Illicit Canvas: political romance and stand alone romance by Mazurkiewicz Joanna

Author:Mazurkiewicz, Joanna [Mazurkiewicz, Joanna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Joanna Mazurkiewicz
Published: 2015-05-16T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nineteen

Ethan

The mobile is ringing and I don’t want to answer. It’s late. I don’t know what time I went to bed. My head pounds, and there is a vile taste in my mouth. I drank too much Scotch again last night. I really need to stop drinking in the evenings. I cover my head with the pillow, trying to sleep, but the phone keeps buzzing. I swear loudly and find the lamp switch next to my bed. I rub my eyes and glance at the screen, barely making out Arwen’s name. The clock shows two o’clock in the morning.

“Hello.”

“Ethan, Colin has been arrested and I’m at the police station.”

I sit down, wide awake all of a sudden. Did I hear her correctly? Did she say that my son had been arrested? I instantly think the worst.

“Arwen, what’s going on?” I ask, hearing a lot of noise in the background. Colin is intelligent enough to know this can ruin his future career. After a moment, she is sobbing into the phone and I start putting some clothes on, alerted that I’ll be leaving in a minute.

“We went out to the club and … I was talking to a guy outside. He was so drunk, Ethan, and then he started beating up that guy for no reason. Everything happened so fast.”

“Tell me where you are exactly. Which police station?” I ask sharply.

She might still be drunk because it takes me a while to make out that she is on the west side of the city, somewhere in Ixelles. My pulse starts racing when I have the address. Colin gets out of control when he drinks. This isn’t the first time that he has got into a fight with someone. In the past there have been some incidents. He always got off easily, promising to change. Why did Arwen go out with him in the first place?

Ten minutes later I get into the car and drive through the empty streets. I reach the police station several minutes before 3:00 a.m. I get to the desk, spotting Arwen on a bench nearby.

“I just had a call that my son was arrested. His name is Colin Rivera.”

The woman stops writing and types something on her computer.

“He was involved in a serious altercation. He had to be forcibly restrained when we brought him in, sir. You won’t be able to see him.”

“Do you know what’s happened?”

“No, sir. Your son was heavily under the influence of alcohol, so he will remain in custody until tomorrow. Witnesses said that he completely lost control.”

“Thank you.”

I clench my fist, breathing in and out. What the hell is wrong with Colin? This could ruin his life forever. Bethany mentioned that he has a lot of anger in him and he likes picking fights.

I walk towards Arwen, who notices me. Her makeup is smudged and she is wearing a ridiculously short dress. I thought that she was aware that her body could be tempting to guys her age. How easy was it for her to get into trouble?

“Come on, let’s get out of here.

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