A five year old Emily played with her favorite doll Candy when the telephone rang. She looked towards it and back at her mother who was cooking
"Yeah, I know, I know." Lilian sang as she went to answer the phone while Emily went back to playing
"Honey, is that you?"
Lilian asked when she answered the call and heard nothing
"Oh, sweetie, thank God it's you."
Her husband Stark replied from the other end but Lilian could sense the uneasiness from the other end of the call
"What's wrong?" She asked in concern
"They're coming! They're coming and they'll come for you. Keep Emily safe. Keep her underground and tell her I love...ahhhhhh!"
Lilian gasped in shock as she dropped the telephone on the floor. She could hear the pained screams of her husband but being the smart woman that she was, she quickly ran to Emily and carried her as quick as possible to the only safe place in the house they lived
"Mummy, what's wrong?" "Shhh."
Lilian whispered and didn't say another word until she reached her destination. She then dropped Emily and began
"Your father..."
"He's coming, right?"
"No, no, no... he's not coming."
Lilian quickly said as tears came down her eyes.
"Don't come out even if you hear anything and you're tempted to. Mummy's going to join daddy,"
She paused and put down her head while Emily waited for her to continue.
"I love you, and daddy loves you too. Always remember that, will you?"
Emily nodded as she watched her mother talk between sniffles. She also watched as her mother gave her one last kiss and slowly walk away from her to close the door.
All Emily could hear was the bed on top moving back to it's position, footsteps leaving the room and then silence. She sat down on the same spot she stood and hugged her knees, but not uttering a word, not even the slightest sound.
Meanwhile, Lilian ran to the kitchen, purposely leaving the door to the bedroom under which Emily hid open so as not to arouse Amy suspicions and at that moment, she became glad that she and her husband kept Emily a secret. Her thoughts soon cleared when she heard the familiar voices of a certain group of men followed by banging on the door
She picked up a knife and walked out of the kitchen, hiding the knife behind her and under her clothes.
"What do you want?"
"Oooh!" The men outside teased and laughed maliciously
"Open the door you shameless wench."
One of the men shouted, making the poor lady inside feel insulted. She inhaled deeply and ignoring the laughs that followed the insult, she opened the door
"Where's our money?"
One of the rough looking men asked
"Where's my husband?"
Lilian backfired and the man grunted out of impatience
Though not as expected, the next second, the man's hand flew to her neck, gripping around her tightly while she tried to free herself
"You want to know where your husband went? Why not find out."
He said and brought out a small knife and pierced it into her stomach, twisting it roughly allowing Lilian s eyes bulge out in shock as she began to choke
He let her fall to the floor and stepped aside while another man walked up to her and bent to her height
"You should at least allow me to die already."
Lilian pleaded but the man brought out an axe and admired it for a while
"I will milady."
He replied with a smile and with that, he cut off her head and walked away satisfied
"We move."
The man with the knife said and turned to leave
"We should check the house."
A fellow said but the former shook his head
"They had no offspring. The wretched woman couldn't produce a child. Let's go."
And all men left, leaving Emily behind.