Pairing Hearts |louis tomlinson|

Chapter Thirty-Two

"Security to house- security to house," the crackling intercom woke me up.
"This is Kate," I sighed sitting up in bed.
"Your dad is drunk at the gate, would you like me to let him up?"
"I'll come down," I replied rubbing my eyes. The clock on our table told me it was after three am. Louis was groaning in bed his arm feeling around for me.
"Babe?" He mumbled.
"My dad is at the gate," I said pulling his sweatshirt over my head before leaving the bedroom. I was barefoot and pantsless, but I was also half asleep. I walked to the end of the driveway to find my dad standing at the gate with a bottle in his hands.
"I told you my daughter would want to see me," he shouted at the guard.
"What are you doing here?" I asked rubbing my temple. "Why are you drunk? Shouldn't you be at home with Karen and the kids?"
"My wife and kids love you more than they love me," Steve spit.
"I highly doubt that," I said rolling my eyes.
"My wife is making me sleep in the spare bedroom," Steve replied. "My kids are asking me why I abandoned you. They've all turned against me."
"It was never my intention..."
"Listen I know I'm a fuck up, but you're not innocent either," he said swinging his bottle. "The amount of men who have raped and used you isn't normal. No normal girl has had that many assaults unless they were asking for it. You were probably begging your mom to go buy more meth. You're a fucking whore."
"Shut the fuck up," Louis yelled from behind me causing me to jump. I hadn't known he had followed me outside.
"You even look like a whore," Steve said with a cruel laugh. I could feel the tears already streaming down my cheeks. Suddenly Louis' arms were around me and he dragged me inside.
"I'll call Karen to come pick him up," Louis said his jaw clenched. "Fucking asshole."
"No, she's at home with the kids," I said feeling my breathing becoming more erratic.
"Well, I'm not fucking taking him home. Kate, I will literally kill that man," Louis said and I knew he was trying to keep calm for my sake.
"He can stay here..."
Louis immediately cut me off. "That man is not staying in this house after he just verbally degraded you. He is going to his house where his chosen wife and chosen kids can take care of him. You don't deserve to be treated like this and he doesn't deserve your love."
I was full-on sobbing now as the word whore repeated over and over again in my head. Louis pulled out his phone and sat down pulling me down on his lap and stroking my hair as I sobbed into his chest.
"Hey Karen I'm sorry I'm waking you up, but your drunk ass husband just degraded my wife at our front gate and someone is going to need to pick him up..."
"Please tell her I'm sorry," I whimpered. I hated that I was causing so many problems for their family. It was perfect before I showed up.
"Kate is sobbing right now because your husband accused her of being a whore and she doesn't want your or the kids to be inconvenienced, but I can't stand this man being anywhere near us right now."
I sobbed again at Louis' harsh words and he held me tighter. "Again Kate is really sorry."
Louis hung up the phone before turning to me. "She's sending Ashley to pick him up," Louis told me. "She said she's going to call you tomorrow and that she's sorry."
I nodded as another sob took over me. "Love why are you crying?" Louis asked brushing his thumb under my eyes. "Are you crying because of what he said or because of Karen?"
"I don't know... both I guess," I sniffled into his shirt. Louis sighed taking my cheeks in his hands, so I had to look at him.
"First I need you to know that your dad doesn't know a single thing about you. I can't say that word to you, but you aren't what your dad called you. You never have been and you never will be. We didn't sleep together for years. Second, Karen isn't mad at you. She is never mad at you. She's going to protect you no matter what."
"Louis they were a perfect family before I came around. Of course, Karen is mad at me. I ruined everything," I said as the tears continued to stream down my cheeks.
"Your dad hid how horrible he was from that woman and hid you from a mother figure and life who could have helped you, loved you, and supported you. He fucked his perfect life up because it was built on a lie. Karen has every right to be mad at Steve. She doesn't have any reason to be upset with you."
"I know you're trying to make me feel better, but I'm honestly getting a migraine and I think I just need to go back to bed."
"Of course love," Louis replied picking me up. He stopped in the kitchen and pulled an ice pack out of the freezer before taking me to bed.
"Put this on your head, it will help," Louis told me as he sat down and put my head in his lap.
"Are you going to sleep?" I asked.
"I'm going to make sure you sleep," he answered brushing my hair out of my face. I was too tired to complain and within a few minutes, I was back to sleep.