Back to Vegas

Wayne, Maddy and I rented a car and drove back to Vegas.  When we got there, my brother's partner, who didn't like Wayne, would not let us spend the night.  We were planning on couching it at my friend Gary's house for a while, but I didn't want to call him at 3 in the morning.  So we ended up sleeping in the car.  Yeah, fun.  The next day, Wayne and Gary got into a fight, so we were not welcome there anymore. With nowhere to go, and not wanting to return to Utah, we started driving and took the exit for Denver.  I asked Wayne where we were going, and he informed me that we were going to his brother's house in Denver to stay.  Nobody knew where we were, or where we were headed.  Wayne had become extremely abusive and controlling.  We stopped at a truck stop to get gas, and I snuck to a pay phone to call my mom and let her know what was up.  I was able to tell her we were on our way to Denver, before Wayne found me and hung up the phone.  We made it to Denver, returned the rental, and stayed at his brother's for a while.  Wayne was very into the dope at this point, but I wasn't using then.  Things spiraled out of control very badly, and we got kicked out of the brother's house.  We ended up staying in a hotel that you pay by the week.  Again, fun stuff.  With Wayne using and being such a creep, I did start using from time to time.  Wayne's brothers wife would take Maddy to play with her kids, and I would get loaded. He was still being very abusive, and I really would prefer not to write about some of the things he did, so use your imagination, I guess.  LOL  He never did touch Maddy, until New Year's Day.  He had been gone all night partying and came home wanting money.  I told him I wasn't giving him any.  He got really violent with me and Maddy got upset with him.  She walked over and kicked him in the shin.  He picked her up and threw her across the room onto a bed. (Thank God she hit the bed!)  I grabbed Maddy, told him he had crossed the line and that no one would ever hurt my kids and walked out the door.  I went downstairs and decided I needed to call the police at this point.  It had gone far enough.  The police came, and come to find out, he had a warrant out of Colorado for habitual DUI from when he lived there before.  With Wayne off to prison, I didn't know what to do.  I couldn't afford daycare for Maddy, but needed to work.  I did get a job at Safeway Corp. for a short time.  But, we were basically homeless, living from place to place.  My mom and dad decided to come for a visit.  When they got into town, Maddy and I met them at their total.  We spent the next three days with them.  I made the decision at that point, that Maddy needed to go back to Salt Lake with them.  I had some stuff to take care of before I went home too.  Maddy was with my parents for 2 weeks in Salt Lake before I made it there.  In those 2 weeks, I met David Brewer, who I married 6 months later.