Family

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Tom's POV:

The rage absolutely consumed me when Holly showed me the bruises and multiple broken bones she has. It was a miracle that there was none on her face. I wanted to go and sort out Holly's dad there and then, but i knew i couldn't it would just make things 10x harder for Holly.

I took a deep breath wiping away the tears that were continuously falling before walking into the living room. "A-are you alright darling? what was that about" my mum asked immediately after hearing me calling after Holly begging her not to go. The whole family sat there waiting for an answer. I didn't want to do something that would hurt Holly but i knew better than to put her at risk by not doing anything so i took a deep breath and started to explain. "You know how-she kept flinching earlier when ever anyone touched her or hugged her" I said the sobs taking over me. The whole family looked at me worried for what would come next. "yeah..." Sam finally said a worried tone in his voice. A tone i rarely ever heard from him. "yeah.. well" i started before taking a deep breath "She..she always has bruises" i say hoping someone will catch on; leaving me not having to say any more. "yeah, she's clumsy as fuck" Harry said which gained an annoyed look from my mum and a laugh from my dad.

"I know but, these bruises appear in massive amounts. No one can be that clumsy" i said wiping the tears that threatened to fall.
"You don't think..." My mum said finally catching on
"i noticed that she kept flinching earlier but i just left it . so when we were up stairs her top came up a bit"
Silence fell across the whole room waiting for me to finish.
"her entire stomach is covered in bruises, she has at least 3 broken ribs"i said finally taking a breath.
"DID YOU QUESTION HER ABOUT IT?!" Sam responded quickly
"yeah of course i did, she said she fell down the stairs."
"i'm gonna fucking kill him!" Sam yelled making his way to the door.
"Me too" i replied also getting up.

"BOYS" my mum yelled causing everyone to shut up.
"you can't just go over there, if this is what it looks like. He'll hurt her more if he thinks shes told anyone!"
she had a point.
"Yous can't go over there because chances are, he won't care if he's doing what we think he could hurt you guys too.
I guess that was true too but i wasn't just gonna sit around and do nothing.

"in the mean time, i'm calling child protective services to go over there." My mum said quickly pulling out her phone and dialing the number. She got up from her seat and into the next room. As she did that i opened the curtains to see if i could see anything. As i suspected the blinds were shut completely.

"so..what we're just supposed to wait and see what happens" i said slumping down in my seat
"Yeah pretty much" my dad and Sam said in unison.
"so what after that?" i asked
"I don't know honey, we just have to see" my mum said walking back into the room.