You're Beautiful To Me

All four of us turn our attention towards the two intruders before I turn back to Miles who is staring at me with a scared expression on his face so I smile reassuringly, winking at him and he seems to calm down slightly, my own inner panic intensifying as I fear I know what's coming. "I'm going to have to ask you all to leave so we can..." "No" Miles whimpers out as his hand reaches out to grasp mine and I clutch his hand in mine as I say "Absolutely not." "Mr Iero I understand this is a difficult time but we need to speak with Miles and...." "No what you need to understand is this is a seven year old child and her name is Allie, not Miles and I will not be leaving." The doctor and the other man share an annoyed look before the doctor turns his attention back to me and says "Fine, one of you can stay, for now." I nod once, turning my attention to Frank and he sighs softly before pulling me into his arms, whispering in my ear "I'll take Anna for some hot chocolate, just keep calm ok?" "I'm not letting them take him from us" I whisper back and he squeezes me gently before letting go and saying "Come on Anna, let's go for a walk."

Once Frank and Anna are gone the doctor closes the door behind them and the other man speaks up for the first time, introducing himself and telling us that he is a psychiatrist and will need to have a one on one talk with Miles and at the mention of this Miles whines and tightens his hold on my hand so I sit on the edge of the bed and let him climb into my lap, my arms wrapping around his waist as I lean down to whisper in his ear "It's ok baby, everything will be just fine" and I feel his body relax slightly. The doctor picks up the chart at the end of the bed, flipping through a few pages before showing the psychiatrist and he nods and makes a few notes and Miles turns his head to whisper in my ear "I don't like him daddy." "I know, me either baby" I whisper back and he tilts his head to whisper "I'm sorry daddy." I feel my eyes well with tears again so I tighten my arms around his waist and tilt my head to press a kiss to the top of his head as the doctor clears his throat and says "I'm sorry Mr Iero but we need to get this evaluation under way and you cannot be here for it so if....." "Evaluation?" I interrupt to ask, my heart clenching painfully in my chest and the psychiatrist speaks up and says "I need to determine what exactly has happened and what kind of care Allie needs so if you wouldn't mind waiting in the hallway, if not I will have to have you escorted out." I sigh, feeling totally defeated as I gently slide Miles off my lap and stand up, turning back to say "I'll be right outside ok? And I'll be right back as soon as I can" I tell him and his bottom lip quivers as I bite my own to keep my tears in as I turn and walk across the room and just as I open the door and step out Miles lets out a heartbreaking scream, erupting into loud sobs as he chokes out "No daddy" and I turn back, running back across the room and scooping him into my arms and his arms and legs wrap around me as tight as they can. "Shh shh baby it's ok I'm right here, I'm not gonna go anywhere ok?" I whisper into his ear and he continues to cry and whine as he buries his face in my neck and the psychiatrist lets out a frustrated sigh and I turn to face him, anger coursing through my whole body as I snap "You shut the fuck up. You wanna speak to my child you do it while I'm present or not at all. She's seven years old and scared out of her mind and I will not be leaving her. You don't like it and want me out, call the cops and have them remove me."

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