A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

After a while, the door of the emergency room burst open and the doctor walked out.

Emily stopped the doctor and asked immediately, "Doctor, how is she doing?"

"The patient was injected with a particular kind of drug. Her body was too weak to work off all the toxins and she had an overdose. Anyone exposed to this drug would witness a severe addiction, so she should receive an abstinence treatment later on..." answered the doctor.

"What? That liquid contained a drug?"

Emily was shocked. Her eyes were staring at nothing and her mind was wandering away from that place. She had a cold thrill on her back as she recalled all the things that happened.

Tina had tried to injected Emily with that highly addictive drug. It was unbelievable. What if Emily hadn't stopped her? What if it was Emily now lying on the hospital bed completely drugged without even knowing how dangerous the drug was? That was awful!

At that moment, the Tao family, Debby and Andrew rushed into the hospital. Their reaction was the same as Emily's as they talked with the doctor, "What? Drug?" Bess was overwhelmed by that news. She was up to faint away, but then she grabbed the doctor by the arm and asked, "Doctor, can you be a little more specific? How is my daughter now? What are you doing to her?"

The doctor just repeated himself, "The patient was under treatment now and then she would have to go in rehab."

"How did it happen? My Tina would never touch any drug!" With this said, Bess burst in tears and let herself fell down on the floor.

"This..." The doctor pointed at Emily and said, "This lady brought the patient to the hospital. You can ask her what happened exactly."

Everyone turned to Emily, anxious to have some answers.

Emily gathered her thoughts and told them the whole story. When she finished, a moment of silence followed.

Debby was the first one taking the word, "Emily, are you seriously saying that Tina was going to drug you, but she injected that crap in her arm by mistake?"

family and at the members of the Tao family. She was calm and

mistake, but how could that be? It seems to me that the truth is

was ready for this, "Mark you have to accept the truth! If

seen many liars like you in my life! You may seem gentle and kind, but I know that deep down you are just selfish and vicious! This is why you sent Tina to the hospital. You just want to keep your

anything she would get back from him was hatred. However, Emily's poor heart had suffered too many things by now, so no one and nothing would hurt

smiled at him, "Mr. Tao, I think that your ability

brother said?" said Bess, her voice shaking, "Did you

I didn't do that! Why don't you just trust me?" shouted Emily. Even her real mother didn't believe her. Emily was angry with all of them.

I know that you really hate Tina, but what you did to her is too much! Yet Tina has been deprived of her beautiful face. Wasn't it enough?

didn't care of Emily at all. Even if she was her real daughter, she would have never taken the place of Tina, never!

wanted to be somewhere else, far from all this mess. It was really ridiculous. All she asked was to be left alone and live

had asked life for all of this. She literally reaped what she sowed. Why was it

truth. Even if all the odds were against Tina, they still would find a way to mark Emily as the guilty one and blame her for it and for

comfort in Debby and Andrew faces, just as she had always done.

was distorted with what seemed to be disgust. Suddenly she jumped forward and clenched her hands on

was way beyond Emily's

did everything become

grip tightened, and Emily was hard to breathe. Her face started coloring

nothing compared to her sense of loss at that moment. For the very first time in her life, Emily felt completely alone. Her mother, the woman who had raised her

that things could have gone in this

silently. As soon as he could, he went

the Taos realized that Emily was struggling to breathe, so they moved

daughter. Although she was more like a stranger to them, they could not just