Chapter 3
Cole sat back in a chair as he sipped a large mug of beer at a pub in town.
"Hey you big lug, you don't look so good" A waitress said standing next to him.
"Piper, what? You work here?" He asked half drunk seeing her in a French maid outfit.
"Yeah, it true, I just started a few days ago." She said looking around the place.
The place was loud and the music and voices all blended together. The lights were low and the bar was lit in neon pink and blue.
"So? Who are you trying to forget tonight?" Piper said as she sat down beside him.
Cole looked at her and smiled. She knew him better than anyone else. They lived side by side and grew up together, and they played everyday together until Cole's mother died and then Cole and his father moved away. They didn't move far so Cole and Piper always stayed in touch. All through school and even after. Cole hadn't heard from Piper since he and his father took up at Hotel De Paris. So Piper knew nothing about Phoebe.
"Well missy, I was wondering if you would like to dance?" Cole said slurring his words a bit and wrapping himself around Piper.
"Ok, Cole, come on, we need to sober you up, I don't want you to turn back to your old ways." Piper said as she helped him up and swung his arm around hers and walked him out on the porch.
They walked up to a wale in the center of the dirt path. She sat Cole down and retrieved the hanging bucket.
"So, how's your pa?" She asked as she worked on getting the bucket.
"He's great! He is working for some bitch on the hill." Cole said as he laid his head on the ground.
"And how about you?" She said as she finally brought the full bucket to the top and unhooked the handle.
"Working for the same bitch!" He said trying to get up from the ground.
Piper just looked at her friend and rolled her eyes. She through the bucket of water directly in Cole's face and it caught him off guard.
Cole gasped and let out a yell.
"Shit! That was cold! What the hell are you doing? Crazy woman!" Cole shouted as he tried to get his breath back.
"You will thank me in the morning you lush!" Piper shouted back trying not to laugh at Cole shock. "Now let's go, You will stay with me tonight." She said helping Cole up from the ground.
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"Phoebe I am so sorry that I was not a good father" William said as he and Phoebe sat on the balcony of her room.
"No daddy, you were a good father, you just left us all alone" She said looking out over the town.
William looked at her confused.
"I forgive you know though. When mom told me why you left, I hated you but I also realize how hard mom is to live with." She said smiling at him.
"Oh, Phoebe, I loved your mother, I truly did, but all the…." He stopped himself and looked at her and sighed.
"Daddy I know you and mom had some troubles, but why did you leave us for that other woman?" Phoebe said staring at him.
Will looked at her in surprise. "What do you mean Phoebe?" He asked confused.
"The woman that you left us for? Lydia?" Phoebe said confused now.
Will looked at her for a long time and then he looked out over the town. Dallas had told Phoebe that He was just a heart breaker and He had left them for another woman.
"Well Phoebe, I have no real excuse why I left, but I am happy with Lydia and she makes me feel wanted. You always made me feel wanted too love. I just couldn't live that way anymore with your mother. There has not been a day that goes by that I don't think of you and how much fun we had in those days. You were so full of life and you loved everything and everyone. I miss the way you use to giggle and run around the house."
Phoebe's eyes filled with tears and one ran down her cheek.
"I miss the way your little voice echoed down the halls of the hotel and your sad little tears when you would fall. I miss your long curls that floated in the air when I would push you on your swing." Will's voice started to crack as tears started to run down his face.
Phoebe wiped her face but the tears kept coming.
"daddy, I missed all those things too!" She said as she started to sob and wrapped her arms around his neck.
Will wrapped his arms around her too and he comforted her by running his fingers through her hair. He rocked her on the chair like when she was young. Phoebe was so happy and so sad at the same time that she just laid on her father's chest and never wanted to leave.
The next morning Johnny woke up to an empty room. Phoebe was no where. He got up and put his robe on and walked to the bathroom. Phoebe was laying on the floor unconscious. There were pills spilled all over the floor and the bottle of vodka was shattered and there was glass everywhere.
"Phoebe! What have you done baby?" he said in a shaky voice.
He picked her limp body up off the floor and laid her on the bed.
"Phoebe! Phoebe! Wake up darlin'! Come on!" He said in a worried tone, as he tried to wake her.
Phoebe just moaned and tried to wake up, but she couldn't.
"Hold on darlin', I'll call for help" He said reaching for the phone.
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"Cole, are you awake?" Piper asked as she looked around the corner of the guest bedroom.
"Yeah, honey, come on in!" He said in a suggestive tone.
