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Chapter 4

Tony was sitting at his desk in his office working. He was too busy to pick up his daughter, so he had called Piper to pick her up.

A man walked in the door and Tony looked up to see a familiar face staring back at him. He was dressed in black and had a nicely shave mustache.

"What are you doing here, Gregory?" Tony asked sitting back in his chair.

"Well, it seems like your wife could never cut off her connection to Leo," Gregory replied sitting down in front of Tony. "What are you talking about?" Tony asked eyeing him closely. "See, what it is, Tony. Piper went to pick up your precious daughter, Angie, who happened to be with Leo. I dare you to say that nothing is going on between them."

The blank stare in Tony's eyes gave him away. "That's what I thought. Well, I suggest you get this problem solved. Nice working for you boss, have a nice day." Gregory smiled and walked out of the office.

Piper was really going to get it this time around, Tony thought to himself.

All this time he thought she was being faithful to him. That slut, Tony said to himself. He couldn't believe he would hear something like this.

So, she was lying after all when she told him that Leo wasn't allowed to see Angie.

The pencil that Tony had been twirling around on his fingers broke in half and fell to the ground with the easiest of ease.

Later that evening when Tony got home, he saw Piper cooking dinner. Angie was sitting on the couch watching TV.

When Piper swirled around to set something on the table, she saw Tony, and jumped. "Hey! I didn't hear you come in," Piper stated evenly. Tony glared at her unhappily. Angie glanced into the kitchen watching them with eyes like a hawk.

"What's wrong? Did you not have a good day at work?" Piper asked concerned. Tony stated, "I thought you told Leo he wasn't allowed to see Angie anymore." Piper insisted, "I did."

"Then tell me what the hell you were doing with Leo today when you were picking Angie up," Tony demanded. Piper said, "keep your voice down, your scaring Angie." Tony shouted, "I'll keep my voice down when you answer me!" Piper turned away annoyed. Tony grabbed her shoulders violently and turned her to him. "Tell me now!" Tony bellowed.

Piper said, "I didn't do anything. There's nothing to tell! He showed up on his own, I didn't know he was going to be there." Tony protested, "Your lying!" Piper snapped, "You're insane! Let me go!"

"She's telling the truth. Daddy, don't you believe her?" came Angie's voice from the living room.

Tony loosened his grip on Piper and let her go. "We're not done. You better be home when I get back," Tony said before he walked out. The front door slammed shut announcing his departure.

Angie ran into the kitchen hugging her mommy. "Are you okay?" Angie asked sweetly. "Yeah, mommy's fine. Come on, let's have dinner," Piper stated simply.

"Doesn't daddy love mommy anymore? He always yelling at you. Why can't he be like Leo? Why can't I have Leo as my daddy?" Angie asked all at once. Piper shook her head and shouted, "Angie, would you stop it, please?!"

Angie stared at her mom and said softly, "I'm sorry." Piper shook her head again and said, "Just eat your food and get ready for bed."

Piper cleared the dishes as Angie ran upstairs to brush her teeth.

Sometimes Piper thought if she would have stayed with Leo then things would have been better for her. Supernatural, but way better then what Tony could ever give her. At least Leo understood her and knew what she always wanted without her even having to tell him. Regrets were too late at this point, but maybe new beginnings are never too late.

Piper walked upstairs and found that Angie had already fallen asleep. Looking down at the little girl, Piper knew that she had once loved Tony. It wasn't a big loss when she thought about it, because their relationship gave her something to be grateful about. That was Angie.

Placing a kiss on her cheek, Piper turned off the light and walked out of the bedroom.

Exhaustion crept through her slowly. Muscles ached and tension built. She could really use a backrub right now. Lying down on the bed, Piper got comfortable under the covers and fell asleep.

Hours later the front door opened, and a drunk Tony came walking in grabbing onto things just so he could hold his balance. It was pathetic.

Tony made it to their bedroom somehow and turned on the light. Piper was in a deep sleep and was about to get a very rude awakening.

"Get up," Tony mumbled pulling the covers off of her. "I said get up!!!" Tony shouted.

Piper's eyes fluttered opened suddenly. "What the fuck, Tony," Piper mumbled nearly half asleep. "I want to talk to you. Get up. I want to talk to you," Tony kept repeating himself over and over. Piper could barely open her eyes and it was annoying to hear him say the same thing over and over.

"I can hear you, you know. I have ears don't I? So, you can stop repeating yourself," Piper stated.

Tony slammed the door shut and locked it. From behind the closet he pulled out a wooden stick. It landed hard and painful on her twice before Piper burst out in tears. The stinging seemed to fade away after about 10 hits.

"Tony, please stop! I'm begging you," Piper pleaded with him. He could care less what she said. The stick kept rising and falling on her back and hip. The pain was excruciating and totally unbearable.

Angie laid in the dark hearing the screams and cries through the walls. "No, mommy," Angie said softly to herself. She knew what was happening. It had all happened before, but it was so long ago that her father hit her mother, Angie could barely remember. Now, the nightmare was back. Tears rose from her eyes as Angie covered her ears not wanting to hear the cries coming from her parent's bedroom.

TBC

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