Intermission: The price of love.

Emma watches his car and waits for it to disappear around the corner. Now she stands alone in the driveway and wonders if she shouldn't have come along. She should have stayed with him, supported him in his challenges. And as she knows her boyfriend, dealing with his sister is one of the most difficult things in his life. A happy smile makes the corners of her mouth twitch when she remembers that she knows nothing else that Finn finds difficult. She has a good man as a boyfriend. And if she wants to do justice to him, she will help him wherever she can. With this thought she turns to the house, enters the lawn and turns to the beach. In the distance, she can see Millie and Megan sitting on the log in which a seat has been worked. Here she noticed first what a great person Finn is.

"Hey Emma, come on, sit down," Millie calls to her and Megan also waves happily. Emma enjoys taking care of Millie when Finn is not around, and it seems good for him to know that his girls understand and support each other well. With a mock moan, she bumps between the sisters.

"Everything okay?" she asks Millie, who has also watched the departure from a distance. The young girl just nods her head and Megan does the talking.

"We're a little worried, to be honest."

"Is Maureen so bad?"

"No, not really... Just sometimes," Millie murmurs, looking at her feet which intertwine and rub pieces of grass out which surely will make her Shoes dirty and Finn happy when he will learn about that. Emma wraps her arms around the girl and holds her tight.

"Do not worry. You know your brother. Much better than I have had the opportunity so far. If I already know that he can handle it, you don't have to worry.” That makes Millie giggle and Emma and Megan look satisfied at each other when the little Lynchwood returns the hug. Then Megan becomes thoughtful.

"Have you thought about what could happen if he succeeds with Maureen?"

"What do you mean?" Emma wants to know but the presence of Millie seems to slow Megan down.

"Hey," she says with mock resentment. "Finn said: No secrets."

"Oh, this boy..." Megan capitulates and kisses Millie on the cheek, which causes a light giggle. "You're right." She looks at the other girls. Nobody can doubt their relationship with Finn. "Have you already thought about how we're going to work it out if Finn takes Maureen here?" Emma nods but Millie doesn't understand.

"She doesn't get along well with others, does she?" It makes Emma sad to talk about a Lynchwood-sister like that. She is not used to being sad in the presence of Finn. But unfortunately Megan has to answer her question in the affirmative.

"When she's here, some things are sure to change," she continues, and Millie also listens very carefully to the thought. "And there are some questions. Where will she sleep? How will we have to behave to do justice to Finn? To name just a few."

"Don't you think all of this will come of its own harmony?"

"Maybe. But if not, we have to be prepared,” Millie says, scratching his head. She looks a little depressed and sighs. "I wanted to show him tonight that I made myself pretty for him," she pouts, making Megan laugh. Emma doesn't quite understand and Megan points conspiratorially between her legs.

"I'm sure you can still do that Millie" Emma consoles her... what is Millie for her? And Megan?

"But I don't want Maureen to think we're weird... or to let her feel left out." That both bring Emma and Megan to a hold.

“Excluded,” asks the sister. "Do you think..." She and Emma look at each other. Could it be... Why not?

"Do you think that Maureen too..." Emma can't finish the sentence either, and so it is Millie who has something in front of the two older girls. She shrugs her shoulders slightly embarrassed, but maybe it's the easiest thing for her to understand.

"We said Maureen belongs to the family."

"Wouldn't you have a problem with that?" Asks her sister. Emma feels a little isolated in this conversation, connected her with the boy she loves but trou a different bond than what the three sisters share.

"If Finn wants that..." the little girl mumbles and is aware of what she is suggesting. The two older ones are also thinking about the effects and Megan says: "I can't say anything about it. It was me who brought Emma into the group.” Young Jackson looks embarrassed to the side and wants to put her hands over her face, but Megan stops her. "And I'm very happy about it." The girl obviously cheers up.

"Me too." The two hold hands and without saying anything they made a decision.

"I mean, I brought Emma into our relationship so we two can be with him," Megan explains to her sister. “We were all helped with this. Now that apparently Maureen is going to be in our lives, we shouldn't recklessly set it back.” She frowns. "If we can make her approve of our... way of doing things, then..."

"Then we could have her as a friend," Millie says a bit flippantly, but still hits the nail on the head.

"It definitely helped me," Emma says, therefore also admitting that she has no right to deny Finn from anyone. She has volunteered in this relationship and has not regretted the time she spent with him and his sisters. "And as you said, Maureen is your sister too."