Piper smiled and rolled her eyes. She walked in with a cup of coffee in her hand.
"Ahhh, that looks good!" He said reaching for the coffee.
"You were a site last night when I found you" Piper said watching him sip the very hot coffee.
"Damn that's hot!" He almost shouted putting the cup on the night stand.
"Last night you said something about Hotel De Paris. Do you really work there, or where you just out of your head?"
"Well, I used to work there, until yesterday. He said putting his hands behind his head.
"You got fired?"
"No, I quit"
"What? Why? That is a good job! Everyone try's to get on there!"
"Well, that is a long story, but I do have to go back sometime to get my check, but I am not in any hurry." He said sitting up beside her.
"You fell in love didn't you?" She said starting to smile.
"Ok, I think you are drunk now!" He said reaching for his pants.
Piper gasped and started to laugh.
"You did! And now you don't want to go back!" She said starting to hit a nerve with Cole.
"Do you mind? I am trying to dress" He said as he slipped his Levi's on and buttoned them.
Piper ignored him and laid on his bed and propped up on her elbow.
"No, No! You are going to take a shower before you come to my breakfast table."
"What are you saying? I stink?" He said as he jumped on the bed and grabbed a pillow to pretend to smother Piper's face.
Piper screamed and then started laughing.
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In the hospital, Johnny sat in the waiting room.
"Excuse me, Mr. Patric?" The doctor said standing in front of him.
"How is she doctor?" He said standing up from his chair.
"Well, there is some good news and some bad. She seems to be coming out of it pretty well, but unfortunately we were unable to say the baby."
"Baby?" Johnny asked confused.
"Yes, Miss Halliwell was three weeks pregnant." The doctor said.
Johnny was shocked, and he just stood there staring a blank stare at the doctor.
"Can I see her now?" He asked
"Yes, now, she does not know, so I will leave it up to you to tell her….Just down the hall in the second door on the right." The doctor said nodding down the hall.
"Thank you" Johnny said quietly, and started down the hall.
"Oh, and her age was not filled in on the admission form. Can you tell me, and I'll turn it in now myself?"
"She is eighteen….Today is her birthday" He finished and walled in the room.
Phoebe looked so helpless laying there with a tube in her nose and her heart beat was very slow.
"Hi" Phoebe whispered as Johnny walked up to her bed and reached out for her hand.
"Are you ok?" was all he could think to say.
"The doctor says so" She whispered.
"Did you know?" He asked softly.
"Yes" she whispered.
"Your baby was three weeks the doctor said"
"It was yours too Patric" She said in a weak voice.
"So you knew and you did not say anything?"
Phoebe looked at him and a tear ran down her face.
"I that was the last thing you wanted"
"Well, yes, that is the last thing we need right now darlin'" He said kissing her forehead.
"Please don't tell daddy I am here. It would hurt him, and please don't tell my mother, she would not understand." She whispered.
He nodded to her request.
"I will take you home as soon as you are able" He said and walked out of the room.
Phoebe felt even more empty inside now. She hated herself for what she did to her baby but it was in desperation. Johnny would have never wanted or took responsibility for it, and knew she could never get away being a single mother at eighteen. That would never work out for someone like her. He mother would have never understood. She just wanted Cole to come and take her away from there. She missed him so badly, but she thought he would never forgive her.
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After closing Piper and Cole sat in the empty pub and sipped beers.
"Well, it has been a week, do you feel better?" Piper asked
"Yes, and all thanks to you!" Cole said
"So, are you still going back tomorrow night?"
"Yeah, that bitch will be having one of her Saturday night parties and I'll get my money from the butler."
"What about your pops?"
"He is going to stay on until the fall and then we will probably move again"
"Well, here is to new beginnings!" Piper raised her mug.
"Cheers!" Cole said smiling.
Cole wanted to go just to feel Phoebe again. She was everywhere at that place. He missed her smell and her soft skin. He wanted so badly to hunt her down and find her but he knew she had moved on and he tried to except that.
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Phoebe was up in her room at home. Phoebe's stomach was still soar and she needed to lay down.
She laid on her bed and closed her eyes. She was glad to be home but in a way it just reminded her that Cole was gone. Her mother told her he quit and he was not coming back.
She let her mind drift off and she thought of the lake.
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Cole hugged Piper good-bye and motioned for a cab.
"Thanks Piper, for getting me back on my feet." Cole said kissing her forehead.
