How to steal a heart: 2 [COMPLETE]✔️

Chapter 2

After my talk with Josie, we finally decided it was time to go inside and face everyone. I was so scared but I have to do this. This is all for Noah. In my head, I decided I would address Michael first. As I entered the house, I see Leroy, Elizabeth, Finn, Adam, Zoe and Michael talking. Josie and I step closer to them and they all turn to look at me.

"Okay, so this is awkward, Noah why don't you go with Auntie Jo, to get you all cleaned up." I said, looking at Noah with cake all over his face. He runs up to her and she takes him upstairs to his room. I turn back to the group and they just stare silently at me. As I look at them, not even knowing what I should say first, I start to think that this is a bad idea. I could always talk to them tomorrow, maybe when their in a more talkative mood.
"Well, I guess I should probably get going than." I say, loosing hope that they would speak to me as they continued to stare quietly. I turn to leave, when Elizabeth stops me.
"Wait. We all need to talk." I turned back around and looked at all of them. I nod for her to start talking.

"Natalie what we did was.........." She seemed at a loss for the right words for how they acted. "What stupid? Dumb? The list can go on." I finished for her. I made eye contact with Michael for a quick second before he got up and went to the kitchen, only for him to come back with another beer. And here I thought he was sober.
"Don't act all innocent, you've done something to all of us as well. Your a bitch!" He says. Maybe he was right, I probably did do things that hurt them as well. But it didn't matter now, it was all in the past.
"Yeah you're right. I am a bitch, but I won't apologize for making you upset because I had an abortion!"
"No, you should apologize for not telling me! Being pregnant wasn't the problem, having an abortion wasn't the problem, it was the fact that you didn't tell me! We had a baby and I didn't even know until it was too late!" At this point I was crying.
"Why?! Why didn't you tell me?!" He shouts pleadingly.
"I was raped ok?!" I shout at him, as I wiped my face. The whole room went silent.
"I was raped." I say softly this time.

"What are you talking about?" Charles blurted.

"I was raped when I was 17, by 3 guys. When I got pregnant, I didn't know if the kid was one of the guys or Michael's since we were together at that time." I said.

"I didn't tell anyone for a long time, and just tried to hide it by wearing baggy clothes but eventually I started showing and Scar started asking questions. I lied and told her that I was pregnant with Michael's baby but that I wasn't keeping it and that he didn't know about it. That's why she knew that I had an abortion and she told Elizabeth but that wasn't the whole truth. I told my mom the actual truth but besides me telling Scar and Zoe and Scar telling Elizabeth, I don't think anyone else knew about it." I say, finishing my story.
"Why didn't you just tell me Nat? I would've understood, what happened to you wasn't your fault. We could've worked it out together."
Michael said.
"I was scared and I didn't want anyone else to know about it. I was terrified to even tell Scar, so as soon as I told her, to get her to stop asking questions, I new I had to get rid of it before word got out if she told someone else. I just wanted to forget it even happened, and in order for me to have done that, I needed to get rid of anything that could've been tied to one of those men. I couldn't risk the chance that the baby could've been one of theirs, so I got rid of it. I told the real story to my mom and she took it to her grave."  I didn't even realize I started crying again until I felt tears on my face. I wiped the tears off my face and looked at Michael.
"So even after you got rid of it, you couldn't tell me?" He asked sadly.
"I tried...... I tried to text, write, email, you name it I tried it, but you never responded. You was just gone. You left me, before I could even tell you. You left and didn't say anything. So yea, I had the abortion and that's that. If that makes me a bitch Michael, then I guess I am one. Now does anyone else have anything bold to say to my face?"
"Yeah I do............." I turned to see Daisy coming in wearing a short white dress.
"There's nothing to talk about Daisy." I say dismissing her.
"Yes there is. Look, I'm sorry. I'm really sorry." She said pleadingly.
"I'm honestly over it. You were blackmailed, it's whatever now."
"I just want you to know that even after I did that, I never stopped considering you my sister. I know that you did to me but you'll always be my sister, no matter what we go through." She said.
"Because your our family. Some of us may have said some things back then about you not being family anymore because we were angry, but deep down inside, it didn't really matter what we said to you, you'll always be apart of this family, your tied to Noah so your tied to all of us. And no matter what you say, your still my beautiful daughter." Leroy said, jumping in the conversation.

"If I was really your 'daughter' you wouldn't haven't left me and my mom. No real father does that." It was silent after I said that, so I grabbed my purse and went up to Noah's room.

As I was entering, Josie was reading him a book.
"Hey." I said quietly.
"Hey, come on in. I know he's tired, he just won't fall asleep. Here, maybe you can help." She hands me the book and leaves. I sit down next to Noah's bed and start singing to him.
'hush little baby, don't say a word, Mama's gonna get you a mocking bird and if that....'
As I sang, I watched Noah slowly close his eyes and fall asleep. That song always made him go to sleep fast.