Bullied By Them, Loved The Other

Don't be sorry

This was bad. I went inside and locked the door.  I paced the floor and panicked.  I didn't bother calling Tony back because I didn't want to make him panick.  I was panicking myself. 

I woke up Jessica and told her what happened and then Jhene.  We called the police.  They sent an officer to where I stayed and I explained to them the entire situation.  "At this point we can only advise you to stay at a friends house or a hotel, and in the meantime we'll have two officers watching the area for any suspicious occurrences."  Officer Jenkins then continued to advise not to stay where I was.

I decided I'd spend the night with Jessica and get a hotel after.  I was shaken up so I turned my phone completely off. 

The next morning I had a dozen missed calls and texts from Tony.  That same weird number texted me again unfortunately.
***-***-****: You fucked up.

My hands shook bad.  I called Tony.  "Good morning my love.  Are you at the venue?...I'll come see you....I'll leave shortly...I love you too."  

As soon as I got there I ran to Tony's bus.  He was outside with Mike while Mike smoked another joint. I ran to Tony and hugged him, fuck he smelled so good....

Tony instantly noticed the bruise on my face, purple in the center and grayish on the out.  "Mariah what happened to your face!?" Tony held his arm around my waist and inspected my face. His over protective behavior was seducing.  Mike made a face that wrinkled his forehead and his mouth opened slightly. 

"Tony I need to talk to you..." Tony's face went from serious to blank.

I led Tony to a more private place and sat him down at an empty table and held his hands in mine. "I don't even know where to start..." I trailed off and put my head in my hands.  "It's going to be okay just take it easy, remember I'll be right beside you."  Tony tried to ease me up a bit.

"Someone came to my house...attacked me...and they left me a letter..." I slid the letter across the table to Tony for him to read.  "They ran away and on top of that someone texted my phone..." I slid my phone across the table for him to also read. "And then last night, when I went to call you...someone was taking pictures of me with a camera, and I know this for a fact because there was a flash..." 

Tony slouched back in his chair "This is a lot to take in..." the look on Tony's face made me uncomfortable.  "I don't think that you should go back, at least not alone." Tony looked me in the eyes, and I nodded in agreement with him.  "That's what the police told me..." I was losing my shit. I rested my head in my arms and cried, Tony scooted to my side and rubbed my back with his hand.  "We'll get through this together okay? I promise..." Tony and I hugged for a long time. 

When we got back to the bus, Vic was outside with Jaime talking.  "This is embarrassing." I said under my breath.  "It'll be okay, you don't have to answer any questions if you don't want to."  I'd better answer them though just to get it all out of the way.   Me and Tony approached the bus and both Vic and Jaime looked at me with a shocked expression. 

I walked in the bus after Tony did and sat on the couch next to him.  I rested my head on his shoulder and he tuned circles in my arm with his thumb. "Tony Im sorry Im putting you through this."  Tony faced me "Don't be sorry." 

Mike walked out of his bunk "Does anyone wanna get food."  Me and Tony said "YES" in synchronization.  We went to a place near the beach and shared a pizza.  "Did Jaime ever mention why he got arrested last night?" Mike asked pulling the pepperonis off and eating them.  "Bar fight" I said in between bites.  "Well shit"  tony looked up from the table