23rd July- LA, United States
Toretto house
Mia's POV
I sighed as I packed away Letty's things in a box. There wasn't much left, everything had been burnt in the car crash. I turned Letty's slightly cracked phone over in my hand before dropping it into the box again. I couldn't believe she had lied to me. I had honestly thought she had gone to her mother's but when I saw the FBI on the front door step the night after I knew.
"Can I help you?" I asked slightly annoyed by the FBI's presence at the door. Both looked at me sadly and nodded inside.
"Miss Toretto?" They asked and I sighed folding my arms over my chest ready for another fight with the law over Dom. Even after all these years the bastards still were out for blood.
"Yeah."
"Miss Toretto we have some bad news for you, may we come in?" The tone of their voices had me immediately on edge and I shuffled back to let them inside despite what I had always been taught.
"What is this about?" I demanded.
"There's no easy way to say this but we have some bad news regarding Leticia Ortiz." My heart stopped at their words and I couldn't say anything.
"She was involved in an accident tonight just outside the border of Mexico. By the time we arrived it was already too late."
"Mexico? There has to be some mistake Letty wasn't going to mexico she was heading to California."
"There's no mistake, the body was… burned but dental records showed that the body was hers. We're very sorry for your loss."
"Burned? What the hell happened?" I cried.
"Based on the evidence we've been able to gather from the crash site, she was run off the road deliberately causing the car to roll and burst into flames. There was also fired bullets found at the scene." One of the officers said while the other glared at him. I gasped and turned my face away.
"There has to be a mistake." I mumbled as I sunk into the chair.
"I'm sorry, there's not."
I closed my eyes at the painful memory. I remember having to make the phone call to her mother and listening to Maria in tears for hours before James got on and I relayed the news to him. He had been just as upset as Maria had. he asked me to give him an hour then they would leave to come down.
The three days that had passed after Letty's death had been emotionally draining for everyone involved. I had had to ring Vince, Leon and most importantly Dom. That had been the hard one. I had told him not to come, that it was too dangerous but today I had felt his presence there. I couldn't see him but he was watching. Maria and James had left straight after the funeral. I knew that when the heists had gone done, Dom had become a wanted criminal and Letty had gone on the run things had turned bad between Maria and Letty. Though based on what I had seen at the service I knew she regretted what had gone down between them.
I swallowed the lump in my throat as I came across a picture. It was a small square and nothing but a sea of black and white but I knew then, for sure, that she had been pregnant. I had buried two people that day and I couldn't imagine what Dom must be feeling. I closed my eyes and buried it in the bottom of the box before shutting the lid. I knew it was only a matter of time before Dom showed now that it was the middle of the night.
13th August- Tijuana, Mexico
Safe house
Leon's POV
I sat staring at the scene in front of me, Lotty had left a few hours ago and I was left to care for Letty alone until Lotty returned.
It had been four weeks since I had run into Lotty and found out Letty was actually alive. I had told her all I knew about her past and Lotty had filled in some of the blanks about recent events but the rest was up to Letty to remember. You could tell she so badly wanted to remember. For days she would sit and stare into space as her mind worked over time to recall past events.
That had been a week ago, now she had basically all of her memories back and I watched as she turned from the girl I once knew into a stranger. She was angry all the time and to be honest if I was in her shoes I would be too, but she was scaring me.
I remember making the decision, although against my better judgment, with Charlotte to keep everyone in the dark about Letty being alive. At least until she had regained her memories that was, but when she had and we asked if she wanted to ring Mia to let her know she had refused. It had shocked me but I found that was only the beginning. She had entered a very dark place and no one could pull her from it.
I let my eyes flick to her slight swollen belly and smiled despite the situation. Who would have thought that Dom and Letty would have a mini me running around one day. The news at first had shocked me, but as I filled in the gaps it all made sense. Her urgency for Dom before the DR and her mini break down had been because she had found out she was pregnant.
"Let?" I asked softly drawing her attention back to me.
"Yeah?"
"You okay? You're being really quiet, you're scaring me." She gave me a small smile but it wasn't real.
"I'll live."
"That wasn't my question." I said as I sat next to her.
"Where did we go so wrong Leon? How did I get to this? I vowed I wouldn't be this weak girl that was pushed around by a guy but that's exactly what I became." She muttered.
"I don't know what to say. Are you sure you don't want to call Mia and Dom. Let them know the truth. God knows Dom will be pulling apart the world hunting down Felix."
"NO… fuck him. Fucking bastard has no place in my life anymore." I sighed but relaxed agains the seat as I turned to her properly.
"What about the baby Let? What are you going to say when one day he or she asks about their father?" I felt a chill run through me as she turned her head slowly my way. Her eyes were cold and I felt frozen under her stare.
"The truth. As far as I'm concerned he's dead, and that's never going to change." I shuddered as I heard her voice but I nodded and rose, walking away from the once joyful and lively girl I had once fallen in love with but this wasn't her. This was a cold heartened, empty shell of her and I doubted the real one would ever be back. As far as I could tell Letty Ortiz was truly dead.
