Hot Coffee (The Hollens)

Emma's POV

Halley had broken down into a fit. I cuddled her with a hug and told her that everything would be okay. Something was wrong with her, apart from being drugged. 

Matt must have mortified her.

Detective Sam and the others looked on, unsettled.

"Halley, please tell them what happened. You have to talk about it," I whispered calmly, making sure I didn't sound mean or harsh to upset her more.

"I don't want to. I can't," she cried.

What on earth happened to her?

"Halley, I know you're scared. I know you want to put this behind you but we need your statement on what happened when Matt pulled you into the house," Detective Sam pressed.

"I can't talk about it. I don't want to," she cried again and hugged me tighter.

Mr. Hollen looked like he was about to explode.

"Where's the driver? Maybe he could describe what he saw when he fetched Halley," Sam said to Mr. Hollen who began to make a call before Sam could finish.

The police officers stayed out in the living room since Halley was already in a delicate condition and they didn't want to upset her any more.

Luis arrived ten minutes later and inquisitiveness led me to eavesdrop. What Luis described when he entered into the house made me gasp. Tears flooded my eyes as he told them the details. I'd have been better of not hearing a thing.

Poor Halley. How could her boyfriend do such a thing to her? No wonder she didn't want to talk about it.

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Luis' POV

messaging my daughter. Emma started pounding on the driver's side window . I rolled it down and asked what was going on. She told me that Halley had be drugged and pulled into the house. I told Emma to get into the car and lock the

the house. Halley was nowhere in sight but I heard yelling upstairs. I followed the sounds, which were dispersed because of the music, but found

me happy.' I pulled Halley up and the two guys ran away. She was so drunk and high she couldn't even stand. I threw her over my shoulder and made my

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Emma's POV 

took it all in. His eyes changed again. His hands balled up into fists and his nostrils flared. Halley had to be more than

the living room but walked into something

where you're going!" Sharon

her mouth so the men in the other

behind us. "Is everything okay

here. We need to talk Ethan!" Sharon snapped. She was so

frustrated, as if he just wasn't in the mood to listen to her bickering again and again. She was always grilling him

she was beautiful but her ways were ugly. I hadn't been around for that long

with the police right now. Can we

We need to talk

about her. Didn't she get any attention when she was growing up?

now," he said

"Ethan, I can't--"

not fucking

yell at her before, or swear. I felt so embarrassed and he wasn't even talking to me. She buried her face in the palm of her hands and ran upstairs. He let out a heavy sigh. I was still standing there, afraid to

you make me another cup of coffee?" he asked and went back into the living

went to prepare

and assumed it was him coming for his coffee. "Here's your

with Sharon. "Don't think I don't see what you're doing, you