Chapter 15:
Beth heard her cell phone ring again that night. She was up watching TV, waiting word
from Luis about what was going on at the Book Cafe.
"Hello?" she asked, after practically diving for the phone.
"Hi, Beth," Luis said. "Sorry I called so late. I just wanted to tell you that I found out
what was going on at the Book Cafe. The intruders happened to be Chad Harris and his
girlfriend Whitney Russell."
"Oh," Beth replied, breathing a sigh of relief. She knew Chad and Whitney pretty well.
They wouldn't harm or trash her store. At least she hoped. "What are they doing there?" she
asked.
"Apparently having a romantic evening. Listen, I think you should come here. You are
involved in all this and have to tell me if you're going to press charges or not."
"For what?" she asked. She liked Chad and Whitney and didn't want to do anything to
get them in trouble.
"Well for trespassing. Can you meet us there? I'm going to take them to the station,
but you have to come and talk to them beforehand."
"Ok, Luis," she said. "I'll be there soon."
They hung up.
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Half an hour later, Beth met up with Luis and the others in front of the Book Cafe.
"What's going on?" she asked the three of them.
"I'm placing them under arrest for trespassing your store, Beth," Luis informed her.
She nodded to her boyfriend, turning her attention to Chad and Whitney.
"Why would you trespass?" she asked them. "Chad?"
Chad breathed out a deep sigh. "It's just that I was the last one to lock up tonight, and
with everything going on between Whitney and me, I wanted her to meet me here."
"Why couldn't you meet anywhere else?" Beth asked sternly.
"Because her parents forbid her to see me. I'm sorry, Beth, for not asking your
permission, but we didn't do anything wrong."
"I know you didn't Chad, Whitney," she answered, nodding her head. "I won't press
charges."
"But the point is that you are still under arrest," Luis spoke up, ruining Chad and
Whitney's relieved smiles. He turned to Whitney. "You should call your parents to let them
know of your situation."
Whitney nodded, sighing in a look of defeat.
They were taken to the local police station not too long after. Whitney placed a call to
her parents as soon as she could.
"Hello?" said Eve, picking up the ringing telephone.
"Hi mom, it's me," Whitney said in a low voice.
"Hi, Whitney," she answered. "Did you and Theresa get to Castleton yet?"
"No, mom, I," she paused. "I'm in Harmony."
"Why? Where in Harmony?" her mom asked curiously.
"Theresa and I didn't go on the roadtrip. Listen, I'll explain everything later. Can you
and Dad just come over?"
"Yes of course, dear," Eve replied, a bit worried, "where are you?"
"In jail," Whitney choked out. She hung up quickly after. She couldn't handle hearing
her mother's initial reaction.
The line went dead as Eve looked at the receiver in shock and awe. "Honey!" she
screamed out to her husband in an alarming tone. TC raced to her side quickly, thinking
something bad had happened to her.
"What is it, Eve?" he asked, like a madman.
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Not too long later, Mr. and Dr. Russell made their way into Harmony's Police Station.
They frantically asked for their daughter, calling her name out in exasperation.
"How can this be?" Eve wailed to her husband. "We raised Whitney and Simone to be
nice, decent girls. How can my oldest daughter be in jail?!" she brushed aside some of her
previously unshed tears.
"Right this way, Mr. and Mrs. Russell," said one of the workers. He led them to the
jail cell Whitney and Chad were staying in.
"Oh my Gosh!" Eve whispered, her eyebrows furrowed as she took in the site before
her very eyes. Her daughter was in jail.
At the same time as his wife, TC had his own reaction to seeing his daughter at where
she was. His eyes traveled to the man standing next to her. Chad.
"YOU!" he shouted menacingly. "You no good son of a ..."
Eve did her best to restrain her husband, who most likely would have killed Chad had it
not been for the bars separating them.
"Daddy, please calm down," Whitney cajoled. "It's no one's fault. I'll explain
everything. But you have to promise me to listen. Both of you," she said firmly as she stared
back at her parents.
Eve nodded and eventually TC did as well. Whitney and Chad were let out of the cell
and into a private room where they could all talk. The security guard watched them from a
distance, just in case things got a little out of hand and he had to step in.
Whitney and Chad sat next to each other at the table, facing her parents.
"Ok, what made you guys land here tonight?" Eve, the calmer of the two, asked. "And
where is Theresa?"
"Well, mom, dad," Whitney began to say, after having exhaled, "Theresa and I told you
that we were planning on going to Castleton for two nights. But the truth is, that was a lie.
We were each going to be with our boyfriend's. I know that you two have been preventing me
from seeing Chad, but I can't. He hasn't done anything wrong and if you just gave him a
chance you would see why I love him so much!"
