The boy who Sneaks i Chapter 62: Revealing the Truth\

Chapter 62: Revealing the Truth"

I threw myself at him, sobbing. Jeez, I needed him; he was the only thing that kept

sane when my world started to fall apart. He wrapped

tightly in his arms, turning

away from Johnny, his whole body tense and stressed.

"What the hell is going on?" Jake shouted, stepping towards Johnny, looking really angry.

"I don’t know. I was getting changed then she just freaked out and started crying. Jake, I didn’t do anything!" Johnny cried sounding a little scared.

Jake grabbed my arm, pulling

away from Liam. "Has he hurt you, Amber?" he asked fiercely, pointing at Johnny accusingly.

I shook my head, trying to speak. They thought Johnny had hurt ? "I went to his house. He wasn’t supposed to be there," I sobbed, my legs gave out from under . Liam grabbed my waist before I slumped to the floor and picked

up quickly, he sat down, pulling

onto his lap, rubbing my hair away from my face and kissing my cheek.

"Shh it’s alright, Angel. Everything’s OK," he cooed.

"Who wasn’t supposed to be there? Soone needs to tell

what the hell happened, RIGHT NOW!" Jake shouted getting angrier and angrier.

"Dad," I croaked.

Jakes eyes went wide his hands clenched into fists, his jaw clamped tight. I felt Liam’s arms get tighter around . "You saw him?" Jake asked, his voice sounding truly nacing. I nodded and watched him glare at Johnny again as if this was sohow is fault. "You took her to your house and let that as**ole near her?" Jake growled, making Johnny flinch.

"I didn’t know he was there! He wasn’t supposed to be there. They ca ho early while I was in the shower," he protested, holding his hands up innocently as Jake looked like he wanted to murder him there and then. If looks could kill Johnny would be dead right now.

"What did he do, Angel?" Liam whispered, pulling my face around to look at him. I shook my head. Could I tell them? If they found out I had no doubt that they would be going round there in the very, very near future, and then they’d get in trouble. "Tell ," Liam ordered.

I hugged him tightly, I couldn’t lie to him. "He....he grabbed my arm. He said I... I looked beautiful, just like my mom at my age, and that I was a f...fucking p...peach," I whispered, barely able to get the words out, my voice hitching and catching through my sobs. Liam’s arms tightened around , so tight that it was actually starting to hurt my ribs. "Liam, you’re hurting ," I whined, gripping my hands into his hair. His arms loosed instantly but his whole body was so tense that he was probably giving himself an ulcer.

Jake grabbed his keys off of the side. "I’m going. You coming, Liam?" Jake asked, heading for the door. Oh hell no! I couldn’t let them get in trouble!

Liam lifted

off of his lap and sat

on the sofa. "Watch her," he said to Johnny sternly, as he stood up to leave.

"No!" I scread, grabbing Liam’s hand. "Jake, no!" I begged.

"I won’t let him hurt you again," Jake growled.

"He won’t. He won’t co near . It was my fault; I shouldn’t have gone to Johnny’s. I shouldn’t have taken the risk. Please, please don’t. I can’t see you get in trouble. I need you. I need both of you. Please don’t leave

on my own," I begged. I squeezed Liam’s hand for emphasis. "Please," I begged pulling him closer to

again.

He sighed and looked at Jake. "She’s right, Jake. We can’t go without him doing anything first. He’ll just get away with everything, and we’ll be the ones in trouble," Liam reasoned.

I relaxed. Liam was seeing sense; he always thought things through, not like Jake. "What do you an by, hurt her again?" Johnny asked quietly.

All three of us looked at him. Jake spoke first. "Nothing. I think you should go, Johnny." He nodded at the door, signalling for him to leave.

Johnny shook his head. "No. Amber, you promised you’d tell

what this was about," he stated, looking at

pleadingly.

He’s right, I did say that. Jake looked at , letting

make the decision. "I did say that," I confird, nodding and closing my eyes, pressing myself to Liam again. Jeez, this was going to be so damn hard!

~ Liam ~

I pulled her back onto my lap, wanting her close to . My heart still hadn’t returned to normal from seeing her sobbing like that. I was so angry that my jaw was aching where I was clenching my teeth together so tightly, trying to stay in control.

I wanted to go around there and beat him until there was nothing left of him, but she was right, we’d be the ones getting in trouble then and she didn’t need any more stress right now.

Jake motioned for Johnny to sit on the couch opposite us, and he sat down next to him. Both of them looked stressed. Amber curled herself up into a ball on my lap, pulling her knees up and tucking her face into the side of my neck.

I rocked her gently as I listened to Jake telling Johnny about the abuse when they were kids, how their father had tried to attack Amber, and how we’d kicked him out three years ago.

He left out the sexual abuse that no one really knew very much about because she refused to talk about it. The whole ti Johnny just sat there, playing with his hands.

Why didn’t he look shocked at all of this? If soone sat there and told

that their father had abused them for years, I think I’d at least be a little shocked, wouldn’t I?

After about ten minutes I glanced down at Amber to see she was asleep in my arms. She looked so sad and vulnerable; her face was still red from crying.

I’d never let anything hurt her again. I waved to Jake to get his attention. "I’m going to put her to bed," I whispered, standing up and trying to keep her still as I carried her to her room, laying her on her bed.

She whimpered and snuggled closer to , so I laid down with her for a couple of minutes until she was back in a deep sleep. I kissed her forehead and went back to the lounge