Madeline (Adopted by Katie Mcgrath)

Chapter 4 (I'm So So Sorry)

Madeline's pov

I couldn't bring myself to say anything straight away and just continue to do the thing that soothed me, I knew Melissa and Katie were with me and I knew they weren't going to leave, Melissa reassured me that they would help me no matter what the problem was and if I needed time, to take it, that the two of them would wait for me to talk.

After a while and I felt myself sitting still with no rocking, my knees still up to my chest, I slowly lifted my head and made eye contact with Katie who was sat on the floor beside me, Melissa was still stud by the doorway, but she had closed it, too give us some privacy. "H, h, he killed him" I managed to get out but in a bit of a stutter, Melissa then asked in a concerned way "who killed who sweetheart?".

I then cried out as I burst into more tears "my foster dad, he killed the baby rabbit I found last night, I was supposed to protect him and I failed, I let him die, I'm a terrible person". I then felt Katie put a hand on my knee "is he the one who gave you the black eye too?" she asked, I then put a hand to my eye where I was punched earlier, she was right, it had bruised already and felt quite swollen.

I nodded my head back to her to answer the question and then suddenly I felt arms wrap around me, I felt warm and safe and I just broke down and cried into Katie's embrace as I heard he say soothingly "it's ok, it's ok, your safe now, I promise you that" and then I heard Melissa say in the same mannor of speaking "I'm so so sorry this happened Maddie, it's not right and we won't let you get hurt anymore, me and Katie will protect you, aswell as everyone else on set".

I looked up at Katie and then at Melissa and sobbed "do I have to act today? I don't really feel like I can do it", Katie then lifted my head with her index finger and looked me in the eyes as she smiled "no sweetheart, you won't have to act today but we are going to have to tell him what happened and the police, they need to know". I nod my head a little and then lean back into Katie, letting her hold me close, it felt so nice.

2 hours later

Due to me not weighing that much, Katie was able to pick me up and she held me so I was secure, I had my warms wrapped around her, with my head resting in the crook of her neck. Melissa was with us, we had just spoken to the director, or rather they did the speaking I did the nodding, he was sad to hear what happened and told me to take all the time I needed and that he would sort something out.

The police were just arriving, I knew i would have to speak about everything now, they won't just want to know about this, they will want to know the whole thing, from the moment it started till the moment it ended. It would be painful but Katie promised to be there with me, so it made it a little more easier knowing I wasn't on my own in all of this, atleast not yet anyway, but I know how it goes.

"So, it's really nice to meet you Madeline, my name is Janet and I'm just hear to ask a few questions about Mr and Mrs Anderson, I understand its not very easy to talk about so don't fret if you feel too overwhelmed, take your time" the cop said as she took a seat in Katie's trailer, me and Katie sat on the bed facing her. I nodded in response to what she said.

"So, the first question is, did Mr and Mrs Anderson ever hit you?" she asked, I looked at Katie and she gave me a reassuring nod, so I looked at the woman and answered "yes, both of them". The woman then replied back with another question "ok, and when did the abuse start?", I then looked down in sadness "well, erm, so you mean just the Andersons or all together?".

The cop then frowned a little and answered "just the Andersons", so I continued to frown as I answered "from the very first day I arrived In there home, as soon as I was dropped off". The cop nodded and then continued "thank you, your doing really well and so, when did it stop?", I then leaned into Katie and started to cry a little as I sobbed "today, i ran away, he was going to use his belt again, he was angry with me for having a rabbit, I just wanted to protect him, but then he killed him".

I then found myself starting to hyperventilate as I continued to cry into Katie's chest, she caressed my hair, trying to soothe me, she was really good at comforting people. The cop then added "right well, erm I think we will finish off, you've done really well, I just have one more question though, is that ok?", I frowned but nodded and let the cop ask me her final question.

"How did he abuse you? You said he punched you and he used the belt, did he do anything else?" she then asked, I sobbed back an answer and did stutter a bit "he would throw me across the room, drag me across the floor, hold my head under the water and the once he gave me a scar, he told me it was being born, he told me I was a mistake". The cop looked taken back a little and she sighed.

"Right well that will be all the questions I have, thank you so much Madeline and I'm really sorry you went through all of that" she said as she stud up and as we were waking out, Melissa made her way over to us, too which Katie asked if she could take me for a moment, Melissa nodded and took me from her arms. The cop and Katie then walked a little bit and were talking about something, I noticed Katie looking back at me as she was taking to her.

I did wonder what they were talking about but I was honestly so tired from all that had happened, the running I did abs let's not even get started on the crying, I had so little energy left. As I lay in Melissa's arms, head resting between her neck and shoulder I found my eyes starting to give up, and gradually my vision started to blur, it didn't take long for darkness to take over me as I fell into a deep sleep in the woman's arms.