Whitney paused to get a good look at her parents' reactions.
"Go on!" TC pressed.
"Ok," Whitney said. "Well, Chad told me to meet up with him at the Book Cafe after it
was closed. He works there and was the last person to lock up. So he told me to drop by
around 10 pm. And when I walked inside, he had set up the Cafe just for us. There was a
romantic dinner with soft music and it was beautiful. I loved it. It was the only way we could
meet in private. We didn't do anything wrong. The only reason we are here is because Luis
was on duty and saw a light inside the cafe and broke in to see us there. He had no choice but
to arrest us for trespassing. That's the only thing we did wrong. And Beth Wallace already
told us that she won't be pressing charges."
Whitney stopped talking. Chad grabbed her hand affectionately and squeezed it tight.
She smiled at him.
"I believe you, both of you," Eve said after a moment of silence.
"Thank you, Dr. Russell," Chad quickly replied.
"Listen here," TC said, his eyes shooting daggers at Chad, "I want you to stay away
from my daughter. You hear me? You have been nothing but a bad influence on her. Making
her sneak out, go to jail! That's not who Whitney is! And I refuse to let you go on changing
her for the worse this way. So you leave her alone, understood? I never want to see your face
around my daughter's ever again. Let's go, Whitney!"
Chad stared back at him, knowing full well that Whitney's father was dead serious. He
had a dreadful feeling that he wouldn't see Whitney again.
"But, Daddy -" Whitney began to say.
"No but's," TC roared.
He stood up grabbing his daughter's hand and practically dragging her away.
"Daddy, I'm 20 years old, you can't do this to me!" Whitney wailed, trying to break
away from his fierce hold on her.
"You're my daughter, I care about you. Now let's go!"
TC continued to drag his daughter out of the room as a defenseless Chad watched.
Whitney stared at Chad, tears forming in her eyes, wishing, hoping there was
something she could do to be in his arms again.
"Chaaad," Whitney cried out as the door was shut behind her.
He could hear the locking of the door. It was as if Whitney was being locked out of his
life. He knew, in his heart of heart's, that this setback was not like the other one. Her parents
had forbade her from seeing him before, but this was different. He knew it. And he didn't like
it one bit.
{a/n: sorry for not updating sooner. but this was a long chapter. hope u enjoyed. i've been busy with college. anyways, i'm gonna do
my best to update more often.}
Beth heard her cell phone ring again that night. She was up watching TV, waiting word
from Luis about what was going on at the Book Cafe.
"Hello?" she asked, after practically diving for the phone.
"Hi, Beth," Luis said. "Sorry I called so late. I just wanted to tell you that I found out
what was going on at the Book Cafe. The intruders happened to be Chad Harris and his
girlfriend Whitney Russell."
"Oh," Beth replied, breathing a sigh of relief. She knew Chad and Whitney pretty well.
They wouldn't harm or trash her store. At least she hoped. "What are they doing there?" she
asked.
"Apparently having a romantic evening. Listen, I think you should come here. You are
involved in all this and have to tell me if you're going to press charges or not."
"For what?" she asked. She liked Chad and Whitney and didn't want to do anything to
get them in trouble.
"Well for trespassing. Can you meet us there? I'm going to take them to the station,
but you have to come and talk to them beforehand."
"Ok, Luis," she said. "I'll be there soon."
They hung up.
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Half an hour later, Beth met up with Luis and the others in front of the Book Cafe.
"What's going on?" she asked the three of them.
"I'm placing them under arrest for trespassing your store, Beth," Luis informed her.
She nodded to her boyfriend, turning her attention to Chad and Whitney.
"Why would you trespass?" she asked them. "Chad?"
Chad breathed out a deep sigh. "It's just that I was the last one to lock up tonight, and
with everything going on between Whitney and me, I wanted her to meet me here."
"Why couldn't you meet anywhere else?" Beth asked sternly.
"Because her parents forbid her to see me. I'm sorry, Beth, for not asking your
permission, but we didn't do anything wrong."
"I know you didn't Chad, Whitney," she answered, nodding her head. "I won't press
charges."
"But the point is that you are still under arrest," Luis spoke up, ruining Chad and
Whitney's relieved smiles. He turned to Whitney. "You should call your parents to let them
know of your situation."
Whitney nodded, sighing in a look of defeat.
They were taken to the local police station not too long after. Whitney placed a call to
her parents as soon as she could.
"Hello?" said Eve, picking up the ringing telephone.
"Hi mom, it's me," Whitney said in a low voice.
"Hi, Whitney," she answered. "Did you and Theresa get to Castleton yet?"
"No, mom, I," she paused. "I'm in Harmony."
"Why? Where in Harmony?" her mom asked curiously.
