CHAPTER 3

Scott was pacing and shaking. Then, there was a knock on the door.

It's time, he thought, and how come Ezra didn't get me the drugs? I so need it!

Peter had everything ready. The police car hiding outside, the guy spying on them with a wire, also hidden, everything was in place. He was feeling bad for Scott but knew how relieved he would be when everything was finally over for good.

Elaine came inside and smiled.

"Miss me, Scotty?"

How he hated being called that, and she knew. He didn't say a word.

"Say you missed me!" she urged.

"Dream on!"

"Oh, is that a nice way to talk to me!"

"What do you want, skank?" Scott was getting so angry.

"You know what I want, Scotty." She looked at him from head to toe, "There's a thunderstorm outside and I'm scared."

She said it in her evil voice. The way she would always start to get into bed with him and touch him and force him to touch her.

"There's no thunderstorm," he said.

"Yes, there is," she lied, "I'm scared, Scotty, hold me tight."

But he wouldn't make a move.

"Remember our rules, Scotty. If you don't do as I say your father and mother are going to suffer."

He came closer and forced himself to hold her.

"That's better," she said as she held him tighter, sliding her hands lower, over his bottom.

"Stop it!" he yelled and broke the embrace.

"What's wrong, Scotty? Say that you love me!"

He knew better than upset her for the sake of his family.

"I love you," he said in a low voice.

"What? I didn't hear you!"

He repeated louder.

Outside, Peter could hear the conversation and was feeling bad for him. He wished it was over already.

Elaine wasn't ready to give up yet. She had him sit on the bed and kissed his neck hungrily as her hand caressed his stomach, moving lower and lower until she reached the object of her desire and he flinched.

"Stop it, don't touch me!" he screamed in tears.

"You know you want it, Scotty. I can feel you want it - you can't fool me! Your body wants it, your body loves me. You can say whatever you want but you know it's true. You want it real bad," she licked her lips and smiled, as her kisses moved to his stomach and began sliding lower...

"Just don't touch me anymore!" he pleaded but she didn't listen, "Get off me, skank!"

"You don't want your family to get hurt, do you?" she threatened.

That was enough. Peter couldn't take it anymore. The police officer hiding and listening told him that they had what they needed. He rushed inside and found Elaine all over Scott, her hands everywhere and Scott in tears.

"Miss Barringer, you're under arrest!" the police officer screamed as he handcuffed her.

"What for?" she faked not knowing what was going on.

The police officer showed her the tape, the proof as he added, "Child molestation."

"But he asked for it, he's the one who wanted that to happen. Remember we went through this before," she tried to get out of the situation, "All the love letters and everything."

"Not this time!" the cop said, "Don't put it on the kid, you're the child abuser, you're the bad guy and you'll go to jail!"

Scott was crying on his bed and Peter came to him. He tried to hug him and reassure him.

"Don't touch me!" Scott yelled.

"Scott, it's ok it's me, Peter, it's all over now. Elaine's going to jail this time!"

At that moment the Cliffhangers were outside looking at the scene and wondering what was going on.

Shelby tried to come in but a cop stopped her.

"It's ok, let her in." Peter said.

She entered the boys' dorm and hugged Scott.

"Why did that skank have to come again? What did I do to deserve this? I hate her so much! And I hate my body for responding." Scott was really hurt.

"You did nothing wrong, Scott," Peter tried to reassure him.

"Shelby, I swear I didn't want my body to…"

"Hey, it's okay, Scott, I know," Shelby said and kissed him.

"I'm so pissed off!" Scott shouted, "I hate her so much! And I feel so disgusting! And it all came back to me, you know, everything, everytime she would enter my room and..." he said between sobs, "I re-lived it all in my head!"

Shelby hugged him tight, "It's over, Scott, for real."

Peter wished there was something he could do right now.

"You two go to my office," he told them so Scott wouldn't be near Elaine anymore.

Shelby helped him walk to the office and told everyone on the way not to bother Scott now.

"You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney present during questioning. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed for you. Do you understand these rights?"

Elaine was confused. She'd never lost before. She tried to get out of this mess but couldn't as they had all the conversation taped and Scott clearly asking her, even yelling, to stop touching him. And also the threats against his parents.

"I don't get it," Elaine started, "He wanted this. He asked for me to come over," she lied.

"How could you? How dare you?" Shelby said, angry.

"C'mon, Scotty, you know it's true," Elaine kept harassing him and calling him Scotty.

"Don't look at her, Scott," Shelby said.

"All the love letters…" Elaine reminded everyone.

"You won't get away with it this time," the cop said, "We have enough proof. If you don't get a long prison sentence you'll at least get an injunction and you'll never get close to that kid ever again!"

We'll see about that, Elaine thought, smiling.

In Peter's office, Shelby tried to reassure her boyfriend the best she could but he wouldn't stop crying and shaking.

Once Elaine was gone with the police officers Peter went to his office with Sophie. Scott was in shock, his head on Shelby's shoulder and her hands around him as if to protect him and make him feel secure.

"Everything's ok now, Scott." Peter said.

"She's gone for good." Sophie added.

"How did you figure out what was going on?" Shelby wondered.

"To make it short," Peter started, "I tried to think of what could upset Scott so much he would ask for drugs."

Scott was quite out of it but still hearing a few words and wondering how he knew about the drugs.

Peter could read on his face, "The walls have ears." He wouldn't say that someone told him what they heard so he just made it sound like he had good ears, which was true anyway. Everybody knew it. You couldn't hide anything from him for very long.

"I didn't want her to come over again and mess with you, Scott. But I also knew that if we tried to stop her she would win again. I thought about a good plan to catch her and put her away for a very long time."

"That was smart," Shelby said something nice for once.

"Thank you, Shelby."

"Now she's away for good, we have proof that she's the bad guy and you're the innocent."

"Is this over for real?" Scott asked, "Or will she find a way out again like always?"

"No," Sophie said, "She won't ever bother you again, trust me."

Scott sounded relieved yet still shocked.

"You should try to get some sleep!" Peter said.

"Not in the dorm, I can't, she was there."

Peter understood.

"You can go to the infirmary and rest there and someone will watch you so you're not alone. You have nothing to fear, ok?"

"Can I watch him first?" Shelby asked.

Peter smiled, not surprised, "Of course."

The four of them went to the infirmary together. Once all set, Peter and Sophie left. They would tell the rest of the Cliffhangers what happened and reassure everyone during group session.

Elaine was away for good and Scott could rest and find inner peace again.

The next day, Peter received a call from Scott's father. He finally believed his son and wanted to apologize. Peter told him Scott was still sleeping. He said he'd call back later.

- THE END -

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