Tia slowly opened her eyes as she felt something wet and rough on her cheek, she smiled slightly at the sight of her dog "Hey Lukey" she said scratching his head, he licked her hand and settled down next to her "I love you" she whispered turning on her side to face the german shepard, he whined and closed his eyes while resting his head on his paws,
Tia sat up and ran a hand through her hair while glancing at the clock, it was 11:00 in the morning and she didn't need to work today "In that case I'll go back to sleep" she muttered lying back down in her bed, as soon as she closed her eyes a loud vibrating sound echo'd through the room, Tia groaned in annoyence and turned over to grab her cellphone,
she glanced at the caller ID and found it was an' unknown number, Tia flipped the screen up and put it to her ear "Hi this is Tia's phone" she answered with a tired voice "Hey baby" Tia rolled her eyes and rolled over onto her back "What do you want Billy?" she asked annoyed "C'mon don't be like that" he said "I will end this call" she said threateningly "Okay okay, jeez your no fun in the morning"
he said, Tia sat up and crossed her legs "Did you want something?" she asked wanting him to hurry up so she could go back to sleep "I have a little problem" he said slowly, Tia sighed "What did you do?" she asked knowingly "Nothin'...well not me, Joe, he got arrested last night and his trial's today so I was wondering if you could go inside and see how it goes" he said,
Tia rubbed the side of her head and rested it on her open palm "No, I do enough for you boys" she said firmly, Billy tensed on the other end of the line and tried to keep his temper in check "Let me put this more simply, your going in there weather you like it or not" he said,
Tia winced knowing she had no choice in the matter, either she went quietly or Billy dragged her there and afterwards would most likely lock her in his apartment without food "Fine, what time is the trial?" she asked "1:00, better hurry Tia" he said before hanging up, Tia groaned and flipped her phone shut before dropping it onto the bed "Time to get dressed" she said walking over to her closet.
Tia walked into the trial with all the others and felt slightly out of place, she hardly looked proffesional in her long sleeve black crop top and heels but it would have to do, Tia was sat down at the back of the court feeling very nervus, she wasn't supposed to be in this part of town let alone in a courtroom full of buisness people that would most likely recognize her if she made herself known,
but she was not gonna walk out and have to deal with the most feared gang leader in Boston, Tia couldn't see the man who Joey had apparently done something to, she didn't even know why Joey was here in the first place, but when the judge called the man Tia's hands started to uncontrollably shake "Mr Hume, your giving evidence that Mr Darley here before your eyes attacked your son and caused his death?"
the judge asked, Tia shrunk down in her seat and covered her mouth with her hand, if she'd have known the situation then she never would have come, she would rather Billy beat the hell out of her than' have to be near her father, Nick Hume stood up and thought his situation through "Your sayin that you testify to that in a trial?" the judge asked,
Tia then realised what had happened and felt sick, she turned to the cop guardin the door and motioned him closer, he leaned down as tears filled Tia's eyes "I need to leave, is there a bathroom here?" she asked, he nodded and opened the door "Down the hall' he said, Tia nodded and ran for the bathroom, once he reached the door she slammed it open and ran towards the sink,
tears poured down her cheeks and she sobbed while covering her mouth still "Oh my god" she gasped, she panted and took deep breaths before splashing some cold water over her face, Tia looked at herself in the mirror and realised that her eyes were red, she splashed water over her face a few more times until she looked fairly normal again "Okay Tia c'mon" she said trying to compose herself,
after a few more deep breaths she finally left the bathroom and headed back to the courtroom, once she did however people started exiting, Tia put on her sunglasses and hoped no one recognized her "Tia" Joey called, she faced him and smiled a little "Trust you to get arrested" she said jokingly, she couldn't have Joey finding out who she really was, it could destory her life completely or worse if his brother found out
"What you doin' here?" he asked hugging her, she hugged back "Your brother sent me" she replied, he nodded in understanding and pulled on his red leather jacket before loosening his tie "Let's get outta here, you know I hate this part of town" Tia said nervously while looking around to make sure her father wasn't around "Yeah me too" he said oblivious to how nervous Tia really was,
he put an' arm around her shoulder and they walked out of the building "So how did it go? You out for good now" she asked, Joe nodded with a smirk on his face "Yeah, the guy changed his mind at the last minute, even if he didn't I woulda only got 3 - 5 years in prison" he replied shrugging, Tia nodded and they both paused once two familiar cars pulled up, Joe approached the cars while Tia stayed near the steps and leaned agains't the railing, the boys piled out of the car and started to hug Joey...
Nick Hume sat in his car and watched the gang exit both cars, he knew that he would have to take matters into his own hands now that he dropped the case but he wasn't exactly sure how, as Nick watched them play around and hug the youngest Darley he spotted the blonde girl on the steps, she didn't look too pleased and was looking around as though waiting for someone to jump out,
as the gang got back into the cars Nick watched the man who he knew straight was the leader approach the girl, she walked right past him with her arms crossed and an' angry look on her face, Nick's eyes widened slightly when the leader grabbed her from behind and pushed her agains't the hood of his car, the girl struggled agains't him but calmed down once he whispered something to her,
he put his hands on her waist and slowly guided her back until she was sitting on the hood, the leader slowly pulled off the sunglasses that the girl was wearing and Nick's mouth fell open, he knew who she looked like though he didn't want to amdit it "Tiana" he whispered with wide eyes, he knew it was her, he would be able to recognize his daughter anywhere, even if she did dissapear when she was 15,
Nick watched as the leader and his daughter had what appeared to be a very angry conversation, as the leader grabbed her chin it took everything for Nick to stay in the car and not drag his daughter away from the gang and trouble they brought with them, the leader let go of her chin and placed a hand on the back of her head while hers rested behind his neck,
their foreheads were touching and they were obviouosly whispering to each other, Nick's fists gripped the steering wheel at the sight of his daughter, his little girl, in that position with someone who was no good for her, Tiana and the leader shared a few more whispers before also getting in the car, as the cars pulled out and turned Nick started up his own car before following them.