Like Birds. \\ n.h [au]

c h a p t e r || 27

Chapter twenty-seven.

"What? Why?" he lifts himself up, leaning on his elbow.

I blink a few times, staring up to the ceiling.

"What the hell has happened?" he gets impatient, but he looks concerned. I know he is worried.

"He-he-"

"Who?"

I sit up and place my feet on the floor.

"Hey, Addie. Tell me! This is killing me!"

"Can you get Gina?"

"Not until you tell me" he says against me and I sigh.

"Please, Niall"

He repeats my previous action and nods his head, standing up and walks over to the door, only entering a couple of minute later with Gina and Louis behind him.

"What happened?" she asks as she joins me on the bed.

"He-he-he tried to..., I mean..." I get quiet, not know how to express myself.

"Adelina! Tell me now" Gina says firmly.

"Mr. Wood" I take a deep breath. "Right after, I was in the bathroom... And he locked me in when I was getting out, he... If your father hadn't showed up..." It is low as a whisper, but I know everyone in the room hears me. "He touched me, was trying to kiss me"
I hear Gina gasp next to me. "Didn't you say he was nice to you the other day? That he hadn't done anything for a while?"
"What the hell do you mean with 'a while'?!" Niall speaks up from nowhere. He stares at us and has his fists clenched.

"He hasn't, I don't know..."

"Tell us from the beginning" Gina lays her hand on mine.

And so I do. I tell them it all, from the first time I met him, when I spilled out my drink on him, his sneaky comments, his way of being like jealous, his sexual favor suggestions, and at last what happened today. In detail. Gina knows almost all of it.
When I'm done both she and I has tears in our eyes, me reliving everything again, thankful for Matthew's arrival.
There is a tension silence between the four of us, before Gina is breaking it.

"I knew he was a creep, but... you are fucking working for him. It is disgusting! You should tell Molly"

"No, no, I can't!" I squeal. "She would hate me"

"So!?" Niall hiss. "He is a total fuck, if you don't tell, I will"

"It's not yours to tell" I simple state at him and we stare at each other for a short while until I look down on my hand when Gina squeeze it.

"I'm with Niall on this. He could have fucking raped you, while we were in the house"

"I don't think he actually-"

"Don't be so fucking naïve!" Niall groans loud and clenches his fists again and I glare at him, don't knowing why I feel so angry towards him. Probably because of my sadness about leaving the Wood-family has turned into anger. If Niall - or I - tell them now there will be good bye, USA. Good bye, New York!

"I'm going to tell them now!" he says and walk towards the door and I am quickly on my feet behind him, so is Gina and Louis, who for once haven't said a word. I have never seen him this quiet.
I try to stop Niall, but nothing helps. He is determined to tell them all. I pull his arm, trying to turn him around, but he just push me away.

"Niall!" I scream and stop, but he doesn't listen to me, just continues to walk towards the main house where they are seated. Gina takes my hand and tells me to come along. Even though I don't want to my legs keeps moving. I see Molly and Karen in the recliners by the pool while Ben and Matthew is standing by the bar, and the only thing I am thinking is; this is where the bomb goes off.

And so it does...

"YOU THINK YOU CAN TREAT HER HOW THE FUCK YOU WANT!?" Niall screams at the top of his lungs and draws the attention to himself. Everyone is staring at us, and the panic grabs ahold of me again.

*wooh, finally happening something, i say, i hope you like it, baes.
updating before the end of the week.

lots of love
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