Cold State Line

In all the chaos of lifting Matt into the ambulance and people following him to the hospital, they lost sight of Haylee. She had somehow managed to get away from Brian. Dangerous things were running through her mind. The forethought in her brain was that Matt was going to die. He was going to die from that bullet, Haylee seemed sure of that fact.

Meanwhile, Clay was sitting chained to a bench. Two police officers glare down at him, hating this little shit. They had hated him from the time he was fifteen and had taken a joy ride in their cop car. And every police officer hated him because his daddy got him off. Not this time. Not only had he brutally raped and assaulted a wonderful young woman, he had point-blank shot a man.

The two police officers stared him down as the judge and his father emerged from their chambers. They hadn't been a part of any of the commotion. Judge Anderson looked at his son, handcuffed to a bench. The other judge just lifted an eyebrow, begging for an explanation.

"He shot someone. He was going for Miss Lewis."

Judge Anderson lost it at that. He threw his hands into the air and turned to the woman judge. Fury was clear in his eyes. No one had ever seen the older Anderson so angry before. He looked like he was ready to kill.

"Fuck it. Take him to fucking prison." Judge Anderson looked at his son and shook his head. "I'm done with him." He left, not even bothering to glance back at the man who he had given life.

The other judge examined Clay. "Take him to jail. We will decide his sentence tomorrow."

The two officers nodded and lifted Clay by the arms, uncuffing him from the bench and attaching him to one of the officers. He sneered at them, clearly hating them. There was disdain in his eyes and a snarl on his lip.

As the officers started to drag him to the prison transport, Haylee burst through the door. Anger was so clear on her face, it made the officers stop in their tracks. Clay's sneer dropped from his face. He had never seen her like this. No one had.

"YOU FUCKER!" Haylee yelled and charged the handcuffed man. The two officers eyes widened as this petite woman charged them. She wound up hitting Clay dead center in the chest. It caused him and the officer attached to him to topple to the ground.

She straddled Clay's stomach and started pounding her fists into his face. Blood sprayed from his nose and mouth. The officer that was still standing just watched, shock the only thing he could actually process. Haylee's fists careened into Clay's jaw and throat. The man couldn't even defend himself. The officer attached to him tried, unsuccessfully, to get Haylee off Clay.

It wasn't until a snap sound cracked through the hallway that Haylee stopped. She stood up and looked at Clay, bleeding profusely. She turned to the standing officer and held out her wrists.

"Fucking arrest me then."

Notes

We finally got a little Haylee on Clay action!