Niall Horan Child Preferences 3

#43 Someone abuses your daughter

"Bath time!" I said in a sing song voice as I entered the living room where our 3 year old daughter Aaliyah was watching cartoons with Niall.

Aaliyah raised her arms and I picked her up.
"Need any help?" Niall asked and I nodded.
"Can you put her in the bath while I get her pyjamas, it's already filled and the temperatures right" I told him handing our daughter to him as he nodded.

Niall's POV

"What toys do you want in the bath princess?" I asked as I carried her upstairs.
"My duckies and my mermaid princesses!" She said enthusiastically.
I kneeled down at the side of the bath and Aaliyah stood in front of me.

"You look tired baby, did you have a nap at James' house?" I asked. James is one of my friends and he usually babysits Aaliyah when y/n and I want alone time or if we want to go out.
She shook her head.

"Arms up princess" I mumbled as she raised her arms so I could take her t shirt off.
I took her pants off and put all her dirty clothes in a pile.

I was about to pick her up to put her in the bath but I noticed some bruises on her arms.
I held her hands and looked at the bruises closely. They looked like they hadn't been there long and they must really hurt her.

"Y/n" I said loudly.
She came in with Aaliyah's pyjamas putting them on the clothes rack.
She noticed my worried face and looked at me confused.
I gestured for her to look closer and she saw the bruises on her arms and legs.

"How has she got them? She hasn't fallen recently" y/n said .
"We can ask once we've bathed her" I said and picked Aaliyah up placing her in the water.

Y/n washed her hair and body and then we let her play with her toys for a while.

We got her out and wrapped her in her pink towel that had a good.

I put the toilet seat down (the bit that makes it so the toilet is covered and you can sit on it) and sat down with Aaliyah on my lap and y/n was leaned against the wall next to us.

"Baby girl, what happened to your arms and legs? Did you hurt yourself?" I asked.
She shook her head, her eyes filling faith tears.
"What happened princess? Please tell me, then mummy and daddy can fix it" I told her.

"James hit me lots and lots and pushed me downstairs! I don't like him daddy! He's mean!" She sobbed.
Anger flared up in me, no one hurts my little girl and gets away with it.

Y/n leaned down and kissed Aaliyah's cheek.
"Don't worry baby, you won't go to James' anymore and he won't get away with doing this to you" Y/n whispered stroking Aaliyah's hair.

"I sorry daddy" she whispered as she cuddled into my chest.
"What're  you sorry for princess?" I asked.
"You say don't let anyone hurt me b..but I let James hurt me!" She cried.
"Baby girl, you're 3, you don't know things like me and mummy. You don't know if someone's going to hurt you, it isn't your fault. It's my fault , I shouldn't have told mummy that you'd be fine with James" I said regretting my decision of letting James babysit her.
"Niall, it's not your fault, don't blame it on yourself" y/n whispered.
"Not daddy's fault! Daddy always wants to protect me!" Aaliyah said.
"James's fault because he's mean and he hit me" Aaliyah said.