Choices the third of four in the Shattered Series, (Shattered, Forgiven, Choices, and The After,with)

Chapter 5

He rang the bell and waited for someone to answer.

"I will answer it" Charlie raced to the door, "where's Tyler?" She asked when she saw Erin, "how come he didn't come with you?"

"Hey sweetie is your mom here?" Erin asked, Charlie loved Tyler and was obviously confused as to why she and Jay stood on her doorstep.

"Yep, come in" Charlie brought them inside, "mommy, Jay and Erin are here"

Helen came out of the kitchen drying her hands off on a towel "hey you two what's up?"

"Are you okay?" Annie asked as Trey grew silent, she wished she had went to his house and not done this over the phone.

She could her him sigh, "Trey, talk to me?"

"I just..I can't believe it" he told her, the other night playing out in his mind's eye, "I don't understand, I dropped her off at the dorms and she went up to bed" he tapped his pen on the desk.

"Is Trey home?" Jay asked, he spied Charlie watching them from the living room "Helen, do you think you could have Charlie go to her room?" He asked, he knew the conversation was about to get heated and he wanted to spare her of the gory details.

Helen motioned to Charlie, "Sweetie, go play in your room while I talk with Jay and Erin, okay?"

Charlie gathered her toys and followed her mother's direction "bye Erin!"

"See you soon Charlie" Erin smiled, though after they told Helen why they came she was doubtful of that happening anytime soon.

"Why do you want Trey?" She asked her tone no longer friendly, "what's going on?"

Jay pulled the warrant from his back pocket, "Helen, is he here? Can you get him?"

"Not until you tell me what the hell is going on?" Helen told them.

"He's a suspect" Erin spoke up, "I'm sorry Helen, but we have reason to believe he was involved in a case we are investigating" she couldn't bring herself to say 'murder'

Helen went to Trey's bedroom, Jay and Erin on her heels, as she went to open the door Jay stepped in front of her and opened it.

Trey's head sound around still on the phone with Annie, "Jay what are you doing here?" He asked, "what's wrong?" He could tell by the look on their faces something was wrong, something huge.

Annie could hear the conversation, Trey obviously hadn't hung the phone up.

"Trey can you stand up please?" Jay asked as he pulled his handcuffs from his belt, Trey did as he was told.

"You're freaking me out Jay" Trey told him.

Erin turned to Helen, "you need to call an attorney for him" she whispered watching the shock fall over Helen's face.

"Trey, you're under arrest for the murder of Mallory Jenkins" Jay told him.

Annie couldn't believe what she was hearing, she quickly ran into the living room, "Kim, Jay just arrested Trey, they think he killed Mallory!"

Helen felt as if they were playing a cruel twisted joke on her, "Jay, what the hell are you talking about? Trey didn't hurt that girl, he's her boyfriend!" She cried, "Erin, you know Trey, he wouldn't hurt a fly let alone kill someone" she reached for Trey, Jay pulling him away.

Trey was shocked into silence, he couldn't believe what what happening, his mother's cries ringing in his ears, the floor spinning, he felt as if he would vomit. "Mom, it's okay" he muttered, "I didn't do it" he told her.