EMILY'S POV
"Wake up Emily!" I heard Jack say from my sleep. I slowly opened my eyes to still see everyone but in a different place this time. We were in a hospital.
"How did I get here?" I asked as I sat upright.
"You fainted Emily." Jack said. Just then, the doctor came into the room.
"Mr Blackwood is out of danger now but be had a heart attack, causing him go into a coma. I'm sorry but we don't know when he will wake up." The doctor announced.
I watched as Mrs Blackwood's eyes became wet and she bursted into tears. Peter, Ethan and Brian rushed to her to console her. I felt her pain and it suddenly showed me how I will feel when Jack goes for his surgery.
"Where are we going to after now?" Mrs Blackwood asked as she watched her husband under the oxygen mask.
"Uhmm...... I communicated with dad's former personal assistant and he sent me the address of one of dad's houses out of town that wasn't part of the properties. No one knew about it." Peter said.
At that point I knew we were broke for real. We had no place to stay, our accounts were frozen and all our belongings were not with us anymore. "I have a confession to make everyone." Jack suddenly said.
I knew what he wanted to talk about. I nodded my head, giving him that reassurance that it's going to be fine.
"I have a brain tumor and the doctor said I have three months to live." He said out loud. Everywhere was as silent as a graveyard. Their faces were expressionless.
"What?" Mrs Blackwood questioned as she stood from her seat.
"But the doctor told me I can go for surgery, but there's a possibility of me loosing my memory." Jack added. Mrs Blackwood broke down in tears. I hugged her as tears rolled down my cheeks.
Jack's brothers went to him and embraced him together. I noticed Brian was down. I pulled him aside. "You look so quiet Brian? What is it?" I asked him.
"Veronica just told me that she's with Vivian and Matthew." He said as he bursted into tears.
"I'm so sorry dear." I said.
"Wait...... you knew about it?" He suddenly threw the question I wasn't expecting at me.
"I tried telling you but I just couldn't. I didn't want to spoil your wedding for you. I'm sorry Brian." I apologized. He sighed as he wiped his eyes.
"It's fine, even if you told me, I wouldn't had believed." He said before returning back to the others.
We traveled out of town to the duplex which Mr Blackwood hid from everyone for years. It was old but could contain us all. The news was all over the country. One of the biggest billionaire family had fallen.
The television, social media and newspapers had everything already. The press wasn't left behind. The searched for us like criminals just to get us tell them what happened.
"I will go outside and receive some air." I said before going outside.
I needed an alone time. I needed to get my head straight. "Would you like to go somewhere?" I shuddered in fear as Jack spoke from behind me.
"Of course." I said. We took an old car from the garage. As he drove, I stared at him, reading him. "Do you think this will ever end?" I asked him with my gaze still on him.
"I hope so dear. I think I have a plan, but I don't know if it will work." He said.
"Ok. Spill it." I told him as I became engrossed in the conversation. He was still stating everything when a black car suddenly appeared in front of ours, causing us to stop abruptly.
"What is going on Jack?" I asked as Matthew alighted from the vehicle in a white suit. He had a cigar in his mouth as he puffed out smoke at intervals.
I watched as Jack's grip on the steering became firm as he squeezed it. I touched his shoulder, trying to calm him down. He was about to get down from the car when I stopped him. "Be careful Jack." He replied by nodding at me before he left.
I also got down from the vehicle and went with Jack. "What do you want this time Matthew?" I asked him.
"Nothing. I just came to see how you two were doing right now." He said as he started laughing hysterically.
"I wish I could just punch your face right now but I don't want to stain my hands with your dirty blood." Jack told him with anger boiling through him. From the strong veins popping out of his arms, I could tell that he was extremely angry.
"Oh dear Jack. You've always been too full of yourself." He said, trying to provocate Jack. When he saw it wasn't working, he walked to me and tried touching me but Jack was too quick and punched him right in the face.
Matthew turned back to him immediately and threw a punch on his jaw. It turned into a violent brawl. Jack threw Matthew on the ground and also hit his head on the car's headlight.
Blood started running down Matthew's head as he staggered and brought out a pistol from his blazer's pocket. "No no no Matthew. Don't do it. Please!!!" I pleaded with him as I stood in front of Jack.
"Get out of my way Emily or I'm going to shoot the both of you." He said still staggering. Jack tried pushing me out but I was too stubborn to leave.
When I knew he was serious about it was when he cocked his gun and pointed it at us. "Please Matthew. I will do whatever you want me to do." I begged him as tears poured from my face and touched my hands.
"It's ok Emily. Leave the way." Jack whispered into my ears.
"No Jack. I'm not leaving." I reacted firmly.
"You think you are a hero right, Jack? Now let me burst your bubbles...... you are nothing but a sick man." Matthew cursed him.
"How did you find out about it?" I asked him surprised because none of them knew about Jack's sickness.
Out of the blue, a bike rider sped to the middle of the road where we stood and fired the bullet. I covered my ears because of how loud it was. At some point I thought it was Jack who got shot until I still saw him standing beside me.
I turned to see Matthew in the pool of his own blood on the ground as he held his stomach. The bike rider quickly sped off immediately. Jack dragged me into the car as I was still in shock and the noise was becoming far and more far as my eyes concentrated on Matthew's lifeless body on the ground.