Futures Part Eleven

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Futures Part Ten

"Mom! Aunt Liv is on TV!"

Emily put her phone on mute and walked out the living room. "Why is Aunt Liv on your show?"

"Not my show. The news just took over. See?"

And there was Olivia on the television being interviewed. Emily unmuted the call, "Hi, I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to drop. I'll follow up with an email later. Thanks."

She turned up the volume a few clicks, "... why do you believe you were targeted?"

"I think that at this point in time it would be reckless to speculate."

"Hey, sweetheart, can you do me a big favor and go see if Charlotte is still asleep? She went down for her nap an hour ago."

"You're just trying to get rid of me."

"Maybe a little. But I promise I'll let you know what happened as soon as I know, okay?"

Sophia sighed but left the room as asked. Emily hated to send her away but words like "targeted" worried her about what would come next. She went back to watching the TV and also started searching on her phone for any updates.

Jacob texted her as she was scrolling. Turn on the news. She's okay, but someone took a shot at Olivia during a rally today

Watching right now

The reporter turned to the camera, "This is Suzanne Richards and that was the reaction from Representative Olivia North after an apparent assassination attempt today."

Emily's phone buzzed again, this time it was Lucas, Olivia's campaign manager. Olivia is fine. She will call you later. Don't worry. And be prepared for the press to try and find you for quotes.

Why in the world would they want a quote from her? She didn't have any idea what had even happened. Of course as soon as she thought it she could see the first news vans pulling up outside. She closed the curtains and texted Jacob to let him know what to expect.

"Sophia, honey, can you come back out here please?"

"Charlotte is still asleep. I didn't wake her up because she's cranky when she wakes up."

Emily laughed, "You're right. She's not a great waker upper is she? Let's just let her keep sleeping. I don't know what all has happened just yet, we will talk to Aunt Liv later and find out but right now there are people outside who want to talk to us and get us to say something they can show on the news so we're just going to stay inside this afternoon and keep the curtains closed so they can't get nosy. Okay?"

"Okay. They should just talk to Aunt Liv if they want to know what happened to Aunt Liv, right?"

"Right. The world would be better if people just talked to Aunt Liv anyway."

"I like talking to you too."

Emily laughed, "Oh, I know you do, sweetheart. And thank you. I like talking to you too. I just mean..."

"It's okay, Mom. And, Mom?"

"Yeah, baby?"

"Do you think my show is back on yet?"

"Probably not, how about we put on a movie?"

"Frozen Five?"

"Sure, Frozen Five."