The Beckham Game (Brooklyn Beckham FanFic)

Under Fire

We all stood there. Speechless.

I looked back at Brooklyn, his eyes were wide open. Not blinking.

I look at Victoria. Her eyes wide. Her hand covering her mouth.

We all hear footsteps run down the corridor.

It's David and the boys.

"What is it?" David yelled.

I looked at him and looked back at the recording device, which I've now realized is an iPhone. How dumb am I? Ugh.

"David...We...um I don't know. We found this under the bed. It was on video chat. I just ended it but um... we think that maybe... someone put it here" I told him.

He stared at me. Blank face.

"Is that bad? It could have been one of the boys?" David asked, looking around.

I shook my head violently.

"Read the messages" I told him.

Brooklyn began to move back to the bed. Victoria followed, tucking him in and sitting with him. Holding his hand.

It was kinda cute.

"We need the police!" David yelled.

He began to move from the room when I stopped him.

"Wait! I think I know who did this..." I told them all.

They all stopped, and stared for what seemed like hours. It was only 5 seconds.

"Who?" David asked sharply.

"Babe?" Brooklyn asked.

I took a deep breath and began to talk.

"About 3 hours ago... Mum told me she had a boyfriend. He came into this room and talked to me. Brooklyn was here. Mum left and the guy, Lenny, um tried to abuse me. Sexually..." I began to tell.

Victoria covered the younger boys ears.

I started again.

"Brooklyn stood up and knocked the guy out. Fortunately. But... I remember seeing Lenny drop something on the ground... I am pretty damn sure that it was that phone. When we were at the police station, Lenny was on show... you know, where you look for the person who did something. He was the one who shot Brooklyn. He was counting on him being weak. He was going to kidnap him tonight where he was most vulnerable. This room. This hospital" I told.

I took a massive breath and began again.

"Now... If I'm correct... that means um.. Mum was in on this. She wanted to kidnap you Brooklyn. When you guys let us stay, she must have been checking to find a place to kidnap you. But it was to hard. To much security, so she had Lenny shoot you. Not so you would die, but so you would be in hospital..."

I stopped and everyone looked at me.

David's eyes were tearing up.

Victoria glared at me.

"Mandy? Your mum wouldn't do this! She was my best friend. I don't believe it" Victoria told me, harshly.

"Did you live with her, Victoria? Did you wake up at 3am to the sound of her coming home with another guy? Did you listen to the moans and squeaks coming from upstairs at 4am? Did you get abused twice? Do you live in an apartment the size of Brooklyn's room?" I told her. I told her very very harshly, I must add.

She got up and hugged me.

"You'd be a great little detective" She whispered.

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