Chapter 3

"Aghhh!!! Somebody! Please... if you can here me... please help me," Theresa screams at the top of her lungs.

"I said shut up you little tramp." Noah picks Theresa up and begins shaking her violently.

Ethan pulls up in the driveway of his home and turns off the car. As he gets out of the car, he hears Theresa screaming. He runs up to the front door and unlocks it as quickly as he can. Once Ethan gets the door unlocked he runs through the living room and into the hallway. Halfway down the hallway Ethan knocks over a vase, sending it to ground in a loud crash.

In the bedroom

Noah stops shaking Theresa when he hears the sound of something breaking.

"What was that?" he asked turning his head in the direction of the door. "I would go check it out but I wouldn't want you to run off."

"You might want to check it though, you know? I mean it could be someone coming to visit me and you wouldn't want them to see this. So you really should go check it out," Theresa says with her voice shaking.

"How many times do I have to tell you to SHUT UP???" Noah says slapping Theresa across the face again.

In the hallway

Ethan reaches the bedroom door, but when he goes to open it he finds out that it is locked.

"Theresa!? Theresa, are you okay?" Ethan yells with fear in his voice. "Is that you?" Ethan begins to panic because Theresa is not answering him. "Theresa open the door!!!" He starts beating on the door and running in to it trying to get it open, but to no advantage because it wouldn't even budge. "I better call Luis," he says to himself. Ethan runs to the phone and picks it up. He dials the police station.

"Hello? Harmony P.D. What's the emergency?" Luis says answering the phone.

"Luis?" Ethan asks.

"Yeah, it's me. What can I do for you Ethan? And why are you calling the station to talk to me when you know that it's for emergencies. Also...."

Before he can say anything else Ethan interrupts him. "Luis, you need to come over to my place as soon as possible. Like right now," Ethan says frantically into the phone.

"Why? What's wrong?"

"It's Theresa."

"What about Theresa?" Luis asks getting worried.

"Don't ask questions. Just get over here now. You'll find out when you get here."

"Alright. I'm on my way." Luis hangs up the phone and runs out of the police station. He hops in his car, turns on his lights, and begins speeding off to Ethan's.

Ethan throws the phone down and yells again. "Theresa! Baby, open the door please."

"I can't. He won't let me. Ethan please help me!"

"Who Theresa? Who's in there with you?" Ethan asks angrily.

Noah yells towards the door. "Who do you think is in here? Theresa doesn't need you. She's got me. Now go before I really hurt her."

"Noah so help me God if you laid your hands on Theresa I am going to kill you." Ethan bangs on the door some more.

"If I were you, I wouldn't make threats that I knew I couldn't make happen."

"Noah shut up," Theresa says.

Noah leans toward Theresa and whispers, "Look Theresa. You're making me really angry, so why don't you shut up?"

"Don't you touch her." Ethan yells. "Where the hell is Luis?" he thinks to himself. As if on cue Ethan could hear Luis' sirens.

Luis pulled up in the yard and no sooner than he had stopped the car had he jetted off into the house.

"Luis, thank God you're here. The door is locked."

"Alright I'll knock it down then." Luis stepped back a few steps and then ran into the door. The door didn't budge. He tried again and still nothing happened. After trying several more times Luis turned to Ethan and said, "Dang Ethan. What kind of locks do you have? Stand back I'm going to shoot the knob."

Ethan did as he was told and Luis shot at the doorknob. After shooting at the doorknob Luis kicks open the door. He runs into the bedroom with Ethan right behind him.

"Ethan you go to Theresa and I'll take care of him," Luis says heatedly.

Ethan nods his head. He runs to Theresa as Luis runs to Noah.

Noah is facing the window with his back turned to them. He doesn't even know they are in the room, because he had turned the radio on to defend the screaming. Luis puts his hand on Noah's shoulder, not even noticing that it is Noah and turns him around.

Shocked Luis says, "Noah, hey man. How is it going?"

Noah looks at Luis strangely wondering why he is not beating the crap out of him right now.

"Why didn't you open the door for us? Man, I'll tell you, it's a good thing you were in here with Theresa to catch the guy who was here with her. So, where is he? Did you hit him good?" Luis laughs jokingly.

"No," Noah replies blankly.

"Well, why not? Where is he? Did he get away before you could catch him?" Luis asks.

"No," Noah replies blankly again.

"Well, I don't see him anywhere, so....."

Before he can finish Noah interrupts him. "I'm so sorry. I don't know what came over me. I didn't mean to do it. I love her."

Luis gets a surprise expression on his face. "What are you saying? Did you do this to Theresa?"

"Yes" was all that Noah could say. He knew that there was no reason to lie. "It doesn't really matter anyways. My dad is a cop. There is no way that my dad would arrest me."

"What?" Luis asks furiously. You mean to tell me that you are the one who hurt Theresa like that? What came over you?" Luis steps towards Noah and grabs him by the shirt, shoving him into the wall. "I'm going to kill you."

Luis begins beating him. Once he is finished giving Noah his beating, he handcuffs him and tells him to sit on the bed and stay there.

"Theresa, are you okay? What did he do to you?" Ethan asks Theresa softly.

"Ethan," Theresa raises her hand and puts it on his face. "Why did you leave me? I didn't sleep with him. You...."

"Shhh... Be quiet, okay? Save your strength. I do believe you. I love you and I'm never going to leave you again. I promise that to you. Now please, you have to tell me what he did.

"He... h.. h.. it me and he k.. k.. icked me, and...." But before she can say anything else to Ethan she passes out.