Monday, 11 June 2012

There are two great days in a person's life: the day we are born and the day we discover why. (William Barclay)

Senior was like a surrogate father, Tony was like a brother, when she realized where they were she was upset. She called her parents in tears and instead of compassion or help, her father revealed that he had been the one to summit the tip that they were soliciting drugs on the trip that day.

“Aren’t you suspicious of these road trips Tommy takes?”

“I trust Tommy and until just now I trusted you.” Before she slammed the phone onto the receiver, she announced, “You’re about to become the grandfather of Tommy’s child.”

When Tommy and Vincent returned they were angry but calm enough to rationally store their new supply in the panic room before heading to the station to make bail. Senior hadn’t served time since he pulled five years in his twenties. Tony had never.

They celebrated bail with champagne. Penny declined.

“You love champagne.”

Everyone looked at her.

“Um, this wasn’t how I wanted to tell you but, Tommy–”

“What is it, Baby? What’s wrong?”

“I’m pregnant.”

His glass slipped out of his hand and smashed into a hundred pieces on the floor. His jaw dropped.

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