Then I Found You

Chapter 5

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Sorry if it’s short but I had to update and I just wanted to show how much Jayden and Riley’s lives suck in this chapter. That was the only intention

Hope you enjoy

Jayden’s POV

Jayden slammed the door to his house angrily, but no one paid attention to him. There were teenagers staggering all over the house. This had been his sister. He groaned and unplugged the stereo, making everyone fall silent.

“Libby, get out here. NOW!” he shouted, he knew by now his face was turning red with anger. His fists were clenched and a muscle in his jaw ticked when he saw his sixteen year old sister walk out of the crowd of teenagers timidly wearing a navel breaker.

“Everybody. Out. Now” he ground out through clenched teeth. It didn’t take ten seconds for everyone to run out the house. He put his head in his hands, trying to take deep breaths to calm himself down.

“What’s wrong with you?!” Libby snapped at him. His eyes snapped to his sister and he grinded his teeth together.

“What’s wrong with me? You want to know what’s wrong with me Libby! You! You’re what is wrong with me. Why can’t you just listen to me for once?” he asked, furious. His voice getting louder with each word.

“You’re not my father!” she yelled back, raising her hands in the air with frustration.

“I know that! I wouldn’t want to be anyway. But I can say that I am more of a man than your father will ever be” he said, trying to keep himself from shouting once more. He noticed Libby’s eyes fill with tears but he tried to prevent himself from comforting her.

“I’m out of here!” she exclaimed. She walked down the hall to her room and slammed the door. Jayden sat down on the couch and threw one of the pillows across the room in frustration. Why couldn’t she just listen to him?

“Daddy?” he heard a small, squeaky voice say. He looked up to see his other three year old sister standing there with a teddy bear in one of her tiny hands.

“Hey baby” he said, trying to perk up. She ran towards him and jumped on his lap giggling. He chuckled lightly and gave her a hug.

“Are you okay?” she asked, putting her thumb in her mouth.

“Yeah I’m fine. Go back to bed” he said, trying to pull her off his lap but she wouldn’t budge.

“But you look sad” she said, tilting her head to one side.

“I’m fine Mary, go to bed” he repeated, he stood up and carried her inside to her light pink bedroom. He rested on the bed and sat at the edge of the bed and flashed a fake smile.

“What happened to your knuckles?” she asked, she wrapped her tiny hand around one of his fingers.

“I fell” he said, shrugging. She burst out laughing, making Jayden flash the first genuine smile for the day.

“Clumsy daddy” she teased him, she laughed a bit more before Jayden started to realize she was sleepy. He lay down on the bed and placed her on top of his chest, holding onto her securely.

“Nightie night clumsy daddy” she teased before her eyes closed down.

“Night” he said, kissing her forehead before falling asleep himself.

Riley’s POV

Riley shrugged and continued walking until she reached a bus stop. She noticed a light drizzle was covering the area but she didn’t care that much. She pulled her hoodie up and shoved one hand in her pocket while the other clutched onto her school bag tightly.

She noticed many badly dressed teenagers staggering around but she chose to ignore them while she waited for a bus. A red and white bus finally pulled up to the curb and she hurried inside and sat down to the back, resting her head against the window. She noticed a few people on the bus staring at her but she busied herself by looking at the raindrops rolling down the window. She idly wrote with her finger on the window which was fogged up. She looked outside and noticed that it was now night time.

The bus ride was quiet and uneventful, she marvelled at the city they were passing through, the buildings shot up to the sky and all the lights were on in each one. This really was a beautiful city but it was a shame she might have to leave soon.

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When she reached back to the orphanage she heard a commotion in the kitchen and walked in to see Ms Twist beating a little boy with a spatula. Riley clenched her fist angrily and stalked towards her angrily.

“What are you doing?!” Riley exclaimed angrily. Ms Twist turned around and glared at Riley before taking the spatula and hitting heron the face with it. No doubt leaving a nasty bruise. Riley glared at her before launching at her. The little boy took this as a chance to escape. He gave her a thankful look before scurrying out the room.

Riley slapped Ms Twist across the face and punched her in the stomach angrily. They continued fighting furiously and neither of them noticed a presence in the room. Riley turned her head around and saw Nick standing there looking shocked. She stood up and attacked him in a hug. She couldn’t stop sobbing. He stroked her hair trying to calm her down. She looked up and noticed him glaring at Ms Twist who was just getting up.

“Aren’t you going to apologize?” Ms Twist asked in a condescending tone. Riley scoffed and took a few steps closer to Ms Twist.

“Apologize for what? For hitting you? You should be apologizing to everyone in this orphanage for hitting us” she said angrily, her jaw was clenched. She really didn’t think she should be dealing with Ms Twist now but she had no other choice, this had to stop. Ms Twist kicked her in the stomach, making Riley fall to the ground but that didn’t stop Ms Twist from kicking her over and over again before Nick launched at her and pinned her to the floor.

Riley felt unbearable pain in her stomach but she got up weakly and started coughing uncontrollably until passing out.

Yea so that’’s it for now

Sorry again for it being so short