Toretto house
Mia's POV
I sighed as I packed away Letty's things in a box. There wasn't much left, everything had been burnt in the car crash. I turned Letty's slightly cracked phone over in my hand before dropping it into the box again. I couldn't believe she had lied to me. I had honestly thought she had gone to her mother's but when I saw the FBI on the front door step the night after I knew.
"Can I help you?" I asked slightly annoyed by the FBI's presence at the door. Both looked at me sadly and nodded inside.
"Miss Toretto?" They asked and I sighed folding my arms over my chest ready for another fight with the law over Dom. Even after all these years the bastards still were out for blood.
"Yeah."
"Miss Toretto we have some bad news for you, may we come in?" The tone of their voices had me immediately on edge and I shuffled back to let them inside despite what I had always been taught.
"What is this about?" I demanded.
"There's no easy way to say this but we have some bad news regarding Leticia Ortiz." My heart stopped at their words and I couldn't say anything.
"She was involved in an accident tonight just outside the border of Mexico. By the time we arrived it was already too late."
"Mexico? There has to be some mistake Letty wasn't going to mexico she was heading to California."
"There's no mistake, the body was… burned but dental records showed that the body was hers. We're very sorry for your loss."
"Burned? What the hell happened?" I cried.
"Based on the evidence we've been able to gather from the crash site, she was run off the road deliberately causing the car to roll and burst into flames. There was also fired bullets found at the scene." One of the officers said while the other glared at him. I gasped and turned my face away.
"There has to be a mistake." I mumbled as I sunk into the chair.
"I'm sorry, there's not."
I closed my eyes at the painful memory. I remember having to make the phone call to her mother and listening to Maria in tears for hours before James got on and I relayed the news to him. He had been just as upset as Maria had. he asked me to give him an hour then they would leave to come down.
The three days that had passed after Letty's death had been emotionally draining for everyone involved. I had had to ring Vince, Leon and most importantly Dom. That had been the hard one. I had told him not to come, that it was too dangerous but today I had felt his presence there. I couldn't see him but he was watching. Maria and James had left straight after the funeral. I knew that when the heists had gone done, Dom had become a wanted criminal and Letty had gone on the run things had turned bad between Maria and Letty. Though based on what I had seen at the service I knew she regretted what had gone down between them.
I swallowed the lump in my throat as I came across a picture. It was a small square and nothing but a sea of black and white but I knew then, for sure, that she had been pregnant. I had buried two people that day and I couldn't imagine what Dom must be feeling. I closed my eyes and buried it in the bottom of the box before shutting the lid. I knew it was only a matter of time before Dom showed now that it was the middle of the night.
13th August- Tijuana, Mexico
Safe house
Leon's POV
I sat staring at the scene in front of me, Lotty had left a few hours ago and I was left to care for Letty alone until Lotty returned.
It had been four weeks since I had run into Lotty and found out Letty was actually alive. I had told her all I knew about her past and Lotty had filled in some of the blanks about recent events but the rest was up to Letty to remember. You could tell she so badly wanted to remember. For days she would sit and stare into space as her mind worked over time to recall past events.
That had been a week ago, now she had basically all of her memories back and I watched as she turned from the girl I once knew into a stranger. She was angry all the time and to be honest if I was in her shoes I would be too, but she was scaring me.
I remember making the decision, although against my better judgment, with Charlotte to keep everyone in the dark about Letty being alive. At least until she had regained her memories that was, but when she had and we asked if she wanted to ring Mia to let her know she had refused. It had shocked me but I found that was only the beginning. She had entered a very dark place and no one could pull her from it.
I let my eyes flick to her slight swollen belly and smiled despite the situation. Who would have thought that Dom and Letty would have a mini me running around one day. The news at first had shocked me, but as I filled in the gaps it all made sense. Her urgency for Dom before the DR and her mini break down had been because she had found out she was pregnant.
"Let?" I asked softly drawing her attention back to me.
"Yeah?"
"You okay? You're being really quiet, you're scaring me." She gave me a small smile but it wasn't real.
"I'll live."
"That wasn't my question." I said as I sat next to her.
"Where did we go so wrong Leon? How did I get to this? I vowed I wouldn't be this weak girl that was pushed around by a guy but that's exactly what I became." She muttered.
"I don't know what to say. Are you sure you don't want to call Mia and Dom. Let them know the truth. God knows Dom will be pulling apart the world hunting down Felix."
"NO… fuck him. Fucking bastard has no place in my life anymore." I sighed but relaxed agains the seat as I turned to her properly.
"What about the baby Let? What are you going to say when one day he or she asks about their father?" I felt a chill run through me as she turned her head slowly my way. Her eyes were cold and I felt frozen under her stare.
"The truth. As far as I'm concerned he's dead, and that's never going to change." I shuddered as I heard her voice but I nodded and rose, walking away from the once joyful and lively girl I had once fallen in love with but this wasn't her. This was a cold heartened, empty shell of her and I doubted the real one would ever be back. As far as I could tell Letty Ortiz was truly dead.