Tia
“ We were six months into dating when he moved in. His apartment complex was under repairs for water damage so I let him stay with me and it was all good . We never had a problem. He helped with the bills and everything. It was eight months in That I started seeing the changes. He was working at Precinct 12 Down in New York. I started seeing the Small changes. He would be home Hours after he clocked out. If I asked him he would just brush it off “.
I can remember clearly now. I had forgotten about it because I didn't want to remember it.
“ Then he started coming home with Lipstick stains in his clothes. When I asked, his answer was always the same. Then he started drinking. One night he was drunk and tried to initiate sex but I wasn't interested, I brushed him off and told him no that I wasn't ready ,he got angry and slapped me then he left . He came back at six the next morning. We had a huge argument that morning “.
“ I confronted him about what had happened and he started accusing me.of cheating on him. That I didn't want to sleep with him so maybe I was sleeping with someone else. He said I'm always suspecting him of cheating. I called him an asshole and he slapped me again calling me a fucking tease and told me to shut my mouth “.
“ I yelled at him,told him to get out of my house and that we were done. Luckily I had called the girls after he had left that night and told them ,and she said they'd come over before they went to work. Back then I was much skinnier and couldn't defend myself. He punched me twice, once to my eye then to my mouth. He grabbed me by my hair and dragged me to the room “.
“ I started screaming and fighting and he kept hitting me. He ripped my clothes off, he already had his pants off and he would have raped me ,if Mel and the others hadn't barged in at the same time. They beat the hell out of him before he ran out”.
“ We reported it but he was a fellow officer and they just said it's a domestic problem. That if I reported it it would make the precinct look bad. They refused to listen to any Mel and I had to say. They transferred him Because Mel and the others didn't give up. After he was gone I decided to Lock it away and forget about it. I never told mom neither did the others”.
After that we All decided that if we met someone the others had all right to yell is the truth. If they knew that person was good for us or not. It was a year after that I met Josh. He met the girls and they approved. We were together for two years before I slept with him. He was a good boyfriend until I caught him in bed with his secretary. It was a week after I broke up with him that I ran into you that night at the club “.
I looked at him and I was worried. He wasn't saying anything,he wasn't even looking at me. I knew he heard what I said because I could feel his entire body vibrating. “ Dominic?”.
“ Yes love?”.
“ You're shaking “.
He just rubbed my back “ I'm okay, I promise. Why don't you go in and take a shower, I'll join you in a few minutes”.
“ Okay “.
I knew he was lying and he was beyond pissed. I headed in and left him sitting there. When I got up to our room and looked out the window he was gone. Oh hell , I knew without a doubt Dominic was about to show his crazy side .
Dominic
The longer I listened to her the More I became pissed. The minute she walked through the doors. I headed back to the main house.
“ Leah,Sam follow me”.
I guess Sam was learning to read me because the minute he was standing next me he asked it. “ Did he hit her ?”.
“ Yes, Her eyes were swollen and black and blue,her mouth was bleeding. Her body was covered in bruises “. Leah said, looking at us.
“ Everything Leah. I know You're the techy. I want everything on him. I don't care if he's FBI he could be the fucking president and he'll still pay for putting hands on her. Everything you find, give it to Sam and you're not allowed to tell her or the others Leah or you'll be banned from coming here and playing with the kids for two months “.
“ Okay”. She said walking away.
I looked at Sam , “keep him under survili ,see how quickly and How quietly we can get to him. What he does on a daily basis everything “.
“ Don't worry,I got it. Don't let her know. Your brother is heading this way. Your Crazy is showing”..
I just rolled my eyes. Bennett looked at us.
“ I don't want to know if either of you did it or what either of you did. Now this asshole that showed up?. Allie was doing some work because Tia said she's pressing charges. She's not the only one he did it to. He transferred seven times before he left to Join the FBI. Seven states, seven women and they were bullied into keeping silent “.
“ I'll handle it”. Sam said, walking away.
Bennett looked at me. “ I'm guessing she told you because your crazy is showing. We need to get our stories straight for this. So tomorrow morning everyone is coming over and we'll lay it all out”.
“ No one is allowed to ask me about Melinda”.
He looked at me ,I saw when he understood what I meant. “ Can she be found?”.
“ No”.
“ Good. Does Tia know?”.
“ Me , you, Tia and Sam. No one else”.
“ Good”.
I saw my father and mother looking at us from the patio. They knew their son's were crazy and they knew how I was. When I got back to our house, I found her sitting in the bed. I grabbed a shower and sat next to her.
“ Talk to me baby?”.
“ I know He's going to try anything and everything possible to get at me. To separate me from you. Dominic I don't care what you have to do but I don't want to see him ever again “.
“ You won't baby”. I got into bed and pulled her in with me. I woke up to the ringing of my phone. I saw it was Ryan. She was already awake and gone.
“ Yes Ryan?”
“ You've got four days to get your story straight. This guy is bad News. I overheard him talking To someone he means to pin Alyssa Jaques' death on you also Melinda's disappearance. He's trying to get the documents signed to Interrogate everyone including her friends. He'll be doing a polygraph test. I'll interview Tia. He won't be allowed to say anything to her. I tried to stop this but I couldn't”.
“ Thanks Ryan we'll get to it “. I ended the call and grabbed a shower and headed down. I passed the window and saw them over on the patio at the main house. I went over. During breakfast I told them what Ryan said. No one looked scared. After breakfast Leah went inside and came back out with a notepad and pens. She handed one to everyone.
“ Sam and I figured that would be the outcome and seeing as that idiot Matt is involved he'll try pinning it on you Dominic. So I need everyone to write down your version of what happened with Alyssa only Alyssa. Later we'll do Melinda. This way we know what everyone knows and we turn it into one story. That way we all have the same information in Alyssa “.
No one said anything, they started writing, Even Allie. “ If anyone has something illegal in Their notes let everyone read it then scratch it out and give it to me”.
“ Okay Sis”.