Finally

Oh, I Know

"Oh we know..." Harry started.

"Tried to ruin a family yeh did!" Niall accused, raising his voice a bit.

"I never meant to hurt anyone." The woman sighed, hanging her head.

"Then why did you have relations with Jake Gile?" Harry pressed, furrowing his brows together.

"I didn't know he was married!" The woman tried to defend herself.

"Sure." Harry huffed, frustration knit clearly onto his face.

"Talk now." Niall said through clenched teeth.

The frail woman shook a bit while sipping her tea. I took the chance to ask my questions.

"What did you mean by you recognized me from the picture?" I tried to ask as politely as possible.

"The picture that the girl showed me...I recognized you standing beside Joelle."

"What girl?" I asked confused.

The woman's eyes got big and she began to shake her head quickly back and forth.

"That evil little thing who keeps me in constant fear." She breathed out.

"Who is it?" I begged. "What makes her so evil?"

"She showed me that picture so I would know who I was after."

The realization hit me then. This woman was after Joelle and I.

"Why are you after me?" I hesitantly asked.

"She makes me. Or else....."

"Or else, what?" Harry asks, scooting closer towards me and putting his arm around my now shaking frame.

"Or else she'll tell my husband. He's already a dreadful man." With that the woman pulled her sleeve up a bit to reveal deep purple bruises in the shape of fingers clamped around her arm.

"Is it Ellie?" Niall said, clearing his throat.

"What?" The woman asked as if she hadn't heard Niall.

"Is the girls name Ellie?" He questioned again.

The woman quickly nodded her head.

"Let's go." Bridg spoke up.

"Wait." Harry motioned for her to sit back down.

"No, I'm going to beat the hell out of Ellie. She has messed up too many peoples lives." Bridg retorted.

"Sit down, please. Ellie has a lot on all of us. We need to be smart and careful about this."

Bridg grudge fully sat down huffing and crossing her arms.

"What evidence does she have on you?" Bridgett asks the woman.

"It's not important." The woman replied, looking warily around her home.

"Actually ma'am it is. We can help you. If you let us." Niall coaxed.

"You all are too young. No." The woman seemed to be trying to convince herself as she stood and began to pace back and forth.

"Please Karen. You're all we have. Don't let Ellie keep ruining other peoples lives." Bridgett surprised me, her voice cracking towards the end.

"She..she..she..sh-she has a tape. A videotape." Karen began to cry, "A tape of me and..and.....doing...you..you..k-k-know.." By this time she was sobbing.

"Shh, it's alright. We're going to try and help you." Harry tried to soothe the woman.

"How?" She mumbled through her hands, which were clutching her face.

"I, I don't know. But Ellie has been ruining one of my friends lives, and I won't sit by and watch her ruin someone else's." Bridgett said standing up and motioning for the rest of us to follow.

"We'll be in touch." Harry nodded.

With that we turned and made our way outside to the town car.

"Let's bring this bitch of a girl Ellie, down." Niall smiled.