A/N: Thanks for the review (they are younger brothers not older). Thank you for the follow and favourite welcome to my fic . This chapter Niamh argues with Silas as she finds something in her house that obviously belongs to him, spends more time with the boys and catches up with Ste.
Niamh spent the week spending time with boys and she was enjoying it. She enjoyed showing them around the village and introducing them to her friends. Niamh was sat in the living room of the flat with Cheryl, Lynsey, Brendan, Declan and Padraig. Niamh had Padraig on her lap and was sat in between Lynsey and Cheryl on one sofa and Declan and Brendan were on the other sofa. Cheryl was writing up a shopping list.
"Don't forget to put quorn on there" said Declan. Cheryl nodded and put it on the list.
"Put chocolate on there to please" said Padraig. Niamh laughed, she was expecting this comment for some time.
"No, it's bad for you pet" said Cheryl. Niamh rolled her eyes; this was why he was so skinny because everyone seemed to decide he shouldn't have anything unhealthy at all.
"Get him some chocolate, he's a stick and light as a feather, needs some fattening up" said Niamh.
"I don't think we should be filling him full of sugar" said Cheryl. Niamh shook her head and looked at Cheryl.
"It's not exactly filling him with sugar it's giving him a treat, something that isn't the usual meal" said Niamh. Everyone was staring at her with their mouths open.
"Okay, I'll get some chocolate stuff in" said Cheryl. Niamh smiled at her.
"Thank you aunty Cheryl" said Niamh. Cheryl nodded at her.
"Right me, Brendan and Declan will do the food shop, Niamh, Lynsey and Padraig stay here" said Cheryl. Niamh nodded and smiled. She looked at Brendan and he winked at her.
Soon everyone left except her, Lynsey and Padraig. Lynsey sat back on the sofa and sighed, she looked so tired. Niamh got up and went over to the bookshelf.
"I'll get some tidying up done" said Niamh. She started to arrange the books back to normal. She looked at the shelf above the book shelf because Declan had a habit of putting books just above it. She then saw something that wasn't meant to be there. Behind some ornaments was a webcam device. She grabbed it and growled, she knew he was getting in to the flat, now he was spying on them. Padraig was frowning at it.
"Lynsey, look at this" said Niamh. Lynsey got up went over to Niamh she gasped. Niamh stormed towards the door.
"Where you going love?" asked Lynsey.
"Going to return this, watch Pad" said Niamh. She then stormed to the dog; he was going to leave them alone, especially with the boys over for a while. He was still finding ways of getting in to the flat and she weren't having her family in danger.
She stormed in to the dog and bumped straight in to Silas. She thrust the webcam devise at him.
"I know this belongs to you!" said Niamh loudly. Silas glared at her for a minute then looked confusedly at her.
"I don't know what you're talking about" said Silas in a confused loud voice so that other people would notice.
"You know exactly what I am talking about, stay away from my flat, don't I know how you keep getting in to it but you stay from me and my family" said Niamh loudly. He needed to be warned. Riley and Carl went over to them.
"There a problem granddad?" asked Riley.
"Yes this girl is shouting accusations again, if she carries on..." said Silas loudly. He was trying to make her sound crazy and she weren't having it.
"What you going to do you going to murder me, like you did India, like you tried to kill Lynsey! I am on to you old man, stay away from my family or you will regret it" shouted Niamh. She then stormed out the pub before Riley could kick her out.
She walked back to the flat and went in. Everyone was back and everyone looked at her as she walked in to the flat. She put on a fake smile and got stuck in to helping them pack the shopping. Soon that was finished and they stood around.
"I wanna go out for a bit, is that okay?" asked Declan. Niamh nodded and smiled at him.
"Yes come on, me, you and Padraig are going for a walk around" said Niamh.
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Niamh, Declan and Padraig were sat at the bench in the park. She was sat in the middle of them.
"You seem on edge, are you okay?" asked Padraig.
"I'm fine Pad honest just tired I guess" said Niamh; she didn't want to worry them over Silas so she was going to keep that from them until it was necessary. She wanted to them remember these next couple of weeks for the right reasons.
"Race you to the swings" said Declan. He got up and ran. Niamh and Padraig got up and ran after him. He won and they got the best swing. She got the one next to Declan and Padraig got one next to Declan.
She heard a crying noise behind her and she looked around. Leah was on the park on her own. Niamh got up and went over to her.
"Leah, come here" said Niamh carefully. Leah looked at her and gave her a watery smile. She ran over to her and Niamh picked her up and put her on her hip.
"I lost Lee, he's left me behind" cried Leah. Niamh carried over to the boys.
"These are my brothers Declan and Padraig, I'll give you to Declan while I ring daddy, is that okay princess?" said Niamh. Leah nodded.
"Yeah" said Leah in a small voice. Declan got up and Niamh passed Leah to Declan carefully. She then got her phone out her pocket and rang Ste. He answered quickly.
