All the time I was looking at him trying to make him feel better, but I knew he was scared to death because of his father, and even though he tried hiding it I saw through him. Then as we were sitting, my dad came into the room, I smiled at me and he came and hugged me so tight and whispered in my ears 'I am so proud of you!' I had tears of joy in my eyes. Then he sat next to me and mrs. Bolton said 'she is very brave.. I owe her my life!' he then looked at me in great pride! But then my dad said 'I am proud of you.. your mum might kill you but still..' we all laughed except for troy!

I was holding his hand tight, just to let him know he wasn't alone, then chad came in and whispered in troy's ear something that made him run out of the room after staring at me in fear! I knew it was something about his dad so I told my dad in fear 'dad please follow him! Please dad!' he kissed me on the forehead and ran after him. Mrs. Bolton was now crying, I was looking at her feeling so helpless, I wanted to run after troy, but I knew I couldn't. I just sat there crying, praying that he'd keep his promise! Monica was sitting with us but I told her to go see what happened! I needed to know what happened!

It has been an hour now and still no word from anyone, not monica, not my dad, and not troy! Troy's mum was still crying, so I couldn't wait any longer! I stood up, and walked slowly next to the wall, barely standing on my feet, barely taking my breath, every step seemed like miles, it was getting harder by the minute to see properly, but I wanted to get to troy. Then as I was walking I found troy at a distant talking to the police, I thought he did something to his father and the police are here to take him away. So I tried to call at him but I was too weak, they just a few feet away from him, he looked my way and saw me falling to the ground. My father and troy ran towards me, troy carried me but I kept hitting him on his back and said while crying 'you promised me! You promised!' he took me to my room, put me on the bed but I was still clinging to his neck, and hitting him but he never complained, he never fed up, nothing, he just left me let it out! Then after I stopped hitting him, I was still holding him and crying, he said 'I am sorry I scared you..' I started crying even harder, so he said 'shhhh don't cry.. I kept my promise.. I just called the police to take him.. I am fine gabriella! I am with you!' I gradually started calming down, then he looked at my swollen face, my red eyes and nose, then he tenderly whipped away my tears, I was so shaken up so he said 'baby, I am here! Can you feel me?' I said 'yeah.. God I was so afraid troy!' he said 'I know.. I am sorry.. calm down now...' I nodded. Mrs. Bolton was holding his hand the whole time, then when I stopped crying he hugged her and said 'we'll all be just fine mum!' then he took her to her room because she had to rest.

Then he came back to my room and my dad was talking to me saying 'so baby girl, you weren't scared?' and I answered 'I was.. but my love for troy, and my need to help him were more powerful..' my dad smiled at me and said 'you love him that much huh?' I said 'yeah daddy, he is.. everything I have ever dreamt of, he makes me feel safe daddy..' so my dad kissed me on the forehead and said 'I like him too.. he is a very good guy!' I said 'yeah.. he is..' troy was standing at the door and he heard everything we said. So after we finished talking he came in and sat next to me and then my dad said 'so I'll stay with you tonight' I said 'what! No! what about mum?' he said 'yeah, she might kill us both!' I laughed then troy said 'I'll mr. montez' I said 'no again! You won't stay with me or with your mother, you'll go home and rest troy!' he said 'no I won't!' I said 'troy, you have been with me and your mother since yesterday, and you have to rest! Troy just listen to me please!' then my dad 'okay you are right, but we need someone to stay with you and another to stay with mrs. Bolton' suddenly a voice came from the door and said 'I'll do it!' it was my mum!