Chloe awoke from her date-rape-drug educed sleep that the courteous Justin
had so graciously bestowed upon her. As she struggled to focus her glossy
teal eyes she quickly realized what the source of her awakening was.
"Chloe... wake up..." Ellie whispered as she lightly shook the brunette's shoulder.
"What happened?" Chloe groaned tiredly as she glanced around her new surroundings.
"I thought you were dead that's what happened!" the red head fussed.
"Where are we?" Chloe then asked her, looking around the crowded jail cell in confusion.
"Jail thanks to you... did you know Zeke is a big hit with the prostitutes here?" Ellie said, throwing the last bit in there to get the bewildered brunette's attention, it worked.
"What!?!" Chloe exclaimed in shock.
"Yeah... Kikki and Valerie have really taken a liking to him..." Ellie then pointed to where two very underdressed women seemed to be talking to someone in the next cell through the bars.
Chloe shook her head at the thought when suddenly she heard a police officer say her name.
"Rafkin!" the chubby man in uniform announced loudly with little emotion, Chloe quickly looked at him. "Lets go..." he said while opening the barred door. "You too." He then pointed to Ellie.
The officer also unlocked the cell beside theirs where the male inmates where, he quickly reached in and grabbed Zeke by the arm, pulling him away from the two woman he was conversing with on the other side of the bars.
"Come on Romeo..." the cop said as he pulled the gangly boy along. "Trust me son, you don't have enough money for their time..."
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"Oh shit..." Chloe muttered under her breath in dismay once she saw the look on her father's face as the cop led them into the lobby of the police station.
Dennis said nothing as he stared at his daughter's haggard appearance. Chloe refused to make eye contact with him as they left the police station.
Zeke and Ellie sat in the backseat as Chloe gazed out the passenger side window, not even attempting to look over at her father as he drove.
The silver car ground to a halt in front of the two-story expensive looking white house.
"See ya..." Zeke muttered guiltily as he piled out of the car, Ellie waved silently as Chloe only watched him shut the car door and walk towards his house.
Dennis rubbed his eyes while he drove down the small street, the sun was beginning to rise now.
"Call me when you can..." Ellie whispered to the brunette, who only nodded, as she climbed out of the car.
Chloe and Dennis were now alone in the car, fortunately for her sake he still refused to address her presence. He sighed deeply with annoyance as he shut off the car's transmission, she only stared blankly at their house as they sat in the driveway.
Taking a chance, Chloe glanced over at the driver's seat, Dennis only stared down at the steering wheel mutely.
"Why didn't mom come?" was all she said, her voice full of scorn as she stared at him emotionlessly.
Dennis looked up from the steering wheel and glanced over at her, disbelief in his dark teal eyes.
"What?" he asked her in confusion, hoping he had heard her wrong.
Chloe only looked back out the window, coldly refusing to answer his question.
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They entered the house, Chloe dragging along wearily, heading straight for her room. Dennis made his way to the kitchen, where his wife sat with her arms folded tightly across her chest.
"Where is she?" Evelyn asked sternly, Dennis only stared back sheepishly while pointing slowly towards their daughter's room.
"Are you insane?" Evy shouted angrily as she threw open the wooden door to Chloe's room, her daughter only rolled over as she laid tiredly on her bed.
"Wha?" Chloe uttered sleepily as she looked up at her mother's furious form.
"First this thing at school then you sneak out! Now this!" Evy was so upset she could barely think straight. "And the cops said they found drugs in your system?"
"They never tested me..." Chloe disputed weakly as she set upright on the mattress.
"One of the cops said Zeke told them you were given some kind of date rape drug! Can you even imagine what could have happened if he hadn't have been there?" Evelyn asked her in all seriousness, Chloe only looked down at the floor in shame.
"It wasn't that big a deal..." she muttered sadly, trying to sound responsible.
"A big deal? You could have been killed!" Evy spat back in anger. "Do you know how reckless you were behaving?"
"Oh, like you've never done anything reckless before!" Chloe smarted back, folding her arms across her chest.