"Well, let me know when you are in town again handsome"
"Ok, take care beautiful" He said smiling at her as he got in the cab.
Piper waved and watched him drive off.
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That night Phoebe milled around her mother's Party with Patric.
Phoebe didn't even try to put on a smile. She didn't really care.
"You look stunning love. Let's announce our engagement after the weekend." Patric said quietly to her.
"Fine, what ever. I think I am going to turn in early tonight. I will catch up later?" She said kissing his cheek and walking out side.
Patric watched her and then turned back to the party. He saw a group of woman smiling at him. He quickly looked outside and watched Phoebe go out of sight.
"Hello ladies, you all look fabulous!" He said walking up to them and putting his hand on one woman's buttocks and putting hid arm around another's neck.
The girls formed around him and giggled.
"My how I've missed you all, let's go up to my room and get high…Shall we?" He said as they all followed him.
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Phoebe stood by the lake and stared at the calm and glassy water. She took her ring off and she wanted to through it in the water. Instead she just put it back on. She smiled as she thought about Cole stripping and jumping off the rock. She was lost in her thoughts when she heard something behind her. She whirled around and saw Cole standing there. He was in white and he looked so good to her.
"Cole!" She said so glad to see him again.
She was so excited and her heart began to race as he walked up to her. He didn't say a word he just walked up to her and stood towering over her. He was inches away from her face and it made her weak to her knees. She didn't know what he was going to do. He grabbed her throat and squeezed slightly, then her pulled her to him and kissed her passionately. She threw her arms around him and he wrapped his around her waist lifting her off the ground. She let out a moan and it made him want her even more. She felt so good in his arms and her kiss made him feel whole again.
"I missed you so much Phoebe" He said hoarsely as he kissed her passionately.
"I wanted you to come and get me, and take me away!" She said breathlessly with tears in her eyes.
"I thought I would never see you again" He said hoarsely as he pressed her against a tree and lifting her dress. "Don't leave me again."
"I am here now. Make love to me Cole." She said as she wrapped her legs around his waist.
Cole slipped her under garments off and un buttoned his pants. He slowly moved inside of her and she kissed his lips softly. Their rough foreplay became soft and intimate. Cole was gentle and warm. It was so passionate and overwhelming. They stared at each other and they could see one another's love in their eyes and they could feel the intense desire.
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The next morning Phoebe woke up laying by the lake. She didn't have a stitch of clothes on and she felt so free and alive. She stretched and smiled as she sat up.
"Cole?" She said looking around.
Cole was no where to be found. She looked around and she saw his clothes laying in a heap by hers. Then she heard a splash out in the middle of the lake. Cole came up out of the water, and wiped his face as he looked toward shore and smiled at her.
"You scared me!" She yelled folding her arms and smiling back at him.
"Why? You thought I left you like you left me?" He yelled back as he started to swim towards her.
"No! I just didn't know where you were that's all!" She yelled in her defense.
He reached the water's edge and came walking out of the water naked. Phoebe laid back to look at this beautiful naked man walking towards her. He was so handsome and the water rushed off of him as he came walking on shore. Phoebe shivered as she thought of how fabulous he looked all soaking wet and dripping from head to toe. He laid down beside her and then rolled on top of her trying to get her wet.
"Cole! Get off you are soaking me!" She giggled.
"Come on baby, it is your turn" He said as he picked her up and carried her to the water.
"No! No!" She yelled as he jumped in the water with her.
They came back up to the top and Phoebe was choking. Cole moved her hair from her face and smiled at her helplessness.
"Oh, you thought that was funny?" She said smiling back and wrapped her arms around him to dunk him.
Instead, Cole leaned in and kissed her before she could. She felt his warm body press against herd in the water and she became very turned on. He lifted her legs around his waist and they made love again in the water. Phoebe felt herself falling madly in love with him, and she never wanted this feeling she had go away. She felt so loved and wanted, not just for her body, but for her true self. She felt safe in his arms.
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"Ladies, thank you for the lovely evening, come back and visit me soon!" Mr. Patric said as he saw the girls out of his room.
He walked back to his bed and sat be the phone. He lit a cigar and dialed the Halliwell house.
"Bonjour! Good morning! Halliwell residence"
"Yes, Bonjour, Miss Phoebe Halliwell please?" Patric said puffing on his cigar.
"One moment Monsieur Patric" There was a pause with the receptionist.
"Mademoiselle Halliwell is not answering her phone Monsieur, would you like to leave a message for her?"
"Non, merci" He said and hung up the phone.
