Caroline's point of view

The last thing I saw was his face. I tried calling out to him but he left. I was coming to my senses when Pauline almost grow wings and fly off the stairs.

"What are you doing back here?" She minced at me.

I realised it wasn't at me. I turn and lift my head from the sofa.

Aziz?

My heart slammed in my chest and I knew something bad was going to happen.

"You! You took something from me!" I was quick to get up from the sofa.

"You are nothing like your mother, your mother would never kill someone!"

"She did what?" Pauline asked in fear, her eyes widen at me as if she have never seen me before.

"She killed my son!" He was about to cry, tears sprang his eyes.

"Caroline would never-"

"Shut it!" He barked, he walked over to her and push her in anger. For the first time Pauline looked scared.
She staggered and balance her self.

"You don't know how it feels to be a father-"

" You don't know how it feels to be raped!! I will kill him over and over again. I will kill a million times. Get out of my house! Get out!" I barked at him with anger. Everything kept boiling over and over. The look on his face disgust me. Just by looking at him, hearing his voice, just the words coming out of his mouth is enough to push me over my sanity.

"Caroline watch your mouth, you don't treat your guest -" She came toward me and pulled me by the arm, only to have me bending her hand, wringing it with all my might. I almost broke it but I saw Matilda standing at the too of the stairs.

I forgot everything for a moment.

She ran down the stairs and I move away from Pauline, who's face grew pale, the palest I've ever seen. Matilda threw herself at me. I could feel her body shudder. She was silently crying.

These mother fuckers keep breaking me and my family. I have had enough.

"Pack your bag, we are leaving," I whispered and shove her up the stairs.

Aziz was silent, for once he didn't look so angry, he was looking at Pauline.

"What did you do?" He asked her.

"Hum-"

He flared up again.

"Tell me you didn't touch them! You didn't lay a finger on them!"

On them?

"Oh, so it's you. You were the one she cheated on Vince with?"

My head did a twirl and the pulse beat at my head side.

He usually come here when I was kid. He lied about it. He now....

"What do you mean?!"

Aziz stood rigid. Pauline had a smirk on her face. I saw dad. Oh God no. I saw dad standing to the left. I could see sweat on his forehead. His breath came out fast. He came in and hugged me. It looks like he ran a marathon to see me but his excitement faded away.

He heard everything. No doubt

Someone cleared their throat and walked in.

Talat

"Go ahead and talk. Clear the air, your son and I would like to know how you cheated with my wife. I'm listening Mr Morris. Come have a seat, I can offer you coffee too," Dad said, he sat on a sofa and stare hard at him.

"I really don't give a damn who he cheated with Vince, that's his business. Oh and another thing. I'm here for Caroline. Come on we should get going."

"No, no, I want to hear. Go on talk!"

"No, you have good memories of your mom, keep it that way. You don't need to -"

"I want to know!"

"Okay, I'm done with everything right now," Talat said. I watched him removed his gun from his back.

"What are you doing?" I asked him.

"Pauline harding, you are under arrest for shipping illegal weapons and drugs, for physical abuse. You have the right to remain silent, anything you say can and will be used against you in the court of law. Now move it."

His jaw bone was set to tear. He didn't look at me once. Dad  looked as if someone slapped him and Aziz just stood there. My heart slammed in my chest.

Talat went behind Pauline and put a handcuff on to her hands. She looked as if she was about to pass out. Without a word, I watched him carry her outside.

"What just happened?" Dad asked.

Talat's point of view

I'm worst than I think.

How can I arrest Pauline when she is wanted? How can I take a wanted woman to the station when she now knows that Caroline kill someone?

I arrest her knowing that I will be the one to held her hostage.  See? Am worst than I thought.

I knew if I didn't arrest Pauline, probably someone would have died. Vince was playing too calm for my liking. He is too smooth for my liking. Dad is too selfish, he miss his son, he wants no one happy.  I wandered if the guns on both of them
Were hitching to be touched, if their fingers were hitching to pull the trigger. I needed a distraction, so I had to get Pauline out of there.

I stop a cab and showed him my badge. I put Pauline in then, I went in after.

"To the station," I said.

***

I got out and paid him. I waited until he moved and then I walked further away. At times like these I need my car.

I remove my phone from my pocket and called Volkan.

"Cross speaking."

"I need you to clean the Station Camera for me. Erase me from the moment I got out of a cab."

"Okay then, but I need to know what the hell is going on."

"Not now. Maybe you can come for the weekend," I hang up on him and Pauline stare at me hard.
Her face still haven't gained back her colour.

"You are wanted, if I don't bring you in. You will be all over the news. So take the time off to prepare yourself. I will leave you somewhere, in the meantime,
Try and talk to your conscience. Ask yourself; How can you do that to a innocent girl. A girl that didn't do anything wrong except from came into this world to suffer at your hands."

She whimper as I bring her down to a basement. A basement at the back of the station. Hidden in plane sight. I shove her in, I remove the cuffs  and closed the door. This is where they torment prisoners. Sound proof, she will be in there only with her thoughts, as long as it takes to clear Caroline evidence from the crime scene.

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