Breaking Point (Sequel)

Chapter 31

Samantha's POV

Separation is never easy. It doesn't matter if they are five miles away or five thousand miles, the pain is still there. That's what I've been telling myself for the past 3 months since Niall's been gone. It's difficult because I am here and he is all the way over in another part of the world playing another show in a different city every night. I'm not going to lie, it's been hard not having him here to talk to whenever I want to or wrap myself in his arms when I need to.

I can also see the toll it's been taking on Sara with Harry not being here. I've found myself stepping in a lot to help take care of Addison when Sara is having one of her bad days. As much as I don't mind spending the time with Addison, it worries me to see Sara in the state she's in a lot of the time. It's like we both ignore it and brush it away as if nothing is wrong at all which we both know isn't helping.

For the many past weeks I've been taking Sara to her appointments with Dr.Windle. Consistently having it at the same time and day every week seems to make things easier. She knows she can't avoid it with my knowledge that every Thursday she meets with the therapist. I was hoping this week I would be able to talk with Dr.Windle to figure out if this something diagnosable or an aspect of Sara's life she will have to constantly improve on.

With all of this in the back of my mind, I continued to scroll through the endless pages of available homes up for sale. With the absent of Niall being gone, house hunting seemed to fill the void enough to give me something to do. I've been in touch with our relator and to this day, we haven't been able to find anything we like. Now I'm beginning to worry about being too picky but at the same time, I don't want to settle with something we're not going to be one hundred percent happy with.

I furrow my brow and move closer to the screen, trying to piece together the pictures the homeowners had on the website. In the next second to follow, I made the slightest of jumps as my phone placed next to me began to ring. I reached over and maneuvered it so I could see the screen. It was impossible to hide the smile on my face as I answered the incoming video call from Niall.

"Hello beautiful." His voice rang through my ears. To this day- after three years of being together- he still has an effect on me.

"Hey handsome, how's Amsterdam?" I asked. They were almost done the first leg of the tour where they covered Australia and Asia and now they are making their way back towards home before they hit North American in a few months after the break.

"It's been pretty cloudy here and has been raining ever since we got to the city. The venue last night was amazing and thankfully indoors. I guess the only good thing to come from this is that there isn't a chance for the sun to give me a sun burn because you know it will."

"So what your saying is it's no differently than being at home? Cold and raining?" I joked putting a smile on his face.

"I guess you could say that." He laughed. He went on to talk about the last few days since we talked because it's been almost a week since I've been able to actually video chat with him. A text message here and there can't justify or suffice when your in the type of long distance relationship like we are.

After talking about the last few venues he's played in and the endless tour bus stories, he brought something up that seemed to surprise me.

"Harry's been asking about you." I turned my head to face the screen on my phone and looked at him strangely. I gestured him to continue. "He's worried about Sara but doesn't want to approach her directly about it."

"There isn't really much to say. I've been going with her to her appointments every week but I have yet to see if it's making a difference. She's starting to interact with Addison more which takes a load off my back-"