He looked at the time and it was ten o'clock in the morning.
"Where is the little vixen?" He thought to himself.
He got up and got dressed, and headed for the house to see where she was for himself.
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Cole and Phoebe were getting dressed in silence. The tension between them was thick and they knew now they would have to face reality.
"That is a very big rock on your finger Phoebe. Are you going to go through with it?" Cole asked as he buttoned his pants.
"Cole please…." Phoebe paused.
"What? Did you think that would go away? What is that slime ball to you anyway?" Cole snapped.
Phoebe slipped her shoes on and started to walk off. Cole started after her and grabbed her arm and pulled her to him.
"Don't walk away from me Phoebe, I asked you a question" He said angrily.
"Let go of my arm Cole! He will be looking for me, I need to get back!" She snapped back.
"Why? So you can go running back to his bed? We had sex and now it is out of your system? Now you can move on? Is that how you play baby?" He said through his clenched teeth.
"I can't believe after last night you could say that!" She yelled in his face.
"I can't believe after last night you are going back to him!" He yelled back.
"Cole, I don't owe you anything and you don't own me!" Phoebe said angrily.
"No, but he does!" Cole shouted.
"Nobody owns me, I do what I want!" She yelled.
"Oh yeah, than why don't you come with me? Huh? Because I know you want to be with me, I can feel it!" He said grabbing her shoulders.
"Cole, I can't go with you" She said sadly.
"Why? Because of him? Your home? Your work? What? Tell me Phoebe!" He pleaded.
"I don't care about any of that!" She shouted frustrated.
"Why did you stay away for so long then? In Venice?"
"How did you know where I was?" She asked looking up at him.
"I asked first Phoebe" He said looking down at her.
Phoebe's eyes filled with tears.
"Oh…Cole…." She trailed.
"What are you running from Phoebe?" He said softly.
"Nothing!" She shouted.
"Do you love him Phoebe? Tell me you love him and not me and I'll leave you alone" He said letting her go.
"I have to go Cole, I 'm sorry!" She said as she ran off.
Cole watched her as she ran off. He sighed heavily and reached down picking up his shirt. He slipped it on and headed back himself.
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Phoebe ran as fast as she could. Her tears ran down her face and the wind stung her wet cheeks. She reached the house and bolted in the door. She ran past the servants and up the stairs to her room. When she opened the door, Mr. Patric was laying in her bed.
"Well, darlin', where have you been all night? I waited for you all night" He said in a sly tone.
Phoebe cringed and realized she had left him at the party last night.
"Patric, I told you I would catch up with you today?" Phoebe said trying to blow him off.
"No love, You said later, so I thought I would come hear last night instead of my room" He said very cool.
"Patric, please I want to be alone, I'll call you later." She said in a heavy sigh.
"Patric? What happened to Johnny?" He said as he got up from the bed and started dressing.
"I meant Johnny, I will see you tonight, My mother is having her parties all weekend.
Phoebe said as she sat on her bed.
He walked around the bed and stood in front of her. He took her face and held her chin. Phoebe looked up at him and he had something in his eyes that gave her an uneasy feeling.
"Don't screw me over darlin', you will be sorry" He said coldly and walked out closing the door behind him.
Phoebe didn't realize she was holding her breath until he was gone. She closed her eyes and flopped back on her bed. She started to cry. She loved Cole so much, but she was engaged to Patric. She knew things would not work if she went with Cole, but she wouldn't be happy with Johnny. Phoebe didn't come out of her room all day, she was afraid to see Cole or Mr. Patric.
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That evening Phoebe was getting ready at her vanity. She was in her silk white slip and she was putting on her make-up. She was so torn at what to do, and it tormented her all day. She didn't want Cole to think he was second best, but she had committed to Johnny. A knock at her door startled Phoebe and broke her thoughts.
"Yes?" She answered.
"Mademoiselle Phoebe, Monsieur Patric has requested that you meet him at the ballroom tonight."
"Ok, that will be fine Merci" She said and went back to her mirror.
"Miss Phoebe?" Freddie asked less formal this time.
"Yes Freddie?" Phoebe answered
"Are you ok?" He asked
"Yes, why?"
"Oh, you just seem so formal and reserved since your return."
Phoebe smiled and said, "I am ok Freddie, thank you"
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Phoebe was all ready, and she started down stairs. She walked up to the reception desk.
"In the future, I would like for Monsieur Patric to be rung up before coming to my room, Thank you" She said looking at the receptionist.
