Cheryl & Liam - I've Tried Everything

Chapter 15

The next morning Cheryl woke up to her phone buzzing on the bedside table beside her. Moaning, she rolled over to check who it was, her ribs crying out in pain as she picked up her phone and slightly squinted at it.

JB Calling

Her stomach churned as she read his name, not expecting him to call her at all. Anger washed over her as she swiped her finger across the screen to answer the call.

"What do you want?" She muttered under her breath as she climbed out of bed, trying not to wake up her daughters as she caught the time on the clock reading 7:19am.

"WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU? WHERE ARE MY CHILDREN?" JB shouted down the phone, making Cheryl quietly leave the room she was staying in and walk down towards the kitchen.

"Me and my children are safe... Away from their abusive father" Cheryl replied knowing it probably wasn't the best thing to say but her anger had gotten the better of her.

"Oh wow Cheryl. Abusive? Are you sure about that?" JB scoffed down the phone.

"My bruises say otherwise" Cheryl spat back, turning the kettle on to make herself a cup of coffee knowing that her daughters would be awake soon.

"Oh I barely touched you" JB laughed, making Cheryl just scrunch her fingers up in a fist and breathe slowly through her mouth. She didn't want to lose it with him.

"Why are you calling me?" She replied bluntly.

"I want you to bring my children home now-"

"That is not happening Jean. There is no way you're coming close to those children ever again" Cheryl sternly replied.

"Oh and you're gonna stop me are you? How are you gonna do that? Curl up into a ball again you chienne?" JB laughed, calling her a b!tch in french.

"You are not seeing your children and that's the end of this conversation" Cheryl huffed as she frustratingly slammed her phone down on the counter after ending the call.

"Are you alright dear?" Karen asked as she entered the kitchen to see Cheryl scrunching her fingers into her palms and breathing heavily.

"Err... Yeah, sorry!" Cheryl said in a fluster, standing up straight and taking a sip of her water.

"Do you want to talk about it love?" She sensitively asked, wanting to make sure she was okay.

"No, no... I'm okay" Cheryl tried to smile before her emotions got the better of her and she burst into tears, Karen collecting her into her arms as she softly stoked her back.

"It's okay love, let it out" Karen said, it making Cheryl miss her own mother especially in times like this where all she needed was a cuddle from her mother.

"God, I'm so sorry for this" Cheryl sniffed as she tried to calm down, not wanting to embarrass herself anymore than she already had.

"It's okay love, do you wanna talk about it?"

"No, no... I can't" Cheryl sniffed, she didn't want Karen to know what had happened between her and JB even though she knew that the bruises on her face were a give away.

"Do you want me to get Liam?" Karen asked after a while as Cheryl's cries weren't calming down.

"Yes pl-please" She sniffed as her breathing became more erratic as Karen shuffled out the room to grab her son who she knew could calm Cheryl down.

"Liam, wake up son" Karen gently spoke to Liam, gently shoving his shoulder at the same time to try and wake him up. She just got a groan in reply as he rolled away from her. "Cheryl needs you son, she's in a right state"