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"Rick please stop!" Yelina Salas sobbed to her boyfriend. "You're hurting me."

"Maybe that will teach you not to disobey me bitch," Rick Stetler snarled, drawing his arm back for another hit.

"Thanks Uncle Horatio," they heard Yelina's son as a car pulled up outside.

"Please Rick, just stop," Yelina begged. "Please." Rick growled and threw her to the floor before walking off. She swiftly picked herself up and scrubbed at her eyes as Ray let himself inside.

"Hi Mum," Ray said walking in the door.

"Hi Ray," Yelina said. "How was Horatio's?"

"It was good," Ray said. "Hey, are you alright?" Yelina turned around and looked in the mirror. The bruises from the previous day had begun to show.

"Yeah I'm fine, I just fell," Yelina replied turning back around to face her son, knowing that the same excuse wouldn't work for long. "So Horatio's was good?"

"Yeah, of course," Ray said following her into the kitchen. "He's been kind of preoccupied lately though."

"Oh yeah? Why?" Yelina asked knowing that her son wanted her to ask.

"I don't know for sure, but Calleigh mentioned something about a woman named Jennifer," Ray said proudly. Yelina froze.

"A new girlfriend?" she asked casually.

"I think so," Ray said. Yelina turned around to her preparations for lunch, outwardly calm, internally being torn apart.

"What do you want for lunch?" she asked.

"Nothing, Uncle Horatio and I had a late breakfast," Ray said.

"Then you'd better go and unpack," Yelina said, willing her tears to stay unshed until she was in private. Ray pushed his chair back and ran out of the room. She turned around to check that he was gone before she sank into the nearest chair.

"What is your problem?" Rick asked walking in. "So he's got a girlfriend. So what?"

"Its nothing Rick," Yelina sighed. "Don't worry about it." Rick walked over to her and grabbed her hair, using it to pull her head back to a painful position.

"Rick, stop it, you're hurting me," Yelina said.

"Don't you ever tell me its none of my business," he snarled in her ear. "Don't ever." He let her go just as the doorbell rang. "Get a move on, answer it," he snapped. Eyes watering, Yelina got up and walked to the door. She opened it and saw Horatio.

"Oh hi Horatio," she said. "Come in."

"Thanks Yelina," he said entering. "I'm only here because Calleigh has been filling Rays head with nonsense."

"Really?" Yelina asked innocently.

"Yeah, she seems to have got the idea that I've been preoccupied with someone lately," Horatio said rolling his eyes. "It's crazy."

"She's Calleigh, you can't really blame her," Yelina said smiling.

"True I guess," Horatio agreed. "But then I could always just blame it on the female species."

"But then you'd be blaming it on me as well," she pointed out. "That wouldn't be fair would it?"

"That's it I am definitely blaming it on the female species," he joked. "Ow!" Yelina had just slapped his shoulder.

"Your own fault," she smirked before going to get her son.

A/N: Ok this particular idea has been buzzing around in my head for a while but I only just got the inspiration to start writing it. I have read the reviews for the last H/Y story I posted and I have taken them into account. Updates will be on Sunday only, or maybe earlier if I get enough reviews during the week. Please read and review, even if you dont feel like logging in or signing up.

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