Chapter Eighty Six

As I regained consciousness,  my head was hurting like a bitch, I pulled my hand to where the pain was, and was amazed too feel my hair wet. Realisation flooded through my veins I knew it was blood.

Withdrawing my hand from my injury and trying to focus my vision I saw blood on my finger tips and confirmation I was right.

"What the fuck just happened?"

Madison  was knelt beside me, "D, hit you over the head with the fire iron..."  she held a concerned look on her face,

 " you ok? "

"I think so, head hurts like a bitch..."

Madison lent over and examined my cut, "Oooh not good, a trip to A&E is my guess? looks like you need stitches"

I was not going back to hospital, fact, even though my vision was blurred and my head felt like it had a digger and driller working away, in my skull, I tired to sound casual as I spoke. 

"I'll be ok, I just need something to stem the bleeding..."

"Jon, please you need stitches..."

"Look I'm ok,  sides, your a nurse, can't you just fix me up?"

she laughed at me, "you're  a real stubborn assole sometimes, you know that?"

I gave her my sexiest grin, as best I could, but fact was, I was not going to go sit in A & E for hours, with everyone prying to know what happened, my private life was already over exposed and I sure the hell wasn't gonna let anymore of it become public knowledge.

Madison had left me alone going to fetch something to ease the pain, and stem the bleeding.

She returned minutes later. "Ok, my pop is on the way, he is gonna fix you up, in the mean time take these and  use this?"

she handed me two Tylenol and a towel that had been run in cold water and wrung out, I took the pills and towel and gently I placed it on my head, I winced as I pressed gently.  Still sitting on the floor, I wanted to move somewhere more comfortable.

"Can you help me?"

"Sure, what you need me to do?"

"help me up ?"

slowly Maddi helped me to my feet and to the arm chair I had pointed too. I sat with my arm resting raised keeping the towel to my head and the injury.

"Where's D go?"

" after she hit you she dropped the iron and ran out of the door,  she could be in Chicago for all I know, she was quicker than a V8. Man she is some piece that one." 

 I was puzzled,  and let my thoughts outta my mouth "I don't get it..."

"What don't you get?, far as I can see, you've had a lucky escape from her, no both or them."

I looked at Maddi, "but that's just it, the person I've been talking too of late, really aint my wife, that person is not the Dorothea Hurley I married.... I don't know what or how, but something aint right?"

"she had a break down you think?"

"Maybe, I tell ya, some of the stuff is definitely D, but whacking me?, I swear that's not right, she just would not have done that?... I don't know..."

Maddi lifted the towel and inspected the cut... "has it stopped?"

she lent back a little, "nope, still bleeding..." she checked her watch just as there came a knock on the door. she rose from her knees and went and answered.

When she re appeared she was with a man. her pop was my guess.

 "Pop this is Jon,"

A man in his late years, greying hair and slightly balding on top walked over to where I was resting and held out his hand toward me.

"Mr Bongiovi, I'm Howard, Madison's father"

I shook his hand which was warm. "now let me take a look here and see what's been going on?"  he placed his bag on the carpet next to my foot, and removed the towel and inspected the damage.

"I'm sorry, I need to press to check for fractures, it will hurt... " he wasn't joking, I all but past out and saw stars.

He studied me the whole time, "your a little white are you ok?" I shook my head, "Yeah, I'm ok?"

"Well the good news is I cant feel anything moving or indented, but with the skull you never can tell, really you should go to the A&E and have an x-ray to be on the safe side?"

"No, look, I'm fine..."

"Ok" he raised his eyebrows In disapproval, but continued to check me over, "Follow the light with your eye's please?"

I did as instructed, "Blow out your cheeks please?" Again I did as I was asked. "Raise your arms, touch your nose, then my finger..." the tests were tires some but I went along with them.

"Well, I don't think there is any serious damage, but, if you start to feel dizzy, drowsy, sick or cant stay away, straight to hospital you go, ok?"

I shook my head. "Right, lets get you stitched up then, I'll give you a local..." he drew the syringe and filled it with anaesthetic, then punctured my skin in a few places around the cut and started to fix me up.

I was grateful the injection worked and I was numb, taking relief from the banging and pain I had been feeling. When he was done he stood back, removed his gloves and announced I had ten stitches, and that I would need to go see him on fourteen days to get his nurse to remove them.   I shook his hand and agreed to meet him again in fourteen days, and again pay heed to his warming about head injuries, he gave me a leaflet explaining just in case I forgot. As Madison showed him to the door, I smiled to myself, when she returned, she saw and asked me, "What's so amusing?"

