Didnt see it coming || Liam O'donovan

Chapter three

•Riley's POV
I wake up to a terrible pain spreading through my whole body and hear an annoying beeping sound. I slowly open my eyes and see a kind faced woman staring down at me.
"Hello sweetheart,how are you feeling?"
"Dizzy" I reply dryly. "Where am I?"
"Hospital. You've been unconscious for 24 hours." She replies softly.
I groan and cover my face in my hands.
I suddenly shoot up despite the unimaginable pain and immediately exclaim "WHERES NINA?! IS SHE OKAY? DONT TELL ME SHES ALON-"
"Shhh calm down darling your sisters just fine. Social services have taken her to a local nursery to play with some kids while you recover." The woman says as she gently lies me back down and checks the machines surrounding me.
I let out a breath and tears immediately fill my eyes.
"How could I have been so stupid? I was all oh my life is so bad I'm going to just escape it and selfishly not give a rats fart about what happens to my baby sister and leave her alone in that toxic place to have her life completely ruined-" but I couldn't go on because I couldn't hold the tears back and sob my heart out.
The woman immediately comes and sits down next to me and wraps her arms around me and gives me a warm feeling,for the first time in my life I've felt some motherly love.
"Now calm down love you can't blame yourself for any of this. You have been an amazing big sister always there for you little sister while not being able to be there for yourself. It all feels hard right now but I promise one day you'll be glad that you stuck around and see the world in an amazing new light." She soothes me down.
Moments go by in silence when there's a knock on the door. Two men walk in and they both sit down.
"Hello there Riley" they both gently say and I just weakly nod at them.
"I'm going to be you and your sisters social worker. My name is Matt and is it alright if I ask you some questions?" One of them asks.
Yet again I just nod.
"Would you mind telling me what drove you to harm yourself like this?"
I sigh and wait a while before replying.
"Because I'm tired of living like this. Constantly feeling like a burden to myself and everyone around me. Constantly getting told I'm useless and a waste of space,hating every detail about myself,feeling so alone and raising my sister. I'm only 14.My parents are constantly mentally abusing me,I make constant sacrifices to my young years for them,have to wake up at 3am to calm down and feed a crying baby,change her diapers,bathe her,take care of her,play with her,feed her,make sure she is happy,make sure she goes outside and sees others her own age,while also having to deal with my own emotions and thought,stress of school,and yet my parents say I'm spoiled,and made a deal to sell me to some rich guy to help them with their work and wear revealing clothes 24/7 for their sons pleasure."
The other man replies with a kind and fatherly tone
"Don't worry sweetheart you don't have to deal with any of that anymore. I promise you you'll get our full love and support while you're with us."
"What do you mean?" I ask
"We are placing you and your sister in a children's care home it would be outrageous to allow you to keep living this way." Matt replies
"We're obviously going to be together right? Because I am NOT going anywhere without her" I reply angrily
"Calm down tiger we wouldn't dream of separating siblings." The other man smiles.
I let out a sigh of relief and sink into my pillow.

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Two days pass and I'm discharged from the hospital. Matt has come to pick me and Nina up and take us to our new care home. We arrive and I carry our bags as we head to the door and knock. The other man that was at the hospital that day opened it and welcome us with a warm smile. Apparently his name was Mike. He leads us to the living room to meet "the other kids" and I walk in to see 5 girls and 6 boys.
"Listen up you lot" Mike yells over all the noise and the noise drops and everyone's looking at me and Nina.
"This is Riley and this is Nina. They're going to be living at ElmTree house from now on and I expect you all to make them feel as welcome as possible." He then leaves the room and a guy rushes forward a bit stupidly I may add.
"H-hi I'm Johnny" he stutters while looking awestruck.
"Uh hi Johnny nice to meet you" I half laugh
"Y-you've got nice hair" he compliments weirdly
"Johnny stop making a fool out of yourself and weirding her out." A guy with pretty hot contoured features,sparkly brown eyes,freckled skin,and a certain charm comments as he takes a shot at the pool table without even looking up. Everyone in the room laughs at his comment and I don't really know what to say so I just give an awkward smile.
A little boy with blonde hair comes forward to Nina and shows her a toy giraffe "Jeff says hi"
Nina giggled and went to play with him and I smile at the sight of my little sister making a new friend. A girl walks in and I'm guessing she's in her early 20's and says "heya I'm Tracy, would you like me to show you your room?" She greets.
"Yeah thanks" I reply and she leads me upstairs to a room with two beds,two wardrobes, a desk, a bedside table,and a dresser. I unpack my stuff and lay down on my bed