Chapter 5

Now that they were back in the States and no longer influenced by his so-called European friends, Marlena hoped that Thomas would settle down and realize that he could not continue the way he had in Europe. But nothing changed except for the people that he surrounded himself with. Even when staying with his mother, he was out drinking and getting high almost every night. His mother would tuck him in when he stumbled in at 3:00 and 4:00 in the morning, sitting by his side, holding his hand and crying. Marlena knew Thomas’ mother held her partially responsible for Thomas’ drinking and drug problem.

They had been back in the States for seven weeks when Marlena received a call in the middle of the night from the Boston police department telling her Thomas had been arrested for being drunk and disorderly. Thomas, being a local celebrity, the arresting officer, was willing to handle the incident discreetly. Marlena took a taxi to the police station and talked with the arresting officer. They decided it would be best if Thomas stayed at the station until he sobered up. The officer also agreed not to press charges if Thomas entered a rehab program.

When Thomas was sufficiently sober to understand, it was either enter a rehab program or face arrest and charges that would result in fines and possible jail time. Thomas agreed to enter a rehab program.

He was in rehab for three days when they found him using drugs. An hour after they took his drugs away, Thomas signed himself out and never went back. Again, they went easy on him. He paid a fine and was released with a warning.

Nothing Marlena said to him made any difference. He would tell her, “Just do your job and make sure I am getting every dollar I deserve, or it will come out of your commission.”

Marlena feared and dreaded a day would come when Thomas would show up at the concert hall so drunk or high that he could not perform. There had been a few close calls, but Marlena was always able to get him sober enough to go on. Producers and concert hall managers became nervous when they could smell the alcohol on his breath. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when the concert hall exploded in applause at the end of his performance.

They were in New York City when Marlena received a call from the front desk saying that there were numerous complaints about excessive noise coming from Thomas’ suite. If Marlena couldn’t quiet them down, the manager would have to call security.

It was one o’clock in the morning. Marlena wore her robe over her chemise before going to Thomas’s suite. She could hear Thomas playing a pop tune at the piano as three men and four women were singing at the top of their lungs. Marlena unlocked the adjoining door, walked in, and took Thomas aside. She warned him that security would be called if they didn’t keep the noise down. Thomas was sober enough to know the party was over if he didn’t quiet things down. But not sober enough to not try and impress his new friends with his control over Marlena.

“Well, Marlena, my dear, it’s good that you are here to keep us out of trouble. Hey, everybody, this is my dear friend Marlena, The woman who controls my life from the moment she wakes up until she crawls back in bed at night. Isn’t that right, Marlena?”

“Thomas, please, just try to keep the noise level down so you’re not disturbing other guests. I’m sure you don’t want security up here with all the drugs your friends are using.” That was the last sensible thing Marlena was allowed to say for the rest of the night. Thomas told Marlena she needed to stay to make sure the party continued without the singing.

It was four o’clock in the morning, and Marlena lay naked on the bed. Her body was aching from the night of abuse. Marlena was in pain from being used by Thomas’s entourage of bloodsuckers and hangers-on. She stumbled out of the bedroom and found Thomas on the floor.

Thomas had passed out from his night of debauchery, drugs, and drink. All his guests had stumbled out once the booze and drugs were gone or pocketed what was left for personal use or to sell on the street.

Thomas had been drunk and high when he bragged about how Marlena had been fucking and sucking his cock since he was seventeen. He ordered her to suck his cock in front of his friends, as he called them. When she refused and again tried to leave, two men forced Marlena to her knees. Thomas unbuttoned his trousers and took out his cock. One of the men grabbed Marlena’s hair and pulled her head back forcibly. Thomas shoved his cock into her mouth when her mouth opened to scream.