DAD'S NEW WIFE PART 2 - CARLA
Author's note: This story is not about Tonya, my dad's wife. But it is a follow-up to part 1, which was about her. It has a couple of the same characters and a new one.
CHAPTER 1
I had been in my new place and at my new job for about 3 months. Dad and Tonya had visited 2 weeks after I moved in so Dad could see my new place. He said he liked it and was proud of me with my new job and my own place. They visited twice more after that. I had been to see them a couple times as well. And I had taken Tonya some more weed when I went. She told me she had talked to Dad about getting high and he agreed and that it had greatly enhanced their sex life. I later learned that this was a lie.
Tonya called me one day and said that she was going to be in my area that Saturday with a friend of hers and asked if she could stop by and pick up some weed. If I could get any. I told her of course she could. She said whatever I could get would be fine. Just some out of my bag if I couldn't get more. I assured her it would not be a problem. She said they would be there about 2 PM.
CHAPTER 2
Tonya and her friend got to my place just shortly after 2. I answered the doorbell and greeted the 2 pretty ladies. Tonya introduced us. Her friend's name was Carla. That sounded familiar for some reason. I shook Carla's hand and said it was nice to meet her. I hugged Tonya and told them to have a seat. I asked if they wanted anything to drink and they both said no. We sat and talked a little bit. Then Tonya asked if I had the stuff. She said, "Carla's cool. She smokes, too. We've been friends for years and used to get high together all the time."
I went to my bedroom and got the baggie I had for her. She asked me how much it was and I told her don't worry about it. But she said she knows stuff is really high these days and insisted on paying me. So I told her and she paid me. Then she asked if we wanted to smoke a little now.
Carla asked, "Tonya, are you sure that's a good idea?"
"It's fine. Nothing to worry about."
I said, "Sure. Why not?" It was too cold outside on the balcony as it was the middle of November so I opened a window and turned a fan on to blow the smoke out. We took a couple of bong hits each. That was enough as it was pretty good stuff.
We were sitting and talking when Tonya said she said she had to pee. She went to the bathroom leaving Carla and I sitting on the couch alone. At one point in the conversation
she said, "Tonya told me all about you. How you got her high that day she came home upset."
That worried me a little. "Oh really? What all did she say?"
"Just that you came to stay with her and Russell when you got out of college. Then got a job and your own place. That you were sweet and handsome. And got her high."
"Is that all?"
"Yeah. Pretty much. Why?"
"Nothing. Just wondered."
She said, "My husband and I split up a few months ago. "That's what Tonya was upset about that day."
"Oh. Yeah. That's why your name sounded familiar when Tonya introduced us. She mentioned her friend's name was Carla. That was the first time we got high together. She started drinking to feel better and I said it might be better to smoke than drink and she agreed and we did. Anyway, sorry to hear about your break up."
"Thank you."
It had been a while and Tonya hadn't returned yet. I said, "It seems to be taking her a long time. Should you go check on her?"
"Yeah, maybe." Carla went to see if she was okay and came back a minute later. "She's passed out on your bed. But she's okay."
"Passed out? From that little bit we smoked? We smoked together before and it didn't affect her that bad."
"That's not all she had. There's something about Tonya you probably don't know. It might not be my place to say, but I'm going to anyway in the hopes that it will help her. Tonya has umm..... had a problem with drugs in the past. She got clean a few years ago and was doing good. She went to meetings for a while but had stopped. I don't know if your Dad knows any of this either. Well, apparently she's relapsed. She was high when she picked me up this morning. I don't know on what."
"Oh fuck. Did my giving her pot set her off?"
"I don't know. I don't know when it started. But if she was drinking that day you mentioned probably not. She had probably already started."
"What do we need to do? Take her to the hospital? Is she going to be okay? She didn't OD, did she?"
"She's okay. She didn't OD. She just needs to sleep it off. Is it okay if we just let her sleep on your bed for a while?"
"Sure. Yeah. Whatever. I didn't know."
"I know you didn't. And it's not your fault."