A/n -This chapter is a little intense. I promise to have some romance as soon as possible. But first a little drama. If you don't like drama..PLEASE don't kill me.. I'm just trying to spice things up a bit..it will get better!

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Roger woke up in the morning light. He rolled over to put his arm around Mimi and found she wasn't there!

Roger sat up and saw Mimi getting dressed. "God, you're beautiful" he said. Mimi jumped and dropped her scrunchie. "Jesus, why didn't you let me know you were up?" Mimi walked over to the bed and sat down. She stroked Roger's head lovingly.

Roger took Mimi's hand and kissed it "I love you" Mimi giggled "and I love you" she answered. Roger rolled over so that he was on top of Mimi. She giggled again. Roger kissed her softly.

"Do you..wanna..you know.. Have some fun?" Roger asked smiling down at his love. "No, Roger. Maybe later" answered Mimi. "I have to go to work" "Work? It's the morning!" exclaimed Roger.

"No, its 4:45 baby. We went to sleep late.. And you just kept on sleeping" Mimi smiled at Roger. "I'll be back around one." Roger put his head back down. "Don't be mad.. We need..." "The money" finished Roger "Its all about fucking money" he spat.

"Roger.." Mimi reached out to him. He turned away. "We need it!" She sighed. "I'm not gonna fight with you" Mimi walked out of the bed room. "I'll see you later.. I love you" Roger didn't answer.

"Take my jacket" Roger finally called. But he was too late Mimi had left. "Fuck!" He cursed.

It was about midnight and The Cat Scratch Club was hopping!

"WHOO-HOO" screamed Jenny one of the dancers. She came off stage with a ten dollar bill in her hand. "They're animals out there!"

The girls that were sitting on the floor laughed. Mimi was among them. Stacey passed a bottle of beer to Michelle who passed it to Lucy.

In walked Mary with a small bag of white powder. "Hey, now we're talkin'" said Jenny. She grabbed the bag out of Mary's hand and snorted away. "Hey, save some for us!" Shouted Stacey.

Jenny passed the bag around to all the girls. When it came to Mimi she shook her head "No" she said "What's wrong with you girl?" asked Michelle. "I promised my boyfriend" answered Mimi

"Shit, I wish I loved my man enough to try to clean up" said Lucy. The girls chuckled. "Okay Mimi. If it means that much to ya, you don't have to do it"

A man cleared his throat. All the girls spun around to see their boss standing in the door watching them.

"Hey, Hey Joe" Mary said. "Don't you 'Hey, Hey' me! Get this shit outta here before I fire your ass and the cops get here! The guys out there are getting rowdy and you know someone ALWAYS calls the fucking cops!"

Music started "Jesus Christ, Mimi that was your cue. Get out there!"

Mimi walked out on stage to a lawn chair and hand cuffs. She began her lawn chair hand cuff dance. It was a total hit.

At the end of her dance a young man caught Mimi's eye. He was cute with brown hair and green eyes. He smiled at Mimi and she smiled back. If she had seen him before Roger she would have wanted to get to know him. He looked a bit fimilar.

Mimi bowed and the man threw a five dollar bill to her. Mimi picked the money up and walked off stage.

She showed the girls the money. "Where'd ya get that?" asked Lucy

"The guy sitting up in the front..the one with the brown hair and green eyes" replied Mimi "The guy sitting up in the front with the brown hair and green eyes?" repeated Jenny

"Yeah" said Mimi smiling. "He's cute" "That's my Ex" replied Jenny. Mimi's eyes widened. She couldn't believe it! "Don't you remember him? 'Bad news Bryan?" "Yeah" Replied Mimi. He was abusive to Jenny. Mimi was part of the reason why they broke up. This was way before Roger.

Jenny turned around and walked away "Keep an eye out Mimi" she said turning around. "You too girl" she replied.

It was well passed one by the time Mimi got out of the club. She walked the back Alley pocketbook in hand, in the darkness when a voice came.

"Hello" said the voice. Mimi jumped. "Roger?" she said. A man appeared out of the shadows. "No, Bryan..remember me? Jenny's old boy. I liked your dance. Would you like to get a drink or something?" "No thank you" Mimi replied. "I have to get home" she walked passed "How about a little sex? You never objected to it before. We can have fun like we used to"

"No" said Mimi. "I have a boyfriend now" She went to walk away but Bryan blocked her. "A woman so beautiful alone so late at night can turn into disaster" You're a lot prettier then Jenny.. You always were.. Are you and her still REAL good friends?.. Does she know we did it behind her back in her bed?" "Shut up!" Cried Mimi. Brian ran his hand over Mimi's waist. "Don't touch me" spat Mimi. "I still like you.." Bryan said. He came in for a kiss, Mimi spit in his face.