"Nothing, nothing at all" , ... I tired to change the subject... "your Pop, he's a nice man..."

"He is, glad you like him... he was serious you know?"

"About what?"

"Going to get checked out and having an x-ray?"

"I'm fine, honestly, look I promised him if anything gets worse I'll go ok?"

"mmmm but your stubborn, I've already told you that... no what Jon, humour me, I'll watch over you, but if I think you need to go, you let me take you?"

"No dice, your gonna take me now...."

"Too fucking right I am, Jon, really, my pop said if you have a fractured skull anything can happen and you only have a short time to do things when the brain swells... please listen too me... he's given me the name of a private Dr we can see and skip A&E, whadda ya say?"

reluctantly I gave in, "Ok, alright already, if it keeps ya happy I'll go..."

I stood ready to go to the hospital, but as I did the room spun and I fell back on the chair, "Whoa, guess I stood a little to quick eh?"

"Told ya, I'm calling an ambulance." I closed my eye's to stop the spinning and just went with the flow.

 

 

Chapter Eighty Five

Antonia started to regain consciousness while the cops did there job and she was swiftly taken away.
I wanted to believe it was now near over, but the elephant in the room and the deafening silence told me otherwise.
I looked at Dot who was stood staring first at Madison then at me.
"Don't I get a thank you? Well done, or something? I've just saved both your asses"
Lamely I thanked her, but I could not say in all honesty her act of kindness didn't have a condition attached to it. So I asked,
" yeah, strange that, great speech by the way before you left, and thanks but what do you want out of it? You never do anything without some kinda angle for you? So what gives?"
She shrugged her shoulders and stepped further into the room, " I guess what I've always wanted Jon, my home, my husband, my kids.... us back together as a family"
I could not believe what I was hearing,
"You what?, you really suck D, you know that? You made your intentions real clear the night I called to see you and told you bout Antonia, remember, early hours? You made me feel like shit on top of that you laid on me some letter and a kid."
"Yeah, but I was hurting."
"Yeah right, and I wasn't? like I was having a god damn fuck off party?"
"I never said that"
I spat back... " no but you fucking well implied it."
Instead of fighting me, she changed her attack to calm and gentle. Something I'd seen rarely during our marriage, a time when she knew she was losing so pulled out the big guns. I didn't start in straight away I needed to see where this was heading. 

She moved in close to me, and drawing her finger along my shoulder she started, "But baby, What was I spose to think huh?, you come to me early hours of the morning with a tale about some stalker, I received the letter only a short time since, the odds were completely stacked against you?"

I moved away from D, and sided up next to Madison, her eye's were less glazed and she seemed more in control than before. She just stood next to me and said nothing the whole time D was spouting...

I shook my head with a wry smile covering my lips.

"you know, it was bad enough having to drive over that night to see you and tell you about the nightmare I was going through, the whole time all I wanted was to keep you safe, but deep down I wanted you to have hugged me and told me don't worry it 'll all be ok. "

she tried to interrupt, I halted her with my hand and spoke louder so she had to listen... " you just didn't trust me, and yeah you hurt me. The person I thought cared about me and loved me, turned against me. the first thing you did was pack up the car with the kids and run off back to your ma and pa, you left me alone....."

Tears filled her eye's, crocodile tears... " Oh stop D, fake tears hold nothing to me, you know I'm stood here now, and we have spent a lifetime together, but I really don't know you at all.... and that is what scares me..."

Sobbing now she spoke, "but I love you, isn't that worth fighting for? we had a great sex life..."

"No what we had died a long, long time ago, way before all this started, I was just to blind to see,"

she stammered, "but our sex life..."

I interrupted, "was non existent, jeeze, you were so cold most times it was like trying to seduce a fucking ice cube..."

"no you just came home and expected me to open my legs for you.." the venom had returned, the old D was coming back...

"No, I never, all's I wanted was a hug, a kiss and maybe you to instigate making love to me cause you had missed me?,  but that never happened did it? .... so do us both a favour already and lay off the drama, its over Dot,  just let me go? ok?"

"what so you can spend your life with this...this.... this...."

"Careful D, don't fucking go there not now...,"

"Or what?"

"Don't push me, I'm begging you?"

"Why truth hurt?"

"Truth what the fuck you know about truth huh?"

"Well I know infidelity when its stood in front of me, that's for sure?"

  "Yeah course you do,  next you'll tell me, your not screwing anyone right now?"

"there was a danger in my tone, but she paid no attention.

"that's right Mr smarty pants, cause I'm not..."

"Right, so when you leave here your not going to see your guy?"

"What guy? stop playing fucking games Jon.. this is about you and me..?"

