deranged series: one shots

past - riley knows

~DEMI'S POV:~

"Alright.." I whispered as I shut the front door behind me, "It's late baby girl it's time to get to bed."

I adjusted Riley who was drifting off into sleep on my hip, I had a long day full of photo shoots and a few interviews here and there for Billboard, but today was also Mommy and Daughter day for Riley and I, so she ended up tagging along the entire time. I felt bad because I actually wanted for us to do something that was more kid friendly, but it's a good thing she's only six years old which meant that she still found entertainment in running around on set with my makeup artist and assistant.

"Is Daddy's girlfriend putting me to bed?" Riley yawned.

My neck snapped quickly to face her, "What?" I could feel my lips curl as my brows furrowed, "What did you just say?"
"Daddy's girlfriend, Nic- oh..." Riley paused, "Oh!" She gasped before covering her mouth.

I removed Riley from my hip to set her onto the ground, "Tell me what you know right now." I demanded as I kneeled down to her height.

Her eyes widened as she quickly shook her head, "I don't know anything."

I tried to swallow down the anger that was threatening to escape, "Riley," I breathed, "Please tell me what you know... I promise I won't get mad."
"I really can't Mommy."
"Why not?"
"It's supposed to be a secret." Riley whispered, "We are not allowed to share secrets, only if the person who told you the secret in the first place says so."

"Is it a bad secret or a good one?"
She shrugged, "It's good for Daddy - yeah."

"Why do you think that it's good for Daddy?" I asked her.
"Well!" She beamed, "He said he's happier, like super duper happy."

I gritted my teeth as I stood up slowly, "Why does Daddy have a girlfriend if you and him are married?" Riley questioned.
Suddenly a throbbing headache began to develop beneath my temples, "I don't fucking know." I spat as I brought my hands up towards my forehead, "Go up to your room and change, I'll be there in a minute to tuck you in."

I could hear Riley's footsteps move away from me as I closed my eyes and sighed, the throbbing pain became worse which meant I was about to black out. I sighed trying to push the pain back but it continued to get worse by the second.

I groaned as I rubbed the side of my temples, "Fight it, fight it please." I mumbled to myself. The sound of the front door opening caused my headache to become even worse because I knew exactly who it was, "Hey babe."

I kept my eyes closed as I could hear Joe set his car keys down on the table, "Tonight's recording session in the studio was wild! How was your day? Is Riley up in bed already?"

I couldn't fight it.

My eyes flew open just to find Joe staring back at me, "Is everything alright?" He asked as he walked closer.
"Just a headache, nothing serious." I clasped my hands together, "We need to chat about something real quick."

Joe sighed from relief, "That's great because I needed to bring something up to you also, but you can start it off."

"How's your girlfriend?" My teeth clenched but I managed to keep a sarcastic smile on my face, "Nicole is her name I think? Am I right?"

I watched all of the color flush from Joe's face as he cleared his throat, "Um.. this is what I wanted to talk to you about actually-"
"Is she your girlfriend? Yes or no?" I interrupted, "Answer the damn question Joe."

"Yes..." He sighed, "Nicole is my girlfriend."
"How long?"
"Huh?"
"Am I not speaking English?" I scoffed, "How long have you and Nicole been together?"

Joe brought both of his hands up and set them on the back of his neck, "For the past six months now..."
A obnoxious laugh crept past my lips as I walked closer towards him, "So that trip we took for our anniversary was just a show for me I guess?"

"Demi," He breathed, "I think it's best that we get a divorce at this point. I know I've cheated constantly in the past and apologized for it, at first I wanted to rebuild our relationships but I feel like now that I'm finally able to realize and admit that I don't love you anymore. I'm sorry, I just think-"

My hand met the side of Joe's face before he could even finish, I shook my hand as it stung to bring it back down to my sides, "I promise you that you'll regret this!" I fumed before pushing him towards the front door.

"I'm trying to be civil here and you're trying to kick me out?"

I grabbed Joe's shirt collar then yanked it towards my face to bring him closer, "I hope you two will be very happy together, and hopefully that'll last - but you know, things happen." I  roughly let go of his shirt before pushing him aside, I swooped up my car keys and held onto the door knob.

"Where are you going? It's almost one a.m!" Joe's voice rose, "We need to fucking talk about this without getting heated up towards each other."
"Oh, please!" I objected, "I think we've talked enough. Let me know when you're sending the divorce papers so I can get all of my shit in order, in the meantime we'll be a perfect little family first thing tomorrow morning." I swung the front door open and walked as quickly as I could towards my car.

Once I unlocked my car, Joe closed the front door to the house. I watched downstairs go pitch black as he turned the lights off, I then opened the drivers door to make my way into the car.

I pulled out my phone from the front of my pocket then began to quickly scroll down my list of contacts, all the way down to C.A.
A smirk came across my lips as I dialed the number,

"Hello?" He answered sleepily, "...Demi?"

"Hey Allen," I started, "Sorry to wake you but it's finally time for me to ask for you to do me a favor."

"What's up?" His voice began to sound more aware of what was going on.
"I need you to hack into Joe's phone for me and look up any information about a girl named 'Nicole'." I instructed, "Then once you do, find her address for me pretty please. I'm going to handle the rest."

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