Chapter Fourteen
Big Brother
Rhythm woke up in her bed feeling like shit. Her whole body ached and one eye was swollen shut. Her arms and legs were covered with bruises and her back hurt like a horse had landed on it. Her head hurt and she felt like she couldn't move. She felt like she was going to die.
She turned her head towards the window and realized it was dark; she must have slept through the whole day. Then the memory of earlier that day flooded in like a typhoon. The last thing she remembered was the boy saying "Tell ol' Jacky Boiy dat Danny's back." That boy, was the one that Jack was telling...
Jack
The memory of Jack caught up her. A tear slid down her cheek. Just then Mush came in the room.
"Hey youse wake. Let me go get Race."
About a minute later, Race walked in and he looked very serious. He sat down on his bed and faced Rhythm's battered face.
"How's youse doin?"
"Fine, just a little sore."
"Ya wanna tell me what happened and why's youse were in Da Bronx?"
"Do I's have ta?" she asked knowing the answer.
"Yeah youse do it's da only way I's can make it better."
"I's was in Brooklyn dis morning wit Jack when his goil friend comes bargin in like she owns da Fuckin place. She was very drunk and Jack went ta comfort her. Den I's asked `er who she was and she said dat she was Jacks goil friend. So I's ran out a da place and Jack and Sarah stayed behind." Race looked like he was gonna say something, but he didn't so Rhythm continued. "I's guess I ran all da way ta Da Bronx and dat's when I ran in ta Danny. He started ta get fresh wit me so I's bit his lip. He started ta beat me when youse showed up, how did youse know where I's was?"
It was Race's turn to explain. "Well Mush, Blink, and me were walkin around Brooklyn when we's ran in ta Spot. He said dat youse were shaken up about something and dat youse were cryin and who knows what. So we's decided that we would follow youse. That's when we's found you be beatin up by dat son of a bitch. Now youse get some rest while is go talk ta Jack. And maybe youse should give Jack a chance ta explain, I's seen da way he looks at ya it would break his heart if he lost ya. Even if he don't show it."
He left the room and he left Rhythm to her thoughts and in just of a couple of minutes she was out like a light.
Big Brother
Rhythm woke up in her bed feeling like shit. Her whole body ached and one eye was swollen shut. Her arms and legs were covered with bruises and her back hurt like a horse had landed on it. Her head hurt and she felt like she couldn't move. She felt like she was going to die.
She turned her head towards the window and realized it was dark; she must have slept through the whole day. Then the memory of earlier that day flooded in like a typhoon. The last thing she remembered was the boy saying "Tell ol' Jacky Boiy dat Danny's back." That boy, was the one that Jack was telling...
Jack
The memory of Jack caught up her. A tear slid down her cheek. Just then Mush came in the room.
"Hey youse wake. Let me go get Race."
About a minute later, Race walked in and he looked very serious. He sat down on his bed and faced Rhythm's battered face.
"How's youse doin?"
"Fine, just a little sore."
"Ya wanna tell me what happened and why's youse were in Da Bronx?"
"Do I's have ta?" she asked knowing the answer.
"Yeah youse do it's da only way I's can make it better."
"I's was in Brooklyn dis morning wit Jack when his goil friend comes bargin in like she owns da Fuckin place. She was very drunk and Jack went ta comfort her. Den I's asked `er who she was and she said dat she was Jacks goil friend. So I's ran out a da place and Jack and Sarah stayed behind." Race looked like he was gonna say something, but he didn't so Rhythm continued. "I's guess I ran all da way ta Da Bronx and dat's when I ran in ta Danny. He started ta get fresh wit me so I's bit his lip. He started ta beat me when youse showed up, how did youse know where I's was?"
It was Race's turn to explain. "Well Mush, Blink, and me were walkin around Brooklyn when we's ran in ta Spot. He said dat youse were shaken up about something and dat youse were cryin and who knows what. So we's decided that we would follow youse. That's when we's found you be beatin up by dat son of a bitch. Now youse get some rest while is go talk ta Jack. And maybe youse should give Jack a chance ta explain, I's seen da way he looks at ya it would break his heart if he lost ya. Even if he don't show it."
He left the room and he left Rhythm to her thoughts and in just of a couple of minutes she was out like a light.