"Hello" said Ste.
"Hi, I have your daughter at the park, according to her Lee's left her here, what you want me to do" said Niamh. She heard Ste sighed at the end of the phone.
"He's just come in to the flat, hang on" said Ste. Niamh sighed, what the hell was Lee doing with the kids anyway. "Niamh stay there I am coming to get her".
"Okay, Ste, see you goodbye" said Niamh she was about to start laughing.
"Cya" said Ste. He hung up. Niamh looked at the boys and laughed. It was funny because it showed how useless Lee was. It kind of worried her as well because if they hadn't have been there she could have been approached by anyone. With a serial killer on the loose that was worrying. She took Leah of Declan and bounced her on her hip.
"This is my best friend's daughter" said Niamh.
"Is that the one you mentioned on the phone, Ste, the one that works for dad" said Declan. Niamh nodded and laughed.
Ste came running over and smiled at Niamh.
"Thank you so much" said Ste. Niamh nodded and handed Leah to Ste.
"Your welcome, Ste" said Niamh. Ste hugged her awkwardly and stood back. She could tell that Ste was still upset with the whole Brendan thing she could see it in his face.
"These are my brothers, Declan and Padraig" said Niamh. Padraig went over and shook his hand.
"Nice to meet you, put a face to the name so you're the one she texts non-stop when she's in Ireland and over here" said Padraig.
"Yeah I am, I text her non-stop as well" said Ste. Niamh smiled at him.
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Niamh, Declan and Padraig walked back in to the flat. Cheryl didn't look happy and started glaring at her when she came in.
"Declan and Padraig go to Niamh's room for a minute please" said Cheryl in a false calm voice.
Niamh looked at Brendan who winked at her. She was so confused. They did as they were told.
"What's up?" asked Niamh feeling genuinely confused. Cheryl glared at her.
"I have just got off the phone with Riley, what are you playing at you can't shout them kinds of accusations" said Cheryl angrily. Niamh looked at her gone out. Had she not been listening to what her and Lynsey were saying about him getting in to the flat.
"Yeah I can when the accusations are true, he's been getting in to the flat driving Lynsey mad and he left a webcam, he's been spying on us" said Niamh.
"I don't believe that maybe you and Lynsey need to go away for a bit, clear your head" said Cheryl. Niamh couldn't believe what she was hearing.
"Are you having a laugh? We aren't mad! So I can see which side you're taking" snapped Niamh. She didn't like this at all. Cheryl had known Lynsey a really long time and had known Niamh since she was born they had no reason to lie.
"I never put you down as rude!" said Cheryl loudly. Brendan went over to Niamh and put his arm round her shoulders.
"Right, I agree with them Silas is a shady character I don't trust him" said Brendan. Niamh looked at Cheryl.
"Right when it comes out to be true let's see who the mad one is there" snapped Niamh. She got of Brendan grip and stormed towards the door.
"Where you going?" asked Brendan. Niamh shrugged and stormed out completely.
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Niamh power walked all the way to Ste's and the knocked on the door. Ste answered it and let her in. She sat down on the sofa.
"Are you okay?" asked Ste. Niamh shook her head feeling her anger raging inside of her still. "Want a beer?"
"Yes, please" said Niamh in a false calm voice. Ste came through with two cans of beer one for him and one for her. He passed it her "thank you". He sat down next to her.
"So what brings you here" asked Ste.
"Me and Cheryl had an argument and she thinks I'm going barmy" said Niamh quickly she explained to him briefly about what she had been arguing with Cheryl about.
"Come here" said Ste. He pulled her in to a massive hug and she felt all her anger and tension drain away while he was hugging her. Soon he stopped hugging her and Niamh smiled at him.
"Doesn't help the fact I am tired" said Niamh.
"I know that makes everything ten times worse sometimes" said Ste.
"How come Lee had the kids earlier?" asked Niamh. This question was bubbling inside her since they had found her on the park.
"He's trying to impress Amy, he has a massive crush on her and since he's got rid of psycho Leanne, he's been trying to get with her, so he offered to take kids out while Amy packed hers and the kids suitcases, there at Amy's dads you see tonight and tomorrow tonight, anyway, I was on the phone to you when he came in Leah-less, you should have seen Amy's face, she was ready to murder him" said Ste. Niamh laughed she could see Ste going all mother hen on his ass.
"Leave babysitting to me, I don't lose them or leave them in parks" said Niamh. Ste laughed and put his arm round her. She leant in to him and started to drift off to sleep. "You can sleep you know" laughed Ste. Niamh chuckled.
"Okay, I know" murmured Niamh sleepily.
"From the sounds of it you already are babe, night" said Ste. Niamh sighed her good night and fell asleep.
TBC
Next Chapter: Eileen comes back from the wedding, Niamh's birthday and the boys go back to Dublin.