You unlock the bathroom door and leave, heading downstairs, as you get to the bottom of the stairs you see Arthur sat down looking at you.
"Lia..." You sigh and sit on a chair opposite him and without you realising you begin bouncing your leg.
as you do you see him sending a message to someone on his phone. But you couldn't see who it was.
"Hmm..."
"Why do you have to lie to us? Why can't you just tell us what's happening instead of keeping things and then when we find out because we always do, we will always find out what has happened.."
"Arthur you can't seriously be blaming me for this can you?"
"I'm not blaming you Aurelia. We are your family, you can tell us anything."
"No, but I can't, can I? You shout at him, as you stand up without realising. "Because you weren't there when I needed you the most were you? And you never thought to ask me, or even see me' I didn't see anyone in months. I was stuck with a physco! You shout at Arthur, unknowing you were right in his face.
As you look into his eyes, you see what you thought was a light flicker of terror in his eyes.
"I-I'm sorry" you say trying to run out of the door, but as you get to the door Arthur was holding onto your arm.
"You're not leaving" He says, as tears begin pouring out of your eyes as you begin breathing quickly.
"Arthur, please let me go. You whisper, whilst you struggle more and more to breathe.
"Please just wait, I promise it will be made better." he says, trying to pull you in closer to him.
You don't reply, just carry on crying. You manage to get out of his grip and run out of the door, whilst hearing Arthur shouting worriedly at you from behind.
"Lia, you're going to do something you will regret." As he finishes, you feel yourself being pulled into someone.
"Get off me!" You try to shout, but it gets muffled.
You feel arms wrap around you tighter, pulling you further in towards them.
"Lia, calm down." You hear, being whispered from above.
"I hate you! I hate you so much Charles! Why can't you just let me leave!" You shout as you feel a hand behind your head, letting Charles have a stronger grip on you.
"Lia, I'm not letting you leave."
Hearing those 6 words makes your heart skip a beat. what can you do if you can't leave?
You start hyperventilating as all your strength drops away and you just stand there, crying. You feel Charles picking you up and carrying you back inside the house as Arthur shuts and locks the door behind you.
Charles places you down and sits beside you as you lean over and hide in his shoulder.
"Ch-arl-ie I-I can't."
He gently pulls your head from his shoulder, to his chest so your head is moving along with his breathing.
"Breathe with me princess"
He takes deep breaths and you try to breathe along with him.
"In... out..." He says it many times. You both sit there with you crying and him holding you for a while.
"Im so sorry Charlie." You whisper ,after you finally begin breathing normally.
"You don't need to, I should be the one saying sorry"
You lift your head up off Charles' chest and lean back where you are sitting.
"Why should you be saying sorry?" You ask.
"Because I started shouting at you for no reason, I just let all my anger out on you." He says looking across at you, with sorrow in his eyes.
You try to smile at him, but the realisation that you would have to tell them now. Everything.
"If you knew what I did, you should have been angry." You say looking away from him.
"Aurelia, what have you done?" Charles asks, anxiety in his voice. You stay silent in regret.
"Is this about your therapy?" You immediately look up at him, shocked
"What?" "Arthur called me before and asked about your therapy." He saw you decline the call, and he was right. They will always find out.
"Just tell him Lia."
You hear from behind, and as you look you see Arthur sitting down next to you. You look back at Charles and sigh.
"Please just tell me, I promise I won't get mad"
"i haven't gone to therapy in weeks." You say, taking a deep breath after.
"What? Lia, you promised me you would go. It was meant to help you."
"I know, and I'm so sorry Charlie! I just couldn't do it." He sighs.
"You should have asked."
"I know..."
"Well done Lia, but tell him the rest" Arthur whispers, but loud enough that Charles could hear.
"The rest?" Charles questions. You stay silent.
"Lia, tell him." Arthur says to you, looking down at you slightly sterner.
You look across to Charles who has his eyes locked on the table. You follow his eyes and see the drug test. The test that has possibly made your life a living hell the past 24 hours.
"You were drugged?" You nod, still looking at the test as you feel two pairs of eyes staring at you.
"Lia... I'm so sorry, I should have asked. None of this would have happened if I did."
"Charlie, please don't. Don't make this worse."
"That dick drugged you! If I see him again I'm gonna."
"No."
"What? If Lando didn't find you- Why did you call him?"
"I don't know, it was just the first contact I could find, I was too in shock I guess to find you. Can we go home?" You ask, sighing after.
"Yes princess, do you want to go now?" You nod.
A few minutes later you and Charles were sitting in his car, driving back home. "Lia, I just have one question."
"What is it?"
"Where has the money been going?" Your heart sinks and you stay silent.
"Lia, please tell me." "I... I gave it to a cancer research foundation"
|| authors note ~ hope you enjoy <3. Sorry for not posting yesterday I was busy with homework 🧡 ||
