Adopted By Luke Bryan

Chapter 13: Starting 2015

Michaela's POV:
The boys and I are back at school and momma and daddy are going good too. My teacher loves me and she told me that she likes daddy's music so I'm gonna ask daddy if he can sign a cd for her. I hope she likes it. When I got out of school mommy picked me up. We got home about 20 minutes later. Mom got the boys out and I saw daddy's truck so I knew he was home.

"Daddy?" I called as I walked through the door.

I walked back to where his office was.

"Da-" I stopped when I heard him yelling.

"Well you can go all the way to hell and back for all I care you son of a b*tch!" He screamed.

I was now scared to even knock on the door.

"Michaela leave daddy alone right now." Mom said.

Just as I was about to walk towards her daddy opened the door.

"What?" He said angrily.

"Nothing I just wanted to ask you something but -" he cut me off. "Just go away I ain't got time for that."

"You don't have to be so mean daddy, I just-" he cut me off again and his hand went across my face.

I fell to the ground and began bawling.

"I said not now, damn you don't listen?" He yelled.

I heard him walk away and looked up to see him grab his keys and walk out the door. Momma came over to me and held me close. I clung to her as I cried. I don't even know what I did. I've never done anything to him. Must've been that stupid phone call he was on.

"Mommy I don't want daddy to come home. I don't like him anymore. He's so mean. Why did he hit me?" I cried.

"I don't know baby. But I'm going to find out." She told me and rubbed my back.

That night we ended up having dinner without Luke because he just never came home. After dinner I helped mom put the boys to bed. We got Tate in bed first because he's the youngest. He doesn't really realize what's going on but I don't want him to know about this stuff. We got Bo in bed next.

"Mommy I want Mickey to tuck me in." Bo requested.

"Okay good night sweetie." Mom gave him a kiss on the cheek and left the room.

"Sissy sit." Bo told me. I sat on the side of his bed.

"What's wrong buddy?" I asked.

"Sissy I don't want daddy to come home. He's mean and hits you. I want you sissy, daddy is bad I hate him!" Bo was really mad.

I didn't think he was so aware but he's smarter than he looks.

"Bo don't say that. He's probably just angry about something." I told my little brother.

"But sissy he hurt you." Bo cried.

"Buddy it's okay. Daddy won't hurt you, I promise." I told him and hugged him tight.

"I don't wanna see him! I hate him. I don't wanna be around daddy at all." He cried even more.

"It's okay Bobo. Just go to sleep now okay?"

"Okay, I love you sissy." He grabbed my face with his small hands and kissed my face a bunch of times.

"I love you too baby brother." I smiled and kissed his cheek.

I tucked him in, turned the light out and closed the door a little as I left the room. I walked into my room and saw my mom sitting on my bed.

"Hold on mama I gotta change." I grabbed sweats and a t shirt, then went in the bathroom to change.

I changed and looked in the mirror. There was a bruise on my face where Luke hit me. Yeah I'm not calling him daddy after what he did to me. I sighed and tried not to cry but of course I did anyway. I put my wavy hair up in a messy bun and walked back into my bedroom. Mom was sitting there on my bed.

"I don't wanna talk about it." I told her.

"Doesn't matter. You have to some time." She replied.

"He hit me. He's just like all the rest. I thought he would take care of me and protect me. Instead he did the total opposite!" I argued.

"Michaela he's not like that all the time. I'm sure there's a good reason he was angry and I'm gonna have a long talk with him about it before he comes anywhere near you and the boys again." She sighed.

"When he comes to his senses and realizes it's not okay to hit a girl let alone his daughter, he can come apologize. Until then I don't wanna see him or talk to him." I stated.

"You're gonna have to talk to him at some point." She told me.

"I don't have to talk to him at all. He was wrong. You never hit your own kid no matter what they do. Everyone knows that's not right." I answered.

"I know that baby girl but you have to understand he's probably under a lot of stress right now." She rubbed my back.

"I just want the old Luke back. The one who didn't hit me and yell at me." I cried. I fell into her and cried as she rubbed my back.

Luke's POV:
As soon as I left the house and got in my truck, I lost it. I cried, slammed the steering wheel and just left. I can't believe I hit my own daughter. I knew it was wrong but my damn temper got the best of me. I bet Michaela is a hot mess. I bet Bo saw that too. I hope he knows it's wrong because I was way out of line doing that. I don't want Michaela to think she's gonna come home to that every day. What if she runs away tonight?! Damn what the heck did I do?! I guess I should call Caroline and see how bad this got with the kids. I don't think Tate saw it or knew what was going on but I'm guessing Michaela and Bo are pretty mad at me. I decide to pullover and call Caroline.

Phone Convo: L-Luke C-Caroline
C-hello
L-baby, look I know I-
C-don't even try to talk your way outta this. What the hell is wrong with you hitting our daughter?! Not to mention Bo saw you do that too!
L-I know! I'm a total idiot and a jackass and a jerk and every other insult you can think of. I screwed up very badly and I know sorry doesn't even begin to cover what I did. I'm angry at myself.
C- what the hell got you so angry that you swung at your daughter. She's a hot mess right now Luke. She's crying her eyes out. And Bo was saying how much he hates you now when she tucked him in.
L-b-bobo said that?
C-more than once. Not to mention they're both scared to death to come anywhere near you now.
L-I gotta make it up to them.
C-no shit sherlock.
L-I'm sorry okay. I feel bad enough without you yelling at me too.
C-fine whatever just come home later. I'm gonna talk to Mickey before bed for a few minutes.
L-alright I'll be home in half an hour. I love you.
C-love you bye

I sighed again. I really really screwed this up. Not just with Michaela but Bobo too because he saw the whole thing. I gotta make it up to them.

Caroline's POV:
I let Michaela do it by herself because Bo and her have been close since she moved in with us. I kissed him on the cheek and said goodnight before goin to Michaela's room to wait. She said she didn't wanna talk but I made her. If she doesn't talk about it nothing will get better. When she came out we talked about a few things and it ended up with her crying into my shoulder. I held my little girl tight and rubbed her back as she cried. I held her face in my hands and she looked up at me. I told her how much I love her and then I tucked her in. She wanted me to stay with her until she fell asleep so I did.

I got a text from Luke saying he was at the front door and asking me to let him in. I covered Michaela with an extra blanket and walked downstairs. He was at the door and he looked like a damn train wreck. "Sleep on the couch." I told him and walked away.

"Wait a minute. Baby please look at me." He said. I sighed and looked up at him.

"What?" I questioned.

"Baby please. I know I screwed up. I'm sorry I know I can't say it enough but I promise to you and those kids because I did something so horrible if my mama saw," he paused and started tearing up. "She would kill me because I did something that goes against everything I was raised not to do. And I'm a total idiot. Is she upstairs?" He asked and I nodded yes. He walked towards the stairs. "I'm not gonna do anything. I just wanna look at my little girl." He told me. I followed him up and he walked to her door. He opened it and stood there. Bout time he sees how bad it got.