I Will Always Love You - A Niall Horan Love Story

Chapter Forty

*Charlie's POV*

"So what now?' I say into the phone, as I hear my dad enter from downstairs. 

He finished work early.

"We have no choice but to send the police. I'm sorry Charlotte."

"No, it's ok. He deserves it." As hurt as I am right now, I more angry. "How long until they get here?"

"Well, they just sent them off. They will be there about 5 minutes."

"Ok, thanks, bye."

I hang up and hug Niall. His arms go around me and I cry into his chest.

"I'm so sorry Charlie," he whispers.

I sniffle a few times, before I pull away. Niall gets me a few tissues from my desk and hands them to me. "Thanks. Where is everyone?"

"Downstairs, in the lounge room."

I look towards the door, and then run to it.

I run downstairs and into the lounge room, to see my dad talking to the girls and boys.

"How could you?!" I shout.

I feel Niall come stand right behind me, gripping my shoulders.

"Honey, what's going on?" he says, but I can see in his eyes that he is nervous.

"Kaci, calm down and tell us what happened," Zayn adds.

"Go ahead dad! Tell them!"

Everyone looks at me confused.

"Tell them what?" he asks.

"Oh, you know exactly what I'm talking about, you fucking bitch!"

He stands up now, "I get that you are angry, but you have no right to speak to me like that!"

"And you had no right to kill my mother!"

Everyone gasps a little, even my dad. 

Daniel's eyes are filled with hurt and anger as he stand up and shouts, "You did what?"

"Don't be ridiculous! I would never hurt your mother!" My dad shouts.

"Then explain to me why she was killed by poison in her bloodstream, dad! Explain how I found three bottles of blood poison underneath your bed and explain how the fingerprints on the bottle are yours, because I'd really like to know!"

"Charlie, calm down," Niall whispers, stepping closer to me.

I keep my eyes on my dad, who looks shocked. He probably wonders how I figured it out.

"I-"he starts, but Daniel cuts him off.

"It was you, wasn't it, dad?" Daniel asks. He's crying, and he looks like he wants to hit something.

Or someone.

My dad looks down, broken, and whispers, "Yes."

At that point we hear the sirens of the police coming up the road.

"You didn't call them did you?" my dad looks up.

"I did!"

The police barge into the door and immediately grab my dad, who tries to escape, but fails.

"How could you do this, Charlotte?" he asks, as they drag him out.

"Well, how could you kill my mum? I'd like to know that, but we can't all have answers!" I shout.

They drag him to the car, and I stand at the front doorway, and shout, "I can't believe you, dad! I hate you!"

I turn around and run to my room. I close the door, lock it and slide down it, with my face in my hands.

After about 2 minutes, the have completely faded, which means they are gone.

I stand up and open the door to see Daniel crying.

I grab him and pull him in for a hug. He's bigger than me, so I was crying into his chest.

Soon the rest came up and joined in the hug, but Niall wasn't here.

When we pulled away, I went downstairs to see Niall at the dining table, with his head in his hands, elbows on the table.

Without saying a word, I grab his arm and pull him upstairs to bed, where I fall asleep in his arms.