Chapters finally up!! I am so sorry for the delay. It might help if you kinda skim the prev.
ch or two to refresh your memory. I decided to make Rocky's baby a boy because I just felt that
it fits him better. No offense, of course, to his I'm sure beautiful baby daughter.

This chapter was originally 5 pages when printed but I found a good climax point where
I could stop and send it in. Big thanks to Little Angle19 for convincing me to do so.
This way I won't be so worried in keeping it up and can chill and work on the next part.
Please let me know what you think. Thanks!!!





Addiction Chapter 9
pt. 1
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Dwayne was thinking back to that day, or at least what he could remember, while
driving the long way home. That event was two days before he nearly killed himself from
an overdose. If Mick or Steve hadn't burst through the door he could be dead right now.
He no longer held any ill feelings towards Steve. He realized now that he was only looking
out for him. He was still, however, feeling a very slight degree of anger towards Dany.
She was suppose to have been there too. But after thinking of the hell he put her through,
he can't really blame her for throwing him out. He told her that he could control
everything and that it was just to relieve some stress. But he couldn't control it and it soon
became more to him then just relieving stress. It was still a struggle now to stay clean. The
urges and feeling kept creeping up on him. He still has a long way to go but at least now
he has a good start. He took a quick look at himself, wishing he had time to clean himself
up a bit. Since Dany had kept all his good clothes, he had to start borrowing some of Steve's.
He didn't think he looked to bad though; wearing a pair of blue jeans and a tucked in T-shirt
with one of Steve's dark blue checkered button up shirts over that. He had called Steve and
told him the news and promised to have the truck back first thing in the morning. Steve
congratulated him and said he'd go ahead and start packing his things. On the way home
he stopped at a thrift store and got a dozen roses and a stuffed teddy bear.
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Dany was trying to straighten the house up a little bit for Dwayne's return but the
baby just wouldn't let her do anything. A coming storm had scared him and he started
crying. She decided to forget the house and sat with her baby on the couch and watched a
little TV. The quiet rolling thunder was actually quite peaceful now and Dany watched as
her son slowly fell asleep in her arms. He must have sensed that his daddy was coming home
because he'd been restless all day. After thinking about Dwayne, Dany just now realized
how much he looked like him. He was defiantly going to be a ladies man like his father.
Dany better watch out for that. She actually smiled at the thought. Dany hoped Dwayne
wasn't mad at her. She should have been more supportive and stayed by his side,
especially since that was the time he needed her the most. But from a different perspective,
the fact that she kicked him out might have made him realize how much he was
emotionally hurting her and that made him clean up. At any rate, she was just happy that
he was coming home a clean man. Raising the baby alone was difficult and she wouldn't know what
she would do when she returned to work from her maternity leave. But that doesn't
matter anymore. She took one last look at her baby boy before taking him upstairs to his
crib.
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The storm had gotten so bad that Dwayne had to pull over and wait for it to slack up. He
looked in the review mirror and saw several people do the same. Except these two black
vans which sped past all the cars at a high speed. 'There's a wreck waiting to happen'
Dwayne thought to himself as he watched the vans disappear in the rain.
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Dany stood next to the crib and listened to the weather on the TV. They're saying it could
turn into a hurricane. She looked at her baby and prayed Dwayne will be okay.
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Sitting in the rain gave Dwayne a lot of time to think. He started thinking about his son
and his all new responsibilities. He had to be at least a few months old. He picked up the
little blue teddy bear and felt its fluffy fur. He was actually looking forward to changing
diapers and bottle feeding. He's a father now. It finally clicked. 'I'm a father.' he thought to
himself smiling. He then gave a silent prayer that he could live up to his new and blessed life.
Suddenly, a loud thunder brought his attention back. The rain had slacked up and he
noticed that a lot of drivers were risking it by driving. Wanting to hurry up and get home,
Dwayne put the bear down and pulled car into drive and eased back on the road. Sure
enough, a few miles down, there were the two black vans on the side of the road. It
looked as if the first one had slid off as the second one accidentally rear-ended it. Dwayne
just kept driving, not giving a second thought as to who the vans belonged to.

"Damn! That was him! Hurry up! Let's go!" One man said, noticing the truck speed past them
before running back in the van. The side window slowly rolled down and revealed the face behind it.

"Don't worry." Bic said smiling. "We'll get him."
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End Of Chapter 9


Okay, I'm not exactly sure how long maternity leaves are so bare with me and play along.
Please let me know what you think. Thanks!!!