Christina let out a frantic cry as she felt her mother grab her waist. Her mother was completely drunk and smelled terrible of pisco sours (that's a Peruvian drink that's really popular here in Chile) She dared not try to escape for her mothers strength was much greater than hers. Therefore she reluctantly let her mother drag her down the stairs and across the street back up to the apartment. She thought Monica had called! Why on earth was her mother so angry. And Taylor, he probably hadn't realized that they were gone. Thoughts raced through her head and were interrupted by her mothers angry yells.
"You stupid brats! Do I have to be home twenty four hours, and seven days a week so that you will behave, must I be everywhere, can't you take care of yourselves? How many times have I told you that you are not to leave the house without my permission. And what on earth were you doing at the Hyatt. I've told you never to go there without me. You irresponsible twits. You two are getting a beating for this!"
Monica stood up red faced and angry.
"Mom! I called you, I talked to you, I told you we were going, and you said it was fine. Why do you now say that what we did was wrong? It was perfectly fine with you at the time. We were just having some fun. Something we rarely do anymore!"
"LIAR!" her mother yelled. "You never talked to me, and who the heck do you think you are to talk back to me, I'm your mother, I run things around here. If you had called me I'd remember. And I would have come home and expected an empty house."
"Well Mom, " Monica responded, "If you didn't remember, how did you know that we were at the Hyatt eh?"
Their mother turned and slapped Monica hard on the face and was about to punch her in the stomach when there was a knock on the door. She stopped and went to answer it. At the door stood none other than Isaac, Taylor, and Zac.
"Well, if it isn't the partrigde family. Look girls, the pansy boys are here! Come on in girls...oops, I mean boys. " Christina buried her face in her hands and let out a sob. What on earth was her mother doing. Insulting Hollywood stars, making fun of some of the best singers in the world. This couldn't be happening in her house.
"Excuse me ma'am, it's just that it Christina and Monica were going to hang out with us at the hotel room and they suddenly disappeared. Taylor saw you leading them up here, and we were wondering why you suddenly grabbed them and brought them into your apartment." Isaac explained. Mrs. Toriago's face grew redder in anger and she waved a finger at Isaac.
"Why should I give an explanation to you. They're my daughters, not yours. I can do
whatever I please with them. You want me to give you a little demonstration? I can do
that. I can show you that I have more power than you stupid teen stars do. You probably
think you're all hot stuff because you can sing? Watch this!" With that Mrs. Toriago
grabbed Monica's arm and kicked her in the stomach. Monica screamed while her mother
beat her. Isaac, Taylor and Zac didn't just stare in horror. They knew they had to do
something. Mrs. Toriago looked up evily. She looked over at Christina who was
curled up in a corner crying her heart out. Taylor pulled his beeper out of his pocket and
sent a message to his mom to call the police. Mrs. Toriago walked over to Christina and
pulled her up by the hair. She started punching her when Taylor grabbed her by the waist
and pulled her from her mother's grasp. He started running, Monica, Isaac and Zac at his
heels. Mrs. Toriago started to chase after them but came to a halt when she heard the
sound of sirens.
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