I believe the answer is a.)
Answer:
I would ask the seven guests to wait a bit while I resolved an emergency situation.
Explanation:
An emergency situation must be resolved quickly. For this reason, in the situation shown in the question above, if there was no one who could resolve the emergency situation, or attend to the guests, in my place, I would ask the guests' understanding and explain that I needed to resolve an emergency situation, for this reason, I would need them to wait a bit so that I could attend them.
The past tense to bring is brought
