Adopted by Elounor!<3

19. Concerns

*Katrina's POV*

I'm still trying to get my head around it. Why did I just see the same person twice in the space of an hour, and both of the times their attention was focused on us. Urgh, I need to swim.

*Sophie's POV* 

I am so happy to see Kitty again! I haven't seen her for ages. A bit after Katrina left the orphan place, I did too. I now live with my new mummy and daddy. I don't like living with them though. They do bad stuff to me. I am scared.

*Eleanors POV*

It's lovely lying down on this soft, warm sand. It's blissful. My thoughts on this are interrupted as Kat comes over with a dazed expression on her face. I ask her, "What's the matter Kat?" I only get a head shake in return. I decide against pushing her for any answers, I just leave it. 

I sit for a few more minutes, trying to work out what to wear to the annual ball that's coming up soon, no-one apart from the girls, me and the boys know, but we are going to have to let Kat into it soon as she'll be going to.

 It's a big event, all celebrities will be there, like Jennifer Lopez, Lady GaGa, Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato, Ed Sheeran, ('Uncle') Simon, Daft Punk, CeCe Frey, Jennifer Lawrence and many more. It'll be good, like it is every year. We have been twice. After all of those thoughts are ceased, I go and join Kat, Sophie and the girls, who are swimming/paddling in the sea.

*Katrina's POV*

Me and Sophie get out of the water, she says that she's cold. I start drying her off with a spare towel, which we were smart enough to pick up. I'm glad we did, although if we didn't she could've used mine.

~20 minutes later~

*STILL Katrina's POV*

It's getting hotter now. I am absolutely boiling. The girls are still down at the sea, Sophie is next to my blanket making sandcastles. Cute. Overtime I see her get so hot she starts to sweat, I don't think I'm surprised though. She's wearing black leggings with a mid-thigh length, stripy white and pink top. It's nice and all but, it's hot. I ask her to come over and start to take her top off, she has a vest on underneath. It'll do. What I see next worries me. Bruises on her arms. Shaped like handprints.

~4hrs later~

*Anonymous POV*

They are still here, I'm keeping a very close eye on them though, the bosses orders. They'll kill me if I don't do this right or if they don't get what they want. It's quite annoying, I guess. The targets are now moving. They left, now I just have to track where they went.

*Niall's POV*

The girls are back now. I'm quite worried though. Katrina seems down. I motion for her to join me up in my room. I need to talk to her. When we both get up there I tell her to get comfortable and I shut the door. She looks at me as if to say "Yes?" I sigh. "What's wrong?"

"What do you mean?" was my reply.

"You seem down, unhappy. It's unlike you."

"It's nothing." Damn, she's so stubborn.

"It must be something if your worrying about it. Tell me."

She rolls her eyes and sighs but says "I saw something today, it concerns me a lot."

I'm confused. "What did you see today?"

"When we were at the beach, we saw Sophie."

"The girl you shared a room with at the orphanage?" I asked her.

"Yeah, that's the one. Well, she came over to us for a bit and was building sandcastles. The rest of the girls were in the sea, it was only me and Soph up on the blankets. But she eventually started to sweat, because it was so hot. So I took her top off, it was a long sleeved one. After I took it off I saw..."

"Yeah?" I ask, totally confused.

"Bruises. I saw bruises on her arms, all the way up. They were shaped like handprints. She was recently adopted, so I have been told. I think they done that to her. I don't like it, at all."
She starts crying and I pull her into my chest. She just awkwardly sits there, leaning against me, crying her eyes out.

"What should I do Niall?" She asks me.

I sit there for a few minutes, trying to think of a solution to this, problem. Nothing comes to me.

"I don't know" I tell her.

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*Niall's POV*

I really like her. I do. I fall harder every day, I can't help it. I love it when she bites her lip when she's anxious and how her nose twitches when she lies. I like looking at her. That sounds really weird, but I do. She's so beautiful. Her hair is so brown and glossy, like chocolate. I love plaiting it.

But I can't do this, love her. Not with everything that's going on. At the moment we're all too busy, too worried about our own little things. We still have to get to the bottom of the 'Tia situation' and now the Sophie thing has been added on. But I will definitely tell her how I really feel about her, eventually. The kiss we shared in the closet was amazing. Her lips are so soft. I will have to ask Louis and El's permission first though. Louis would kill me if I didn't.

~2hrs later~

*Katrina's POV*

We are now at home. Unfortunately I had to leave Sophie behind. I am going to get to the bottom of this. As fast as I can, too. I'll ask Niall later if he can come and help me. Wait, I know what to do.

~Another 2hrs later~~

We are here, yes we, managed to drag Niall along to. Well, I didn't have to drag him, he agreed to come with no hesitation. He said he wanted to come and help me as much as he could. He is so sweet. I love him so much. What? No, I don't.

We are at the orphanage. I called to make sure everything would be ready for us getting here. I knock on the big door and less than 20 seconds later the door opens and I am met with the cheery face of Jamie. "Katrina!" She says while pulling me into a huge bear hug. "It's very nice to see you"

"You too, Jamie." She then, finally, acknowledges the presence of Niall. "And who is this handsome young man? Your Boyfriend?" I blush and shake my head. "No Jamie. He isn't." I hear Niall mutter something under his breath but it was too quiet for me to hear. I make a mental note to ask him later. I turn to Jamie. "Is everything I asked for ready?" She nods and waves her hand in the direction of the office.

~20 Minutes later~

It's here. Right in front of me, in the file. I open it and am met with the following information:

Name: Sophie Wells

Age: 9
Nationality: British

Parents: Shania Wells, Thomas Wells.

Address: -

Status: Adopted

Adoptive Parents (If Any): Matthew Bynes, Lizzie Summers

Address: 60 Sunnyside Cresent, London.

The last piece of info is the bit I am after, what I need. It catches me off guard though. Lizzie? It couldn't be. Could it? I turn around to face Niall. "What is your friend, Lizzie's last name?" He thinks for a moment and replies with, "Summers." 

My world comes down and my vision starts to blur, tears blocking my view. Niall notices this, looks concerned and starts to fuss over me. I wipe my eyes and breathe deep breaths. "I'm fine." I tell him.

 A girl's biggest lie.