The Struggle •Unedited•

Chapter 18

"What did I fucking tell you about getting into my house with out permission?!" I boom once I see my best friend sitting at my table.

He rapidly stumbles up from his seat and his eyes widened. "Louis! You aren't suppose to be home this early!"

"Yeah, well my interview wrapped up early. I thought you were taking Mason to your house?!"

"I was, but-"

"Where's Mason?!" I growl, looking around for my son, "And what the hell are you even doing?!"

"He's, uh-"

"Niall! Call the cops!" a recognizable voice shouted as my front door flew open.

Elisabeth was holding my son frantically as she ran in backwards, looking after the door. She kicks it close but it's caught by a firm hand.

"Give me the fucking kid!" someone calls after her.

Kelsey.

What in the world? Her voice trails off when she realizes my presence in the room. Everything at this exact moment looks messed up in a weird way. Niall looks like he had just established a wire-tapping base in my apartment, Elisabeth looks like she was fucking kidnapping my son, and Kelsey just called him a fucking kid.

Mason was sobbing loudly, my blood ran cold. If she hurt him in any way, I'll kill her.

"What did you do to him?" I hissed, grabbing him out of Elisabeth's arms.

"She took him from me! Right out of my house! That's kidnapping!" Kelsey accuses.

"You shut the fuck up!" Niall buds in, pointing a finger towards my girlfriend.

My eyes try to pierce their way through Niall at the insult, but he doesn't budge.

"I didn't do anything! She was the one who hit your kid!"

Kelsey's body tensed and her breath hitched. Her beautiful facial features turned into complete fear.

"What?" I breathed.

"Louis, baby, she's lying! Everything they tell you is a lie!"

Niall laughs bitterly, "Please! Cut the crap! I got all the evidence, right here,"

His hand moves beside his laptop and loudly taps the surface of the keyboard.

All the color leaves my girlfriend's face. She looks terrified. Her state seems to amuse Elisabeth because her lips curl into a satisfied smirk. "We planted a camera on the kid. You were just caught in act,"

"Look for yourself, Lou," Niall urges and I hold Mason tighter as I make my way next to my best friend.

"Naill," Kelsey warns as she starts walking towards us, "I'll-"

Elisabeth stomps forward in her direction as if a warning to keep her distance from Mason. She halts and looks petrified of the reporter.

My best friend is punching in some keys on his keyboard and clicking the mouse pad before he grabs my arm to pull me in for a closer look at the screen.

"Look," he mumbles.

My eye fix on the screen and the shot begins to tumble. In seconds the scenery becomes recognizable. Kelsey's house. A minute passes by when Niall finally decides to fast forward the footage and the shot of the television changes to her giving Mason a cup of juice. He spills it and she comes into view. Her perfect lips are moving at a fast speed and its completely obvious that she's scolding him. My jaw clenches and her hand flies up. My breath gets caught in my throat. I know whats coming next and I'm not ready to see it. A couple of seconds tick by and finally, the dreaded scene unfolds in front of me. Kelsey's hand comes down and all I see if her hand disappear from the shot, it tumbles every where. This is where Elisabeth sweeps in and takes him away.