It had been a few days since Elizabeth had heard from Jason and she was now getting worried. He was never gone this long without calling her. She had double checked the locks downstairs and had retired for the evening by turning out all the lights and heading upstairs to the bedroom. The house felt so empty without him in it, the bed felt so cold as she lay awake hoping she could fall asleep without him by her side. The fear of hearing the worst had been bringing her nightmares when she closed her eyes at night, she didn't want to fall asleep but she knew she had to.

She pulled the covers up over her shoulders and turned onto her side and faced into his side of the bed, still empty, still cold. She missed him so much. As she lay there, she had this overwhelming feeling of something awful had happened. Fearing for her husband, she opened up the nightstand and pulled out the cell phone she kept there. She quickly dialed, he didn't answer. She called the next person who would know what could be happening. She dialed the number feverishly, her fingers pushing down the keys on the keypad quickly. It rang, and rang, finally someone familiar answered on the other end.

"Hello..." the voice said groggily. "Sonny .. It's Elizabeth. Have you heard from Jason?" she said now hysterical and worried about him. Sonny heard the worry and concern in her voice and tried his best to calm her down over the phone.

"Elizabeth? What's wrong? He isn't back yet?" Sonny replied now concerned himself about Jason.

"No Sonny, damn it! He's not back yet! And I have an awful feeling something's happened." There was a brief pause without any word from Jason's best friend, Elizabeth repeated her words to him again.

"Okay.....we'll be right over." Was all Sonny said and the phone line went dead.

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Emily was pacing the hardwood floor of the bedroom as she kept checking on Devon making sure he was alright, not knowing what to do or who to call. Zander wasn't back from his business trip and she was getting worried about him. He always called to check on her and Devon, no matter what time it was, Zander called. She was restless, couldn't sleep, concerned and fearful something had happened.

She had just come back from checking on Devon when the silence was broken by the ring of the telephone. She rushed to pick it up hoping it was Zander. As she picked up the receiver, a feeling rushed over her, a horrible feeling that this phone call was not good news.

"H-Hello Zander?!" a brief pause before the voice on the other end answered her.

"No sweetie, it's mom." Emily's heart sank to the floor, her insides contracted and she felt the worst had happened. Without giving her mother a chance to say anything her eyes welled with tears.

"Oh my God! Mom, is he alright? Tell me he's alright!" she said frantically. She trembled as she held the phone to her ear and listened to her mother explain the reason for the call.

"Emily, sweetie....you need to stay calm and listen to me. Okay." Emily's insides quivered with fear as she trembled and tried to reply to her mom's request.

"O-Okay..I'll try." Emily stammered.

"You need to get Devon. You and he need come to GH, we're in the ER. I'll explain when you get here." There was no reply from Emily on the other end.

"Em! Emily! You still there....honey...you need to get to GH. Zander's been shot." Emily hadn't heard the last remarks from her mother as she left the phone dangling on the floor, she had rushed to Devon's room and got him dressed and bundled to go to the hospital.

Emily packed the diaper bag and wrapped Devon in a blanket, took him back to their room and got dressed. She and Devon rushed down the stairs and out the door. She needed to get to the hospital .. her husband needed her. She met Louie at the elevator, he had been standing guard at the front door since earlier that evening. He noticed she was frantically trying to get the elevator to open up, when he asked her what was wrong. She tried to explain that she needed to get to GH and that Zander had been brought in. Louie escorted her to the car and helped her with Devon into the back of the limo. He drove her as fast as he could to the ER and walked her in to find her mother.

"Mom!" Emily shouted as she rushed into the ER with Devon in her arms. "Where's Zander? How is he?"