Wrong Number - L.T 1D

Chapter Seventy Four

*Louis' P.O.V*

I am going to kill her. 

That is the only thing going through my head right now. It's the only thing I can focus on. I can only see red. I am absolutely furious and if murdering someone wasn't terribly illegal, her mother would be ten feet under without a doubt.

I can feel Mimi's petite frame shaking in my arms as she sobs, her tears falling down her cheeks an on to my arms. If there was any possible way that I could make this easier for her, take all this pain of her past away, I would. Even if it meant giving up everything I had, I would do it for her. I hate to see the girl I love so broken. It kills me. It tears me apart from the inside out.

I look up at Liam who has a murderous look on his face. I have never seen him so angry in his entire life. And what shocks me more is the fact that he has only talked to Mimi and handful of times but he is so protective of her.

"She...she what?" I hear her father stutter from the other end of the line.

I'm not going to lie, when Liam told me that they were related, I was absolutely shocked. I didn't believe him at all. But when he sat down and started explaining everything, I started to realise that he was telling the truth. Liam could never have come up with a lie this in depth on his own. 

When Mimi asked to talk to her father, I was hesitant, just like Liam. But then I decided that she should have that chance, even if it meant she broke down in tears in my arms. She hadn't talked to her dad in ten years because she thought he had died. She even attended his funeral. Imagine the shock she should be in because she found out that he wasn't dead, he was actually living in Wolverhampton. Alive and healthy.

"It's true daddy. It was horrible. You have-" but she can't finish her sentence due to the fresh wave of sobs taking over her body.

I pull her closer to me, turning her around so she can bury her head against my chest. I let her tears soak through my shirt as she sobs, trying to block those terrible memories from her brain. I find my hand in her hair, stroking it, while trying to remember when she took it out of its bun.

"I'm such a terrible father," I hear Geoff sob from the other end of the line, "I can't believe that I left you with that monster!"

"It's not your fault dad," Liam replies stiffly, "You didn't know."

"But I still left her there Liam. I still abandoned her so I could come back and live with you and your mother. And when I went back to see her, she didn't tell me anything about it so I thought it was perfectly safe to leave her like I did. If I had known..." he trails off, fear shaking his voice.

"But you wouldn't have known because she didn't tell you," Liam reasons.

"Liam you don't understand!" his dad says quietly but you can hear the tone of authority behind those few words, "You don't understand the guilt that I am feeling right now. It doesn't matter that I didn't know, I still should have protected her."

That's when I notice how still Mimi is in my arms, her body no longer shaking as the sobs take over her body. I look down to see her fast asleep, tears still seeping from her eyes. I pull her closer still, hoping that she can find some comfort in my arms.

But I know that she will still be tormented by nightmares, even with my arms to protect her. There is no stopping the nightmares as they take control of her mind while she sleeps. There is nothing she, or I, can do to stop them from raging through what should be her most peaceful moments.

I feel her move slightly in her sleep, a small sigh escaping her mouth. I continue to run my fingers through her soft blonde hair, committing the feel of every strand on my fingers to memory. I take in the wildflower smell of her skin. The minty smell of her breath as it runs over my shirt and onto my arms, tickling it slightly.

"You shouldn't feel guilty," I say quietly, the boys snapping their heads towards me, their eyes wide with shock, "You shouldn't feel guilty. You had no idea what was going on and she obviously wanted it that way. The on who should be feeling guilty is me."

"What do you mean Louis?" Geoff asks, his voice vibrating through the phones speakers.

"I mean, she told me. She messaged me saying that her mum had hit her. I told her to leave, that she should come and stay with me but she didn't want too. I should have found her and made her come with me instead of just making her promise to tell me if it happened again that she would leave," I confess as tears fall down my cheeks.

I've never told her this and I don't intend to. I feel like I am the reason that her mother cut her arm. I feel like I am the reason that fresh bruises line her perfectly pale skin. I feel so guilty. If I hadn't given in and let her stay there longer, it wouldn't have happened. She wouldn't have to see that scar on her arm everyday and be reminded of her mother. She wouldn't be scared that someone was going to attack her with a knife.

"It's not your fault Lou," Liam says quietly, putting a hand on my shoulder, "Don't beat yourself up about it. She didn't want to leave the first time, but at least you got her out alive."

I guess Liam's right. She may have a new scar and a fear of knives but at least she's alive. As least she is still here with us, breathing heavily as she sleeps in my arms. At least she is alive to find out that her father is still alive.

And that's all that matters. 

That she is alive.

Last chapter for tonight guys ^_^

I hope you are all happy that I didn't leave it on a massive cliffhanger hey? Yeah, thought so.

I honestly can't believe that it's chapter seventy four already. Where has the time gone? Since when have the chapters been appearing so fast? It's actually so scary, to think that this book will be coming to a close in less then 30 chapters.

QOTC: Do you think Mimi will forgive Liam for being a douche or will she hod a grudge, even though he brought her dad back to her?

ILYSM!

SWAG ON!

~ TJ xoxoxoxo