The boy who Sneaks in My Bedroom Window
Chapter 76: Arrested and Desperate

Chapter 76: Arrested and Desperate

She drifted in and out of sleep for a few hours. They gave her some more pain meds, but she said she was OK. After a couple of hours they let her get out of the bed to go to the bathroom as long as she was accompanied by two nurses - which she didn’t appreciate at all.

At nine o’clock the nurse came in, smiling sadly at me. "I’m sorry but visiting hours are over now. I’m going to have to ask you to leave," she said apologetically as she settled Amber back into her bed.

"Seriously? Can’t I stay? I won’t be any trouble, please? I’ll sleep in the chair, you won’t even know I’m here," I begged, giving her the face that seemed to work so well on Amber.

She sighed and rolled her eyes. "Fine. But if anyone asks, you snuck in here. Understand?" she asked, smiling and shaking her head.

I grinned. "Thanks." Wow, that face worked on other people too.

Jake said his goodbyes, promising to be back first thing in the morning, and bring me and Amber a change of clothes. Once he was gone, she scooted over on the bed, wincing slightly but trying not to show me it hurt.

"I’ll sleep in the chair, Angel," I protested, grimacing at the thought of rolling on her or something.

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"Please, Liam?" she begged.

Damn it, why can’t I say no to this girl? I sighed and kicked off my sneakers, climbing onto the bed with her. She snuggled into my chest and cried herself to sleep.

I woke really early in the morning to someone shaking my arm. I looked up to see two men standing there, both of them were looking at me sternly. What the hell? Oh crap, I’m going to get in trouble for sleeping in here!

"Liam James?" one of them asked.

I nodded and sat up quietly. "Yeah," I whispered, trying not to wake Amber. Too late, she stirred and jumped as she saw the two guys standing there.

"Liam James, I’m arresting you on suspicion of Grievous Bodily Harm. You do not have to say anything, but anything you do say may be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed to you," he stated, as he took hold of my arm.

GBH? That as**ole is pressing charges?

~ Amber ~

I sat up quickly. "What the hell?"

Liam put his hand on my shoulder. "Don’t get up," he said sternly. Jeez, the damn silly boy was being arrested and he was still worried about me?

"This is stupid! You can’t arrest him, it wasn’t his fault!" I cried desperately, looking at the two men who were watching Liam put on his shoes. Why the hell is he being so calm about this? Did he expect something like this to happen?

"There’s been a serious complaint, Ma’am. We need to investigate," the man stated, not even bothering to look at me.

"Angel, everything’s fine. Don’t worry," Liam assured me. Fine? How is this fine? He turned to look at the guy holding his arm. "Can I kiss my girlfriend goodbye? She’s just had a miscarriage," he pleaded. The guy’s face softened slightly and he let go of his arm. Liam bent over and kissed me softly on the lips. "I love you, Angel. Don’t start to stress about me. You need to rest," he instructed, stroking my face gently.

As he went to pull back, I panicked. I couldn’t let him go, I needed him. I threw my arms around his neck and refused to let go. "Please don’t take him, please? This wasn’t his fault, this was my fault, everything was my fault. I should have just stayed at his house. I shouldn’t have gone home, please?" I begged, gripping my hands into Liam’s hair, sobbing on his shoulder.

"Ma’am, you need to let go now," the same guy stated. I tightened my grip on Liam, probably hurting him but he didn’t complain. "Ma’am!" the guy barked.

Liam rubbed his hands up my arms gently, unclasping my hands from his hair. When he was free of my arms, he pulled back to look at me. He was stressed and worried, I could tell by his eyes. "I love you," he vowed, kissing me gently on the lips again.

"I love you too," I whispered, not trusting my voice to speak again.

Liam stood up and the guy immediately pulled his hands behind his back, putting on handcuffs. Liam’s eyes didn’t leave mine as I felt my heart breaking all over again. I thought after losing the baby that nothing could be more painful. I was wrong.

I watched as they led him out of the room leaving me on my own. I felt sick. I couldn’t let them do this, this wasn’t his fault. I could press charges as well, then they would see that my father hit me first, and then Liam would get let off because he was defending me. But they wouldn’t let him off for that, would they? Defending me is one thing, but he went crazy, they’ll never believe that what he did was self-defence.

I put my hands over my face, trying to think of something. Either way, Liam was getting in trouble for this because my father had pressed charges, even if I pressed charges against my father, Liam’s charges would still stand. Self-defence or not, he was still going to be charged with GBH because he did do it even though he was provoked. I couldn’t take the risk that he would be let off. What if he wasn’t? What if he got sent to jail for this, and I lost him?

The only thing I could think of was getting my father to drop the charges. I grabbed my phone and called Jake. He answered on the second ring. "Jake, Liam’s been arrested," I said simply.

"What the hell? No way!" he shouted, making me wince away from the phone slightly.