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Emmy thought that it was Serena but she couldn’t be too sure.
    Emmy and Troy looked at each other and went upstairs to see what was going on.

CHAPTER 16
YOU HAVE TO FIX THIS
    “You have no business here.” Daniel told Serena.
    “I need to talk to her.”
    “What’s going on?” Emmy said as she saw Serena and Daniel arguing at the living room.
    “Emmy,” Serena said. “I need to talk to you.” She was teary-eyed and her hands were shaking. “You have to fix this. You have to help me.”
    “The last time I asked you for help, you said no.”
    “I know.” Serena said. “And I’m sorry but I was so confused. I didn’t know whom I could trust. I really had no idea what to do. But…but now I’m scared.”
    “What do you mean?”
    “I heard mom and Frank talking and…and they like, they have this plan. They’re planning to kill you.”
    “That’s obvious.”
    “No, no, you don’t understand how grave this is.” Serena said. “They’re planning to go here. They’re with Tripp Meyer! I saw a gun a while ago and I just…Frank asked me to stay at home but I couldn’t. Not after knowing that it’s this grave.”
    “I think you’re just playing on me.”
    “I won’t do that!” Serena said. “I know I said that you’re not my friend but I couldn’t just sit there knowing they have plans of killing you. I guess I was just scared to see the truth.” She said. “I’ve always loved my mother like she was the best person on earth, you know? I always thought she was perfect and she could do no wrong but apparently, there are things in her past that are still dragging her down up to this moment. I heard her and Tripp talk last night, saying that they would finally get their revenge. I didn’t know how to feel about that. I just thought that I had to do something.” She was crying now. “I know you do not want to trust me, but…but I’m scared. I’m pregnant.”
    Emmy was confused.
    “If…If they kill you, they’d be murderers. And…they’d be in jail and I don’t know…I just…I just don’t want my child to be around them. It hurts so much knowing my own mother cannot trust me. It hurts so much knowing that she’d trust Frank more than me. It’s not that I want to be in on the plan, you know what I’m saying? But it’s just hard that she would lie to me like that. She made me believe that she’s amazing and she can do no wrong and that she’s the best mother out there but she’s just…she’s just insane. And then Frank…I loved him so much. I still do and I believed him and now…and now I just have no idea what to believe in anymore.”
    She was crying so hard that Emmy rushed to hug her.
    “I’m so sorry.” Serena said.
    “I knew you’d be here.” Frank said, holding a gun and eyeing Serena. “I told you to stay at home.”
    “You’re insane!” Serena screamed. “Put that gun down.”
    “You think you can just tell me that?” Frank said. “Your mother and I worked so hard for this and you’re going to ruin everything. Back off.”
    “I won’t.”
    “I said back off.” Frank said and went near Serena and Emmy. He was then pointing the gun at them but Daniel reached out for the gun.
    “Dan!” Emmy called out.
    “Oh my goodness!” Audrina said as a shot was fired. She has just gotten out of her room.
    Daniel and Frank were in a tug of war of sorts and another shot was fired. This time, they all saw Frank fall down, blood spurting out of his mouth.
    “Frank!” Serena said, the fear evident in her voice. “Oh my god.”
    “Let’s go.” Daniel said. “We haven’t got time.”
    “Come on.” Emmy told Serena. “I know it’s hard right now but we have to fix this. You want to fix this, right?”
    “I’ll stay here.” Audrina said. “I’ll see if there are some police officers we could trust…”
    “Come on.” Emmy told Serena once more. She then got back on her feet, tears in her eyes.

CHAPTER 17
DIE, BITCH
    “Audrina said that she called