Ange was starting to worry now. She couldn't get in touch with her niece and the phone was now off. She cursed at herself when she realised that she hadn't actually seen her niece with her phone at all since she returned. She might not even have had it with her. Maybe it was broken or she'd left it.
Lots of thoughts were running through Ange's head as to where the girl might be. She knew that she needed to go and find her but wasn't sure where to start looking. She didn't even know where the girl might have been.
Ange grabbed her bag and clambered into her car. She had planned on staying in the house while Chloe was out looking but Ange couldn't bear it any longer. She headed to a park which she knew the girl occasionally stopped at on her way home from school but there was still no sign of the girl.
She was driving along the main road trying to think where to go next when she noticed someone on the walk over. She remembered hearing about a girl who had committed suicide from jumping off of this and instantly it panicked her. From the height she couldn't tell if it was Kisaiya but something was just telling the woman that she couldn't leave. She parked the car and quickly climbed the walkover. She noticed that some people were already trying to speak to the person.
Walking forward, she recognised the girl.
"How long as she been here?" Ange asked someone near the front.
"Not long only a few minutes. We are about to call the police" She said.
"No don't" Ange said as she pushed her way forward.
"Hey sweetie, it's Auntie Ange. Please come with me. I know its hard but we want to help you. You probably don't believe me just now but we want to help you. I was silly what I did before and I know that now. Please let me explain" Ange said softly as she started walking towards Kisaiya. She noticed that the girl hadn't flinched at her moment so continued.
She was able to walk right up to the younger girl and put her arms around her shoulders. She noticed that Kisaiya didn't even have a jacket on and it had started to rain. The girl must have been freezing.
"Come on, let's get you home" Ange said as she pulled the girl close in towards her as they walked down all the stairs.
Ange got the girl into the car and she didn't even move to try to put her seatbelt on. Instead Ange had to do it for her.
"Let's get you home, eh" Ange said. She quickly text Chloe to let the girl know that she could head home and they would meet her there.
It didn't take them long until they were home. Ange was nervous to leave the girl.
"Come on, let's get you into your pyjamas." Ange said. Normally she would have left the girl to get changed herself but she didn't want to leave the girl and also didn't feel that the girl would change herself.
Ange made work getting the clothes off the girl and putting her into comfortable, warm pyjamas. She then grabbed a blanket and walked them to the living room. She placed the girl on the sofa and then headed to the kitchen to make the girl a hot chocolate.
Just as Ange made her way into the kitchen she head the door open. Chloe walked in and noticed her cousin. She ran over to her and put her arms around her.
"I was so worried" Chloe said pulling the girl into her arms. She was so relieved when the girl fell into her arms. This was what was needed. Kisaiya turned around and sobbed into her cousin's chest. Somehow whenever she was in Chloe's arms, she wasn't ashamed of her feelings or her emotions. She could do whatever she wanted and not be judged on any of it.
Ange returned to the room. She sat down next to her niece and watched her react to her daughter's arms. Chloe looked at her mum. Neither of them truly new what to do but they both knew that a big important conversation was needed.
Chloe and Ange looked between each other trying to decide who would start. It was a hard decision as Ange knew that really it was done to her as it was she who was in the wrong. However, she wasn't sure if she would react better to Chloe speaking. Chloe however was just as unsure as to what to say as Ange was. Ange bit her lip and took a deep breath.
"Baby, I am so sorry for what I did. If I could change the past I would but I can't so all I can do is prove to you that I have changed and will never do that again. I understand that you might not be able to fully forgive me but can you try? Can you let me in and let me show you that I have changed?" Ange asked softly.
Kisaiya finally pulled her head away from her cousin's chest and looked at her aunt. With broken eyes, she just stared at her.
"Kis, please" Ange begged. Kisaiya slowly nodded her head. She knew it would be hard to push aside what Ange had done but it was needed. She was hurting too much just now. She hoped that now she had made that slight change in her mind it might help.
"Can I hold you?" Ange asked, well it was more of a beg. Kisaiya was nervous but she did as her heart was telling her. She got up onto her knees from Chloe's arms and fell into Ange's arms. Feeling the security of her aunt's arms, the tears started again and they turned into sobs.
"We are going to help you, we will help you not feel like this" Ange said soothingly. She continued to whisper soft words into her niece's ear.
"I didn't realise until you were gone just how much of a daughter you are to me. I'm not only your aunt but I am also your mum. I want to be a mother to you. I'm not on about you calling me mum or anything. I just want it legal. I want to adopt you. I have always wanted to adopt you. That was always the plan but I want to do it now. If you don't, it's fine we don't need a piece of paper to say how we feel but I thought it might help" Ange explains and Kisaiya nodded. That did sound good.
"You want me to sort it out?" Ange asked and Kisaiya nodded.
"You have your therapy meeting tomorrow and I will make sure that you speak to Sarah and I will take you to the doctors. I will do anything I can to help you" Ange said and Kisaiya nodded. They spoke for a bit longer before they were all out of talking. Ange could tell that something else was in Kisaiya's mind though.
"Do you have any questions or anything to add?" Ange asked softly.
"It's just, what happened with Evan?" Kisaiya asked nervously and Ange looked at Chloe. She wasn't going to say anything if her daughter didn't want her too. She also wasn't going to lie to her niece. She knew that if Chloe didn't say anything she would step in and explain it was bad but they would speak about it another time.
Chloe knew that she needed to tell her cousin. She deserved to know and she wasn't going to hide anything from her. The girl had been through it herself.
"You know how Evan was stalking me and being so weird" Chloe started and Kisaiya nodded. She had turned from her aunt's arms and looked at her cousin.
"I went to Cameron's mum's cottage and then he followed me. He was chasing me and everything. I was terrified but it got worse. He raped me" Chloe said and Kisaiya flung herself to her cousin. She was in her arms and whispering that she loved her over and over again.
Chloe held the girl and nodded into her shoulder. She knew that the girl was doing what she would have wanted someone to have done when this happened to her.
They all snuggled up together and just sat in each other's arms. Chloe noticed the weight on her legs getting heavier and she looked at the girl. She was now sleeping.
"Mum she's sleeping but she is literally weightless" Chloe explained and Ange nodded. She could tell that the girl had lost weight. She took this as an opportunity to take the girl from her daughter and check her back and stomach. She was shocked as to how skinny the girl was. She had always been petite but not this skinny. She knew she needed to check the girl for self harm marks but she didn't want to do that while she was sleeping. That was too much.
Hope this is okay :) Please review if you are reading so I know if I should continue or not