"I didn't say that..." Evelyn answered calmly, staring at her sympathetically for once.
"All you do is yell at me!" Chloe retorted in angst. "Its not like you care... you haven't even tried to help me!"
"What?" Evy questioned in complete confusion.
"You were never there for me! You were always at book signings and openings!" she snapped, tears now forming in her bloodshot teal eyes.
"Is that what you think?" her mother asked, hurt in her voice. "That I spent more time on the books then with you?" Chloe only stared down at her floor in silence. "The only reason I wrote the goddamn things were so you could have better life! So you could have a future, which you're pissing away everyday!"
"So now it's my fault?" Chloe inquired, looking back up at her in disdain, at that moment Evy swore it was Dennis sitting on the bed, not her daughter.
"No, that's not it..." she sighed tiredly in reply. "Who was the one who took you to soccer practice, and made sure the teachers didn't give you a hard time when you came to class exhausted each morning from no sleep?" she reminded her sincerely.
"Yeah, well dad was the one who stayed home with me every time you stayed out till 3 am at those stupid parties with magazine editors and book critics!" Chloe mumbled back while wiping the tears from her eyes and cheeks.
"And you're giving him a hard time just as much as me... why?" her mother then questioned curiously, sitting down on the bed beside her.
"I don't know... it doesn't matter!" Chloe snapped insecurely, not really knowing what the answer was.
Evelyn only looked her daughter over closely, she was so exhausted from the night she could barely keep her eyes open.
"Get some sleep... we'll talk about this in the morning..." Evy told her as she stood up from the bed and walked over to the door. "Goodnight... and happy birthday." And with that last sentiment she closed the door behind her, leaving Chloe alone to her thoughts.
The weary brunette bent down and pulled off her shoes as she continued to sob quietly to herself, she then laid her head down on her pillow and began to cry herself to sleep.
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"What happened?" Dennis wondered as his wife sadly came towards him.
Evelyn looked up at him miserably in silence, looking him in the eyes as she struggled to fight back her tears.
"I sounded like my mother..." was all she said to him, Dennis only reached out and took her in his arms for support.
"Chloe... wake up..." Ellie whispered as she lightly shook the brunette's shoulder.
"What happened?" Chloe groaned tiredly as she glanced around her new surroundings.
"I thought you were dead that's what happened!" the red head fussed.
"Where are we?" Chloe then asked her, looking around the crowded jail cell in confusion.
"Jail thanks to you... did you know Zeke is a big hit with the prostitutes here?" Ellie said, throwing the last bit in there to get the bewildered brunette's attention, it worked.
"What!?!" Chloe exclaimed in shock.
"Yeah... Kikki and Valerie have really taken a liking to him..." Ellie then pointed to where two very underdressed women seemed to be talking to someone in the next cell through the bars.
Chloe shook her head at the thought when suddenly she heard a police officer say her name.
"Rafkin!" the chubby man in uniform announced loudly with little emotion, Chloe quickly looked at him. "Lets go..." he said while opening the barred door. "You too." He then pointed to Ellie.
The officer also unlocked the cell beside theirs where the male inmates where, he quickly reached in and grabbed Zeke by the arm, pulling him away from the two woman he was conversing with on the other side of the bars.
"Come on Romeo..." the cop said as he pulled the gangly boy along. "Trust me son, you don't have enough money for their time..."
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"Oh shit..." Chloe muttered under her breath in dismay once she saw the look on her father's face as the cop led them into the lobby of the police station.
Dennis said nothing as he stared at his daughter's haggard appearance. Chloe refused to make eye contact with him as they left the police station.
Zeke and Ellie sat in the backseat as Chloe gazed out the passenger side window, not even attempting to look over at her father as he drove.
The silver car ground to a halt in front of the two-story expensive looking white house.
"See ya..." Zeke muttered guiltily as he piled out of the car, Ellie waved silently as Chloe only watched him shut the car door and walk towards his house.
Dennis rubbed his eyes while he drove down the small street, the sun was beginning to rise now.
