Emma's POV
~ January 21st ~

"Emma, I'm leaving." Lily drops the bomb. She's all I have left and she is leaving me again.

"Wha-what? What do you mean your leaving?" I questioned her. My eyes filling up with tears. "I'm leaving. I'm going back to England Emma." She too looks like she is about about to cry. I'm trying to hold it together. But the thought of being alone killed me inside.

"I know I shouldn't be, you know with all the investigation stuff. Looking for Henry, Liam and Sophie for almost a month. But me and Philip think it's for the best." My heart sinks. Shes right. She is leaving at a bad time. I'm in the middle of a big police investigation to find my missing kids and I've been a mess lately. I haven't spent much time with my friends, I've sort of pushed them out.

"So your leaving me because you boyfriend thinks I'm crazy?"

"I never said that Emma!"

"Well that's the vibes I'm getting from it."

"Emma, maybe you should stop being so stubborn. Your not the only one who has a life to live."

She storms out of my house and I run after her.

"Wait! Please don't leave me Lily, your all I have left."

"I'm sorry Emma."

Beep beep beep beep

Another night, another nightmare, another alarm. It recurred on and on. Every day seemed the same. If it wasn't an alarm waking me up, it was the monitors in Killian's room. The room which he hadn't left for 5 months.

Today is a pretty big occasion in the family. Sophie's first birthday. I've been planning this day since the day she was born. Although I wanted to throw a huge party that lasted a few hours, I still had to go back to the hospital at some point to visit Killian.

After finding out on Christmas about his coma, his health hasn't progressed at all. He's had four surgeries since he was shot and none of them had worked yet. He still wasn't able to breathe on his own and his brain activity was the equivalent to a ten year olds. The doctors said his brain will heal and he will gain everything back again. I hoped he was telling the truth. I had no patience to be lied to anymore.

I've had many talks about the consequences of him waking up. He could have paralysis because he's been in a coma for so long. He could have faulty memory because of the bullet. He might have to have surgeries every two years for the rest of his life because of his pulmonary artery. I have heard it all.

Today, I was going to try and focus on Sophie because today was her day. She's grown up too quickly without me around and today I want to be there for the milestone.

She started walking a few days ago and I was fortunate to see it. It scared me how old and independent she was getting. One day she'll be doing everything for herself. It broke my heart knowing that Killian has missed it all, but when he's back Sophie will show him all she can do and say.

She said dada a few weeks ago and although it was so sweet, she probably doesn't even know who he is. Henry and Liam told me that they were probably the ones who taught her and apologised but they had nothing to be sorry for. She was going to learn it one day.

Henry turned 15 two days ago so this party was for both him and Sophie. He invited his friends as well as me inviting a few for Sophie.

After cleaning the house, putting up the decorations, making all the food and dressing up Sophie in a little party dress, some guests started to arrive.

I pretty much got no time to myself. I was running after Sophie who kept trying to walk beside the fireplace or into the kitchen. Lily was coming in a few hours and Sophie loved spending time with her so hopefully she'll settle down for her.

At around 5pm the party was in full swing and Sophie had just woken up from a nap. Just as I finally sat down, my phone began to ring. I sighed, picked it up and it revealed that David was phoning me.

"Hello?"

"Emma, I have news."

"News?"

"It's Killian, He's waking up."

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