When
Sonny and Danni arrive at the station, Sonny pushes Danni into the
interrogation room.
"Sit down!" he commands her while he
takes of his jacket, revealing the holster he always wears.
Danni's eyes are questioning and a bit scared. She has an idea what it could be, off course. Rico saw them entering the room, so he enters the room also and grabs the chair next to Danni to put it close to her and sits backwards on it, as he usually does. Sonny puts his hands in his pockets for a few seconds. Then he lights yet another cigarette and sits down on a chair very close to Danni. The three faces of them are really close to each other.
Sonny
pulls the pouch of snow out and holds it up in front of Danni's
face.
"What's your story, Danni?!" he says softly but
firmly
Danni answers in hesitation "I don't know what you mean?"
"No, no, no, we're not getting into any of that. Don't try me! I am giving you one chance and one chance only!" Takes a puff and blows it into Danni's face
"What is your story…?" he asks again, slowly this time.
"I'm sorry dad, I really don't know what this is about. I have never seen this before." Danni tries, keeping her voice as steady as possible. Sonny lowers the coke and throws it on the table in front of them, gives her his angriest look and keeps quiet. Rico butts in "Danni, don't play with us. We know it is yours!"
Sonny
takes two more puffs after which he stands up to get in front of
Danni and bends towards her.
"I am Vice for Christ's sake! Do
you really think you can fool me on this one? This is what we do all
day, every day of every week of every month. I've dealt with so
many smart asses and I've heard every sad excuse on the block in
any variation you can possibly imagine. Now don't play dumb with
me!"
He pauses and sits down again.
"I can put you away
for possession of cocaine, do you know that?"
This scares
Danni, she knows he can play it all the way as he has put her in the
cell for a couple of hours before. Maybe he was not kidding.
"Are…
are you gonna do that?"
"You tell me Danni, do I have to?" Sonny asks her with a very serious face.
Danni finally gives in "I didn't use it dad."
"I sure as hell hope so! Those clinics are not a very fun place to be" he lectures while walking through the room.
"Honestly, I never tried it!"
"But why do you have it then?" Rico asks.
Danni
hesitates for a second but decides she'd better come clean with
them
"I.. I got it from this guy who comes to our school. He
gave it to me yesterday, but I don't know why. And I really planned
to do away with it!"
"Who
is that guy?" Rico asks her.
"I don't know him that well."
She answers.
Rico: "Name?"
Danni: "I don't know his name."
Sonny turns around. "Oh, yes you do! I bet he's the reason Shirley isn't seeing much of you lately!"
"Have
you talked to Shirley? Haven't seen her in a while." Danni tries
to change the subject. Sonny ignores it and asks "What's his
name?"
She still keeps her mouth shut. Sonny grabs Danni by the
face making her look into his eyes.
"What's his name?!"
Danni pulls her face out of his hold and looks away as she
answers
"Tommy".
Rico: "Tommy have a last name?"
Danni: "….Quinton".
Sonny and Rico look at each other. They know him obviously.
Sonny: "bastard!"
Rico:
"He always first tries to create an addict. Plays to be the real
thoughtful boyfriend, starts feeding her powder after a while. When
he finally gets a girl on coke, he knows he'll be her lifetime
supplier. He can make her do anything he wants. And he has killed
before. This guy is really bad news, Danni. You'd better stay far
away from this guy."
She had found this out on her own already,
but she acts to be surprised about it.
Sonny: "How close are you to him?"
"…Not that close, I have only seen him a couple of times briefly at school." Danni lies
Sonny: "You're gonna stay the hell away from this guy! I don't want you to get hurt."
Danni: "I can take care of myself."
Sonny laughs at this. "Sure you can…"
