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Adam's P. O. V
I finally understand why Taya keeps running from me. She is a dancer.. Ok so she's a stripper.. I can tell by her reaction that she is ashamed of what she does for a living. I on the other hand am completely unfazed by her career choice and I plan on letting her know that this changes nothing between us. She is still mine and I will have her back.. Tonight.
After watching her truck disappear into the dark I turn and walk back into the club. I walk back onto the main floor and down the hall into the private room that Matt, James and Mickey were waiting in. The bodyguard is still standing by the door so I walk over to him.
" Excuse me Sir but could you possibly tell me where I can find Taya's house? She forgot to give me the address before she left. " I ask him and watch his face show the sock.
"You know Miss Lacy? I mean Taya." He asks in return.
" Yes.. I know her very well. " I answer and hold back a smirk when his lips part in surprise at the implications of my statement.
" Um.. Yeah her address is 1252 Peachtree. " He answers and turns to walk out..
Taya's P. O. V
As I walk through the door I realize that something isn't right. Instead of the usual over powering smell of alcohol I smell a metallic type smell.. Like.. Blood! I rush into the living room and it's like a fist in the stomach.. My head is spinning and I feel the urge to throw up.. Laying on the floor beside the couch is Victoria.. In a pool of blood.. Her face is blank of expression and white as snow.. I rush over to her and reach for her cold limp wrist. I search for a pulse but I'm too frantic.
"Wake up mom please wake up.. I'm sorry I didn't mean it.. You can stay.. Just please get up." I find myself crying.. I see the gash in the side of her head and reach for my phone. I quickly dial 911.
" Hello yes please send an ambulance to 1252 Peachtree! My mother is hurt! She is laying in the floor with a gash in her head.. There's a lot of blood.. I can't tell if she is breathing!! Please hurry!!" I almost yell and without thinking I hang up.
I'm too afraid to touch her and looking at her like this is too unnerving so I decide to go out and wait for the ambulance. I'm pacing back and forth when I hear the sirens coming my way but before they can been seen I watch a car pull into the driveway... Adam? What in the hell is he doing here? I see that he can tell something isn't right and he hurries to make his way to me..
" Taya! What's wrong baby? Are you OK?" He asks grabbing my hands to pull me into his arms.
" I'm fine its my.. Mom.. She.. She. " I try to explain but I'm cut off when an EMT walks my way.
" Excuse me where is the patient?" He asks and all I can do is point into the house. I watch three of them hurry in and I let Adam help me over to the chair to the left of the door. I know Victoria and I have absolutely no relationship but she is still my mother. Adam is being so sweet and he falls to his knees in his effort to ease my nerves.. After what felt like an eternity the. Medics walk out to look at me..
" Are you family? " The short bald man asks and I slowly nod yes.
" Umm.. I'm so sorry ma'am there is nothing we can do.. She is gone.. Of course we have to wait for the county coroner to come and confirm it. " He explains.. I don't break down and cry, I don't scream or even move.. I don't blink I just sit here looking at him as if he speaks some foreign language.. I don't even know how to feel.. I just stare blankly at him.
" Taya.. Taya? Baby I'm so sorry. " Adam says pulling me in to hold me close.
" About what? That the woman who gave birth to me is dead? That I'm a low class stripper? That I now have no one left? That now your reputation will be blasted on every social media and media outlet available because you are fucking a stripper? That you have finally found some one or something you can't have? God.. what in the hell are you even doing here? How did you find me again?" I yell angrily pushing him back.
" Cut the fucking shit Taya.. Just stop and let me be here for you. What in the hell? Why can't you just let me in? So you're a fucking stripper.. I don't care what you do for work as long as you aren't sleeping with anyone for money. Go a head push me away all you want.. I'm not going anywhere. " He says forcefully through clinched teeth.
It is at this point that the police pull in blocking Adam's car in the driveway. My hands are shaking and I feel like I'm going to be sick.. She's dead.. Victoria is really dead.. Oh God.. Someone has killed my mother.. I can taste the acid in my mouth.. my stomach is clinching.. I'm going to be sick.. I push Adam hard knocking him on his ass and run around the corner of the house. I only make it half way when my stomach heaves and everything I have eaten is now on the ground. I feel light headed and I turn to walk back to the front when an officer meets up with me..
" Hello ma'am I'm officer Williams. Your the victim's daughter?" He introduces himself before asking who I am.
" Yes Sir I'm Taya.." I answer and he offers me a bottled water. I take it from him and open it, take a mouth full to swish around before spitting it out.
" Look Taya I know this must be hard for you but I need to ask you a few questions.. Could you please tell me what happened here tonight?" He asks.
"I don't know.. I left work and when I got here the door was standing wide open.. I just thought she had left it open because she was moving out but I walked in to find her.. Like.. Like that. I rushed to her side and tried to find a pulse.. But. Oh God.. Look officer my mother has.. Had issues. She is.. Was an alcoholic and had a bad drug problem. Just this afternoon before I left for work I broke up a fight between her and a guy I assume is her drug dealer. He was screaming at her that she owed him money and that if he didn't get it that he would kill her.. Oh God its all my fault. I should have stayed with her. " I explained.
" Taya you can't blame yourself for her problems.. It sounds to me like you need to find a place to stay for tonight. It may not be safe for you here. I need you to sit down with our sketch artist and give him a description of this guy so we can issue a warrant for his arrest. After you have done that you should let your boyfriend take you to his place. You know it's crazy how much he reminds me of the Adam Levine guy. Anyway I'll call the sketch artist out and let you get started. " He told me and I rolled my eyes at his reference to Adam as my boyfriend..
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