"Is it? really?  I don't fucking think so, ,,,, no what, I'm one hundred percent sure, soon as you can, your gonna go back to fucking Justin, or whoever is your flavour of the month right now... so  do us a favour and just stop the guilt trip..."

she looked shocked I knew about her infidelity, "You know about that?"

"well it don't take a scientist to figure that when your wife don't want your cock she's getting somewhere."

"but how you know his name?"

"our kids Dot, OUR FUCKING KIDS...." I took a step back and exhaled and took another breath in before continuing,

"You flaunt your bow in front of the kids, they talk D and they let me know, here's a fact for you, Did you know that your daughter saw you in the oat house making out with him?,"

she hung her head and answered in a quiet voice, "No I didn't, when did she tell you?"

"It don't fucking matter when, does it, fact is I know, the kids know, and all this?" I threw my arms wide, is nothing, our lives have been nothing, and I tired of everything, the bullshit, the lies, the stress..... "

"and your kids?"

"No not my kids, they are the reason I've carried on the marriage, just for them, but I've spoken to them and they are happy for me to start a fresh with someone new... they know how you have abused me... "

"how the fuck have I abused you?"

"Oh please, lets just finish it here, ok, I'm tired, real tired and I just can't be fucked to answer anymore of your lies and self justification." I turned to walk away, and made the mistake of taking my eye's off D, the next I remember was Madison screaming my name Jon, as I hit the floor.

Chapter Eighty Four

Apprehensively I shifted nearer to Madison who was still out cold. my eye's flicking to the knife and then this person who looked like Antonia, but I was so confused I did not really know who the hell this was. "Why you asking? What is it with you?"
I yelped as she stood quick and caught my side, blood seeped through the torn hole in my shirt. My hand protectively clamped over the fresh wound.
"You dare to question me?, If I ask something you answer me, got it...." She waved the knife around in her hand in a stabbing motion and used it to emphasise her words as she spoke.
I shook my head.  and answered calmly " I Guess so..."
she re seated herself next to me, feeling uncomfortable and anxious, I hoped that the performance by Dot was a pretence and that she had really not left me and Madison alone with this pyscho but had gone to raise the alarm and call for help.
"so, that's better, I'm sitting all comfortable, so sweet cakes what went down?"
An alarm rang in my head as my mouth hit out exactly what I was thinking....
"Sweet Cakes? where the fuck you get that from?"
I swear I saw a flicker of fear, which she quickly covered up, "Its a family saying... no biggie, now you gonna tell or do I need to get rough..."
I'd hit the nail on the head, and on a roll I continued,
"Your Antonia right?, your not dead?, you never were, your pretending you are someone else cause the police want answers from you?.... c'mon talk, God,  I'm so right aint I?"
she stood again, the knife still clutched tightly in her hand, the blood that had seeped from the wound she had inflicted had ceased, thankfully; so I gathered it was just a flesh wound, at most a scratch.
"well?"
this time ready for a fight I stood and moved towards her, she backed away near to the window, her bravado had dimmed, as I took a stand.
I was cautious of the knife and knew not to back her into a corner, so stood some feet away, but made my body language clear I wanted answers. "Well, what fucking game are you playing?, you and your goons put me in hospital..."
she shook her head and tears filled the back of her eye's, "yeah, and yours did me too..."
"So you are Antonia?"
"Yeah, what of it?"
the arrogance returned as she tried to regain leadership, its just she now underestimated not just me, but my family and Madison, who I caught out the corner of my eye was gaining consciousness. I blocked it and hoping Antonia had not seen either and carried on interrogating her.
"So why you let everyone think your dead, Richie rang the hospital, they told him you were dead, how you managed that eh Antonia? who's on your payroll now?"
She seated her butt on the window ledge, and tried to act nonchalantly, but somehow she had a fear that she had never projected ever before.
I took another step closer, "well I'm waiting?"
"there's no-one, I'm all alone, you saw to that.."
I saw to that? how exactly have I? you have made my life hell and tortured me for months, you halted my tour, raped me and put me in hospital, just how the hell have I made your life so bad your all alone, You not think you need to take ownership for that?,  you created your fate, now its time to except the consequences. "
She stood, "Oh you think you are the one to make me do that do you?," her voice started shaking and faltering as sobs began to fall and she spoke between the gasps, " my only crime here is that I love you Jon, all I ever wanted was one night with you, you have given lots of your fans that, why could you not do that for me? huh, you pushed me t do the things I did, you made me get my brother and mom involved, you caused my moms nephew's to be murdered by your mom and her goon, so yeah you are responsible...."
"Jesus Christ, can you hear yourself?, do you really believe all the crap that just fell from your mouth? you are a god damn fucking stalker, you don't love me, cause you don't fucking know me... what goes round in your head is serious fucked up shit, that I cant fix, no one can... but what I will say is, for yourself, go get some serious professional help and get locked away for a long time where you cant cause anymore pain for anyone, ever..."
I turned my body from her and started to walk back over to where Madison was sitting, conscious not to take my eye's fully off Antonia, out the corner of my eye I saw her move, and as I turned to block her Madison was in front of her and in seconds had disarmed her and had knocked her out cold on the floor.
"Maddy, what the hell?, I thought you were still coming round....how did you?"
she stood next to me, her eye's still glazed, her speech still a little slurred, but she was on fighting form and make no mistake about it, even though she was a touch unsteady too.
"I saw her move, she had the knife raised, she was going to kill you Jon, I couldn't let her kill my boyfriend could I?"
she was smiling at me as she stood still a little uneasy on her feet, I wrapped my arms around her and pulled her into me for a kiss, just as Dot and the police broke down the door and joined us in the sitting room.
Antonia the focus who now was the one laying there unconscious.

