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Warning: Some swearing, two times.
Chapter Two: Who Was That?
Lee's POV
Melanie had been in the backroom for a while now; I stood up from the couch where I'd been sitting with Barney and Toll. "I'm going to check on her, make sure she's alright." I told them, they nodded and I went to the door.
I pressed my ear against it but heard nothing, I pushed through the door to see Melanie standing like a statue with the phone on the floor with a blinking red light.
"Melanie." I said no reaction.
"Melanie!" I said louder this time and waved my hand in front of her face. Still nothing, 'She must be really zoned out.' I thought.
"Hey guys, come on something is wrong!" I called out the door as I picked up the phone.
"What's wrong with her?" asked Barney inclining to Melanie.
"I don't know; it's like she's frozen." I replied as unlocked the phone. There was a text, I opened it and read aloud.
"I'll call again in an hour, we need to talk." I said.
"Obviously things didn't go over well the first time." Toll commented going over to stand in front of Mel.
"Melanie, wake up in there." he said and snapped this fingers a few times; she blinked.
Melanie's POV
I stared at Toll confused, "What happened?" I asked.
"You tell us." Barney countered me.
"The phone rang, I answered it and oh god it's him!" I nearly screamed as I remembered who it was.
"Who was that on the phone?" asked Lee almost angrily.
I looked to floor thinking, 'He's going to hate this, but I have to tell him.' Before looking up and meeting his eyes.
"Hunter; he's my ex-boyfriend." I told him, he walked away from us his fist clenched in his other hand.
"Why the hell would he be calling you?" asked Hale, he looked angry too. Looking around I saw they all did, I wasn't sure how to feel about that.
I shrugged, "I don't know, we haven't had contact since the break up a year and a half ago to this day." I replied.
"He hurt you." Lee stated from a few feet away, it was meant as a statement not a question. I nodded not speaking.
"How?" he asked not missing a beat, I said nothing.
Lee closed the gap between us in a second and was inches from my face when he said, "Answer me Cole, right now."
His voice was hard and I could tell he was holding back all the rage he felt at that moment just so he could talk without loosing it.
"He beat me with his fists, I never had a chance." I said shame evident in my voice while the men around me all let out low growls in pure anger.
The phone rang in Lee's hand, he answered it without hesitation.
Lee's POV
"Listen to me, you bastard. If you do so much as look at Melanie, I'll kill you." I said my voice as cold and hard as it could get.
"I'll keep that in mind. Put Cole on." He said evenly not giving anything away.
I handed her the phone, "Yes." She hissed at him. I leaned in next to the phone so I could hear him.
"Cole, surprised you last time huh?" he said a note of laughter followed.
"What do you want?" she snapped at him angrily.
"For you to come to 675 Rover Road, tomorrow morning nine sharp." he replied, his voice now sharp and demanding.
"Why should I?" she asked evenly.
"Because there's someone here who needs you." he said before a shuffling noise came over the line.
"Melanie, help me!" a female voice cried out.
"You bastard, when I find you; you're going to wish you were dead." Melanie said her voice as cold and threatening like I'd never heard before.
Laughter met our ears with a sharp click as he hung up, Melanie stuffed the phone in her pocket looking as angry as we all felt.
"Who was the girl?" I asked as gently as possibly not wanting her to turn on me.
"My cousin." She responded exiting the room, we followed to watch her put two cases of beer on the table and sit on the couch an open bottle in her hand.
Barney and I looked at each other, "We don't let her get through one case, agreed?" he said. I nodded swallowing a groan; it was never good when Melanie started drinking a lot.
Sorry it's short, next one will be longer. Review please, I need to know what people think, if you guys like it or not.