someone to stay

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it's been another week of me being out of football. it's not easy being away from doing the thing i love the most, especially with leah leaving me home every day to go to training. i'm left in my own head.

i've been going to therapy and talking about it with lisa and it's been pretty helpful but then when i get home i get very lonely during the time leah isn't home.

i try do things to keep myself busy but it's not easy and i get distracted. i've tried cooking and baking. i even tried to learn to play piano on leah's but im really shit and just gave up.

i've also bought a motorbike so i don't have to keep borrowing off my mate. leah has been very reluctant to me riding it especially because of my ribs.

i was just watching a new netflix series that i said i would watch with leah but then got bored and decided to watch myself when the door knocked.

god who could that be now.

i lifted myself off the sofa with a huff, moving the blanket and leaving my mess while walking towards the door.

"alright alright" i mumbled as they continued to ring the doorbell.

i opened the door and was met by the same two police officers as last time.

"how can i help you officers" i said.

"we wanted to come see if you managed to get access to those cameras" the man (dave) said.

"it would be really crucial in our investigation" the woman (charlie) said.

"oh no i haven't had time to try, come in and ill do it now" i said.

i led them to the kitchen and we sat down at the dining table.

i grabbed my laptop and logged into the accounts to access the cameras.

"there" i said. i turned the laptop to them and stood up to boil the kettle.

"tea or coffee?" i offered.

"no thank you" they both said.

i made myself a tea and sat down again.

they went back to the day i saw my mum and then worked backwards to see anything suspicious. to see anyone coming into the house or leaving the house.

the front door opened. leah had come home.

"babe?" she called from the living room.

"kitchen hun" i called back.

she came in and nodded at the officers. "hiya"

she came round the table and kissed my lips quickly. "you okay?"

"mhm"

"so what's going on" leah asked me quietly.

"they're checking the camera footage" i said.

"ah right"

"there we go" charlie said.

"what is it" i asked nervously.

she turned the laptop. there was a man walking out of the house.
"that's my dad"

they looked back and saw that both my mum and dad entered the house two hours before my dad left. he got in a taxi and left the cars.

they checked that timeframe on the other camera to see if anything happened in the back garden or if they could hear anything from inside on that camera.

there was loud arguing and we could hear it quite clearly.

leah stood behind me while i sat opposite the two officers.