"You whore!" he yelled. "You're the reason she broke up with me!" His hand came down on Mimi's cheek sending Mimi to the ground. Mimi screamed. Bryan started to take off her pants. Mimi screamed again receiving another blow to the head.

Blood began to trickle down her head onto her face. Mimi screamed again and was hit once more but a new pain filled her. She looked down to see a pocket knife in her side. She screamed again from the image.

Mimi thought about Roger. She wanted to be with him. She wanted him to hold her, to tell her everything was going to be okay. Gathering all of her energy Mimi screamed once again but everything went dark and quiet.

'The man' as everyone called him was walking down the street doing his nightly visits to all the junkies in the neighborhood when he heard someone screaming. He went to investigate. He recognized Mimi who was one of his old customers and Bryan his newest customer.

He watched the scene for a little bit to see if Mimi could handle herself. But, it got worse. Bryan was on top of her. The man found the heaviest thing he could find in the alley, a piece of pipe. He flung The pipe. It missed Bryan but scared him. He got up and ran before he could attract anymore attention.

Apparently someone else heard Mimi's screams. A young man in a police officer's outfit came running, gun in hand. He saw 'The man' standing a few feet away.

"Hey!" the officer cried. The man turned and ran, before he got arrested for selling drugs.

The officer bit his lip and went over to Mimi. He covered her up and picked up her pocketbook for any hopes of an ID. He found one. 'Mimi Marquez, 19 years old' it read. He shook his head. 19 years old.

He took out his walkie talkie "This is Officer Matt Benson. I'm gonna need some back up. A young lady has been beat up she's bleeding real bad from her side and by the looks of it she was possibly raped."

By 2:30 still no Mimi. Roger was getting worried. He finally put on his coat and was about to walk out the door when the phone rang. "Hello?" answered Roger. "Mr. Marquez?" said a voice on the other end. "This is Mr. Davis.. Who is this?" he questioned

"This is Gail Martin down at Mercy hospital. An officer found a young lady by the name of Mimi Marquez in the alley behind The Cat Scratch Club"

Roger's insides froze. "We seem to think she has been raped" He dropped the phone and ran.

He hailed a taxi. "Where to?" asked the driver "Mercy hospital and fast!" the driver nodded and stepped on the gas.

They arrived at the hospital Roger threw money at the driver and ran. Once in the hospital he went to the front desk frantic. "Mimi Marquez please" he told he receptionist. She punched the name into the computer and found where Mimi was. "She's in the ER getting tests. I'll tell you when she's in a room" said the receptionist smoothly.

"Please" Begged Roger. "Let me see my girlfriend" The receptionist nodded and gave Roger a pass. He ran to the emergency room and gave the pass to a security guard. The guard led Roger to another desk and the receptionist told him the same thing: Just to wait and he will be called when Mimi was in a room.

"Mr. Davis?" came a voice. Roger jerked out of a trance. The voice belonged to a tall Asian male "My name is Dr. Jennings" Roger shook his hand "Your girlfriend was attacked outside of her place of work, An officer found her. She has a severe concussion. But she was NOT raped."

Roger gave a sigh of relief. "But, we did find a pocket knife lodged in her left side. That's where she lost most of her blood" continued Dr. Jennings "She has been stitched up and she will be able to recover from that:"

"Can I see her?" Roger asked. "Yes, she's up on the 8th floor. Room 188."

Answered Dr. Jennings. "I'll be up in the morning to check up on you and send up some officers to see if we can catch this creep"

Roger rode the elevator to the 8th floor and found room 188. He took a deep breath and walked into the room.

Mimi was fast asleep. Her face was all bruised up. Roger went over to the side of the bed and stoked Mimi's side softly.

Roger sat down in the chair next to the bed and watched Mimi as she slept. She looked to helpless. He wanted to hold her, to bring her home to 'pop the question' if he would have done that last night..maybe none of this would have happened.

He would have to put off proposing to Mimi for a while.. This was too much to handle and to put a proposal on top of it? Forget it. 'The time and the place will be right' he told himself.

"I'm sorry Mimi" Roger whispered.