Tennessee Waltz

CHAPTER FOUR

I pulled up to Tony's house. There was a stone fountain in the middle of his lawn and yellow flowers that surrounded it. His house house was bright as if he had all the lights on. I paid the cab and climbed up the couple of cobblestone steps to his front door.

There were two doors that made up the front and in the middle they had a glass square so you were able to see a bit of the inside. I knocked on the door and heard some yell something but I couldn't make the words out of it. The doorman opened the door and i handed him my coat and hat. Tonys wooden floor creaked underneath my feet and I heard the Ella and Louis record playing from the dining room. The walls were a burgandy and there were two opening on opposite sides. One leading to the living room and the other to the dining room. The living room had a fire place that was burning. Two brown couches were placed slightly facing the fireplace.Two buttnaked girls with a piece of clothing around their mouth ran into a room in the living room closing the door behind them. Tony then walked out with a cigar between his lips.

"Ahhh Dion, you made it." Tony said greeting me.

"So what do you think?" He asked me indicating his house. He led me into the dinning room. One wall had a cabinet filled with all sorts of wine and beer as if they were trophies. I took a seat next to Tony at the dinning table.

"It's pretty cool Tony. How did you afford this?" I asked him and he chuckled.

"Im a business man and run my own business."

"What's it?"

"Let's just say it's not an easy job but the outcome is great and you get a lot of benifits working this job or for me."

"Do you own a factory or something?" He shifted in his seat a little and puffed out a cloud of smoke.

"No not really. I find the things I sell on the streets and people from all around the world pay good money for them. I categorize them into different categories. For example; white, black, asian, Italian, blonde, brown, tall, curvy." He stopped and looked at me."If you're ever looking for a job or need some money Dion, I can help you and place you in my business."

"Thanks Tony but for now I'm good." Two short woman walked in with our food. They set them down right in front of us and poured us a glass of wine. The doorman walked in and whispered something into Tony's ear.

"Oh please excuse me Dion, I'll be right back." Tony said getting up. He left the room and I was left all by myself in the dining room. I got up needing to use the restroom. I went upstairs and came across a long narrow hallway going right and left. I heard a whimper followed by a groan coming from the room on the right.

It was sightly open so I peeped in to check who it was. She laid on the bed with her hands tied above her head. The white sheets on the bed surrounded her outlining her body. She had a white piece of cloth tied around her mouth. Her blue eyes looked up at me and cried in silence for help.

She seemed out of it as if she was Drugged and brought her here. I ran to her quickly untying her from the bed. She gasped loudly as if she breathing in oxygen for the first time. She squirmed around the bed like a fish out of water.

"Thank you." She says in a dry raspy voice as if she hadn't drank water in days.

"Dion?" I heard Toby yell out my name from downstairs. I quickly and quietly ran out of the room closing the door behind me. I made my way down the stairs meeting Tony at the bottom. He looked up at me with a bit of confusion and anger in his eyes.

"What were you doing?" Tony asked me.

"Um I was in the bathroom, is that a problem?" I asked.