'Hello?' I said nervously down the phone.
'Nath, mate we've found her.'
I froze, they had found her, I was going to see her again.
Someone took the phone from my hand and continued talking to Max.
I turned around picking up Lillie and started spinning, while she giggled and squealed.
When Kels was off the phone, she told all of us what was happening.
‘Right so they have now got her and will be on their way back to England in an hour, once they land in England they will call us and tell us which hospital to go to.’ Kelsey explained while fiddling with her fingers.
‘How bad is it?’ I said sternly looking at her putting down Lils.
‘Bad.’ She mumbled.
I hope my Ellie is going to be okay.
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The girls had all fallen asleep waiting for them to land, I stayed awake sat there staring at my phone.
The ringing woke the girls up, I grabbed it.
‘Hey mate, St Richards hospital.’ Siva’s Irish accent filled the phone. There was some rustling their end before her beautiful voice spoke.
‘Hello Nath.’
‘Baby, I’ve missed you so much, I love you.’
‘I love you too.’ She croaked.
She hung up the phone.
I picked up Lillie and the other girls followed, we all crammed into the car and headed off to the hospital.
We found the boys sat in the waiting room, the girls reunited with their guys. Lillie ran over to Jay.
None of the boys said much to me, which made me worry.
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After two gruelling hours, a doctor finally came through, we all stood up.
‘She is awake and asking for Nathan.’ The doctor said looking at us all.
‘That’s me.’ I said stepping forward.
I followed the doctor to Ellie’s room, I definitely hadn’t prepared myself for what I saw next.
She had black and purple bruises all over, the right side cheek and eye was swollen and purple. She had stitches on her forehead and lip. Her arms were cut and bruised. Her right hand was in cast, I couldn’t tell the extent of the rest of her injuries as she was covered in blankets.
The doctor had told me she had three cracked ribs, serve bruising on her stomach and thighs.
‘Nathan.’ She cried snapping me out of my trance.
‘I should have protected you, I’m so sorry baby.’ I rambled taking her left hand.
‘Hey, shhh none of this is your fault, it’s fine don’t worry.’ She soothed stroking my cheek.
‘It’s not alright El, you're hurt.’ I sighed.
‘Nathan, trust me this is a much better outcome of what could have happened.’ El mentioned squeezing my hand.
There was a knock on the door and all the others came in.
‘Mumma!’ Lillie cried as Jay handed her to Ellie.
Ellie winced a bit as Lillie sat on her.
‘I missed you mumma.’ Lillie whispered snuggling into El’s chest.
‘I missed you too baby girl.’ Ellie smiled kissing her head.
The doctor took Tom outside as I was busy watching Ellie and Lillie sleep and cuddle.
We heard a bang against the wall, Kelsey ran out to see Tom, she soon poked her head around the door looking worried.
‘Nathan.’ She spoke wobbling a bit.
I immediately went outside.
Kelsey led me to Tom who had his arm and head against the wall.
‘Nath, what did the doctors tell you?’ He spoke sounding pissed.
‘Just about the injuries that I couldn’t see the cracked ribs and the bruising on her thighs and stomach.’ I told him.
‘Did they tell you where the bruises where from?’ Tom continued his questions.
‘No, why?’ I asked curious.
‘Nathan, she was raped and beaten several times, if we hadn’t of found her she would be dead.’ Tom said through gritted teeth.
‘I’m going to kill the fucker!’ I raged.
‘They are all in jail.’ Tom said.
‘Mate there are some other things you should know.’ Tom said in a serious voice.
‘They were planning on catching you, but instead they got Jay and Ellie convinced them to let Jay go, they were planning to kill you and Lillie in front of Ellie and the night back at the park, he was aiming for you and Lillie, I got in the way so you didn’t get hit.’ Tom told me looking at me.
I didn’t know what to say, Ellie risked her life to protect me and Lillie as well as Tom.
‘Thank you.’ I finally said. ‘Thank you for everything Tom.’ I said hugging him.
We headed back inside. When I saw Ellie tears pricked in my eyes.
I went over to her and kissed her uninjured cheek before whispering into her ear.
‘I love you so much Ellie and Thank you.’
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A/N: In the next chapter i might skip ahead a bit in time, i will upload as soon as i can, thank you all for reading, fanning, commenting, voting e.t.c it means a lot thanks.
Don't let anyone knock you down. Stay Strong, Stay Positive :) xx
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