Emily's mother's eyes grew wide as she could not for the life of her believe that her own daughter was pointing a gun at her, so she lifted her hands to protect her face.
"Put that thought down!" she exclaimed, but Emily was not about to listen to her mother, no matter the cost. She needed to know the truth, even if it hurt her.
"I will not be putting down this gun, mother. If I do not hear the truth from you in the next minute, then I will have no choice but to shoot you," Emily told her mother painfully.
"The police will arrest you for my death," her mother told her, but no amount of threat was going to deter Emily from getting the truth that she so desperately craved. Emily surprised herself by smiling aloud; her mother's threats did not scare her.