Chapter 4
DOMS POV
"What's with the firing squad?" I asked them when we walked in.
"Oh, Dom, don't you know? They have taken it upon themselves to go through my personal belongings, and they don't like what they found. Isn't that right you guys." Trish stated as a fact, not a question.
Mia's eyes filled with tears. She just looked at Trish with the saddest eyes I have seen in a very long time. "Come on Trish, I'll show you your room, and fix you something to eat, while the guys talk."
Trish was really agitated and I could tell she was looking for a way to bolt. "Trish!" I said to her getting her full attention, "Nothing matters accept that your home and that your safe. The rest will all get worked out somehow. Ok?" I told her.
"Yeah whatever Dom, I just want to go lay down." She told me.
"Ok, but you need to know, you won't be having free rain until we get some shit straight, so don't be surprised by your lack of time alone. There ain't any until I know you won't bail."
"F*cker," she muttered under her breath.
I just shook my head and laughed. I knew what she was thinking the whole way home, and she is not getting away from me. I will know exactly what is going on with her and soon.
Trish and Mia went upstairs, and Leon grabbed 2 Corona's, and we sat down to talk at the kitchen table.
"Dom, this is some serious shit!" Brian stated as I took a long drag off of my beer.
"What is Brian?" I asked him. " What the hell is it now."
Brian reached into his pocket pulling out a bag of heroine, and another bag of coke. Out of the other pocket came out about $5,000.00 in cash. My eyes started to get big, but then he hit me with the big one. Out from the back of his pants, he pulled a .44 magnum. Laying everything on the table, he turned with a questioning look.
"I ain't got the answer's yet Brian," I said taking in a deep breath and fully contemplating what was on my kitchen table.
"Damn Dom do you realize what the hell all of this is? Do you get what this means? I also threw away a bunch of needles. She is a junkie, and it looks like she dealin' dope for someone, and they WILL come looking for there shit." I slammed my hand down on the table scaring the shit out of Brian and yelled to him, "So what's your point? I took you in when you needed help Brian, and you betrayed me. Then I let you back in. That little girl up there has never betrayed me or mine. She is family, by blood, and she will be here and will live here, and will be accepted by everyone who lives here or they will be the one who is going to go. I hope to god I am making myself clear now, because this is not up for debate or discussion."
Just then Mia came into the kitchen. She started fixing food, and it took me a second to realize that Trish wasn't with her.
"Where is she Mia?"
"In the bathroom, taking a shower and changing her clothes. She will be down in a few minutes Dom."
"Where is her bag at Mia?" Brian asked.
"Well I wonder Brian, duh, in the bathroom with her." Mia replied to him.
All of us heard at the same time:
"WHERE IN THE F*CK IS MY SHIT!!"
Oh hell not even a few minutes of peace.
I stood up and shook my head while walking to the stairs. As I was coming around the corner to climb them, she was running down them.
"Where is my shit Dom! WHERE!" she screamed.
"Its all gone girl, and don't you even start!" I told her.
Fury like I had only seen from Vince stared back at me.
"Where is the money and the gun Dom, I am so dead if you don't tell me. I have to get that shit back, and get it back NOW! ARE YOU PEOPLE STUPID. F*CK!!"
Just then Leon came around the corner, walking up to Trish slowly, he smiled at her and calmly said:
"No one is going to hurt you Trish. When Dom can't be by your side to help you and take care of you, I will. I swear. You are safe here."
Trish laughed her sarcastic laugh, and turned on him: "Just who the f*ck are you, why would you want to help me, and why should I trust you? And god help you if you bring that prick Vince into this, because I am not looking for handouts thanks to his ass." "The name is Leon, I am a friend of. well of all of the teams. We are a family, and you are a part of this family, LIKE IT OR NOT, and we all take care of each other. And as far as trusting me, you shouldn't. You don't know me from Jack, and trust is earned not given. So I guess we will have to earn each others slowly. Now, I know what you are about to go through. When I lived back east I had a cousin who was into the same shit you've gotten in, and I have seen how hard it is to get off this shit. I know what the withdrawals look like. I just want to help."
Trish looked at Leon for a long time, and then finally back to me. She turned around and started back up the stairs. I went to follow, and Leon stopped me, motioning me back into the kitchen with him.
Leon explained to all of us, what Trish was going to start going through at any time, and Mia confirmed that yes, he was right, and it was going to be bad. He said he needed to know just how much she was on and what her hits were, and that it wasn't going to be a pleasant convo for anyone, and that he was going to go and talk to Trish. I just nodded my head in agreement, and started rubbing my head yet again tonight.
TRISH'S POV
There was a soft knock on the bathroom door, just before Leon came in. I am so tired. I am getting sick, and I just don't know what to do. Leon tells me he can see that I am starting to get sick, and that he needs to ask me some questions while I can still answer him. I shook my head that I would answer.
