Affection || Shaudrey

Sixty-Four: A Hotel in London

TW: Mentions of abuse.

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Morganne, leave them alone!" Alice yelled from the bedroom.

Shelby nodded before she heard Morganne. She looked back, feeling the anxiety and panic within her chest getting even worse now. Morganne meant everything to Audrey.

Audrey knew there was no way she was going to stay at that house with Anne, let alone force her lover to stay there. She bit her lip as she stared down at the girl. "Come here, sweetpea." The actress said softly, managing to stay calm even though her eyes were already teary. She bent down, the teary girl running into her arms, hugging her close. "Can you make a bag to spend the night really fast?"

"Yes." The girl nodded, letting go from her aunt and running to her room.

Alice and Anne came out of the guest's room right after. "She is not going with you!" Alice said firmly, holding Anne's waist tightly.

Shelby gulped when she heard Alice's tone. Her eyes went from Alice to Audrey. She knew she shouldn't say anything more, she didn't want to make the situation worse.

"Alice," Audrey said firmly, staring into her sister's eyes. "Trust me on this one, please."

"No! You can't just take my daughter away when things get bad!" Alice protested. "And, according to Anne, it was somebody else's fault." She added, side-eyeing Shelby.

"Excuse me?" Shelby asked with raised brows. Her anxiety was now turning to anger. "My fault? What did I do other than defend myself and Audrey?"

"Just overreacted to everything," Anne answered back.

"Now you shut the fuck up! I will not tolerate you talking shit about my fiancé!" Audrey said firmly.

Just then, Morganne came back, holding a big pink, glittery backpack, and a book. "I'm ready."

"You're not going!" Alice said firmly.

"But mom! I miss the—"

"No, Morganne!" Alice said once again, causing the girl to frown as her eyes got teary once again.

"But it's nicer with them!" Morganne yelled.

"I'm not overreacting! I was upset because you took advantage of Audrey while she was drunk and didn't pull away when you landed on top of her earlier! Alice, I'm sorry that we don't get along, but I can't be around this anymore, I need to go... I-I'm going to have a br-breakdown if we d-don't leave." Shelby said firmly, but her words started to break at the end.

Audrey didn't think twice when pulling her lover closer. "We are leaving, sweetpea. I'm sorry, I can't t-take you if Alice d-doesn't allow me to." She looked at the now crying girl, feeling her heart breaking. "Alice, look at your daughter!"

"Morganne," Alice took a deep breath, staring at the girl. "Are you sure you don't want to stay with me and Anne?"

"I w-want Auntie D-Drey." The girl said between tears. "P-please, Mommy. Y-you know how m-much I miss her, she's m-my best friend."

Alice sighed as she nodded.

Anne rolled her eyes.

"You can go but call if you need anything." Alice sighed once again. "And you, guys, tomorrow we are meeting to have a talk."

Shelby nestled into her lover's side as she felt the tears coming back. When she heard the mention of another talk, she tried to not think about it, at least right now, she couldn't handle it. "C-can... we g-g-go?"