Teach me how to love

Chapter 21

I never meant to hurt you. I never meant to make you cry.

Teach me how to love
Ryder's PoV

My sisters face fell, when she heard the words that spilled out of my mouth. She was shaking and tears were beginning to brim her eyes. I had never seen her break this badly. She started to reach out for her son, mumbling something. But I placed him on my chest, circling my arms around him protectively. Seeing this, my sister stopped in her tracks and slowly lowered her arms.

"Well?" I asked, angrily, waiting for a reply. There was a silence. I stared at the shaking girl in front of me, who looked so vulnerable and scared. But I didn't waver. "Well, why has your son got bruises all over his body?"

Libby folded her arms across her stomach. Not looking at me or the silent, sleeping baby in my arms. Her gaze stayed on the floor. Finally, she opened her mouth. "I...I....I didn't mean to, Ryder. I swear." She trailed off, placing her head in her hands. But I had no pity for her.

"You didn't mean to. Well these bruises look pretty serious to me. What would the social workers say about this?" I asked, anger slicing through my voice.

Libby's head darted up at this, and she looked at me for the first time in since I had asked her about Georgi. "No, you can't do that. Please Ryder. Your my brother. You wouldn't do that to me." She started crawling to me on her hands and knees. I backed away, slightly worried at what she was going to do. When she was a meter away from me, she suddenly stopped, looking up at me with her mascara coated cheeks.

"Why would you do this to your son? Your own baby son?" I spat, as Georgi began to stir. He let out a whimper, then settled down again. I looked back to Libby, who was now knelt in front of me, worry on her face.

"I didn't mean to. I...I...I couldn't help it!" She screamed up at me. I flinched, and Georgi began to cry on my shoulder.

"Come on, let's get you out of this hell hole", I said to the baby on my shoulder, and made my way towards the bedroom door. My sister screamed after me, telling me that I couldn't take her baby boy away from her. But I ignored her and hurried towards the front door. I saw a baby car seat near the door and a nappy bag next to it. I picked them up and headed out of the door. But before I took a step outside, I felt a pair of hands clamp around my ankle.

I looked down, to see Libby staring up at me desperately. "Please don't take my baby away", she whispered. I gently pried my foot out of her grip and headed towards my car. I opened the back door and placed the car seat into it. Making sure it was secure to the seat, I placed a now sleeping Georgi into the car seat.

Checking that he wasn't going to fall out, I shut the back door and climbed into the drivers side. I placed the key into the engine and looked up. My sister was still sprawled in the doorway, but she was shooting me daggers. Tears were still streaming down her face. I swivelled round in my chair and started to back out of the drive. Not looking back at that house, I backed out onto the road, and was on my way.
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Skye's PoV
It has been a whole week since I had heard from Ryder. I was starting to worry. So instead of sitting on my sofa, just watching my phone, I decided to message him. I but my lip, wondering what to say. I didn't want to sound desperate or angry.

iMessage to My Baby: hi babe, I was just wondering if u wanted to meet up. Coz I haven't seen u in ages. Message me when u get this xxxxx

I was gonna put that I needed to speak to him about something, but I didn't want to worry him. He must be very busy if he hadn't bothered to message me. Maybe he's found another girl. Someone better than me. Someone who wouldn't keep their job as a prostitute, whilst she's going out with Ryder.