Chapter 14

While Mok was in rehab and Angel was in Miami, Ohmtown was buzzing with a different kind of trouble.

Days after selling Angel to the drug dealers, Omar had finished sniffing the cocaine. The substance gave him a good buzz, but he had to keep his addiction a secret from Dizzy and Stretch.

On the night he sold Angel, Dizzy and Stretch had found Omar, camping out in the abandoned car. "Hey Omar," Stretch said to him. "Did you hear? Mok is in the hospital and will be entering rehab."

"And why does this concern me?" Omar asked, hoping that they did not find the cocaine in the glove compartment.

"There's no mention of Angel," Dizzy replied.

"Yeah and I'm kind of worried, you haven't heard from her have you?" Stretch asked Omar.

"No," he lied and they bought it and left him.

Since that night, Omar enjoyed sniffing up the cocaine. However, his thoughts were on Angel and he really wished he punched her for threatening him.

Now, he really enjoyed hitting Angel because according to him she was very spirited and he thought it was a threat to his authority over her.

The first time they met, it was love at first sight. They went out every weekend for three weeks and Angel wanted to take a break from dating, mainly because they didn't have money.

"You think I'm poor? Well for your information I have plenty to go around," he said to her in a threatening tone.

"No, I just think we should save up for things that we want to do," Angel replied, but that made Omar tick.

"For three weeks, we have been doing what you want! What about the stuff that I want to do?!" he yelled at her.

"Omar, I think you're overacting," she said and in a heartbeat, Omar punched her in the cheek.

Angel was stunned. She rubbed her cheek, while staring at Omar. She thought she saw steam coming out of his nose.

She immediately ran away from him and Omar regretted in hitting her, but for some reason, it felt good.

By the next morning, Omar called Angel at her apartment to apologize, saying he would never hit her, again.

She believed him and forgave him by opening up her place to him.

However, things went terribly wrong for Angel. Omar ordered her to quit her job as an assistant at the police station, despite the fact that Angel wanted to become an officer of the law.

"Women should not be out on the street barking orders at everyone," Omar told her and said that he would financially provide for the both of them.

Omar knew that Angel wanted to become a police investigator ever since her parents were murdered and their killer was never found. Angel dedicated herself in the station and the commissioner respected her for her cause, saying that she was eligible to go to the academy once her tuition was fully paid.

However, Omar said to her one day, "A woman will never strike rich with that kind of job. No, you should go into the music business."

Angel was a good singer, but she didn't see the point of becoming a musician because it wasn't her passion.

After Angel resigned from her job, Omar went to work at a fast food joint. At night, they would go out to every bar and play rock music to the patrons.

They met Dizzy and Stretch at one bar and they played a song together and the crowd loved it.

Unfortunately, two months after Angel quit her job, Omar was fired for being high on drugs.

He blamed his predicament on Angel and began shouting insults and hitting her. Her screams caused the neighbors to call the police and Omar was arrested for domestic violence.

It was during Angel's visit to him in jail that he apologized, again, and said he really blamed it on the drugs. Angel believed him and asked the commissioner to drop the charges. Omar was allowed to go and he went searching for another job.

However, no one would hire him due to failing the drug test and was unemployed for quite some time. Angel insisted that she go back to her job at the police station, but Omar ordered her to not go back.

A few months later, Angel and Omar were evicted from the apartment and began to live on the streets. Dizzy and Stretch offered help by giving them some money, but Omar did not take it, saying, "We don't need charity."

One month after being kicked out, Angel finally got the guts to tell Omar that she was leaving him. Omar went ballistic. In his rage, he made a sharp point on a stick and placed it over his heart.

"If you dare leave me, I will kill myself, and the best part is that I will make it look like you did it," he threatened her and she believed him.

For two long years, Angel suffered at the hands of Omar. She had to stay in the relationship and endure the abuse because she feared Omar would keep his word.

It was purely by chance that one night, Mok discovered Angel's singing talent at Lars' and sent her an invitation to come to his place.

Omar, believing that Angel would leave him, made himself look like a jerk in front of Mok's goons. However, he fell for the Edison balls and Mok had his servants kick Omar, Stretch, and Dizzy out.

The real breaking point came for Omar when he found Angel in the arms of Mok. He failed to realize that it was an imposter posing as Angel.

"I should've killed you right there! You left me for that old bastard!" Omar said to himself.

When he got back to Ohmtown, he fed his anger towards Angel by planning his revenge. He just happened to see Angel at the bus station and he feared she was leaving him, again.

"She got what she deserved," Omar said to himself, again.

Right now, he was losing a certain buzz and he needed some cash. Omar went around town, breaking into unsecured cars, finding some money and a gun.

"I'll show those idiots who's in charge," he said, hiding the weapon in the front of his pants and went on his way.