Madeline (Adopted by Katie Mcgrath)

Chapter 3 (He Killed Him)

Warning, this chapter contains something that might upset some of you, I like to hope all of you to be honest. If you are familiar with the good doctor staring Freddie highmore then you will be aware about a childhood memory of his, about a rabbit. If you are unable to watch any type of animal abuse then maybe skip this chapter, I completely understand if you want too and please note, I don't support it either, I think it's horrible.

Madeline's pov

I was going to the set later today, but I didn't have to be there till 3 pm, its still morning yet, I don't specifically know the time because I don't own a phone or watch, I don't even have a alarm clock or anything in my room. Since I have a few hours atleast till I have to be there, I will try and help this little guy out, he's such a cute rabbit, or bunny, whatever you want to call him.

I am going to have to do some research when im at the set I think, I mean, I know he needs food and water and he probably needs to keep warm too, but I don't know how I'm going to provide all that when I rarely get it myself. I looked at his cute little face as I petted his head and i felt such mixed emotions, I was happy to have him in my arms but also so so scared for him, I didn't want to fail him like people have failed me.

Suddenly my thoughts was interrupted though, as my foster father bursted through the door after opening it, without any warning "what the hell! Oh you make me sick, give that horrible thing to me now!" he yelled as he charged towards me. I held the little defensless rabbit close to me as I sobbed and begged "no, please, don't hurt him, please" but her pleads were no use.

"That wasn't a question, now give me that little rat now, do you hear me? You little brat, I swear your going to regret being born you inconsiderate little shit" Mr Anderson yelled at the top of his lungs as he got closer to my face. I felt a tear role down my face, he scoffed "pathetic" as he ripped the little baby rabbit right from my hands. "You know what I think about this" he snapped before throwing the tiny animal at the wall.

"Nooo, how could you?" I cried out as I heard his last little squeek as his body made impact, it was so painful to hear, I couldn't help but fall to my knees and let the emotion take over me as tears streamed like a river down my face. "You should know better than to bring such things into my house, do you have any respect?" he snapped as he gave me a uppercut to the face.

He then went to take off his belt and I knew what was happening next but for the first time in forever, something inside me told me to run, run as fast as I could away from this place, and so that's what I did. He tried to grab me but dodged his grasp and legged it down the stairs, Mrs Anderson shouted for me to stop but I ignored her and darted straight to the door, once I was outside I just kept running and didn't look back.

I didn't know what I was going to do, I couldn't go back there, I had nowhere else to go, except for the set but I couldn't do that could I? That would just put the cast in danger too, not just Katie, Melissa and Chyler but everyone's else too, i liked them all, they were all friendly and didn't deserve to get caught up in something like this. They had there own lives to deal with.

As much as it hurt, thinking about how it could effect them, there was a voice inside me telling me to go to them, to go to Katie and the others, that maybe, just maybe they could help and not get hurt in the process. I felt selfish in some way, for putting myself first but i tried to push them feelings aside as i ran in the direction of the set,icould almost feel the dirty looks i was getting off people.

Wasn't really surprising though, considering how i looked, for starters I didn't even have any shoes on, just socks with a ton of holes in them, I probably looked homeless which you didn't really see many homeless people in this area of town. When I got to the set I felt it comforting to see that nobody was outside, so I could get to Katie's trailer without being seen. The less people that saw me the better.

Katie's pov

"Good scenes today guys, keep it up, how about you go and chill for a bit and we will resume later when Maddie gets here" the director said to us all. "Sounds good" I heard a few of the others say, i then looked over at Melissa and gave her a smile, she then walked over to me "boy am I glad we're taking a break, flying is awesome but it makes me ache so much, stupid harness".

I laughed at her remark and smiled "yea I can imagine, how about we go and get a bite to eat or something? Seeming as we have a moment to ourselves", Melissa nodded her head "sounds perfect, I'll just have to get my coat and bag first" I smiled back at her and replied "yea, I have to get mine also". So the two of us decided to make our way to the trailers, Melissa was just opposite mine so that was pretty handy.

As I opened the trailer door and walked in, nothing could have prepared me for what I saw, or rather who I saw. Madeline was sat on the floor with her back against my bed, rocking back and fourth, she was clearly distressed by something, it pained me seeing her like this. "Maddie, sweet, what's wrong? Eh, come on Mads, what happened? You can talk to me I mean that" I said warmly as I slowly crouched down in front of her.

Madeline's pov

When I heard Katie's voice I didn't know how to feel, she finally saw me for who I was, how I actually felt, I felt so much more vulnerable showing my feelings. I couldn't stop myself from rocking back and forth, I sometimes did that as a way of soothing, it didn't necessarily help but while I was doing that I wasn't doing anything else, there were way worse things I could be doing.

"What's taking you so long?" I heard, I didn't need to look up to tell who it was, it was Melissa, Katie then turned around and made eye contact with Melissa who was standing in the doorway, i don't exactly know how she was feeling but my guess is shocked. They both probably wasn't expecting to see me like this, that's for sure. "Hey sweetie, please talk to us, something has obviously happened and we want to help" Katie said warmly.