At the police station Sandy went in the front door and went to the receptionist desk that was out front. She was a small person, who appeared to be young. He told the receptionist who he was, and asked where Marissa Cooper was. The receptionist told Sandy that she was in interrogation room number two, which was down the hall to his left. He thanked her, and walked down.
Inside the room he saw Marissa crying. She was sitting at the table crying. Sandy went and sat down with her, once again. He gave her a box of tissues.
"Marissa, what happened?" Sandy inquired.
She sniffled some more, and grabbed another tissue. "Se - Seth ca - called me and told me that - that Ryan was on his way to - to Trey's and was going to 'end things' for 'once and for all'," Marissa cried.
Sandy looked at her and said, "No, I mean from the beginning. What prompted this? How did you get involved in a dispute between Ryan and Trey?"
She looked at him. Mascara was running down her face. She looked frightened at that moment. Marissa took a deep breath, took a drink of water, and wiped her face.
"When you, Seth, and Ryan were in Miami, I helped Trey to find a job. And he got one working at the Bait Shop. He said that we should celebrate, and I agreed. That night I went over to his apartment, I brought a couple of movies... Well, we got pretty wasted, and I told him that I didn't feel so hot, and that I was going to take a step outside, for a second. A minute or so later, Trey came out, and we walked down the beach. At that point, he seemed... different, I don't know. Maybe he was high, I don't know. But he started to thank me for getting him the job, and I told him that it was no big deal. Then he began to make accusations that I was into him, and not Ryan. That was when he began to... he began to force himself on me," Marissa explained. She sniffled, and reached for a box of tissues.
"Did he rape you?" Sandy asked. His heart felt heavy. All he wanted to do was reach out and hug this girl.
"No, I fought him off. That is why he had the cut on his forehead. I lost my purse, though, I mean, not like it's that important anyways," she replied.
"What happened to you?" he inquired.
Marissa showed Sandy the bruise that was on her chest. Although it had faded significantly, it was still apparent how large and severe the bruise was. Then she showed him the cut on her forehead, which had happened the night of the funeral when Trey and Jess were doing their "business" at the Bait Shop.
"Is that how there was a gun at Trey's?" Sandy asked. Marissa nodded.
"Jess, the girl who was found unconscious in my pool, and Trey had the gun that night, and they shot it off, and broke a bunch of glass, and it cut my head. I guess it was Trey's or something because it was there in the apartment tonight," Marissa said.
"Did Ryan know about what happened between you and Trey before tonight?" asked Sandy.
"No, I don't know how he found out, unless Summer told Seth, and he told Ryan. That must have been how Ryan found out," she thought out loud.
"What happened tonight?" Sandy questioned Marissa.
Marissa took a deep breath, and said, "I went down to have dinner with my parents, and I got this call from Seth. I asked if I could call him back, and he said no, that it was urgent. I asked what it was, and he said 'Ryan knows.'"
"And?" Sandy asked.
"He said that Summer and him were on their way to Trey's to stop him, but that I was closer, so I got in my car, and went to Trey's as fast as I could. But when I got there, Ryan and Trey were on the floor, and Trey was choking Ryan. I tried to stop him, but he just slapped me aside. He grabbed the telephone out of the wall, and was about to smash it into Ryan's head, and that's when I grabbed the gun," Marissa quivered.
"That's when you shot him, wasn't it?" Sandy said softly.
"Yes, Seth and Summer walked in right after," Marissa replied. "What's going to happen to me?"
"I don't know. Seeing as how you were defending Ryan, and you are a minor, everything should turn out all right in the end; however, seeing as how there were no witnesses... that could be a problem," Sandy stated. "Do your parents know anything about this? Or that you are here?"
"No," Marissa answered. "They don't know anything."
"I think it best you call them, and tell them what is going on, or do you want me to do it?" Sandy offered.
Marissa asked if Sandy could do it. She knew that she did not have the courage to do it herself. As much as she hated her mother, this is the one time she wanted her most. Sandy agreed to be the one to tell them, and he went out of the interrogation room to call Julie and Jimmy Cooper. He began to dial. Jimmy answered the phone.
"Jimmy?" Sandy said.
"Yeah, what's up? Hey, do you know where Marissa went?" Jimmy asked.
"Yeah, about that, can you and Julie come down to the police station? It's pretty important," Sandy replied.