HeaL Me...( A STORY ABOUT ADDICTION AND SALVATION)

CHAPTER 9 " Away From YOU anD BrokeN "

Caution ⚠️ Drugs are the way to destruction and death. Say no to it. Save yourself and your loved ones.

I don't support it in any way and that's why I am here to tell the tale of how drugs can be the demolition of a beautiful life.

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Chapter 9

Away From You And BrokeN.....

"Shame was an emotion he had abandoned years earlier. Addicts know no shame. You disgrace yourself so many times that you become immune to it."

―John Grisham,The Testament

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Lan Wangji rubbed up and down his jeans nervously as he watched the older man sat perched on an old milk crate staring at the four year old little boy huddled in the corner. The man flicked his cigarette ashes off as he wiped at the sweat that accumulated on his brow. His fingers were blackened all the way to the tips of his nails.

"I can't believe you brought this one." He growled towards a woman with stringy hair. Her needle marks are predominant on her pale ashen skin.

"Don't worry about the kid. I couldn't find a sitter. I thought you said you'd give me what I need." She rocked back and forth on her heels as her body shook in pain for lack of her drug of choice. "Come on, Carl. I need a fix. Give me something ."

"You didn't get the money. Bringing your kid with you messes up my plans. I'm not even sure I can get the money now. Besides, you promised me a fun time for the drugs. How is that supposed to happen with the little brat being here?" He spit so that it landed near the foot of the small boy.

The boy pulled back his foot as he shivered. Lan Wangji watched a cockroach crawl across the bare toe of the woman. She never flinched. The man stood up and hunkered down near the small child. He breathed out. The little boy held his breath secretly as he became nauseated by the stench that permeated from the man's mouth. The child noticed his yellowed crooked teeth before the man took a long extended draw from his cigarette. He blew the smoke from his mouth into the little boy's face. The man then squeezed the child's face so tight that the boy felt his jaw pop.

"Leave him alone." Wangji defended the boy as it seemed his mother wasn't going to. She was too busy shaking from her lack of drugs.

The man laughed haughtily. "You think you're better than me, don't ya, kid?" Lan Wangji never answered, causing the man to let go of the boy and stare at Wangji instead. This elicited a frightened groan from the little boy. "I don't care. It all boils down to if you got my money or not."

Wangji saw the man pull out a knife as he flicked it on his blackened fingernails. He sliced through his own finger, causing a small amount of blood to trickle down to drop on the small child's white t-shirt. The man laughed as he watched the boy squeeze his eyes shut tightly.

"Bet you never thought going to work with mommy would be this scary. Huh? Kid." He laughed again when tears started to stream down the little boy's face. "Look, Cora, your little boy is crying." The man then took the knife over the kid's stomach. "I can gut you."

"Leave the kid alone, or I'll take my money elsewhere." Wangji raked his hand through his long hair. It felt greasy to the touch. He hadn't showered in two days. His life took a nosedive out of control when he saw Wei Ying out more and more with the Huan family, which meant Wei Ying was out more and more with Chingu. Not to mention, the break up with Liu didn't go as planned. NOT AT ALL.