"Theresa and I didn't go on the roadtrip. Listen, I'll explain everything later. Can you
and Dad just come over?"
"Yes of course, dear," Eve replied, a bit worried, "where are you?"
"In jail," Whitney choked out. She hung up quickly after. She couldn't handle hearing
her mother's initial reaction.
The line went dead as Eve looked at the receiver in shock and awe. "Honey!" she
screamed out to her husband in an alarming tone. TC raced to her side quickly, thinking
something bad had happened to her.
"What is it, Eve?" he asked, like a madman.
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Not too long later, Mr. and Dr. Russell made their way into Harmony's Police Station.
They frantically asked for their daughter, calling her name out in exasperation.
"How can this be?" Eve wailed to her husband. "We raised Whitney and Simone to be
nice, decent girls. How can my oldest daughter be in jail?!" she brushed aside some of her
previously unshed tears.
"Right this way, Mr. and Mrs. Russell," said one of the workers. He led them to the
jail cell Whitney and Chad were staying in.
"Oh my Gosh!" Eve whispered, her eyebrows furrowed as she took in the site before
her very eyes. Her daughter was in jail.
At the same time as his wife, TC had his own reaction to seeing his daughter at where
she was. His eyes traveled to the man standing next to her. Chad.
"YOU!" he shouted menacingly. "You no good son of a ..."
Eve did her best to restrain her husband, who most likely would have killed Chad had it
not been for the bars separating them.
"Daddy, please calm down," Whitney cajoled. "It's no one's fault. I'll explain
everything. But you have to promise me to listen. Both of you," she said firmly as she stared
back at her parents.
Eve nodded and eventually TC did as well. Whitney and Chad were let out of the cell
and into a private room where they could all talk. The security guard watched them from a
distance, just in case things got a little out of hand and he had to step in.
Whitney and Chad sat next to each other at the table, facing her parents.
"Ok, what made you guys land here tonight?" Eve, the calmer of the two, asked. "And
where is Theresa?"
"Well, mom, dad," Whitney began to say, after having exhaled, "Theresa and I told you
that we were planning on going to Castleton for two nights. But the truth is, that was a lie.
We were each going to be with our boyfriend's. I know that you two have been preventing me
from seeing Chad, but I can't. He hasn't done anything wrong and if you just gave him a
chance you would see why I love him so much!"
Whitney paused to get a good look at her parents' reactions.
"Go on!" TC pressed.
"Ok," Whitney said. "Well, Chad told me to meet up with him at the Book Cafe after it
was closed. He works there and was the last person to lock up. So he told me to drop by
around 10 pm. And when I walked inside, he had set up the Cafe just for us. There was a
romantic dinner with soft music and it was beautiful. I loved it. It was the only way we could
meet in private. We didn't do anything wrong. The only reason we are here is because Luis
was on duty and saw a light inside the cafe and broke in to see us there. He had no choice but
to arrest us for trespassing. That's the only thing we did wrong. And Beth Wallace already
told us that she won't be pressing charges."
Whitney stopped talking. Chad grabbed her hand affectionately and squeezed it tight.
She smiled at him.
"I believe you, both of you," Eve said after a moment of silence.
"Thank you, Dr. Russell," Chad quickly replied.
"Listen here," TC said, his eyes shooting daggers at Chad, "I want you to stay away
from my daughter. You hear me? You have been nothing but a bad influence on her. Making
her sneak out, go to jail! That's not who Whitney is! And I refuse to let you go on changing
her for the worse this way. So you leave her alone, understood? I never want to see your face
around my daughter's ever again. Let's go, Whitney!"
Chad stared back at him, knowing full well that Whitney's father was dead serious. He
had a dreadful feeling that he wouldn't see Whitney again.
"But, Daddy -" Whitney began to say.
"No but's," TC roared.
He stood up grabbing his daughter's hand and practically dragging her away.
"Daddy, I'm 20 years old, you can't do this to me!" Whitney wailed, trying to break
away from his fierce hold on her.
"You're my daughter, I care about you. Now let's go!"
TC continued to drag his daughter out of the room as a defenseless Chad watched.
Whitney stared at Chad, tears forming in her eyes, wishing, hoping there was
something she could do to be in his arms again.
"Chaaad," Whitney cried out as the door was shut behind her.
He could hear the locking of the door. It was as if Whitney was being locked out of his
life. He knew, in his heart of heart's, that this setback was not like the other one. Her parents
had forbade her from seeing him before, but this was different. He knew it. And he didn't like
it one bit.
{a/n: sorry for not updating sooner. but this was a long chapter. hope u enjoyed. i've been busy with college. anyways, i'm gonna do
my best to update more often.}