Hot Coffee (The Hollens) novel Chapter 17

Emma's POV

Halley had broken down into a fit. I cuddled her with a hug and told her that everything would be okay. Something was wrong with her, apart from being drugged. 

Matt must have mortified her.

Detective Sam and the others looked on, unsettled.

"Halley, please tell them what happened. You have to talk about it," I whispered calmly, making sure I didn't sound mean or harsh to upset her more.

"I don't want to. I can't," she cried.

What on earth happened to her?

"Halley, I know you're scared. I know you want to put this behind you but we need your statement on what happened when Matt pulled you into the house," Detective Sam pressed.

"I can't talk about it. I don't want to," she cried again and hugged me tighter.

Mr. Hollen looked like he was about to explode.

"Where's the driver? Maybe he could describe what he saw when he fetched Halley," Sam said to Mr. Hollen who began to make a call before Sam could finish.

The police officers stayed out in the living room since Halley was already in a delicate condition and they didn't want to upset her any more.

Luis arrived ten minutes later and inquisitiveness led me to eavesdrop. What Luis described when he entered into the house made me gasp. Tears flooded my eyes as he told them the details. I'd have been better of not hearing a thing.

Poor Halley. How could her boyfriend do such a thing to her? No wonder she didn't want to talk about it.

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Luis' POV

"I was sitting in the car waiting for the ladies, messaging my daughter. Emma started pounding on the driver's side window . I rolled it down and asked what was going on. She told me that Halley had be drugged and pulled into the house. I told Emma to get into the car and lock the doors while I went to get Halley.

"The front door of the house was opened. Kids were everywhere, drinking, smoking cigarettes, dancing, and making out inside of the house. Halley was nowhere in sight but I heard yelling upstairs. I followed the sounds, which were dispersed because of the music, but found her and a guy on the top staircase. He was forcing her to perform oral sex while another guy was video taping.

"Halley was resisting so they slapped her to the face. He said to her, 'Its my birthday, bitch, you have to make me happy.' I pulled Halley up and the two guys ran away. She was so drunk and high she couldn't even stand. I threw her over my shoulder and made my way back to the car with her."

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Emma's POV 

Mr. Hollen rubbed his temple as he took it all in. His eyes changed again. His hands balled up into fists and his nostrils flared. Halley had to be more than just a maid. That sort of reaction from an employer who was a billionaire, was very uncommon towards an ordinary maid.

I began to tiptoe away from the living room but walked into something pointy. Tits.

"What the hell! Watch where you're going!" Sharon shouted.

I wanted to cover her mouth so the men in the other room wouldn't hear her but I couldn't dare touch her.

Mr. Hollen appeared behind us. "Is everything okay here?"

"No, everything is not okay here. We need to talk Ethan!" Sharon snapped. She was so out of timing.

Mr. Hollen looked frustrated, as if he just wasn't in the mood to listen to her bickering again and again. She was always grilling him and yelling for nothing.