Chapter Eighty Three

I looked at the knife and took my seat next to Madison,  I was not in the mood to play stupid games that could make it worse for Madison and me, plus my head was hurting trying to make sense of it all.
"See you can do what your told, best for everyone that ya do..."
My gaze settled on D, what had she got to do with anything?, was she friends with Antonia and her gang? If so was it from the start or recent.
She saw me watching her. "What Jon? You think I'm connected to this shit don't you?"
"Yeah, why shouldn't I?, what I'm trying to figure is why and when?"
She stood and placing her hands on her hips she took three strides to reach where I was sat next to Madison.
" well, now, and I thought you knew me?, tut tut, shame on you."
She was trying to start in on her games again.
"Stop ok? I'm sick of the lies and crap that spins from your mouth..... your playing games again, and I'm tired of playing, so just out with it and tell me as is it... And just so you know, this aint about you."
I watched her as her face turned to stone and a rage I'd never seen set in and took hold. "Oh but it so is, I've been cheated on, lied to, I've been left alone to handle the kids while you go off being a rock star, you have never once thought about me or your family... ever.... but you know me as a person Jon, you know what I am, who I am and what I stand for, how can you even consider that I am connected to this ..." she snarled her lips as she pointed to Antonia, "Thing..., you have hurt me now more times than I can count on one hand, this...." again she pointed at Antonia or her twin, "one person has let me add, not only just wrecked your life but mine and the kids too...sadly I guess the whole reality is, I'm sick and tired of all the bullshit... I've lived with one thing after the other for years and this last stunt is of such an epic level, I guess that's why I want out, and now I am prepared to take whatever opportunity comes my way to do that..."

"really? have you heard yourself? what you are saying is, that I have brought all this shit to our door, and I'm to blame for the situation we are all living in right now?, what fucking part of this have I encouraged or staged in anyway to bring as you call it bullshit to your door Dot?"

she turned her head, and walked to the window and looked out across the green.

"You gonna answer me?"

she turned, "No I'm not, I've said alls I want to say."

"Man you are a full on faced shit bitch...."

she mocked as she repeated "Shit bitch?"

"Fuck you D"

"no Jon, I'm not fucked, you are...."  she strode to the door, then turning she looked back over her shoulder, "I'm so outta here..." then she was gone.

the twin, clapped her hands in mock applause, "well, well, well, all is not sitting well in the Bongiovi house is it.... and your  little friend there is out cold too... so now it's really is just you and me...."

she dragged the knife along my cheek bone and under my chin onto my neck and hovered the blade around my adams apple.

"your eye's tell me your scared Jon... now why would that be I wonder..."

"how about the rape Antonia, have you forgotten what you and your goons did to me?"

"Antonia?, who is Antonia?, did I say I was Antonia? no, I didn't, and right now, I don't know if I want you to know who I am... and that's how its gonna stay..." she sat next to me, still with the knife at my throat she, taunted..."Rape you say, Oooh do tell me more..."

I remained silent, she dug the sharp end of the knife into my neck just above my adams apple, I felt the warm trickle of blood run down my neck. "you want me to dig harder? you want your vocal chords cut so you will be a real life mute, or you gonna tell?"

I held my hand up, "Ok, ok, but do my a small favour and call the medic for Madison, she aint done jack to you?, look at her man, she's out of it and needs attention..."

"Oh I don't think your in any position to bargain right now do you? so I ask once again and once only, tell me about the rape."

her eye's were glinting and I saw behind them a rage that held no bounds.