Our Small Miracle - Adopted by Taylor Swift

Part 76

TW: Hitting a child. It's not full on abuse but someone is getting hit by an adult. Just wanted to warn anyone who may find this triggering.

Harper's POV

I don't like going to grandmas because it's not our house. I love grandma, she's so nice but I prefer mommy and daddy. I cried from the minute they left and didn't stop at all. I ignored my food beca I wanted daddy here to do airplane with me not grandma.

At bedtime I still hadn't calmed down, if anything I had gotten worse. I desperately wanted to be held by my mommy and she just left me here with grandma. She must have called her because she came into my room and got me some things before taking me back home to our house. She stayed and put me into bed but after that she left me with Ellie. "Taylor, are you sure Ellie is okay taking care of her alone?" She asked while still in my room.

"She will be fine, I have a baby monitor on my phone so I can hear Harper and see her. If she needs anything I can't let Ellie know what she means and if Ellie doesn't know what to do I can tell her." Mommy told her.

Grandma left after that but I didn't want to sleep, I wanted mommy. I started screaming and crying as loud as possible but no one came to find me. After a long time I heard the little screen in my room starting to talk. That means that mommy is taking through her phone to me. "Mommy!" I cried, running over to the machine and looking at it.

"I'm trying to get Ellie to come to you but she isn't answering. You have to go to bed harper we can't mess around like this." She told me through the screen. I nodded and made my way back to bed expecting her to keep talking to me but she didn't. She forgot to turn off the machine when she was talking to Travis because I heard something I wasn't supposed to.

"My biggest regret is taking them in permanently. We should have just fostered until they had a home." Taylor told him. I looked up in shock and cried even worse.

"Take that back!" I sobbed.

Travis started yelling at her so I covered my ears and curled up in my bed. Ellie finally came to me but she didn't help much. I told her what Taylor had said but she didn't care at all. No one cares about me anymore and I don't know why.

I found a hiding place under a bed in one of the guest rooms and stayed in there for the rest of the night.

Taylor's pov

We made our way home at about 2:30 in the morning. I was definitely a little bit tipsy and Travis had also had a few but we weren't too drunk. We got into our house and went straight to the kitchen for some coffee where we stood and talked. We had a huge argument and spent a lot of time crying and talking about what's upsetting us both.

I stayed quiet for the rest of the night but as soon as we got in it all hit me again. As I poured my coffee I stared down at the counter with tears in my eyes. Travis came up behind me and wrapped his arms around me causing me to start crying. "I love you Taylor. You know that?" He asked.

I nodded slowly and continued to cry.

"I'm sorry that I got mad but it hurts so much to hear you talk about our girls like that. You love them with all of your heart Taylor and I have no idea what's going on right now and what's causing all of this but this isn't you. You love having Harper clinging to you and being able to show her what it's like to have a true parent. How do you think it made her feel to hear that?" He asked me. I didn't realise she had hurt.

"She heard?" I asked. My voice was shaky from crying. Travis nodded slowly.

"She started crying worse and screamed at you to take it back." He replied. My heart sank to my stomach. I turned around to face him and immediately started sobbing. I said a lot of things I regret the past few days and I have no idea where it's coming from at all.

I turned around to see Harper standing in the doorway with tear stains on her cheeks and tears in her eyes. I gave her a soft smile and she came over but reached for Travis. I watched him pick her up then I walked over.

I placed my hand on her little cheek and it was still wet with tears. "Baby I'm so sorry. I don't mean it, I've just been very stressed lately. It's not an excuse but mommy wanted some time to herself yesterday and Ellie frustrated me when she wouldn't help with you. I'm so sorry honey I really am." I told her. I wiped away her little tears and kissed her on the cheek. "What's wrong sweetie? Grandma said you were very emotional today."

She looked down and cried. "I just wanted to be with you and you just don't like me anymore. I want to go back home to my mommy and daddy. They don't pretend to be nice." She replied. My heart broke for her. I opened my arms for her and she shook her head which must have made me mad because I turned around and looked away.

"I'm hungry." She mumbled.

I turned around, suddenly mad. "Why didn't you just eat your dinner instead of crying and whining? It's almost three in the morning Harper we're not making anything now. It's a waste of food you won't eat anyway." I snapped. Fear filled her eyes but she managed to find some confidence because she back chatted.

She demanded to be put down by Travis then stomped on my foot and crossed her arms. "YOU DON'T EVEN CARE!" She screamed.

Without even thinking I made a HUGE mistake. I slapped her across the face before pointing to the stairs. "Don't you EVER backchat me! Get back to bed and sleep!" I yelled.

She immediately froze up and tensed. It's like she couldn't physically move but tears streamed down her face faster than ever. Her body shook in front of me and I immediately knew I had fucked up.

A/N

Thank you for reading I hope you enjoyed!

Also I know that Taylor would never do this so please don't get mad! It's just made up and this is the only time she will do this.

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