Madeline (Adopted by Katie Mcgrath)

Chapter 8 (Cuddle Bug)

No one's pov

It was time to go home, they had all enjoyed themselves, it was safe to say Maddie had a good day, it hadn't just made her happy but the others too, they all needed the break and so that's what they got. Katie was behind the wheel, Calista in the seat next to her, Maddie was in the back seat asleep with Chyler on her right and Melissa on the left. Since the girl was asleep she had her head rested on Chyler's shoulder.

"Well that was a lovely day, definitely not what I'm used to that's for sure" Calista said breaking the silence in the car, Melissa then asked curiously "does Liam not like the arcade then?". Calista smiles slightly and answers "not really, he's not like most kids his age, he's already talking about college", Chyler then gasped a little "but he's fourteen", Calista just nodded "I love him nonetheless, even if he is a old soul".

Katie then asked, changing the subject a little "so Chy, how's your kids, they doing ok?", Chyler smiled and nodded as she answered "yea, thanks, they are doing really good, Noah is doing well with school, Taelyn is her bubby self and little Anne is still keeping me on my toes that's for sure, but she's a good girl". Melissa then smiled at her friend and replied "they're good kids". Katie then added changing the subject yet again "thanks for today girls, I really appreciate it".

Calista smiled and patted Katie's thigh in reply, too which Melissa and Chyler replied in unison "always", Melissa made sure to add more to her comment though "we didn't mind, Maddie is a sweet girl and we're pleased she had a good day, I mean she got adopted, had fast food and went to an arcade, I'd say that's an awesome day". Katie then frowned a little "poor girl deserves it after what she's been through".

Katie's pov

So I had dropped the others off at the set, we said our goodbyes and they all went off to there own car so they could drive back home, I then had resumed driving till I had got back home, this was the first time Maddie had been to my house, while she was at the orphanage, me and the others had decorated her room and bought all the essentials a girl should need. Her room was beautiful, it was very purple, which was her favourite colour.

I carried her to her room, it was handy that she was quite small and light but I also felt sad knowing that was because of her life and how she was treated. It did make me feel a little bit better knowing I could change that, after all, she will be eating better now and she wouldn't be getting hurt all the time. I placed her into her bed and tucked her in as I have her a kiss on the forehead, despite the fact she wasn't aware and was in a deep sleep.

As I made my way out of her bedroom and into mine I checked the time to see it was 19.30, wasn't too late but I was pretty tired, it had been a long day but a good one. I was now Maddie's mom, that sweet beautiful girl was mine and I will love her forever and always treat her as my own, we may not share the same blood but family doesn't require blood, just love and I definitely have plenty of that to give.

The next morning

Madeline's pov

"I will kill you, you hear me you ungrateful little brat" Mr Anderson yelled as he grabbed my wrist hard and dragged me into the bathroom where a bath was full of water, I pleaded and begged for him to stop as tears just streamed down my face like a never-ending river. "Don't you dare speak to me you piece of shit" he snapped back at me as he grabbed me from my hair and shoved my head into the bath.

I struggled to breathe as the water entered my nose and mouth, everytime I felt like I was going to pass out he pulled my head back out, which enabled me to take a breather, unfortunately I didn't get long and I found my head back under the water. I used my hands to splash the water as I deeply struggled to keep myself alive, I really thought I was going to die, then just like that my vision went black, I had passed out.

When I awoke I was frantically panicking and looking all around, I needed Katie, I wanted her, where was she? I pushed myself up from the old mattress on the floor that I was laying on, how did I get here? Before I had chance to think of anything else I suddenly saw Mr and Mrs Anderson by the doorway, he was holding hit belt with spikes on, the the two slowly walked towards me,i couldn't help but cry and beg for them to stop but deep down I knew they wouldn't.

They had somehow got out and found me, i was going to die, no way would they let me live now, he must've done something to Katie and the others, this was my fault, they were hurt because of me. "It's time to die bitch" he yelled as he swung the belt hard making it hit me on the face, the evil woman then leaped forward and punched me many of times in the ribs, once she was done and I was barely alive, he continued to swing his belt "ahhhhh" I screamed as loud as I possibly could.

"Maddie binneas (sweetheart) , wake up, it's just a bad dream Mo pháiste (my child) , open them beautiful eyes of yours" I suddenly hear, I slowly manage to open my eyes too which I see Katie beside me looking at me in concern. I hug her without hesitation and find myself crying like a baby, she shushed me as she patted my back "it's okay, your safe" she said reassuringly but it didn't make much difference, I cried back to her "I'm sorry".

She then looked me in the eyes as she pushed a strand of my hair behind my ear and kissed my forehead "you have nothing to apologise for, your fine, come here" she then pulled me into another hug and let me cry, I then sobbed "can I stay with you" too which Katie smiled and nodded her head before asking "want to sleep with me?" I nodded my head back to her and she held out her hand for me to take so I did just that and she led me into her bedroom.

She then layed down in the bed and patted the bed too which I took that as my invitation to get on so I did, she pulled me close to her and whispered comforting words, I smiled back at her and had managed to control my crying a bit "thank you" I said as I lay my head on her chest, her arm wrapped around me "no need to thank me" she said back but I smiled and replied back with my eyes closed "there is, you've done so much for me and I love my room by the way, it's pretty and purple".

Irish was from onlinetranslationpro.com  so I can't guarantee it is completely correct, I don't know irish so I have to use this, this was the best site I could find, some of the others were giving me wrong translation. I also found that some words can mean more than one thing in Ireland so that can be hard to work with, if any of you are Irish and then please don't hesitate in telling me that I'm wrong 😊 thank you 🍀❤️