Heavy lies the crown

Brokeness

Next Day
BlackGate

In the visitation room of the prison Dom and Pierce sat at a table across from each other. few guards stood watch  since it was early and only one or two prisoners were in the room so it gave them the he opportunity to talk loosely.

The latter hadn't even been up an hour when he was called into the room. So to say he was irritated wouldn't be an exaggeration." You look like shit."

Pierce smirked as he looked at his son who wore blacked out shades and was obviously hungover from the previous night.

"Feel like it too." He responded rubbing his forehead trying to block out the ringing from the different alarms and buzzes sounding off around them.

After his little talk with his mom the teen had robbed one of the many liquor stores in Gotham and went on an heavy drinking binge until he passed out somewhere in the park. "You know some crazy bitch is claiming to be my mother? Can you believe that?"

His father took a deep breath as if trying to find the words to confirm if it's true before just saying it."Dom, that crazy bitch is your mother."

He groaned and planted his head on the table. Before he was hoping it was all a bad dream but now that his dad has confirmed it there were a lot of doors opened he'd prefer remained closed. "Why'd she come back now, after all these years?"

Pierce shrugged and yawned." Something about her father coming around. You decide on an answer yet?"

"Answer to what?" The teen lifted his head and raised an eyebrow at the question not understanding what his dad was talking about.

"She wants you to live with her for the rest of  hate. What, did you storm out before then?"

That was a lot to unpack. Especially about Talia wanting him to live with her. But what really got Dom's attention was this 'school' word. Why the hell would he go back there?

On top of that it seems his dad forgot he was in juvie for most of his junior year. Meaning he would have to repeat it as a 18 year old this year. "She wants me to do what for the rest of huh?" 

"Live with her for the rest of high school." Pierce repeated without missing a beat. He knew his son heard him the first time and was just trying to bullshit out the situation."  I said you're were finishing school didn't I?"

"Do you even know why she left us?" The teen asked in a last ditch effort. Unfortunately it fell on deaf ears as his dad stared back with an uncaring expression.

"Bro, her dad would've killed both of us. I don't know about you, but I still got shit I want to do."

Dom took a while to think over what his father was saying. Overall he was making very valid points, but the idea of going back to school was depressing.

So, he decided to hear what Talia had to offer him before making a decision. The teen said his goodbyes to his dad and began to walk away leaving some words to piss him off." Oh, I wrecked the impala a couple of days after you were arrested."

"YOU DID WHAT!?"

Lucky Leaf

In the lounge Dom sat on the couch staring down at a pile of money on the coffee table with a noticeable frown on his face. The twins sat to his right with bored expressions while Billy stood in front of him nervously.

"Someone want to tell me what I'm looking at?"

"Money." Haytona answered picking the remote up to watch tv. It was pretty clear cut to him and didn't know why his friend was asking dumb questions.