Lucas POV

My blood froze when I see Amelia lying unconscious on the floor, covered in blood. I can't believe she fucking threw a bottle at her.

"What the fuck do you think you're doing?" I yell at the woman, whom I believe to be Amelia's step mother.

I approach Amelia, crouching down beside her. I take the table cloth and press it against her head, to stop the bleeding.

"Amelia please stay with me. Please stay with me baby." I beg her lifeless form. I'm afraid to move her body, I'm scared I'll put more damage to her.

I take out my phone and call 911 immediately.

"I am so sorry. I'm so sorry. Please forgive me." I say, cradling her body. I will never forgive myself if something happened to Amelia.

"Who the hell are you? Get the hell out of my house!" The woman has the audacity to shout at me. I swear if it wasn't for Amelia right now, I will kill her. She fucking hit Amelia.

"You listen to me! If you ever come near Amelia, I swear I will-" I clench my teeth. "I will make sure you never breathe again."

She staggers back a little when she sees how angry I am right now. She should be scared.

The sound of the ambulance can be heard outside the house. Two men come rushing in bringing a stretcher. They put it beside Amelia and begin to lift her up.

"Sir I'm gonna have to ask you to step away. We'll take of her." One of the men says to me.

"No I have to stay with her."

"Yes Sir. I understand. You can come with us to the hospital." He says.

They lay her on a stretcher, and carry her out. They carry her inside the ambulance, I follow after them, getting inside the ambulance. I take one of her hands and hold it, kissing the back of her hand.

"I'm so sorry I'm late baby. Please forgive me. I should have listened to you." I let the tears fall down. If I lose her now, I don't know how I will be able to live.

The ambulance pulls to a stop after what feels like hours. The men takes her inside the emergency room.

A doctor approaches us, examining Amelia right away. "What happened?" He asks one of the men.

"She was hit on the head. Possible skull fracture, laceration and concussion." One of men answers him.

"Okay take her in the examination room. We'll need to take a CT Scan of her brain." The doctor tell the nurse nearby.

I begin to follow them, still holding Amelia's hand but one of the nurses stop me. "Sir you can't come in. I'm going to have to ask you to wait here."

I glare at the nurse. "No I'm staying with her."

"Sir please. She will be fine with us." She calmly states.

I look at Amelia, her beautiful face covered in blood. My heart breaks to see her this way. "Amelia I love you." I kiss her hand and finally let go.

They push her into a room and close the door. I stand in the hallway, not knowing what to do. I can't believe she's suffering so much and she didn't even tell me. I should have listened when she tried to explain to me. This is all because of my fucking ego. I clench my fists, my knuckles turning white. I just hope she's okay. If Matt hadn't called me this morning, telling me about everything I still wouldn't have known. Realisation dawns on me that I still hasn't called Matt about what happened. I take out my phone and dial his number.

"Lucas what's up?" He answers.

"Matt, Amelia's in the hospital." I tell him. "You need to come here."

"What? What happened?" He quickly asks, worry evident in his voice.

"Her step mother threw a liquor bottle at her." I tell him.

"Oh no. No. No." He rambles. "I'm coming right now." He says and hangs up the phone.

"Sir are you her guardian?" A nurse asks me.

"Yes." I tell her quickly.

"Please follow me, Sir. I need you to fill up some forms." She says and starts walking.

After I filled in the forms, I see Matt running here looking very worried. Once he sees me, he approaches me.

"Lucas where is she?" He asks, panting.

"They took her to the examination room for a CT scan." I tell him.

We take a seat on one of the benches, near the hallway. "What happened? And how come you're here?"

"I had to see her after you told me what happened. I couldn't stay in New York any longer knowing she must be in so much pain. So I took the earliest flight here, and looked for her house with the address you gave me. When I finally found her house," I clench my teeth, biting hard. "I saw her curled up on the floor with blood everywhere." I continue to tell him.

Matt shakes his head, his jaw clenched as well. "I can't believe Claire went that far."

"How long has this been going on?" I ask Matt.

"Apparently ever since Claire married Amelia's father. I only found out until recently too." Matt says.

"I think we should call the police." I suggest. "She needs to be arrested for physical assault."

"Yeah. You're right. If we don't do this, Claire won't ever stop." Matt sighs. "You know even after everything she's been through, Amelia wanted to help her still."

Why would Amelia want to help the woman who has abused her, her whole life? I would never want to live with her let alone help her. But I guess that's what makes her Amelia, she's always ready to help others. I noticed it the first time she tried to help that guy who spilled coffee on her.

"Matt, what are you doing here?" I see a nurse approaching us.

Matt stands up, "Mom its Amelia." He says sounding sad.

"What happened to her? Is she okay?" She sounds surprised.

"Claire happened." Matt simply says.

"How could she?" She gasps. "I'm sure she'll be fine sweetie. You know how strong she is." She hugs Matt.

"I'll go talk to the doctors alright." She goes inside the room Amelia was taken into.

"Lucas I think you should change your clothes first. You're covered in blood." Matt says, pointing at my shirt. I look down and see that he's right. But I don't give a fuck right now.

"Its okay." I shrug it off. "I'm not leaving her." I say.

"But we have to go the police station. You have to give your statement as a witness." Matt explains.

I contemplate whether to go with him to the police station or wait here for Amelia. But I know that even if I'm here, there's nothing I can do for her. So I decide to follow Matt to the police station.

"Okay then let's go."

We take Matt's car and head towards the police station.

"I have to call his dad. Was he not home when it happened?" Matt asks me.

"No I don't think so. If he was, I'm sure he would've heard all the ruckus." I tell him. "Why doesn't his dad just divorce the woman if she's been abusing his daughter?" I scrunch my brows in confusion. What kind of man would stay in a marriage where his daughter is being abused by the wife?

"He doesn't believe her. He thinks she's lying to him." Matt shakes his head. "This is why she ran away from home. I shouldn't have left her alone." Matt says remorsefully.

"Hey this is not your fault okay? We're gonna let that woman pay." I say through my teeth. "She's gonna pay for everything."

"Yeah Amelia's been through enough." Matt adds.

Once we get to the police station, we filed a report against Claire for physical assault and a felony. The police followed after us as we drive back to Amelia's house. The woman still better be fucking there at home.

When we reach Amelia's house, I rush out of the car, Matt following right after me. I open the door, looking around for Claire. Anger surges through me when I see her sitting on the floor, still drinking while Amelia is unconscious right now.

"Officer here she is!" I point at her.

The officers who had been following us, come inside with a handcuff in hand and grab Claire. "Ma'am you have been arrested for felony and physical assault. Anything you say or do will and can be used in court." One of the officers say and cuff her hand behind her back.

"Let me go! I said let me go! You're gonna pay for this!" She yells. I don't think she even knows where she is right now.

Just then Matt phone rings, he takes out his phone and answer it. "Mom?" He says.

He pauses for a short while, listening. He turns his head towards me. "Amelia's awake." He says.

I can finally breathe when I heard those words. She's awake. I know she will probably hate me for not being there for her in the first place, but I'm going to beg her for forgiveness. I will beg her until she gives me a chance. I love her. I'm not letting her go this time.

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Finally Lucas is here. Yayyy! Come on he deserves a cheer for coming back right? Anyone? Okay. I guess that's what he gets for being a jerk.

We're almost coming to an end now, I think. I don't know. I make it up as I go so even I don't know when it will end. But its soon.

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