acting like this, but just to see him cry broke Emily's heart. Emily began to cry as well so she walked towards him, opening up her arms, and buried her face into his chest.

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That very night Emily's father's sobs and cries were empty and was replaced with something else ... anger. He blamed his child for going into that for going into the hotel, and he blamed the reason why his wife died was because of Emily. He got up from his bed, went to the kitchen, and grabbed a knife. He went back upstairs in his daughters bedroom, gripping the knife tietly, and aiming for his daughter's heart. But he stopped himself. He remembered the promise...

~~Flashback~~

Emily's mother was in the hospital bed and was very weak. She placed her hand out and Emily's father held it. After a while she told him something,

"Honey can you promise me something?"

"Anything darling," he replied.

"Take good care of Emily. Don't let anyone hurt her, please protect her. Whenever she's down bring back up. Just please help our only child."

"I promise and devote my life to Emily."

"Thank you honey, I love you and Emily you guys brought me back to life, thank you ..."

Emily's father, in shock, shakes his wife, but she wouldn't wake up.

"No ... NO! NO NO NO NO NO!!! WAKE UP! NO DON'T GO PLEASE DON'T GO!!! he screams and starts crying.

~~ End of Flashback~~

How could he! Break his wife's promise. He went back to his room putting the knife beside him on the nightstand, then slowly fell asleep.