Joseph's POV

I come downstairs and Kathrine is sitting silently at the kitchen table.

"Hey, I didn't hear you come to bed last night"

"That's because I didn't" she mutters. "You may be able to sleep with what's happened, but I can't"

"I know last night was a shock, but..."

"I shock!?" She cuts me off. "Not only did we have social services at a door, but I also found out Michael and the rest of my son's have been going to some filthy brothel and the child he's been caring for was actually a child hooker, that his father bought for him to play with! I think this goes a little beyond shocked!"

"It wasn't like that and you know it"

"Do I? Because that's what it seemed like to me! Most fathers buy their son a car as a gift, but you bought yours a person! A young child that he's been sleeping with and this whole time you've allowed it to happen and you lied to me. When I had suspicions about the two of them you stood there and lied to my face!"

"First off Leanne's almost 17 and yes she was 15 at the time, but Michael didn't find that out until long after, when she told him the truth and that she was being forced to be there and I didn't buy her for him to play with. It was the only way to get the poor girl away from that place. I wasnt happy about what are sons had been doing either, but they did and they haven't been anywhere near that place since all this happened and as for the two of them sleeping together, as far as I was aware all off that stuff was over with. I didn't know they were still sleeping together until Janet said last night" I tell her truthfully. "If she was being forced to be there then why didn't you phone the police instead of buying the poor girl like she was some toy?" She scrunches her face at me. "Micheal DID call the police as soon as she told him everything, but it just made it worst because the police already know about it and their in on the whole thing too"

"That's ridiculous. The police are their to protect people" she shakes her head. "Not all of them. The majority of police are more than happy to let things slide, if their getting something out of it. Leanne even said to Michael herself that police officers would visit that place all tge time and they knew exactly how old she was, but it didn't matter to them"

"And what about her parents?"

"They really did pass away. That's why she was with her aunt" I tell her an she doesn't say anything for a moment. "I need to speak to him" she says getting up from her seat. "Who?"

"Michael, Obviously I need to hear what he has to say about all of this"

"Michael's in rehab. You can't just storm over there and..."

"Watch me!" She snaps cutting me off. "Why don't you just take some time to take all of this in and speak to him when you and Leanne go to visit him in a few days?" I suggest and she shakes her head. "I'm not taking her anywhere near that place, not after what he's done"

"And what about Leanne? Have you considered how she'd feel about that? Have you even asked her?"

"No, because clearly that girls been through enough without me bringing it all up as well"

"Well maybe you should because like you said she's been through enough already and now she's settled and finally happy and being taken care of your planning on ruining that and forcing her into a situation she doesn't want"

"Happy and taken care of?" She scoffs "yes, have you ever seen Michael mistreat her or seen her sick or malnurished or anything like that? Nope because she is being taken care of and she is happy and you stopping Michael from seeing her and taking away the probably the only person she trusts isn't gonna do her any good. You didn't see the state she was in that night I went with Michael to go and get her. I don't know what happened to that girl in that place, but she was completely traumatised"

"Well if you don't know then Michael can tell me can't he?"

"But..."

"But, nothing" she cuts me off. "I've heard everything your had to say and now I want to hear his side"

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Michael's POV

I'm in my room and one of the nurses comes in and says my mother needs to speak with me. "Is Leanne with her?" I ask and she shakes her head. "How come?" I frown "she just said she needed to speak with you privately. Are you ok with that?" She asks and I nod worriedly about what she needs to speak with me about.

My mother comes to my room a few moments later and the nurse leaves us so we can have some privacy.

"Is everything ok? Is Leanne ok?" I ask nervously, by her posture. "Leanne's fine" she says in neutral tone and I sigh relieved "so how come..."

I'm cut off when out of nowhere, she slaps me hard across the face. "WHAT THE FUCK!?" I snap holding the side of my face.

"Have you had sex with her?"

"What?" I frown confused "You heard me. Did you have sex with Leanne?" She asks again more sternly. "Yes" I reply and she sighs shakily. "And did she... um... was her aunt forcing her to work in a brothel?" She stutters

"Yes"

"And your father? He... bought her for you?" She scrunches her face and looks away from me. "Technically.. yes, but not like that I don't own her or anything. It was the only way I could get her out of there and I didn't know how old she was or that she was being forced at the beginning. She told me she was 18 and I asked her every time if she wanted to and she said yes"

"So your not even gonna try and deny it?"

"For what? Whatever Leanne told you is true. Im not gonna call her liar" I shrug. "Are you still sleeping with her?"

"We slept together once since she came to live with me and that was the night of the event"

"So you wanted to get a quicky in before you left for rehab?" She says in a sarcastic tone and I shake my head. "No. She told me she wanted me to make love to her before I left for rehab and I did" I say defensively. "And it doesn't bother you that she's underage or worry that someone will get suspious about why you have her with you in the first place?"

"Her aunt signed the custody papers over to me, when I gave her the money so legally I'm her carer"

"And how would you explain how she came into your care in the first place? It's not like you knew Leanne's family so how would you explain her aunt just signing her over to a random man? And how do you explain it to her school and to her doctor and stuff" She frowns confused. "We've managed for almost a year without people getting suspious or asking questions and next year she'll be 18 so it won't matter and as for school and stuff. I took her out and she has a private tutor now and I payed a private doctor that wouldn't ask any questions when he checked her over"

"You took her out of school!?" She snaps. "Yes. Something happened and she panicked and when the teacher started asking questions I took her out before they could look into it"

"What happened at school to make her panic? And why did she have to be checked over?" She frowns confused and I sigh heavily. "She had alot of cuts and bruises the night Me and Joesph went to get her and I had the doctor check her over and he said other than the bruises she was ok"

"What happened to her?"

