The Harper Brothers: You Can't Hurry Love (Wattpad Version)

History

The following chapter will contain triggers. I recommend reader discretion.

Valentine

I contacted Dr. Shaw and explained what had happened. He said he was sending someone to help us. I'm not sure if this was a great idea.

The following day, someone knocked on the front door.

I answered to find Uncle Maverick standing there. "What are you doing here?"

Uncle Maverick stepped inside as I closed the front door. "JJ contacted me and explained the situation. He said I could help you and your brothers."

I nodded. "Let me grab them."

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Maverick

I waited for Val to return with his brothers when Liam and Casper walked into the house.

"Hey, Uncle Maverick. What are you doing here?" Casper asked.

Before I answered, Val, returned with his brothers. Casper and Liam didn't say another word.

"Is there a room we can speak privately?" I asked Val.

"Yeah, you can use my bedroom," Val said.

I glanced at Liam and Casper. "Make sure no one comes into Val's bedroom."

Liam and Casper nodded.

Val and his brothers led me to Val's bedroom. Once we were inside, I closed and locked the door.

"Have a seat," I said to the boys.

The boys found a place to sit.

"JJ contacted me regarding what happened with Marty. He thought it would help if you spoke to someone who had been sexually assaulted," I said.

The boys furrowed their brows and glanced at each other.

I took a deep breath and released it. "When I attended college, I got into an argument with your grandfather Michael."

The boys' brows raised.

"I left the house angry and had an altercation with someone I had known. He and his buddies jumped and sexually assaulted me with a wooden object."

The boys stared at me with mouths agape.

"I didn't want to tell anyone what happened to me. It was humiliating. How can a guy suffer a sexual assault? No one would believe it's possible. I couldn't let anyone touch me because I blamed myself." I looked at Val. "Sound familiar?"

Val knitted his brows.

"How could I allow someone to attack me? I'm a Harper. I should have fought them off." I glanced at Rafe. "Right?"

Rafe crumpled his brows.

"No one will love me because I'm damaged." I glanced at Pat.

Pat lowered his eyes to the floor.

"I don't deserve love or a human connection because I didn't listen." I glimpsed at Romeo.

Romeo's face fell.

"Michael should have protected me because he said he would." I turned my gaze to Marty.

Marty crumpled his brows.

"But everything I told myself was wrong. It took one person to show me that I was wrong. I married her."

Their faces snapped in my direction.

My lips curled slightly. "A predator lured you. You were children when it happened. Children can't make rational decisions with adult decisions. It's not their responsibility."