In the end, I waited at the station with the officers until my parents arrived.
My mom pulled me into her arms the second she saw me. She took my ice-cold hands in hers, then touched my face, red and raw from the cold. Her eyes welled up instantly.
"My poor baby. You've never been treated like this a day in your life. How did a relationship do this to you?"
My nose stung, and tears slid down my cheeks.
When I'd first started dating Leo, my parents hadn't tried to stop me. They just told me that as long as I was happy, that was all that mattered.
They'd never interfered much in my love life. They let me make my own choices.
And now I'd gone and made a complete mess of things.
The second my dad heard what happened, he lost it. His face turned beet red, and he looked like he wanted to drag Leo out of wherever he was and beat him senseless.
"What kind of man does that? Son of a bitch. I'll make sure he doesn't have a single peaceful day this holiday. He thinks he can bully my daughter? I'll kill him. I swear to God, I'll kill him."
He grabbed his car keys before he'd even finished talking.
My mom saw him gearing up for war and yanked him back by the arm.