Adopted By Matthew Espinosa (Hayes Grier)

Chapter 47

CHARLOTTE POV.

I was sitting on the couch beside Cameron. Not moving, not saying a word. Nothing but silence. I was sitting still staring at the blank tv as I could see Cam staring at me in the corner of my eye. It was so silent that you could hear a pin drop.

I didn't flinch an inch when Cam came and sat closer to me. "Charlotte, I'm worried about you," He said still staring at me. I didn't reply. it was still silent. "Can you please just talk to me," He said sincerely. "His crazy," I said under my breath as a single tear fell onto my cheek.

"What?" He asked confused. "His crazy," I replied once again louder. "He probably just wanted to talk to you about something," "Then how did he know where I lived?" I asked as I turned to face him. "He probably followed you," He said.

"Cam, he was there before I even got off the bus. His crazy!" I yelled as I jumped off the couch running up the stairs. "Charlotte!" He yelled but got interrupted by the door opening. It was dad. "What happened?!" I heard him shout as soon as he opened the door.

I was in my room as I fell asleep, I woke up to a figure sitting beside me. I looked up to see dad sitting there. "Hey," He said looking at me concernedly. "Hi," I said sitting up. "Are you okay?" He asked seriously. "Yeah I guess," I reply putting on a fake smile.

"I've been talking to Nash, and he was going back home to North Carolina in less than a week and I asked if you could go too, just to get away from all of this drama," He said calmly. "What about Hayes?" I asked. "What about him?" He questioned back.

"Nothing," I replied looking at the ground. "So, do you want to go?" He asked. "How long for?" "A bit less than a month," He said. "Okay, anything to get away from Joel," I said as I started to twiddle my thumbs. "While you are gone, I will try to talk to Katrina, Joel's mom," He said as he tried to stay calm. "Okay," I simply replied.

"When will I leave?" I asked as I sat up straight. "Tuesday, I'm going to go get you some lunch okay, McDonalds?" He asked me with a smile on his face. "Yes please," I said before he kissed my forehead and walked out of the room.

I layed back down on my bed looking up at the ceiling as my phone lit up. I picked it up and saw a message from Hayes...

H- Hayes        C- Charlotte

 H- Heard your coming to stay at my house when Nash comes home on Tuesday.

C- Yeah?

H- Well I can't wait to see you...

C- Is that why you never called or texted me?

H- You know I wanted to..

C- Yeah well I need to go.

H- Bye Char, I really am sorry for everything.

He just acted liked nothing ever happened! I threw my phone on my bed before I walked out of my room. I walked down the stairs to see Shawn, Carter, Nash, Taylor and Cameron all sitting in the kitchen. "Hi," I said as I walked to the fridge and grabbed a bottle of water.

I turned around to have Carters arms around me in a tight hug. "Are you alright?" He asked concerned. "Yeah, I just can't breathe," I started lightly laughing. "Right, sorry," He asked pulling away.

Dad got home and he brought food. The other guys stayed for the night except Carter. I went to bed pretty early because I was exhausted. But every time I closed my eyes, I heard the banging on the door. I knew Joel wasn't there but I was still horrified.

I just couldn't wait until  I got to go to North Carolina, to get away from everything, especially Joel.