Tracy woke up and saw she was laying on an unfimillair couch. She looked over and then like a freightrain her memories came back to her. Finding out she had a distant reletive that was indeed her mom's older brother had bought the bar that her mom bought her.
Looking at the older man with a look of concern on his face she decided to speak. "I'm sorry Jerry I didn't mean to faint. I was just in shock. I thought I had no more family after losing my parents, love of my life, and best friend and sister," said Tracy.
"Well I'm right here and so is Aunt Kitty. She might be alot younger than me, but she keeps me happy and we do well together. You must have been put through the ringer. My gosh are you okay?" Jerry asked.
"I don't know if I will ever be okay again. I am totally broken on the outside in. He, Randy, really did a number on me. I wanted to reach him. I wanted to get him to see the monster he was turing into and he knew my feelings and used all of that against me and well...you know the whole story," said Tracy.
Jerry just hugged his niece and Tracy hugged her mom's big brother back and let the tears fall. She didn't care who walked in at that moment. She was letting out years of things she held inside for fear of getting hit.
Kitty handed Tracy another glass of wine that in which she drank. Finally Tracy looked at the only family she had left and said, "Well it's time for me to start anew and it starts now. Though I'm giving up on love and relationships. After what Randy did I can't do it again. I was never intimate with Randy though. It was more of an physical, mental, and emotional abuse he put on me, physical mostly," she said.
"Son of a bitch!" was heard from across the room as a pool ball got knocked off the table accidentally.
"Damn Paige can you not keep your balls on the table. No wait they stay in your wife Kimberly," said a balding guy in a baseball cap that was turned around back words as the two guys with him snickered and the woman who was with them slapped him upside the head.
"Bubba Ray!" she hissed.
"Oh don't worry about it. It's not your fault you married an enbread motherfucker," Paige shot back.
"Okay both of you knock it the hell off. Fulkenburge, Dudley knock it off," Jerry shouted. "Mark it they get out of hand you know what to do," he added.
"Do you have a lot of fights in here?" asked Tracy taking a drink of her wine.
"Well just verbal and shit talking. Back and forth shit. Though when it does get physical it doesn't get too out of hand. It's like a family in here and when fights break out it's like siblings fightin," said Jerry.
"Mark, Jerry, and Ryan just make sure it doesn't go too far and keep an eye out on things so they do not get out of control," said Kitty.
Tracy just nodded. She felt at home in this bar. This was her place to get away from it all and it helped that it was her uncle's place, well it could be both of theirs if she wanted, but she wasn't sure she was ready for all of that. For now she would just stick to the tattoo shop and come here as her place to escape it all.
She was broken out of her thoughts when Ryan walked over and said to Jerry, "Hey could I advance on pay? I know I don't really need it with my family and everything, but this is something I need to pay for myself. I'm almost paid up, but I just need thsi one advance," he said as he took a ring box out of his pocket and opened it showing Jerry and Kitty.
"Is that?" Kitty began looking.
"I'm going to ask Tamina to marry me. I know she used to think of me as a nonworking lowlife, but I really love her and I want to spend the rest of my life with her. Oh and Tracy I know your connection with her family, but I'm not going to say anything because I don't want to get involved. All I care about is the love of my life and if that piece of shit Randy comes near here I'll fucking kill him and make it look like an accident," Ryan swore the last part.
"I think we all need to calm down and Ryan congratualations. I'll give you an advance this one time because it's for a special reason," said Jerry taking some cash out of the safe and handing it over.
"I am happy for you Ryan. I hope you have the life Mark and Michelle have with their blissful happy marriage," said Tracy hugging the large man. Hell she trusted him because at one time when the bar was hers she picked him.
"Thanks Tracy. So where you staying now. I see you found your uncle and aunt and never went back to the compound...sorry I'm being nosey," said Ryan.
"Okay don't tell anyone at the compound this, but I'm living in my parent's house with Stephen and Becky until I can afford an apartment," said Tracy.
Stephen and Becky were sitting at the kitchen table at their home eating dinner. Becky was wondering where Tracy was in her state of mind, but Stephen wasn't worried. He figured that maybe she was just talking with the crew at the shop.
"I am going to call Tracy babe, I'm worried," said Becky.
"Beck I believe she is fine. I know you are feeling protective because of everything that she went through with Randy, but she needs to get on her feet again and maybe getting aqquainted with Tampa again will help," said Stephen.
"No Stephen Roman is the only one who can help. Not only can he give her comfort, he can give her protection and the will and a way to love again. He can heal her broken heart, mind, and spirit," Becky argued. Stephen was about to say something but the sound of the garage door opening brought them out of their conversation.
Stephen looked at the camera and instead of his Avalanche it was a white H2. "Babe who the hell that drives an white H2 has a remote to open the garage door?" he asked.
"Well Dave," Becky said and then it dawned on her. "Oh shit it's Roman. He knows!"
A/N: And I will leave you at that! Enjoy! Question does anyone know how to report a technical problem to the site? I haven't been getting my reviews on my email or on the site. I have tried other stories and they say they have so many reviews, but when I go to read them it says no reviews for this story? I want to report the problem to the site and have no idea how to! Thank you and enjoy!