"Best conditions" Megan mumbles, but still has some doubts. "It will be exhausting and difficult to convince her." Then she laughs out loud. "And we will also have to convince him. Finn already feels bad enough just because he has the three of us.” Millie giggles and Megan understands what she's thinking about. The two enlighten Emma about the night in the boathouse and the young Jackson drops her jaw.

"Hey, we're not saying that he should jump on each of them..."

"Don't?" Millie giggles, but then bites his tongue when she sees the eyes of her co-friends. "Sorry" she mumbles, but can't help but grin. Emma is not so sure about this and she is disappointed that she feels that way. It's strange, but she doesn't want to be considered an outsider in the group. Megan shows her empathy to her friend and puts her hand on her shoulder.

"Hey. He loves you, you know that. Everyone sees that. And he will definitely ask you for permission. You know he doesn't do that on his own initiative.” She frowns slightly. "But we also had to have this conversation sometimes." She looks at her two companions. “We have a different kind of relationship with him now than he wants us to do. Millie, I'm not saying you did something wrong. Again I have no right since I was patronizing Emma for the same reason. Maybe my intentions were even more disagreeable. But we also have to be clear that if we don't get together and show him that we deserve him, he will be the one who will suffer most in the end.” The girls agree and it is Emma, who is supposed to be Outsider, who says something first.

"I think it will be easy for him to bring Maureen into the group. He will be able to convince her and like to take care of her. Our job should be to help him with his actions and to make sure that he doesn't get angry with himself.” She looks at the other girls and only sees approval.

"If he decides that Maureen should be part of our group, I will help him. But we should tell him about the plan of Millie at some point. Otherwise, his head will burst when the other girls can't take it anymore.” Megan giggles, but then becomes thoughtful again. "Do you realize what we're talking about?" she asks the others.

"We're really a weird bunch," Emma snickers. But it's Millie, the little sister, the youngest and most inexperienced, who says: "But we're doing this for the guy we love."

---

The mood couldn't be better and the three girls all agreed that their goal should not be to destroy their respective relationships with the guy they love through greed and desire. The best way to do this should be to team up and focus the efforts of all three towards a common goal: Finn and his luck. Someone has to keep track of it if he self doesn't do it for himself. The best way to achieve this for the three girls is to create an atmosphere for him, that allows him to develop freely, and the task of his girlfriends will be to make it clear to him that he is allowed to do so. The alternative would be that they would have to do without his love and none of them want that.

All of the good grades in her life cannot outweigh the feeling of being the architect of what the framework for a life with him will be. His sisters say that too. Yes, it will be difficult to get along with Maureen, even Emma is aware of it. But somehow she also knows that Maureen will come to the same conclusion as her sisters and her.

During their time together, the three happy girls are observed by a person who is watching them from the shadows of the nearby trees. Angry eyes and a face twisted in anger watch the girls' movements. Even if this person cannot hear what is being said, they can still think about the topic. Finn. Finn again and again! Again and again, this boy who stole her luck. Again and again, this boy who took what was important to her. But not for long. The person will take back what belongs to her. Using all the means at her disposal. The person steps out of the shadows and rushes towards the three girls. So far, none of them have noticed it when their steps lead them across the grass to their destination. She's about to get there and the **** on this cheat who took everything from her will be perfect. Now it strikes. One of the girls turns around. It's Emma. And she looks at the person hurrying towards her with big startled eyes. But it's too late to react.

---

"Carrie? What are you doing here?” Emma asks perplexed and looks at her friend. Millie and Megan also turn around, startled, and looking at Carrie too. The three girls expected someone to come in from the other direction, so they didn't pay attention to their backs. The stomach of Emma gets cold. She likes Carrie very much, but she can't imagine a worse accident than if her friend learned what she had just discussed with the two sisters. Carrie, on the other hand, looks at Emma blankly.

"We have to talk," she says coldly and beckons Emma. "Now." She turns and Emma looks nervously at Megan and Millie. She does not react, stays seated and Carrie has to call Emma with an energetic gesture. "Come on!" She snaps her fingers and points to the spot next to her feet.

"Hey, Carrie. That's not how it works,” Megan says, who no longer sees Emma as a friend among equals, but as part of her family. Young Jackson's heart leaps up at this. "Emma isn't a dog you can order around." Megan points to the small group. "We were just talking right now." Carrie only snorts and rolls her eyes in annoyance.