"I am deeply sorry Mademoiselle, I thought you where awake when he went up this morning…"
"What did you say?" Phoebe interrupted her sharply.
"This morning when Monsieur went up…."
"When did he go up?" Phoebe interrogated.
"It was not long before you did mademoiselle"
"Thank you" Phoebe said sharply and walked away.
"I am very sorry!" The receptionist said as Phoebe walked away.
Phoebe ignored her and kept walking. She was furious. She walked in to the ballroom and stood in the entry looking for Mr. Patric. Phoebe looked absolutely fabulous. She was in a long black gown that fit her body perfectly. Her spiral curls hung down and one side was pulled up with a flower. Her diamonds sparkled in the light and her lips were like red satin. Her skin was flawless and her eyes were deep and mysterious. Something about her was different. She was not the young girl with a ponytail and jean cutoffs anymore. She was a high class sophisticated woman. She could work the room with her eyes and the men flocked around her. She knew how to move and she turned heads with her sleek body language. The men were looking at Phoebe as she walked across the room.
Phoebe spotted Patric. She walked over to him and the group of women who floated around him.
"Bonjour Ladies. Can I speak to you in private Monsieur Patric?" Phoebe said so calmly and collected.
"Oh, darlin' you look fabulous, Come join us love" He answered looking at her and then back at the women around him.
"No Monsieur, now!" Phoebe said very coldly and walked outside.
"Pardon me ladies, I will return." He said kissing one of their hands and following Phoebe outside.
Phoebe was waiting on the patio out side of the ballroom. Cole was walking by and he stopped when he saw Phoebe on the patio. She looked so beautiful and his heart sank when he saw her. Then he saw Mr. Patric come outside and walk up to her touching her arm. He wanted to rip his head off as jealousy and rage filled him. He watched the two on the patio.
"Don't you touch me you son of a bitch! What game are you playing?" Phoebe shouted.
"Keep it down Phoebe, you are making a scene!" He said calmly as he looked to see if anyone heard the shouting.
"I don't care! Why did you lie to me this morning?" Phoebe continued to shout.
"What is this all about love? Lie about what?" He said angrily.
"You told me you waited for me all night in my room, but you only came up a little before me!" She became more calm.
"Phoebe, drop this childish accusation and come with me back to the party." He said slyly trying to touch her face.
Phoebe slapped his hand away.
"Don't touch me you bastard! This is over!" She shouted as she took off her ring and threw it at him.
He grabbed her arm and dragged her to the green house that was near and slammed the door.
"Look! I told you that no one leaves me! Now I am warning you, get back there and forget this whole thing!" He said shouted angrily in her face as he squeezed her arm.
"You don't scare me! Let go of me!" Phoebe yelled
Patric clenched his fist and punched her across the face knocking her to the ground. Cole burst through the door.
"Leave her alone!" He said between his teeth and grabbed Patric by the collar and slammed him against the wall.
He punched Patric as hard as he could across his face and then again in the stomach. Patric folded in a heap on the ground
"You will deeply regret this!" Patric said spitting blood.
"I doubt that!" Cole said angrily and walked over to Phoebe.
He knelt down beside her and scooped her up from the ground. Phoebe moaned and held her cheek.
"I got ya baby" He said as he held her in his arms and walked out of the green house.
"Cole?" Phoebe whispered in a weak voice.
"Yeah baby it's me, just hold on I will get you in the house." He said carrying her in the house.
There was a crowd forming outside of the ballroom on the patio.
"What are you doing back? What happened to her?" Dallas shouted pushing through the crowd.
She had seen the commotion and came from the party. Cole ignored her at first and kicked the double French doors open to the house.
"Stay with me baby" Cole said to Phoebe as he walked in the house.
Phoebe just moaned and she was still in and out of consciousness. Cole walked up the stairs to Phoebe's room and Dallas ran in front of him and opened the door. Dallas was still not sure what had happened. Cole laid Phoebe on her bed and propped a pillow under her head. He touched her cheek and kissed her lips.
"I'll be back" He said and then turned to Dallas.
"Get some ice and try to keep her awake….I'll be back to check on her after a while." He said and headed out the door.
"You are nothing but trouble!" Dallas shouted.
Cole could hear the panic in her voice as he turned to her again. Fredrick came up to the room in a hurry.
"Don't worry, she will be fine!" He coldly mumbled as he turned and shuffled down the stairs.
Dallas just stared at him bitterly and then sent Fredrick for some ice.
