Chapter Sixteen

While Niall and I were sitting on the couch there was a knock at the door.

"That'll be the detective." I sighed as I got up and answered the door.

"Are you Jade?" A tall man with a bald head asked.

"Yes, I'm Jade." I nodded. "Come in." I stepped a side so he could come in.

"And you must be Niall." The man said as he sat down int he chair across from Niall and I.

Niall nodded.

"Alright, I just need to ask you guys a few questions." He replied.

"Oh, I also have their cell phones. I know the passwords to get into them as well. I looked through text messages and found out they were doing and selling drugs for my father." I told him.

"May I see the phones, please?" He asked.

I went to my bag and grabbed the phones, typing in the passwords and handed him the small devices.

"Looks like your sister and brother are now in some deep trouble along with your father and Daniel." He said.

I nodded, telling him to go on.

"First off, Daniel is getting charged with rape and from the looks of these texts, he's been doing Heroin and Cocain. Same with your family. So that's two charges. Angel and Andrew get drug charges, and assult charges." He nodded and then continued reading.

"There's somehing else you should know too." I said, thinking back at what my mom told me while I was knocked out.

"What is it?" He asked.

"My father paid a bunch of hookers to kill my mom. They didn't just jump her for money." I confest.

"It's true, he told me that straight to my face." Niall interupted.

He looked between on, looking over our faces to see if we were lying. We obviously were telling the truth.

"Well, that'll be another charge." He stated.

We nodded and he continued.

"Well... I guess I have enough proof to put them all away for a very long time. Jade, you're safe now." He told me.

I smiled and nodded. "Thank you, detective."

"If you need anything or have questions please call me." He handed me a business card.

"I'll be in touch to let you know when you two must appear in court." He nodded and left.

I sighed and leaned into Niall. He wrapped his arms around me and I smiled up at him. "You're stayinghere with me still, right?" I asked.

"Of course, only if you want me to." He replied.

"I do." I said and places a soft kiss on his lips.

~The next day~

I woke up with Niall's strong arms around me. I looked under the covers to see his shirtless body and couldn't help but blush. He was fit.

I snuck out of bed and traveled downstairs to make some breakfast. Being Niall's friend, you learn to cook for him... A lot. And seeing as I was now his girlfriend, I'd have to cook for him even more. Which didn;t really bother me considering I like to cook.

While I was making his eggs and bacon and I heard footsteps coming down the stairs and I knew it was Ni.

I smiled when his still shirtless body appeared next to me int he kitchen next to me.

"Smell good, love." He grinned and kissed my cheek.

"Thanks." I said as I put his chare of food on a plate and handed it to him. "Breakfast is served."

"You're amazing." He chuckled and sat down at the counter on a bar stool as I grabbed my now made plate and sat next to him.

While were eating it was mianly silent. But then I spoke.

"I wont to cut down on drinking." I told him. "I'll still drink, but not as much. I say this because I used drinking as an escape... An escape from the pain my family and Daniel caused." I looked down at my now empty plate.

"I understand." He said back. "Jade, I need to ask you something..."

"Yes?" I said and looked at him.

"Why did you never tell me about the tings your dad did?" He asked.

I frowned. "Because I knew you'd worry."

"Fair enough." He nodded.

I could tell he wasn't fully satified with my answer.

"I knew you'd worry and how do you tell someone you're beaten every night by your drunk, drug addict father?" I sighed.

Now I could see sympathy in his eyes.

"I guess that would be hard to tell someone..." He bit his lip.

"And I want you to know somthing..." I said as I rolled up my sleeves and pants legs to reveal the deep scars. "They're scars now... And they always will be scars... I;m gonna stop cutting... For you, and my mom." I told him as I looked in his eyes.

"Good, because no one as beautiful as you should have just terrible marks on your body." He replied.

I gave him a half smile and got off my stool to hug him tightly.

He wrapped his arms around me tightly and pulled me against his chest.

"It feels good to finally have someone like you." I told him.

He chuckled and we pulled away so I could put our plates in the sink.

"I'm going to see if the guys and Willow wanna come over. That okay with you?" I asked as I turned around.

He nodded and smiled. "Yeah, they're probably wondering if we're okay or not... And they probably think we did something." He chuckled.

I rolled my eyes playfully. "Not yet." I giggled. "We will, but not yet." I smiled.

"When you're ready, I'm ready." He grinned and came over to me.

I hugged him tightly and he returned my gesture.

I couldn't help but smile. For once in my life I was smiling, and it wasn't a fake smile. It was a real smile.

I was happy to finally have someone like Niall, who liked me for me, and not just for what I had under my shirt or in my pants.

"You should go call them." He smiled and kissed my head.

I nodded and grabbed my phone off the counter to call the boys and Will.

"They're on their way." I smiled after hanging up the phone.

"We should get dressed then." He chuckled.

I nodded and walked up stairs to my room.

"Do you wanna take a shower?" I asked, turning to look at him.

He raised an eyebrow and I just laughed.

"Not with me! By yourself." I giggled.

He laughed a bit and nodded. "Yeah, I need a shower. But you can go first, it's your house." He chuckled.

"Okay." I said, grabbing some clothing and going into the bathroom.

I took a quick shower and got out, putting my hair up and putting on some jeans and a v neck.

I walked out into my bedroom and smiled at Niall. "You can go now."

He nodded and went in.

I heard a knock on the door and went downstairs to open it.

It was Harry.

"Hey Jade." He smiled.

"Hello, Harold." I giggled. "Where's everyone else?" I asked as I showed him inside.

"Well, Liam and Willow are at Liam's apartment getting ready and Louis and Zayn are on their way." He nodded.

"Good good." I smiled. "Make yourself at home, I just need to go upstairs and put some make up and what not."

"Okie dokie." He chuckled as I went upstairs.

When I went upstairs I walked into the bathroom slowly.

"Ni, can I come in? I need to put on some make up and do my hair." I asked.

"Come in." He chuckled and I stepped inside and went to my mirror.

When I opened the drawer I saw my razor and bit my lip. I took the little metal piece and through into the garbage.

I started applying a little foundation, then some cover up. After that I put on some eyeliner and mascara. I decided to just leave my hair up on a bun and grabbed my lip gloss.

"I;m done, babe." I said and walked outta the bathroom.

I heard a couple voices downstairs and knew everyone was now here.

When I walked down I only saw Louis, Zayn and Harry.

"Liam and Will still not here?" I giggled.

"Of course not. You know they take forever." Louis smirked.

"They probably got it in before they started getting ready." Harry laughed.

"Guys!" I laughed. "I don;t wanna hear about my best friends sex lives!" I giggled.

"Just saying!" Zayn shouted and laughed.

"Jade, it;s good to see you happy." Louis smiled.

I nodded and grinned. "It feels good to be happy."