What is wrong with my Get-Content

Question

I have a very simple script that for some reason fails me when I try to use the Get-Content issue. 
$scriptLoc = [string](Get-Location)
$path = $scriptLoc + '\temp_folder\'
$files = Get-ChildItem -Path $path -filter hello*.txt
write-host $files
So this works fine. It goes to this destination. C:\Scripts\temp_folder
In this folder are two files. 
1. hello_dave.txt
2.bye_dave.txt
when I run the script above it successfully only shows file 1.
So why does it fail with this?
$file = Get-Content $files
Actually I know why it fails, but why it fails make no sense. It returns an error saying that it cannot find the path. 
The path it lists is not the one I have setup. This is the folder the txt file is in, and what I have setup earlier. C:\Scripts\temp_folder
This is what it returns instead. Cannot find path 'C:\Scripts\hello_dave.txt' because it does not exist. 

Answer 1

Please, before telling people they are making up stuff do test the exact steps as posted, we call it reproducing the issue.
But don't bother I did it for you:
PS C:\scripts> $scriptLoc = [string](Get-Location)
PS C:\scripts> $path = $scriptLoc + '\temp_folder\'
PS C:\scripts> $files = Get-ChildItem -Path $path -filter hello*.txt
PS C:\scripts> write-host $files
hello_dave.txt
PS C:\scripts> Get-Content $files
Get-Content : Cannot find path 'C:\scripts\hello_dave.txt' because it does not exist.
At line:1 char:1
+ Get-Content $files
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (C:\scripts\hello_dave.txt:String) [Get-Content], ItemNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetContentCommand
PS C:\scripts> Get-Content $files.PSPath
test
Your example works fine but not in the contest of the reported issue. As you can see $files is not NULL but resolves to C:\scripts\hello_dave.txt