"I can't tell you that?" I mumble "Why not? You've told me everything else" she shrugs. "No, I confirmed what Leanne told you was true. If she wanted you know what happened that day then she would have said" I shrug. "Leanne didn't tell me anything. It was your father, Leanne just confirmed it. He told me after social services had turned up at our house and.. "

"What!? Why didn't you say that when you first walked in here, instead of all this bullshit!" I snap cutting her of. "W-where is she? Did they say where they took her or..."

"She's still with us..for now. Apparently somebody called them and said you'd been abusing a child in your care, but they had no record of you fostering a child, but luckily for you, your brothers and your father lied to protect you.. again"

"She's 17 and I never abused her! And what do you mean, she's with you for now?" I frown confused. "Michael, you just stood there and admitted you've been sleeping with and underage girl and you don't even look sorry about!?" She shakes her head. "I'm not sorry about making love to her. I'm sorry about how we met and her losing her virginity that way, but she always told me she wanted to and even last time at the event she asked me"

"Losing her virginity what way?" She frowns and I don't say anything for a moment then sigh heavily. "When her aunt took her to that place. I was Leanne's first client and her first time.. you know" I mumble that last part.

"How could you do that to somebody?" She gasps shaking her head. "I asked her over and over and she said yes. If she'd said no or told me how old she was, I swear I wouldn't have gone anywhere near her and I feel awful for how it happened" I croak trying not to cry. "But you don't regret being with her?" She asks and I shake my head. "I'm sorry, but I don't. I love her and she means everything to me and I wanna be with her"

"I'm sorry, but I can't allow that. I allow you to put that poor girl through anymore" she shakes her head and I look at her confused and she sighs heavily "I'm sorry, but I think it's for the best if Leanne was to be with a family who can care for her the way she should be and with foster parents that see her for what she is. A 17 year old little girl"

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Kathrine's POV

"You can't do that. And she is taken care of! I give her everything she needs and anything she wants and she wants to be with me! Just like I wanna be with her!"

"I'm sorry Michael, but I think it's best if Leanne was to go and live with another family" I say softly and he shakes his head. "N-no you can't do that. S-she needs to stay with me and..."

"I'm sorry, but my minds made up on this one. I'll bring her here to tomorrow so the two of you can say goodbye and..."

"No! You can't do that!" He snaps then breaks down crying "please don't take her away from me, I'm begging you please? I can't..."

"I'm sorry but..."

"But what!? You promised you'd take care of her while I was gone and now your trying send her away! You can't do this! PLEASE don't do this?" He sobs "I'm sorry, but it's for the best" I croak, seeing how upset he is. "But..."

"I'll bring Leanne by tomorrow morning" I cut him of and leave before he has the chance to say anymore.

I do feel horrible about all of this and I know Leanne has already been moved around alot already, but I'm not doing this to spite her or anybody. I truly believe that Leanne will be better off somewhere else.

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Joesph's POV

It's almost dinner time and Kathrine finally comes home. "I thought you said you were just going to see Michael?"

"Is Leanne here?" She asks in a hushed tone and I nod. "She's in her room" I reply and she closes the kitchen door so nobody hears us talking.

"I did go and see him. I just needed some time to clear my head after. "Well? What did he say?"

"He said it was all true. He didn't even try to deny it" she mutters. "Would you rather he lied to you?" I shrug. "I'd rather non of this had happened in the first place!" She snaps in a hushed tone. "Well it did and there's not alot we can do about it now" I point out and she goes silent for a moment

"I told Michael, I think it'll be for the best if Leanne was to live with someone else... another family or..."

"She doesn't have any family" I cut her off "but she can. There's places that are specialised for stuff like this and help people like Leanne find a new home and..."

"You wanna put her in care!?" I snap in a hushed tone. "Don't you think she's been through enough already? And your gonna dump her with someone she doesn't even know!?"

"We're not qualified to deal with this kind of thing, but they are"

"And what did Michael say about all this?"

"He got angry and upset then started crying, practically begging me not to"

"Then why are you doing this? It's not Leanne's fault any of this happened. Why are you punishing her?"

"I'm not punishing her! I'm doing the right thing and sending her to a place where she can be happy and away from everything that's happened and she'll be able to move on with her life without having Michael as a constant reminder of what happened to her"

"And you've spoken to Leanne about this?"

"Not yet"

"Don't you think you should and at least ask her how she feels an what's she wants. Because right now your making all these decisions for her and you haven't even bothered to ask her about it" I frown and she sighs heavily. "I will speak to her, but let's just wait until after dinner, that way me and her can sit down and talk properly"

"You can talk to her, but it has to my her decision, not yours" I tell her sternly and she nods.

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After and hour or so, Kathrine calls everybody for dinner.

"Where's Leanne?" I frown confused, seeing the empty space at the table. "I called her on my way down" LaToya smiles getting up from the table "She's probably got her earphones in again" she says getting up to go get her.

"She's not there" LaToya frowns confused walking back in a few moments later. "What are you talking about? She came home hours ago" Janet frowns confused.

I go upstairs to Leanne's room and I look around seeing all her stuff is missing and quickly rush back downstairs. "She's gone. And so is all her stuff" I say nervously. "What!? Why would she just take off like that!?" Janet says confused and I turn to Kathrine "do you think she heard us?" She says nervously.

"Heard what!?" We hear a familiar voice and all quickly turn around surprised and see Michael standing by the door.