"Yes, I see that. Emma, it is important. Come on.” Megan wants to say something, gets angry while Millie makes herself small like a mouse to escape the storm.

"It's okay, Megan. We have found our way.” The two girls nod.

"If you need anything, let me know." Emma smiles at her friend and walks with Carrie. Two things made her follow her other friend's somewhat insulting offer. After all, Emma is only a good puppy for Finn. On the one hand, she wants to keep a potential source of exposure for her relationship with Finn away from her new family members, on the other hand, she absolutely wants to know why Carrie is suddenly so angry.

Carrie Wilson is only a year older than Emma but is now trudging ahead of her like a general on the battlefield. She is apparently looking for a quiet place where she can 'talk' to Emma, but can't find one. First, she wants to try it in the kitchen but the friends of Millie are watching one of these anime series and Denise is trying to explain what a Gurren Lagann is, but fails miserably. Then they try it in the party room, but Rachel shows Karen how to dance with full bodily effort. The two ask Carrie, what's going on, but get no answer and before they can say anything, the door smashes in front of their noses. What am I doing here? Emma finally thinks, takes heart and the hand of Carrie.

"Come with me." She pulls her friend upstairs.

"I'm not talking about it in our room where someone can come in straight away" complains the otherwise so cleared up Carrie angrily, but Emma just pulls her on. "Wait here a minute," she says and opens the door to the room of Finn and his sisters. He's going to put me over his knees for bringing Carrie here without asking him permission. But somehow it only turns her on when she sees the tousled sheets and the chaos in the room. She quickly begins to cover up the most treacherous traces of her adventures with her boyfriend. She puts the underwear of Millie and Megan aside and when she holds a boxershorts of Finn in her hand she can't resist. She smells it quickly and fleetingly, feels pleasantly dirty while doing so, and chuckles at the thought of where her nose has been all over his body. Finally she is satisfied and opens the door, behind which she finds a Carrie, who has her arms crossed impatiently in front of her chest and has her hair tied back tightly with a hairband. The two sit on the bed and Carrie looks disgusted. She wrinkles her nose and looks around the room.

"Someone needs to clean up this mess sometimes. And every now and then one should open a window."

"Then the whole world would hear me scream," Emma giggles, but chokes on the look her friend throws at her. "Sorry." But that doesn't help either.

"You always apologize Emma! What a baby you are."

"Wow. Excuse... Where does it all come from? I don't know you like that at all.” Only now does the future president seem to recognize that her behavior is closer to a dictator from the Third World than to a leader from one of the G7 countries. She sits up more straight, pulls her legs up to the edge of the bed and presses her knees together. Her hands are folded correctly on her lap and with a jerk of her head she straightens her hair. Then she looks down on Emma, who does not show this attitude. Her body turns slightly and her legs follow, leaning slightly to the side and also pointing at Emma.

"Tell me, Emma, are you happy?" She asks as if she already knew the answer. And Emma can only imagine an answer to this in her situation.

"Of course." Of course the earth is round. Of course the sky is blue. Of course we breathe air. But Carrie just flinches in surprise and her eyebrows fly up. Of course mole people live under our feet. Of course, the film 2012 is based on real events. Of course, five liters of cola a day is good for you.

"Oh Emma. You're so naive.” She didn't hear that for the first time in her life. Otherwise Emma would immediately agree to the argument simply because she knows nothing else concerning herself. But now, with Finn at her side, she can't just accept it.

"Why do you think that?" she asks gently and wishes her boyfriend would be here now.

"Just don't you see what Finn is doing to you?" Finn? Is it about him?

"What is he doing? He makes me happy. Believe me.” Carrie snorts again and only confuses Emma even more.

"Only you believe that." But Emma doesn't understand what only makes Carrie angrier. "Can't you see what he's doing to you? How he treats you?” Okay, yes, surely some things have leaked out about her first night with her lover. The way she screamed. And she was always viewed submissive. But why does it make Carrie so mad?

"He treats me well and fairly. When you allude to my first time with him...“ It doesn't occur to her that Carrie could not be authorized for this private information. The two are best friends and Emma can't stand when someone she likes suffers. And besides, the secrets she keeps are so significant that the fact that she let Finn dominate her fades in comparison. But again Carrie just gets angrier. Now she jumps up and has lost all decency and upscale behavior. Now she's just an angry girl, which dumps her anger on her best friend.