He really does know his shit. We agreed after talking, that if I got so sick that LEON thought I needed to go to the hospital, that I wouldn't fight him. I only agreed to him though, because I know Dom and Mia are going to freak when they see me go through this, and Leon will know if I really need to go get more help. We talked about his cousin, and he told me he is alive, clean and sober for 3 years, and that he would tell me the whole story, as soon as the worst of coming down, was over for me. He asked me if I had cleaned out before, and I told him that I had, but never when I had such a high maintenance. That I was using way more drugs the past few months, than I ever had before. He told me it was all going to be better when we got to the other side of this, and I looked at him wearily. God I hope so I thought.
He told me he wanted me to eat some before I couldn't, and we went downstairs to the kitchen. I sat and ate some soup and some toast, while Leon described to Dom, Mia and Brian what was about to happen to me. It was agreed on by them, that Leon was going to stay home with me until the worst was over, since he helped his cousin through this before and I refused to let Dom or Mia see me like I was going to get. I finally started to relax. Leon's voice was very calm and soothing. He didn't yell, or get mad or upset. He just talked to me, making sure I understood everything he was telling me. I must have looked pretty tired, because when I finished eating, he said it was time for me to get to bed, and hopefully fall asleep before it all hit, and maybe sleep through part of the worst of it. I stood up and walked over to Mia and gave her a hug, and started to cry. I told her how sorry I was about all of this. She just hugged me tight and told me she loved me, and cried right along with me. I turned to Dom, and walked into his out stretched arms.
"Come on peanut, I'll help you get settled." I froze.
"Where am I going to sleep Dom?" I asked
"You'll be in my room for now girl. There is a bathroom in there and we have some re-arranging of bedrooms to do in the next few days."
I relaxed. I knew immediately that he wasn't going to put me in a room that Vince had been in, and I was grateful.
We got up the stairs and I crawled into bed, as Dom pulled the covers over me, and kissed me on the forehead.shit all my emotions were all overwhelming again and I was crying. I haven't had anyone tuck me into bed in a long time, let alone a bed to sleep in. I know that Dom was concerned, and then I could tell as soon as he realized what was going through my head. He just smiled at me and took me into his arms, and rocked me again. It feels so good to be held and loved; I am just so scared to trust it.
My body started to feel sore and I was starting to get nauseous. Leon showed up with Motrin, and a prescription that the doctor gave to Mia at the hospital. I took all of my pills and gave Leon back the glass. I told them both good night, and waited for them to leave.
They both shook there heads, and smiled. What the hell, I thought, is going on now?
Leon looked at me and said: "I am sleeping here with you!"
DOMS POV
"What's with the firing squad?" I asked them when we walked in.
"Oh, Dom, don't you know? They have taken it upon themselves to go through my personal belongings, and they don't like what they found. Isn't that right you guys." Trish stated as a fact, not a question.
Mia's eyes filled with tears. She just looked at Trish with the saddest eyes I have seen in a very long time. "Come on Trish, I'll show you your room, and fix you something to eat, while the guys talk."
Trish was really agitated and I could tell she was looking for a way to bolt. "Trish!" I said to her getting her full attention, "Nothing matters accept that your home and that your safe. The rest will all get worked out somehow. Ok?" I told her.
"Yeah whatever Dom, I just want to go lay down." She told me.
"Ok, but you need to know, you won't be having free rain until we get some shit straight, so don't be surprised by your lack of time alone. There ain't any until I know you won't bail."
"F*cker," she muttered under her breath.
I just shook my head and laughed. I knew what she was thinking the whole way home, and she is not getting away from me. I will know exactly what is going on with her and soon.
Trish and Mia went upstairs, and Leon grabbed 2 Corona's, and we sat down to talk at the kitchen table.
"Dom, this is some serious shit!" Brian stated as I took a long drag off of my beer.
"What is Brian?" I asked him. " What the hell is it now."
Brian reached into his pocket pulling out a bag of heroine, and another bag of coke. Out of the other pocket came out about $5,000.00 in cash. My eyes started to get big, but then he hit me with the big one. Out from the back of his pants, he pulled a .44 magnum. Laying everything on the table, he turned with a questioning look.
"I ain't got the answer's yet Brian," I said taking in a deep breath and fully contemplating what was on my kitchen table.
"Damn Dom do you realize what the hell all of this is? Do you get what this means? I also threw away a bunch of needles. She is a junkie, and it looks like she dealin' dope for someone, and they WILL come looking for there shit." I slammed my hand down on the table scaring the shit out of Brian and yelled to him, "So what's your point? I took you in when you needed help Brian, and you betrayed me. Then I let you back in. That little girl up there has never betrayed me or mine. She is family, by blood, and she will be here and will live here, and will be accepted by everyone who lives here or they will be the one who is going to go. I hope to god I am making myself clear now, because this is not up for debate or discussion."
Just then Mia came into the kitchen. She started fixing food, and it took me a second to realize that Trish wasn't with her.
"Where is she Mia?"
"In the bathroom, taking a shower and changing her clothes. She will be down in a few minutes Dom."