"Phoebe? Can you hear me sweetheart?" Dallas whispered in her ear as she held her close to her.
"Mother, help me up, I have to go to him" She strained.
"Fredrick, call the cops! It's that Cole, he is causing a disturbance!" Dallas ordered as she looked out the window and saw Cole walking outside.
Cole came out of the house with his fists clenched and headed straight for Patric who was talking with some people. He was nursing a gash above his eye, when Cole grabbed him and threw him to the ground again. Patric tumbled to the ground and laid on his back. He smiled and pulled a gun from his belt. He aimed it at Cole and Cole froze. He put his finger on the trigger and with evil and hate in his eyes he cocked the gun. The gun went off and Cole was lying on the ground. Cole was not harmed, but his father who was on top of Cole was. Blood started to run from his father's back and Cole realized what had happened.
"Dad!" Cole shouted as he slid out from under his father's body.
"Son" His father said as he smiled up at Cole. Then his smile turned to a blank stare and his eyes set and became glassy.
Cole held his father in his arms and rocked him back and forth with his head buried in Abe's chest. He stopped for a moment and laid his father out on the ground. Cole was blinded by pain and rage.
"NO!" He shouted and ran at Patric who was still staring at Cole and his father. Cole slammed into Patric before he could shoot at Cole. The gun flew out of Patric's hand and hit the ground. The crowd stood motionless around them. Cole started punching Patric and Patric fought back. Patric grabbed a shovel that was lying by the green house.
"I said you would be sorry boy!" Patric said as he swung the shovel.
Cole ducked and rolled and he grabbed the gun from the ground and rolled to his back squeezing the trigger. The gun went off a second time and Patric fell to his knees. Blood started to run from his mouth and he fell face down onto the ground.
The police were arriving now and they pulled up to the scene. A fire truck and an ambulance came shortly.
Cole closed his eyes and staggered to his feet. The crowd just watched as he walked over to his father and picked him up in his arms. His father had given his life for Cole's. The paramedics rushed over to Cole and his father.
"Get away from us!" Cole shouted as he stood and walked toward the ambulance.
The paramedics were shocked by Cole's reaction but they allowed him to carry his father over to the ambulance. When Cole laid his father down on the stretcher, the police grabbed his hands and cuffed him reading him his rights in English and French. Cole didn't even try to fight, he didn't even care. He just stood there motionless and waited while the police filled out their forms and exchanged information. They talked to a few witnesses and Cole just leaned against the car with his hands behind his back and tears in his eyes,
Phoebe and Dallas were walking out of the house. Dallas held Phoebe's arm while they walked out to the crowd.
"Cole?" Phoebe said as she tried to focus on him across the way.
Cole smiled at her. Phoebe walked towards him and Dallas went to grab her but stopped. Instead Dallas just watched as Phoebe walked over to Cole and threw her arms around him. Dallas realized Phoebe loved him.
"What is going on Cole?" Phoebe said feeling the cuffs behind his back.
Phoebe felt like a little girl again when her father would leave. She felt the same panic and desperation. She buried her face in his chest and closed her eyes.
"Everything will be ok Phoebe." He said as he laid his head on the top of hers.
He felt comforted by her touch. Just having her near him made him feel better.
"Cole, who is in there?" She said looking at the ambulance.
"That's my father" Cole said sadly.
Phoebe looked up at his face and he had a bruised cheek bone and scratches on his face. There was blood on his lip and it was swollen as well. She touched his cheek and he closed his eyes. Her hand was soft and warm and it soothed him.
"Oh baby, I am so sorry, I have caused all of this!" She said as she pulled away from him covering her mouth and backing away from him.
"Phoebe, wait! Phoebe!" Cole shouted as he tried to reach for her but he couldn't as his hands were cuffed and the police came to put him in the car. Phoebe turned her back and tears ran down her face. She saw Patric lying on the ground and the suits all around him. She looked back at Cole who was being pushed into the car.
"What have you done?" She asked nervously looking into Cole's eyes.
"Phoebe, it's not what you think! Phoebe don't do this!" He said as they closed the door on him.
Phoebe watched as they drove away. It began to rain and she dropped to her knees and sobbed. She felt so alone and her heart felt heavy. Dallas came over to her and put her arms around her.
"Come on sweetheart, come inside." She said helping Phoebe from the ground.
"Oh, mother, I…." Phoebe began to sob again.
"I know baby, I know" She said as she held Phoebe in her arms as they walked to the house.