"He's just taking advantage of you! And you don't see that at all. God, how stupid I was to let you see him.” It is a real shock to Emma when she sees the behavior of the otherwise controlled Carrie. She paces up and down in the room, waving her arms wildly without worrying about her appearance. "Look at what he made of you! A trembling, nervous little thing that does everything he says. Let's you kiss in public. Letting him do everything with you. And his sisters. Oh god, his sisters."

"His sisters? What…"

"They're just taking advantage of you!" Now Carrie almost screams.

"What? No! ”Emma is also noisy. She'll protect the two as long as Finn isn't there. That is her role and she chooses it.

"Don't you think it's suspicious that the two always sleep with him? That Megan to be with you when you sleep with him? That Millie always hangs by his side when you two are together? Doesn't it bother you to always be just the additional wheel on the car?” The allusion to the last link in a chain hurts Emma a lot. Precisely because it comes from one of her best friends, but also because she did everything for it... and Finn and his sisters too, so that Emma doesn't feel like it.

"You can't judge that!" Emma yells and jumps up too. "He takes good care of me! And for his sisters too!"

"But he's your boyfriend! Boyfriend damn it! He should just take care of you.” Emma wants to scream at Carrie as loudly as she has never done. But she thinks of Finn and what he would do to resolve the situation. Surely he wouldn't want the two friends to quarrel. Slowly she sits down on the bed again, aligns her glasses and slowly straightens her hair.

"Okay... Okay. I get where that comes from. You think Finn doesn't appreciate me because he still keeps his sisters with him.”

"Who the hell does that? That is gross! And especially when he has such a great woman as you. What more could you ask for?” Carrie almost sounds **** and Emma is happy that she has calmed down. Her friend is only worried about her, as friends should do for each other. But how do I show her that she doesn't need to worry without telling our secret?

"Finn... Finn is a... Finn is the love of my life. I have adored him as long as I know him and now that I am with him it is like heaven on earth to me.”

"You don't know what love feels like," Carrie groans and talks to Emma like a small child, which doesn't bother her. How could she be bothered if she could hug Finn later and send him to his sisters? "It shouldn't be that way." Carrie has calmed down again and tries again with reasoning. "He should only be there for you. I hoped that when I brought you close to him..." She straightens her hair. "I was hoping that he would be there for you."

For a long time, none of the girls says anything and the room is completely quiet. Outside, you can see Denise and Millie laughing as Susan and Claire build up a volleyball net on the beach. Emma looks out and smiles. Poor Finn. If he comes home with Maureen, we will **** him to play with us and then he will be worked out. And then he still has to do his best when Millie shows him what she has prepared for him.

"You're thinking about him again, aren't you?" Her bitter voice wounds Emma. But there is no point in denying it. "He didn't deserve you Emma. You deserve someone who... "

"Right. He didn't deserve me. ”Carrie pauses. And when Emma realizes that it is actually joy that she sees on her face, she is unspeakably disappointed by her friend. "He didn't deserve me because I don't do him justice," she says defiantly and now she says it too, to hurt Carrie. "I do everything for him but everything I do is perfect for him." She still sits and watches with a cool distance how Carrie turns pale like a corpse. "Everything I say, what I do, what I wear... every act for me, every thought I have... everything fascinates him. He is the perfect soulmate for me. And with all of that, he takes care of two more people.” She waits a few seconds but what she wants to say has to be said. "You think it's a weakness that he can't let go or doesn't appreciate me. But I'm with a guy who doesn't have the heart to hurt someone who needs him. And that's why he'll never hurt me. He'll always make sure I'm fine. And Millie. And Megan.” She smiles triumphantly. "What you call weakness or a trick to take advantage of me is actually something you cannot understand. And I don't blame you for that either. The two of us will always be friends. I like you Carrie. You're a great person.” So that's how Finn feels when he does his thing. "But I won't give up what I have with him. He makes me perfect and I will never again..."

