The Jock 3

III

- Liam's POV-

I wake up and stretch.

She's not beside me.

I get up and run downstairs, calling her name as I do.

"Daddy? What are you doing? Where's mummy?"

"I-I don't know sweetheart. Come here."

Ava runs up to me and I lift her in my arms.

"We'll go look for her okay?"

She nods and buries her face in my chest, about to cry.
-Penelope's POV-

"What's the name again?"
"Styles. Harry Styles." I say, articulately.

"Alright. We'll take him to the visiting center. A security guard will escort you there."

"Thank you ma'am."

"Right this way." The large guard said gruffly.

So much for nice.

I look around nervously.

I've only been in a prison once and that was when I had to pick Harry out of a lineup.

I hated it here.

"Alright, before I let you in, you have to know the rules."

I nod, encouraging him to continue.

"No starting fights, no hurting the inmates, no derogatory terms used against the inmates, don't give the inmates anything they can use as a weapon. Got it?"

I nod and he opens the door for me to walk in.

Everybody's eyes go to me.

My eyes lock onto the curly haired man that stood twenty feet in front of me.

I begin to cry and before I know it, I'm running to him.

He meets me halfway and wraps his arms around my waist.

I cry into his chest and he just holds me tighter.

"Shh baby. It's okay. Let's go sit down." I nod and follow him to an empty table.

"Yesterday was our anniversary..."

He mumbles quietly as we sit down.

"You remembered?"

"Of course I did. Did you?"

I nod with a small smile.

"I was originally going to come in here mad but...as soon as I saw you..." He sighs and laces our fingers together.

"So, it's just you and Ava in that house huh? How is she?"

"She's great. Best in her class...Karen and Louis have a baby girl."

"That's amazing! What's her name?"

"Sophie."

He smiles.

"Why did you want to come see me? After all this time, what changed your mind?"

"I've wanted to, for a while, but Liam was an issue."

"What do you mean?"

"Overprotective. He doesn't think I should come see you."

"Why does it matter what he thinks?"