Different - Nate Jacobs

13. "Don't fucking touch me"

Nate's POV

As the police was sitting me down in one of their little rooms I knew I was fucked. I loved Mila and I for sure didn't mean to choke her. 

Luckily I know that she loves me just as much so she would never snitch on me. It was time to deny it, deny, deny, deny. Hopefully, she had a good backup story. 

"Can I have an alone talk with my son?", my father asked the police officer who just nodded. Cal sat down next to me after closing the door. 

"Nate you need to answer me honestly. Did you touch her? I know that sometimes you get very angry and can't control your emotions so if you did I won't be mad but tell me if you did do this?", Cal asked me. 

"I didn't do anything dad. We don't even argue a lot, why would I hurt her?", I asked him. I had the perfect story already made up in my head. 

"Okay, Mister Jacob's. We need to ask you a couple of questions and you need to answer them honestly, if you don't do it then it is a crime and we can put you in jail", the officer informed me. 

I just nodded and held my head low. 

"A lot of people saw you and Miss Howard walk into a side part of the carnival is that true?", the officer asked. "Yes it is", I answered. 

"Okay, may you tell me what you two did there?", he asked. "Well I was mad at my ex-girlfriend Maddy Perez after she insulted not only my girlfriend Mila but after insulting my entire family. So Mila and I walked off there. You know she is such a calming person and I just wanted to talk to her alone", I explained. 

"Some people saw her walk through the carnival crying do you know anything about that?", the officer asked. "No sorry sir. After we talked a little we kind of made out just like two regular teenagers and stuff got heated but I remembered that I needed to get back to the booth. She said she would look for her cousin Cassie and we went separate ways", I explained. 

"Okay so you don't know what could have possibly happened to her?", the officer asked. 

"No, I would never touch her and if anyone ever touched her and I'd see it I would, of course, step in. Mila is just such a small and fragile girl", I muttered acting concerned. 

"Okay, Mister Jacobs we have everything we need. We will call you soon", the officer said and left the room. 

As my dad and I got out of the room we heard crying and yelling. "Don't fucking touch me", the girl, which I assumed was Mila, yelled. 

God, I felt so guilty.

Mila's POV

"Don't fucking touch me", I cried as the lady officer stepped closer to me. "Miss Howard I need you to remove your shirt or we will remove it for you", she explained but I just backed off more. 

"I don't feel comfortable doing that", I explained. "Okay well we have no other choice", she sighed. 

Before I knew it two female officers walked in and held me down, handcuffing me to the table. The first lady started cutting up my shirt making me cry more. 

"I know this is scary but we're just here to help you", she said calmly over and over again. I couldn't tell them anything about Nate I needed a new story quickly. 

So while she was removing my make up I came up with a good story. I knew Nate told them another story as well I just hoped ours would line up somehow. 

The lady started taking pictures of my neck and my wrist while I just stayed still. "Honey I know you don't want to hear this but the person that did this to you doesn't love you", she whispered clearly shocked by the sight of my neck. 

After some time they gave me a big t-shirt and two male officers came inside along with my aunt who gasped at the sight of my neck. 

"Baby who did this to you?", she asked as tears filled her eyes. 

"Miss Howard I know this might be hard but you have to tell us exactly what happened that night. Remember that lying to us is a crime that could possibly get you in jail", the officer told me. 

"I know", I sighed, time to commit a crime. 

"We talked to Mister Jacob's earlier he told us that you two walked off the event to talk. He said he was pretty mad at his ex-girlfriend Miss Perez?", the officer asked me. 

"Yeah, that's true. Nate and Maddy have a rough history but they both moved on. Maddy said some mean things that triggered Nate. We both walked away so he could tell me how he felt and I was able to help him calm down. You know he isn't as though as he looks like", I explained. 

"Okay good what happened then?", he asked. "Well after some time Nate had to go back to his family and I was searching for my cousin but I stayed back a little bit because I was a little hurt by Maddy's words. 

When I got myself together I wanted to walk away but this guy stopped me. I hadn't seen him before, I think he was older than me and he blocked my way. He was clearly drunk or on some sort of drugs. Well, the guy pushed me against one of the trailers and talked about you know having fun. When I tried to walk away he grabbed me by my neck and my wrist choking me. Luckily I was able to pry him off and I ran away", I lied. 

"Okay was that the reason why a couple of people saw you crying at the carnival?", the officer asked. 

"Yes sir", I replied feeling sick about lying. "Okay thank you, Miss Howard. You are free to go and I hope you're able to get some sleep", he smiled as the two officers and the lady left the room. 

My aunt and I walked out of the room and Cassie immediately hugged me. "Why haven't you told me?", she asked crying. I didn't say anything and just cried into her shoulder. 

We pulled away and her eyes widened in shock, "Oh God Mila". "I'm sorry", I whispered calming down a little. "Don't be you didn't do anything. They're gonna find the person who did this", my aunt said as we made our way outside. 

Outside of the police station were Nate and his family talking to an officer. I let go of Cassie's hand and ran over to Nate who walked towards me as soon as he saw me. 

He pulled me into his chest tightly as I kept crying. "I love you", I whispered as he came down to my level. "I love you too", he whispered and hugged me while whispering in my ear, "I'll text you over signal, download it, Baby". 

"Miss Howard, Cassie", Nate smiled at my aunt and cousin. "Hey Nate, this is just so messy", my aunt said still believing me. 

"Are you okay Mila?", Marsha asked as Cal and she walked up to us. "I am", I said smiling weakly. 

"Okay, we have to get going. Get better okay Mila? I think it's best if Nate and you take a little break from seeing each other just for the police okay?", Cal asked and I nodded. 

"I love you", Nate said giving me a light kiss. "I love you too", I whispered. 

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