---

Emma Jackson cannot finish her sentence when Carrie Wilson rushes at her. The two end up in the sheets like last time. But unlike the last time, Emma doesn't squeak like with Finn but just looks surprised when some other pair of lips desperately hold onto her and two hands hold her head. The eyes of Carrie are closed in agony, she breathes heavily into the mouth of surprised Emma. The scent of her shampoo is so strange and different compared to what Finn and Megan use. The hands that are now touching her body, approaching her breasts, are trembling and feel so different. Finn was more tender, Megan more experienced. And then Emma realizes that she is cheating on her boyfriend with another girl he hasn't approved.

"Carrie... wait... I can't..." But Carrie doesn't stop, instead she becomes more and more ****. Her hands run over the belly of Emma and hurry down quickly and hastily. It also doesn't help that Emma squeezes her legs together. She is not wearing underwear. Finn said nothing about it and it turns her on to give him free rein. But if Carrie notices that in her feverish attempt, she'll only get angrier. And I belong to Finn! "Stop it!" With a strength, she would not have dared to have, Emma pushes Carrie away. Finally, the **** girl gives up and rolls of Emma with a whimper, who jumps up and looks down at her friend, who is lying on the bed with wet eyes.

"Carrie what... what should... what..." Carrie is sitting on the bed, legs up and nothing is more difficult for her than to look Emma in the eye. But she also knows that it is no longer reasonable to pretend.

"I love you," she whines and Emma grows cold with grief. "Why don't you see that?"

"Oh Fuck Carrie..." Emma is too shocked to pay attention to her pronunciation. As if by herself, she sits next to the girl who will later rule the country and closes her arms around her. Today she feels like Finn several times. "Why didn't you say anything?" Carrie rubs her face against the offered shoulder and sobs a few times until she has found the strength to reveal herself to Emma.

"Everyone could see that you were in love with him. From the moment Megan introduced you to him, I had no chance."

"Oh Carrie. I... I'm so sorry... but..." Emma doesn't know what to do. Damn, when does Finn come home? But maybe he can't help her with that either. "I always thought you'd like boys. You have a boyfriend." It only occurs to her now.

"Oh that? What should I do? Follow you as you do with Finn? Just to ignore me how he does it with you?” Carrie sobs again. "What should I do? I like Daniel very much. And I like you too, just... more."

"You don't know if you..."

"I'm bi... I think... I don't know either, damn." Carrie gets angry again. "And I wouldn't have to wonder if Finn would treat you better. If he would take care of you as I would, I could concentrate on other things. But you're always doing everything wrong and can't even get to a friend or a date without my help!” Emma has no idea whether she should feel hurt now. It was the worst thing Carrie ever said to her. But how is she supposed to be mad at her? Carrie is where she was recently. And now she has everything whereas Carrie has lost everything. Emma hugs her friend even tighter. "Sorry..." Carrie mumbles and clings to Emma so as not to let her go. "I'm talking crap. Excuse me."

"No problem."

"Do you see? You are perfect for me. And Finn doesn't understand that and doesn't give you what you need.” Now she gets **** again.

"I can do it! I know what you need. You don't need Finn. I can make you happy.” Again Carrie tries to kiss the girl of her dreams and Emma hates having to reject her.

"No Carrie, please leave it. I don't want that." That sits. No matter the tone, if you love someone, it is always devastating to hear something like that. Emma tries to make it easier for her friend or at least to explain it. Through Finn she knows that words spoken and used correctly, can improve a situation like this. But it was always Finn who mastered these words, not she. "I'm with Finn. I can't cheat on him… and I don't want to.”

"But he's after his sisters as much as you are after him! Just wait and see. At some point, one of them will take him away from you.” Again only desperation speaks from her voice but Emma is glad that Carrie apparently has not yet seen behind the curtain.

"They wouldn't do that, believe me. They like Finn and want him to be happy.” So they accept me by his side and make me so incredibly happy. But it's not what Carrie wants to hear.

"But you deserve a partner who is only there for you and you don't have to share."

"But I would have to share you with your friend," Emma states and caress her friend's back.

"He would like that. Believe me. That would not be a problem."

"But for me it is. And for you too."

“But you have the same thing with Finn now. What's the difference between me and him? Between Daniel and Finn?” That's a good question and Emma ponders this question for a long time. When she finds an answer, she can't tell Carrie. The answer is that it took three girls to convince Finn so that he could be happy. And that this is the only way to make people happy who mean something to him. Daniel wouldn't understand that.

"Finn just isn't like that," she says simply.

"But I can see how he treats you. So demanding!"