"Where is her bag at Mia?" Brian asked.
"Well I wonder Brian, duh, in the bathroom with her." Mia replied to him.
All of us heard at the same time:
"WHERE IN THE F*CK IS MY SHIT!!"
Oh hell not even a few minutes of peace.
I stood up and shook my head while walking to the stairs. As I was coming around the corner to climb them, she was running down them.
"Where is my shit Dom! WHERE!" she screamed.
"Its all gone girl, and don't you even start!" I told her.
Fury like I had only seen from Vince stared back at me.
"Where is the money and the gun Dom, I am so dead if you don't tell me. I have to get that shit back, and get it back NOW! ARE YOU PEOPLE STUPID. F*CK!!"
Just then Leon came around the corner, walking up to Trish slowly, he smiled at her and calmly said:
"No one is going to hurt you Trish. When Dom can't be by your side to help you and take care of you, I will. I swear. You are safe here."
Trish laughed her sarcastic laugh, and turned on him: "Just who the f*ck are you, why would you want to help me, and why should I trust you? And god help you if you bring that prick Vince into this, because I am not looking for handouts thanks to his ass." "The name is Leon, I am a friend of. well of all of the teams. We are a family, and you are a part of this family, LIKE IT OR NOT, and we all take care of each other. And as far as trusting me, you shouldn't. You don't know me from Jack, and trust is earned not given. So I guess we will have to earn each others slowly. Now, I know what you are about to go through. When I lived back east I had a cousin who was into the same shit you've gotten in, and I have seen how hard it is to get off this shit. I know what the withdrawals look like. I just want to help."
Trish looked at Leon for a long time, and then finally back to me. She turned around and started back up the stairs. I went to follow, and Leon stopped me, motioning me back into the kitchen with him.
Leon explained to all of us, what Trish was going to start going through at any time, and Mia confirmed that yes, he was right, and it was going to be bad. He said he needed to know just how much she was on and what her hits were, and that it wasn't going to be a pleasant convo for anyone, and that he was going to go and talk to Trish. I just nodded my head in agreement, and started rubbing my head yet again tonight.
TRISH'S POV
There was a soft knock on the bathroom door, just before Leon came in. I am so tired. I am getting sick, and I just don't know what to do. Leon tells me he can see that I am starting to get sick, and that he needs to ask me some questions while I can still answer him. I shook my head that I would answer.
He really does know his shit. We agreed after talking, that if I got so sick that LEON thought I needed to go to the hospital, that I wouldn't fight him. I only agreed to him though, because I know Dom and Mia are going to freak when they see me go through this, and Leon will know if I really need to go get more help. We talked about his cousin, and he told me he is alive, clean and sober for 3 years, and that he would tell me the whole story, as soon as the worst of coming down, was over for me. He asked me if I had cleaned out before, and I told him that I had, but never when I had such a high maintenance. That I was using way more drugs the past few months, than I ever had before. He told me it was all going to be better when we got to the other side of this, and I looked at him wearily. God I hope so I thought.
He told me he wanted me to eat some before I couldn't, and we went downstairs to the kitchen. I sat and ate some soup and some toast, while Leon described to Dom, Mia and Brian what was about to happen to me. It was agreed on by them, that Leon was going to stay home with me until the worst was over, since he helped his cousin through this before and I refused to let Dom or Mia see me like I was going to get. I finally started to relax. Leon's voice was very calm and soothing. He didn't yell, or get mad or upset. He just talked to me, making sure I understood everything he was telling me. I must have looked pretty tired, because when I finished eating, he said it was time for me to get to bed, and hopefully fall asleep before it all hit, and maybe sleep through part of the worst of it. I stood up and walked over to Mia and gave her a hug, and started to cry. I told her how sorry I was about all of this. She just hugged me tight and told me she loved me, and cried right along with me. I turned to Dom, and walked into his out stretched arms.
"Come on peanut, I'll help you get settled." I froze.
"Where am I going to sleep Dom?" I asked
"You'll be in my room for now girl. There is a bathroom in there and we have some re-arranging of bedrooms to do in the next few days."
I relaxed. I knew immediately that he wasn't going to put me in a room that Vince had been in, and I was grateful.
We got up the stairs and I crawled into bed, as Dom pulled the covers over me, and kissed me on the forehead.shit all my emotions were all overwhelming again and I was crying. I haven't had anyone tuck me into bed in a long time, let alone a bed to sleep in. I know that Dom was concerned, and then I could tell as soon as he realized what was going through my head. He just smiled at me and took me into his arms, and rocked me again. It feels so good to be held and loved; I am just so scared to trust it.
My body started to feel sore and I was starting to get nauseous. Leon showed up with Motrin, and a prescription that the doctor gave to Mia at the hospital. I took all of my pills and gave Leon back the glass. I told them both good night, and waited for them to leave.
They both shook there heads, and smiled. What the hell, I thought, is going on now?
Leon looked at me and said: "I am sleeping here with you!"