Stepbrother (H.S)

Chapter 11: Sorry

Harry POV

I carried Anna upstairs to her bedroom and gently placed her on her bed. I looked down at the delicate girl before me.

"I'm so sorry about this. I hope you can forgive me." I whispered.

I hovered for a little while before slowly turning around and exiting the room, shutting the door behind me. When I reached the bottom of the stairs I saw David and Carine sitting on the sofa. I sat in the recliner furthest away from them. I could see David looking at me out of the corner of my eye. If eyes could kill, I'd be dead.

"Well, do you have something to say?" David said with an raised eyebrow. He looked very displeased with me.

"No." I huffed. I didn't know what to say. His face hardened at my short response.

"Explain what happened to Anna." I stared at my hands. I couldn't find anything to say. What could I say? This was all my fault. David jumped up from his seat and grabbed me by the collar of my shirt. "I am so sick of your shit Harry!" I felt my fist ball up as I fought back the urge to lash out as well.

Carine saw the situation escalate so she grabbed his arm "David stop! Let me talk to him...... alone." She begged.

He looked at her then back at me. He loosened his grip on me. He nodded and let go. He gave me a final look of disapproval before turning around and walking upstairs. Carine motioned for me to sit down and sat down across from me.

"look, Carine, I'm......"

"It's okay Harry." She stated.

I gave her a confused look. "What?"

"I said it's okay." She said.

"But I.... what happened to Anna was.."

She grabbed my hand. "Harry I'm just disappointed."

I frowned. "I'm sorry." I knew it was my fault and i do take full responsibility for what has happened. I don't blame her for being disappointed with me.

She shook her head. "I'm disappointed that I didn't tell Anna about these things and tell her about how to be safe and careful in the real world." This caught me by surprise.

A tear ran down her face. "I just thought that if I was strict on her and kept her from doing things that it would keep her from getting hurt."

"Carine it's my fault. I shouldn't have made her sneak out." I apologized.

She sobbed. "Her father told me that what I was trying to do was wrong." She admitted.

"Carine, It's okay for you to want to keep her safe but she's growing up. She's turning sixteen and I think you should talk about drugs and sex with her so that she could learn and know better."

She put her hand on my shoulder. "Harry you're exposing her to things that I'm not ready to teach her. You're the cause of this." She sobbed.

"What are you saying?" I questioned. Yeah it was my fault Anna snuck out but things like this can happen to her anytime. It was out of our control.

She sighed. "Harry, I want you to do something for me." I nodded for her to continue.

"I'll do anything." I reassured

She stood up from the chair. "Stay away from my daughter."

She walked away and headed upstairs leaving me to process what she just said. Carine was right. If I have to stay away from Anna for her sake, I guess that's what I'll have to do. Something like this will not happen under my supervision ever again. She was fine before I came along so, that's how it should be.