He had been sober. Or at least she thought he had been. And now they had found him laying in the middle of the road high out of his mind with whatever substance he could get in exchange for his wallet and phone. She should've known when he was gone for days. Christ they could've run him over with their car. Joey was a me and she couldn't blame it after what had been happening in that house. He had taken care of his siblings since he was 12 taking care if them taking beatings for them while his mother never helped them always choosing his father. And now Shannon nearly got killed. And what? They were supposed to forgive their mother and live with Darren like he hadnt left years ago? As Joey started throwing up charcoal colored vomit Shannon's boyfriend Johnny and his best friend Gérard managed to get him to the bathtub and undress him to clean him up. The wcars and fresh brusoes frim his last beating littered his bldyJoey was cursing them as he was throwing up his body burning. She stared at him her heart clenching for him as she held the bucket for him while the boys showered him.