Mistakes

10

Zayn was cleaning Madison’s room. Something he found himself doing a lot. It didn’t matter what Madison was doing, whether it was playing in her dollhouse or reading on her floor. If Zayn left the room and came back, the room would be totally trashed, and he would have to spend four to five hours to clean it up. He was starting to think he’d have to talk to Madison about her messes.

His thoughts were disrupted when he heard a knock on the door. He put down the sanitizer and looked at his beautiful daughter.

“Yes, princess?” Zayn asked.

“Uncle Harry and his friend are kissing on the couch.”

Ugh! Just when he thought his day couldn’t get any worse.

“Thanks, babe, why don’t you lie down in daddy’s bed and I’ll be in in a sec to tuck you in for a nap, okay, sweetheart?”

She giggled and nodded and went out of the room.

Zayn sighed and stood up cracking his muscles in the process, and went downstairs.

“Harry! Liam! We need to talk!” Zayn boomed.

Harry and Liam pulled away automatically and looked away in embarrassment. “Sorry,” they mumbled.

“You can’t do that in front of Madison. It’ll scare her.”

Harry looked down, whereas, Liam only smirked. God, how he’d love to wipe that smirk off his stupid face.

“Can I apologize to her?” Harry asked in a small voice.

Zayn nodded, and Harry went upstairs leaving only Zayn and Liam.

Liam just continued to smirk at Zayn. Zayn wanted to put Liam through hell the same way Liam had put Zayn through hell.

“I know you hate me, but like it or not, Harry is Madison’s father, and she needs him in her life. She needs her father.”

“Understand this, Harry does not need that brat. He may have gone to court to fight for her, but I told him not to. He doesn’t need her. I can give him everything you can’t.”

Zayn was practically seething. “Alright, listen, you shit, Madison needs her father and the only reason he’s here is so he can see her. I don’t care where we stand, I just care about him building a relationship with his daughter. I also don’t remember asking you to move in, either.”

Liam was about to throttle Zayn when Harry came down. “Why are you two standing so close to each other?”

Zayn had been fuming, he hadn’t even realized he was standing so close to Liam.

“Boo, I was just minding my own business when Zayn started yelling at me.”

Zayn got even more madder that he wanted to kill Liam. Harry looked at Zayn, “Zayn, is this true?”

Zayn wanted to tell Harry that Liam was only using him, but decided to let it go. Instead, Zayn pushed past him and went upstairs.

Harry sighed, and could faintly hear Liam yelling at him. He wanted to help, he just didn’t know how.