Closed doors...

Admitting something is wrong is the hardest part

James's pov
I wake up to hear my daughter crying, she's a week old now and she is the cutest baby ever but ever since riley found out she was pregnant she's been weird even weirder now that our daughter Brooklyn-hope Tordjman was born, it's almost like riley doesn't care about her or want a relationship with her and the abuse from riley towards me has gotten worse

I pick Brooklyn and I try to settle her as I walk out of our room and i walk into the kitchen as I make her a bottle "CAN YOU SHUT HER UP"riley screams at the top of her lungs "sorry babe"i say "whatever just shut her up!"riley shouts as I shake Brooklyns bottle to mix the formula, i give her the bottle but Riley walks in "Emily is coming over so make sure the house is clean"Riley snaps "babe I can't I'm feeding Brooklyn and I thought we agreed to not have people over for at least a couple of weeks"i say softly "did I ask for an excuse?no! And hide the black eye too"riley says before going back to our room probably to sleep

Once I finish feeding Brooklyn and I bring her cot out to the living room and i lay Brooklyn down and i start cleaning the house but I try to put off cleaning our room until it's no longer possible but I know Riley is gonna moan that I'm doing something wrong or just start throwing punches for no particular reason, i walk into our room trying really hard not to wake her up and i start cleaning but i dread when I get to the last part making the bed.

The bed riley was sleeping in, I kneel down and i kiss her head softly "hey babe I know your tired and that's totally okay but I need to make the bed"i say softly as I put a piece of hair behind her ear but she shoved me back and my head hits the wall, i touch my head and i feel blood on my head. I wince at the pain "shut up I barely touched you"riley says turning her head away, i stand up only to see a patch of blood on the wall

I grab a wet cloth and i wipe the wall down before going to the bathroom and using some of the makeup I had to buy to cover bruises so I can cover the black eye riley gave me yesterday, I hear the front door open. i close the door to our bedroom before walking down the hallway to see emily smiling at me with a huge smile "I'm sorry I'm not disturbing am I?riley said I could come over"emily asks "no not at all!can I get you anything?"i ask "no I'm good, so how's my little niece?"Emily asks walking over to Brooklyn "um no offence but I'd prefer it if you didn't kiss her"i say softly as we sit down on the sofa "of course not"emily says as she holds Brooklyns hand

"So where's Riley?"emily asks "she hasn't woken up yet,she's still a little tired from giving birth so I'm just letting her sleep"i say "your a good fiancé"emily says "yeah i like to think so"i say, riley walks out of our room "hey!"riley says looking at emily "hey,do you want her?"Emily asks referring to Brooklyn

"No I've had her all morning"riley says and emily looks at me with a confused but worried look, riley walks over and sits next to me cuddling into my side before looking into our kitchen "I thought I told you to clean"she whispers "I'm sorry I'll do it as soon as em leaves"i whisper "everything okay?"emily asks "yeah"riley says

"Oh I think she needs her nappy changed"emily says and almost as if it was on cue riley says she's gonna get changed, emily looks at me as Riley leaves, i walk over to the changing table "james if something is wrong you can tell me"emily says next to me "nothings wrong"i say "james"emily says "em nothing is wrong riley is just really tired right now"i say "okay but you would tell me if something is wrong right?"emily asks
I wish I could,I really do but Riley has made it clear I could never escape her

"Yeah of course"i say softly "I'm gonna grab a drink"emily says, i finish changing Brooklyn and i sit on on the sofa with Brooklyn in my arms and Riley comes back in and i see her glare at Brooklyn almost as if she's jealous of her getting attention, "so how's being a mum"emily asks "tiring she doesn't sleep through the night"Riley says but Riley continues to make up lies about being a mum and emily looks upset

Emily found out last year that she can't have kids and it really upset her because ever since she was a kid she wanted at least two kids "um babe can you get me my phone please?"i ask trying to stop riley from making emily upset, riley walks into our room "you okay?"i ask "yeah I just really wish I could have kids"emily says sighing as she sits down "what about Michelle couldnt you do like ivf or something?"i ask "I haven't spoken to michelle about it,she doesn't know that I can't have kids, I don't even know if she wants kids"emily says "james"Riley says next to the sofa

I turn my head and she passes me my phone,i turn my head back around and Emily's face is white "em what's wrong?"i ask "Riley have you got any crisps I'm really hungry"emily asks and riley goes to check "what happened with your head"emily asks "nothing don't worry about it"i say

A few hours later-Emily's pov
I'm sat on the sofa watching a film when I get a call from james, i answer it and put it on speaker assuming he was gonna ask me to run to the shop for something but I hear riley screaming at james and I can hear james crying, I don't think James knows that he called me

I grab my keys and get in my car and i drive back to riley and James's house, i open the door and i see Riley throwing things at james, i wrap my arms around riley "james take Brooklyn and wait in my car"i say softly and he grabs Brooklyn and walks out "what the fuck riley!"I scream and she starts going on about how he hit her which simply isn't true because James would never do that not after his dad hit his mum

"Your going to get your stuff and leave, your not going to go anywhere near james or Brooklyn understood"i ask,Riley tries to argue but i immediately shut her down and she grabs her stuff and leaves. I walk out to my car and i open the door "come on"i say to james and we walk back in the house together and he puts Brooklyn back in the cot "thank you"james says hugging me "it's okay and no one has to know, but I would get the locks changed just to make sure"I say and james nods

We sit on the sofa and james puts his head on my shoulder, i wipe away his tears with my sleeve "it's going to be okay and I'll help when it's needed"i say "she came so close to hurting Brooklyn"james says "Riley is fucked in the head and just a bitch"i say and james nods "how long has this been going on?"i ask "it started a few months into our relationship but it got worse after a year into our relationship, she started drinking a lot and she raped me 5 times but the last on was when she got pregnant with Brooklyn"james says

"You don't deserve that"i say softly "thing is that if anyone from the studio finds out that means piper will too"james says "no one will find out"i say "thank you ems"james says "it's okay"i say "you have a dinner tonight with Michelle you should really go"james says

"Michelle will understand if I say something came up"i say "no offence em but I kinda want to be alone but you can come over tomorrow"james says and i nod, i walk out to my car and i sigh as I start driving back to my house

I walk into my house and i start getting ready for the dinner with Michelle,once I get ready michelle knocks on the door, i open the door to see her holding flowers and i kiss her before taking the flowers and putting them in a vase before we walk out of the house