"But I like that," tries Emma to calm Carrie down. "He shows me that I can always rely on him."

"You can do that with me too! Better than with him!” Carrie calls again with puffy eyes and hits the sheets with anger. Emma gathers up all her courage, thinks about what Finn would say and tries it in her way.

"No Carrie." The addressed looks at her in surprise. "Finn wouldn't come to me like that and put pressure on me to pull him to his side. He always gave me a choice, respected me even if I didn't always know what I was doing. He and his sisters support me and I support them. Finn is terribly embarrassed with that, but he knows that it is the best way to make me happy.” This is how Emma achieves her goal, but with greater sacrifices than Finn would have needed. Carrie cries on her lap for a few minutes and Emma feels her hair like Finn would. But unlike her boyfriend, she doesn't manage to turn the situation around for the better. She is a little angry about it, but she knows that she only has to wait a little bit and tonight or tomorrow she can ask Finn for advice.

"I'm really a bad friend, right?" Carrie finally says and manages to look Emma in the eye. She no longer looks sublime and elitist. Welcome to the rest of us.

"Yeah sometimes." The face of Carrie twists again in pain and Emma quickly adds: "But that doesn't matter. Everyone is on the ground sometimes. Everyone needs help. And you only did it because you like me.” But Carrie shakes her head.

"I did that because I love you and want to have you for me alone." She sniffs. "I thought I could get rid of the feeling and be happy with Daniel if I brought you together with Finn. Help you to be happy. Maybe then you would...” She breaks off and recognizes something. "He's really good for you. I believe you if you tell me that about him.” She puts her hand on her great love's cheek and enjoys the only closeness she can get from her. "But if he doesn't treat you well..."

"He does. Do not worry. And he's not going to be mad that you're doing this. I'm sure."

"You don't tell him about this, do you?" Now Carrie is really worried. It is harmful and also damages her reputation. But Emma has to shake her head as well.

"We promised ourselves that we wouldn't have any secrets from each other." Carrie looks really destroyed. "But if you want, you can talk to him about it before me. Then I just tell him that there is something, but you want to confide in him first.” Carrie sniffs again and wipes the face with the balls of her hand.

"OK. Thanks, and listen… "

"Do not worry. That doesn't change anything between us. And you still have my vote."

The two hug one last time, then they get up. Emma looks out the window and sees with Carrie that the same people are down on the lawn as before. Apparently nobody noticed.

"Come on," says Emma, waving Carrie to her. "Get ready and we'll go down together.

---

While Carrie is freshening up in the bathroom next door, Emma sits on the bed and thinks. I would rather not know how Finn feels, she thinks and grumbles irritated. Given that he has been doing this with his sisters for years, she can understand why he is sometimes so serious when he thinks he is taking advantage of his girls. And now Emma is beginning to have what he has. A person who is dependent on her and whom she has to help somehow. But I love Finn. I promised to stay loyal to him. And nothing will change that. The only thing she hopes is that Finn can solve the problem better than she can. As for Emma Jackson, she just wants to sink back into his arms and let him decide what's right and what's wrong. And then she can pursue her true calling and assure the guy she loves that he is a good person and prove herself worthy of him.

---

Finally Carrie is back in the room and it is as if the wild kisses, tears and screams never happened. Young Wilson is actually someone who masters how to present herself in public. How else could she have kept her preferences for Emma secret over the years? For one last time, Emma looks out the large window and picks up her words for the sisters, why she wants Finn to solve the problems that she caused. And besides, she hopes that Megan will not do too much want to know, what happened up here for now.

"I..." Carrie begins and stands behind Emma. "I will support you in your task from now on. If you really think Finn is the right one for you, then I believe you.” Emma is about to turn to thank Carrie, ass down on the grass all heads are heading in the same direction at the same time. Everyone looks at the parking lot.

"Finn is back" Emma exclaims cheerfully and Carrie flinches sadly. Apologetically, Emma holds the harmed girl close. "Talk to him. Then I am doing that too. He can certainly help us so that you are not feeling too bad. He can do that like no one else.” Carrie only grumbles but returns the hug. Then the two girls head downstairs.

Emma is the first to step through the door and see Millie looking left to the parking lot. Emma follows her eyes and looks forward to being able to hug Finn. But her blood freezes in her veins when she realizes that Finn isn't driving a green jeep.