"Call me when you can..." Ellie whispered to the brunette, who only nodded, as she climbed out of the car.
Chloe and Dennis were now alone in the car, fortunately for her sake he still refused to address her presence. He sighed deeply with annoyance as he shut off the car's transmission, she only stared blankly at their house as they sat in the driveway.
Taking a chance, Chloe glanced over at the driver's seat, Dennis only stared down at the steering wheel mutely.
"Why didn't mom come?" was all she said, her voice full of scorn as she stared at him emotionlessly.
Dennis looked up from the steering wheel and glanced over at her, disbelief in his dark teal eyes.
"What?" he asked her in confusion, hoping he had heard her wrong.
Chloe only looked back out the window, coldly refusing to answer his question.
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They entered the house, Chloe dragging along wearily, heading straight for her room. Dennis made his way to the kitchen, where his wife sat with her arms folded tightly across her chest.
"Where is she?" Evelyn asked sternly, Dennis only stared back sheepishly while pointing slowly towards their daughter's room.
"Are you insane?" Evy shouted angrily as she threw open the wooden door to Chloe's room, her daughter only rolled over as she laid tiredly on her bed.
"Wha?" Chloe uttered sleepily as she looked up at her mother's furious form.
"First this thing at school then you sneak out! Now this!" Evy was so upset she could barely think straight. "And the cops said they found drugs in your system?"
"They never tested me..." Chloe disputed weakly as she set upright on the mattress.
"One of the cops said Zeke told them you were given some kind of date rape drug! Can you even imagine what could have happened if he hadn't have been there?" Evelyn asked her in all seriousness, Chloe only looked down at the floor in shame.
"It wasn't that big a deal..." she muttered sadly, trying to sound responsible.
"A big deal? You could have been killed!" Evy spat back in anger. "Do you know how reckless you were behaving?"
"Oh, like you've never done anything reckless before!" Chloe smarted back, folding her arms across her chest.
"I didn't say that..." Evelyn answered calmly, staring at her sympathetically for once.
"All you do is yell at me!" Chloe retorted in angst. "Its not like you care... you haven't even tried to help me!"
"What?" Evy questioned in complete confusion.
"You were never there for me! You were always at book signings and openings!" she snapped, tears now forming in her bloodshot teal eyes.
"Is that what you think?" her mother asked, hurt in her voice. "That I spent more time on the books then with you?" Chloe only stared down at her floor in silence. "The only reason I wrote the goddamn things were so you could have better life! So you could have a future, which you're pissing away everyday!"
"So now it's my fault?" Chloe inquired, looking back up at her in disdain, at that moment Evy swore it was Dennis sitting on the bed, not her daughter.
"No, that's not it..." she sighed tiredly in reply. "Who was the one who took you to soccer practice, and made sure the teachers didn't give you a hard time when you came to class exhausted each morning from no sleep?" she reminded her sincerely.
"Yeah, well dad was the one who stayed home with me every time you stayed out till 3 am at those stupid parties with magazine editors and book critics!" Chloe mumbled back while wiping the tears from her eyes and cheeks.
"And you're giving him a hard time just as much as me... why?" her mother then questioned curiously, sitting down on the bed beside her.
"I don't know... it doesn't matter!" Chloe snapped insecurely, not really knowing what the answer was.
Evelyn only looked her daughter over closely, she was so exhausted from the night she could barely keep her eyes open.
"Get some sleep... we'll talk about this in the morning..." Evy told her as she stood up from the bed and walked over to the door. "Goodnight... and happy birthday." And with that last sentiment she closed the door behind her, leaving Chloe alone to her thoughts.
The weary brunette bent down and pulled off her shoes as she continued to sob quietly to herself, she then laid her head down on her pillow and began to cry herself to sleep.
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"What happened?" Dennis wondered as his wife sadly came towards him.
Evelyn looked up at him miserably in silence, looking him in the eyes as she struggled to fight back her tears.
"I sounded like my mother..." was all she said to him, Dennis only reached out and took her in his arms for support.