18. On The Loose

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Louis let out a sigh of frustration when there was another red light. It was around five pm then meaning it's usually the time the roads go wild with people getting off of their work.

"Louis!"

"Yes, sweetcheeks?" Louis smiled at the green eyed boy over his shoulder.

"I want chicken nuggets."

"We'll get you some when we get home, babe. I'll ask Martha to make some for you."

"I want chicken nuggets." Harry repeated and Louis decided to ignore it since he already replied.

"Would you like to listen to radio?" Louis asked as he turned up the volume of the radio. Perfect by Ed Sheeran was playing and Louis hummed along it. Harry seemed to listen for a few but he soon pressed his nose against the window to look outside.

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"Make some chicken nuggets for him." Louis said to Martha who nodded sympathetically before getting to work. Louis walked out of the kitchen into the living room. He found Harry sprawled out on the floor.

"Where's mommy?"

"She'll be back soon, baby." Louis sat on the floor next to Harry's head and got the elder boy to place his head on Louis' lap.

Louis wondered if it all was really worth it. It just got Harry losing his mother and father along with his brother. Louis wondered if this freedom Harry gained was really a freedom without his mother next to him. Louis' head was a jumbled up mess and he can't think about anything except crying his eyes out but he has to be strong. He's the only one Harry has now and he can't give up on him. Not now, not any day.

"I want mommy."

'Where can I bring you mommy from, Harry? I'm sorry.' Louis thought as he tilted his head back to will away his tears.

"I want mommy."

"Hey, Harry, I asked Martha to make you some chicken nuggets. Do you wanna eat them in the main dining room today?" Louis asked in an excited tone and the curly haired lad simply forgot about the person he was begging for and clapped his hands excitedly.

"Have you eaten in there?" Louis asked with his brow furrowed. Even though he expected an answer, Harry didn't bother giving him one as he got off the floor while humming and fiddling his fingers. Louis smiled at the elder boy and lead him to the main dining hall.

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"We have to release him, Zaynie." Louis sighed to his phone. There is Harry laying there with his head on Louis' tummy who's also laid back on their bed.

"Yeah, I figured. He still doesn't know who did this to him but we have to delete the voice message you sent to him earlier. It can cause trouble and I will get someone to crack his phone and the database of the phone company to delete it." Zayn explained.

"Thank you, Zee. Would we be able to release him by day after tomorrow?"

"Yeah, babes. Tomorrow works too." Zayn hummed.

"Well, then, do it tomorrow. Leave him in front of the police station around midnight tomorrow. Make sure the cameras don't catch you."

"Alright, Lou. I know how to do my job, babes. Don't worry. I'll never let anything hurt you." Zayn's sincere smile practically poured through the phone.

"Thank you, Zee. Do you wanna talk to Harry?" Louis asked as he looked at Harry who's now staring at him with curious eyes.

"Sure."

Louis smiled as he put the phone on speaker.

"Say, hello, sweetcheeks. It's one of my friends." Louis nagged and Harry took the phone from Louis before saying 'Hello.'

"Hello, Harry! Is Louis treating you good?" Zayn asked from the other end. Harry nodded with his soft hums still present.

"Use your words, silly. He can't see you." Louis rubbed Harry's left cheek with a smile.

"He can't see you." Harry just scripted what Louis said making Louis chuckle.

"Okay, babe, gimme the phone." Louis extended his hand but Harry refused to give him the phone. "Well, it seems like he's not gonna gimme the phone, Zee. You might have to hang up and I'll call you tomorrow." Louis said.

"Okay, Lou. Bye. Bye Harry."

"No..." Harry whined when Zayn was about to hang up.

"It's okay, Zee. Hang up." Louis said knowing that Zayn has work to do. The line went dead and Harry's face grew red.

He was already tired from day's events. He has never done so much within a day and he was not having anything that goes against his will.

"NO!"

"Hey, sweetcheeks, it's okay. C'mon, let's cuddle. You love cuddles, don't you?" Louis spread his arms wide. Harry glared at him before looking back at the phone screen only to find out it has turned black.

"Do you wanna play a game there?" Louis asked carefully. He'd like to have his phone back in his palm, unharmed.

"No." Harry suddenly burst into tears and Louis' face fell.

"Awe, c'mon. Come here." Louis said with a sad smiled before leaning forward and wrapping his arms around Harry. "You're just tired, babe. Let's go to sleep." Louis rubbed the elder boy's back before kissing his cheek. He laid back down on the bed with Harry practically on top of him.

Harry has always been okay with gentle touches since he was a kid but there are times he doesn't even want someone in the same room as he is. He's comforted from soft touched since back then and Louis is glad he learnt all of this from Anne before she left.

Louis sighed remembering what he did to Anne. He wasn't happy as he expected to be. He thought he'd be happy once Desmond went to jail and Edward was beaten to death but he wasn't. He just had regrets because all he wanted was to be a good person and now he's not but he kept telling himself that he did all of this for his and Harry's sake.

'Seeing Harry wander around the house without any fear is worth it all.' Louis thought as he stared at Harry's soft sleeping face.

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"Mr. Desmond Styles' son, Edward Styles, who had been missing for two weeks, was found in front of the London police station, today. The police is saying that he was left there around midnight and he was terribly beaten. The police is on the case of searching the kidnapper."

Louis froze when he heard the news on the TV. He knew that the news is gonna be hot on every channel when they release Edward but this still shocked him. He rubbed his sweaty palm against his forehead before letting out a sigh.

"You're gonna regret this even more, Tomlinson." Louis mumbled to himself before turning the TV off.

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Louis has been doing pretty good with acting innocent all along and he's glad that no one suspected that it was Louis because one, they think that Louis was concentrating on calling the police about Desmond Styles and two, Louis is a pretty good actor.

It's been a month since Desmond and Anne Styles are escorted into jail and it was proven that Harry was locked inside the house by his parents. Desmond Styles tried his best to win the case bringing the best lawyers to the court but all the evidences Louis had were very powerful. He even got Niall as evidence.

Louis sent Anne an apologetic look through his tears when the judge fined them six years in jail. The punishment was lessened since Desmond and Anne didn't do any physical harm to Harry and Harry being educated helped them too. 

Anne just looked drained and tired that day. She sent Louis a look which held something like, 'Harry's happiness is worth this.' It just made Louis cry more.

He made sure to visit Anne every week and made sure to bring Harry with him too. The green eyed boy was always thrilled to see his mother. Louis never failed to cry when Harry begged to hug his mom but due to the glass keeping the prisoners and visitors apart they never could make any physical contact. 

The Styles co. is still going on and since there is no Desmond, Louis made sure to visit it once in a while.

His parents finally found out what Louis has been going through and his mother was too shocked and refused to believe that her son married an autistic man. She had nothing against it but that's definitely not the way she planned to see her son's future. But eventually she accepted Harry as her son-in-law. 

The media found out the case and went bizarre with the news. Louis decided to avoid modelling for a while since he's not comfortable with the questions some paps ask. 

Despite of the spiteful situation their lives are in Louis always found a way to entertain Harry but there was one problem.

Edward is on the loose and he's planning to get revenge from Louis for locking up his parents.

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(Word Count 1499)

A/N - Forgive me. The chapter sucks.

It's just I'm not happy with today's events and my sourness came to the book too. I'm sorry.

Anygay, thoughts?

-Ash

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