"Fuck" she murmurs when Josh heaves himself out of the driver's seat and immediately approaches the group of girls.

"Where is she?" he roars menacingly from a distance. "Where's my girlfriend?" Usually each of the girls would certify that it is Carrie who has the biggest balls of all. So it would be her who steps forward and does the talking. But neither she, nor anybody else, and especially Emma , doesn't understand that it's the young Jackson who is now taking a step forward and putting a hand on the shoulder of Millie. The young girl looks at Emma with fearful eyes, but the look is not returned.

"Carrie, take Millie and the girls inside." Emma says that but don't let the guy out of sight as he moves over to them. Megan starts to move as well and before Josh has crossed only half the distance, Carrie and Megan have already shooed Denise, Susan, Claire, and especially Millie into the house. Emma stands in the way of the attacker like a mother lion. Josh is not particularly muscular, but at least doubles Emma in every instance. And he wants to take advantage of that.

"Where's Maureen you cunt? Is she in there? With him?"

"It's none of your business. Get out of here,” Emma says. Josh clenches his hands into fists. This is usually enough to get a woman on track.

"Fuck you bitch. I'm going in there now.” He wants to step aside, but Emma, pumped up with adrenaline and thinking about protecting the people Finn loves, follows his movements. With her arms outstretched, she stands in the way of the giant and shows at the same time that she is not afraid, but also that she is not armed. But Josh is not interested in that, who must not accept that a girl buys him the cutting. With a simple but powerful blow, he throws Emma around. The slap of the face echoes across the lake and when Emma falls to the ground, he laughs dirty.

"Whores who don't hear must feel. Now stay there while I get what belongs to me." He walks past Emma and also Megan, who is holding her knee in pain. Angry, the sister of Finn clings to her attacker's legs, but only gets a massive kick on the shoulder. He kicked Megan. He hurt her. I can't allow that! Panting and trembling, Emma gets up, drags herself to Josh, who hasn't noticed anything yet and runs towards him from behind. She attacks him, hits him against the back of his head with all her strength - which is not a lot - and makes him stumble. Josh grabs backward, gets her shirt, and pulls her forward. The tearing sound of cloth sounds loud in her ears and she feels the cool breeze on her exposed breasts as Emma emerges on the lawn at Josh's feet. She rolls around, everything hurts, and tries to pull herself up again.

"Shit, you have great tits. But they're still too small. I want big things. The one of Maureen are way hotter than yours. Ugly bitch." Emma doesn't feel anything about it and doesn't do anything to cover her nakedness. Then Megan has straightened up again and pounces the enemy again, who fends her off and hits her on the ground like Emma before. That can't be, thinks the young Jackson when she sees the danger approaching the house with Millie and the others in it. Emma pushes herself up with all her last strength. She tastes blood but doesn't take care of it. Again she stands in front of Josh with outstretched arms while Megan is lying on the floor.

"You can't come here. Get out of here." Josh looks puzzled. How can a woman speak against him? It reminds him of Maureen. And that makes his face deform in anger. He grabs Emma by the throat and presses hard.

Emma Jackson has never been so scared in her life. She can't breathe and the blow she gives Josh in return doesn't even seem to get through to him. The edges of her field of vision turn black. She tries another blow that also does nothing. Then she remembers the age-old weakness of every man, pulls out with her knee and feels on her nacked upper leg the satisfying feeling of soft tissue that is pressed under her bone and his body until something hard is crushed in it in a very very painful way. Josh howls like a ghost and releases Emma. Both fall to their knees, coughing.

"You fucking bitch. I'll kill you!” At that moment, Megan comes over. Screeching, she kicks Josh in the stomach. But he sees this coming, grabs the leg and throws the girl to the ground. Shrieking, Megan holds her twisted knee. Emma tries to get back on her feet convulsing. But to the adrenaline that everyone has in their bodies, Josh still has the advantage of untamed anger and injured pride. Soon he is standing over Emma, whose last blow has no effect. She looks up and the shadow of Josh, a boy she has nothing to do with and will now beat her bloody... or worse... just because she wanted to protect others from him, darkens the sun and the clear blue sky. He lifts his foot, mud and tufts of grass stick under his dirty soles and the last look from Emma goes towards the door of the house. It is locked and the electric blinds are just going down. The girls are safe. Millie is safe. Finn will be proud of me. Then Josh's heavy boot smashes down on her head.

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