Bree

13-Neighbor pt.5 (final)

Inside the home, Kurt and ethan were removing duck tape from Hannah's wrists,
"Hannah!" Bree dropped Conners arm and ran over to her best friend pulling her into a hug, "Hannah! are you okay! I was so worried." While the girls embraced each other, Kurt and Ethan noticed Conner.
"What's going on, why are all of you in my house?!" He asked, but the boys didn't answer,

"Where the hell have you been Conner, no calls no text , no note, you just disappeared, and you didn't even bother coming back from vermont when your mom went missing!?" "What! Is she okay!?" conner asked worriedly. Kurt and Ethan looked confused, how did he not know about his mom, it was all over the news. 

The group heard banging on a door in another part of the house and muffled screams. "Charlotte!" bree yelled and looked to conner, "Come with me," she said to conner, you two stay with hannah, Mr Porter is probably still here, and someone call the cops."

Bree and Conner ran towards the sound at the other side of the house."

They opened a closet to find "Charlotte and Bob tied up."

"Mom!" Conner yelled and started ripping of the duct tape that held her to the chair. Charlotte looked sickly and weak, but she seemed relieved to see her son after so long.

Bree quickly untied Bob, his face was covered in bruises and he was barely conscious.

Conner was hugging his mom and Bree was helping Bob sit against the wall when they heard Hannahs scream.

Conner and Bree ran back to the other side of the house, Mr Porter held Hannah by the neck, choking her.  "Let her go!" Ethan yelled. Kurt came up behind Mr Porter and stabbed him, the knife ended up in the back of his shoulder. "Owww!" Mr Porter howled, dropping Hannah to the floor, He turned around and punched Kurt hard in the face, he fell back.

Conner and Bree ran to Mr Porter attempting to hold him against a wall. He bit Brees arm causing her to let go of him. Connor looked at the blood streaming down her arm. He punched Mr Porter in the face. Slamming his head against the wall.

*Bang* Mr Porter fell to the floor.

Everyone turned to see Ethan holding Brees gun.  A puddle of blood was forming around the body. Ethan dropped the gun, "Oh—my—god," he said under his breath.

Outside there were flashing red and blue lights and siren sounds coming closer and closer.  Bree sat against a wall. She was too tired to talk to the police; she just wanted to go to sleep. 

Ethan and Kurt were talking to the police outside while an EMT was checking Hannah's bruised neck.

Mr Porter's body was carried out of the room in a plastic white bag.

Charlotte and Bob were helped into an ambulance and sent to the hospital.  Conner wanted to stay with his Mom and Stepdad but only one person was allowed with Charlotte.

Conner noticed Bree sitting against a wall, he walked over and sat a few feet away from her. The room was empty and dark.

Bree didn't acknowledge Conner, she continued staring at the floor..

"Why'd you do it?" Bree asked, still looking ahead.

"Do what?" Conner replied, taken aback.

"Seriouly?" Bree said annoyed,  finally turning to face Conner, "I thought everything was fine and out of nowhere you say you don't wanna see me again, and you don't come back, even though you were supposed to be here months ago, do you know how worried your mom was? and your friends, Ethan and Kurt think you don't care about them...

"Bree... I'm sorry. I didn't want to do that to you, it's just—"

"Just what Conner? Is it something I said?"

"No! Bree it's nothing like that, It's just, you're not safe with me."

"Conner, why would I not be safe with you?"

"I've dragged you into so many of me and my sisters' messes, I mean I dragged you into a war. You could have been killed so many times, I just want you to be safe, away from the fairytale world, even if that means away from me."

"Conner, you didn't drag me into anything. I wanted to be there, I practically forced you to let me come with you the first time, and I came back even after I learned how dangerous it was, I chose to do that. plus bad things happened here too. Look around.

Conner knew she was right. He just  couldn't push off the feeling that he was going to get her hurt.

Conner looked to Bree, "I've missed you." He said to her.

"I've missed you too Conner." 

Two police officers walked in the room. "We need to ask you both some questions about what you've witnessed."

Bree and Conner each went to a police officer. after they were done with questioning, Brees parents were notified to come pick her up. They had so many questions for Bree and she promised she would answer all of them after she slept.

Conner was brought to the hospital and he stayed by his moms side until she woke up.

The next day was filled with more questions for everyone.

Bree and her mom were both at the police station telling more of what had happened.
"Hey Bree." Conner said walking in. He looked exhausted.

Bree turned to Conner and smiled.
"How's your mom doing?" She asked.

Before he could answer Charlotte and Bob walked through the door.

"Charlotte!" Bree hugged Charlotte, "Your out of the hospital?"

"Yes! They said I was okay to go."

"I'm so glad!" Bree said and hugged her again.

"I want to talk with you later." Said charlotte.

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When Conner and Bob were asked to come into the questioning rooms by police, Charlotte went over to bree she was talking with hannah and kurt who were also at the police station.

"Hey Bree, can we talk?" asked charlotte.

"Yes of course."

They walked over to a couch sitting side by side.

"Thank you so much Bree, I heard everything you did for me." Charlotte said

"Of Course Charlotte! I was so worried about you!"
"Do you wanna talk about what happened?"

Charlotte's eyes twitched a little, "We don't have to talk about it, sorry I asked." Bree said feeling guilty.

"No, no it's okay we can talk about it...l I was In the parking lot at the hospital and he just grabbed me, I woke up blindfolded, tied to a chair in an old shed. It was so dark. I lost track of day and night. I had no idea how long I was gone until I got to the hospital.

"I'm so sorry, Charlotte," Bree said sympathetically. "That sounds awful."
Charlotte nodded, her eyes welling up with tears. "It was a nightmare, Bree. I didn't know if I would ever see my family again. I kept thinking about all the things I hadn't done, all the people I hadn't said goodbye to."
Bree reached out and squeezed Charlotte's hand. "I can't even imagine what you went through, but I'm here for you.
Charlotte smiled weakly, grateful for Bree's kindness. "Thank you, Bree. I don't know what I would have done without you."