Adopted by El and Louis

It keeps getting worst

El’s POV

I sit anxiously next to Louis holding tight to his hand as Grace takes the stand at first she has no confidence but she slowly gains it. When our Lawyer Mr Yates ask her to tell her full story she hesitates and plays with her locket before she eventually re tells the story she told us she starts crying at parts and it takes everything I have not to run up there embrace her into a hug and never let her go. Mr Yates has finished his questions and the other lawyer starts to question her he seems like an asshole. His first two questions seem normal why she didn’t report it and if she believed the threat of death but then he asked why she believed Gloria it seemed to confuse her and upset her slightly, but he took it a step further and told her that the reason she believed Gloria was the worst reason I see a tear trickle down her sweet little face, but that’s not it the asshole took it a step further a basically accused he of been a liar she is starting to get scared you can hear it in her voice she also stumbles over her words I’m glad when the judge told the jury to disregard it he goes and sits down.

Mr Yates says he has a few more questions

“Grace we found records that you had a little sister is this true” he ask at this question Graces head snaps up and it quickly dawns on me at what he has said

“Yes sir I did have a sister” she did why didn’t she tell us and what does it mean she did

“can you please tell the court what happened?” Mr Yates ask oh yes please tell us I am curious I want to know what happened, why did she never tell us I will have to ask her later

I watch as she shakes her head indicating she doesn’t want to talk about it must be something bad she has explained everything so far.

“Grace Can you please be brave and tell the court what happened” he ask her gently

More tears run down her cheek my poor girl has been through so much today she looks at me I nod my head and mouth be brave.

“One night my Eamon’s brother” she starts but is quickly cut off by Gloria

“STOP FUCKING TALKING YOU PATHETIC SLUT DON’T FUCKING TELL THEM WHAT HAPPENED I WILL FUCKING MURDER YOU IN YOU FUCKING SLEEP!!” I want to go and rip her head of how can she say tha to her, she is beyond a monster I look a Louis his face is contort with anger I need to calm him down.

“Stay calm baby you don’t want to scare our princess” I whisper to him and move his face to look at Grace his anger quickly subsides he is still angry so am I but she will get what is coming to her. I can see she is shaking really bad she is beyond scared Paul holds out his hand to her she quickly grasp it, as if she is trying to find something secure.

“Can I go back to Mummy and Daddy now please” she ask in a soft scared voice. Why can’t the let me sit with her it is breaking my heart she sounds so vulnerable she needs us

“Not yet sweetheart please continue with what you were saying” Mr Yates says

You can do it baby you can do it you are my brave little soldier I keep thinking knowing that she can’t tell what I am thinking but it does help me a little

“umm one night after Eamon left his brother came over I was 4 years and 9 months and the baby was only a few weeks old, he wanted to take us from her try and save us he already had the baby then all the sudden I heard a loud sound and he started falling he squished the baby when I looked he had an ax in his head and behind him was one of Gloria men. “ she says holly shit she has seen 2 people been killed no wonder she believed the threats of death. Once she finished telling the story she has a full break down her whole body shakes with tears I start to stand to go and get her I can’t let her cry like that it is wrong before I get all way up Mr yates tells her she can come back to us she starts walking down then the door burst open I look behind me and see a man with a gun he points it at Grace and before anyone has a chance to react he pulls the trigger I hear myself scream he shot Grace he shot my baby I am frozen where I am watching the scenes unfold around me 2 police and Paul are working around Grace to more guards are holding back a fighting Louis I keep screaming my poor little girl why. There is so much blood from what I can see she is really pale