Letty's POV
"WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING HERE?" Dom yelled as he tightened his hold on me when Vince jumped forward to remove him. He looked scared shitless as Vince towered over him.
"I swear it was just a joke."
"You think this is funny? Cos I ain't laughing and neither is she." Dom yelled.
"It was a bet with some friends of mine. We saw them at the party and we decided to have a little fun." I shivered as I realised how lucky I was.
"FUN! I'll fucking give you fun." Vince said as he punched Jason.
"I'm sorry okay seriously we just… we see her all the time at the races and she's not your normal racer whore. Thought maybe I could have some fun with her once she was drunk." Vince punched him once again.
"Don't you ever call her a whore again." Dom yelled as Vince continued to punch him. I trembled slightly as a gust of wind blew in the window.
"Some fun huh? And what exactly do you mean by that?" Dom said deathly quiet as Vince stopped.
"What? You saw her tonight. Teasing all the guys there and then not putting out, just wanted to make a point." Jason said wiping the blood off his face.
"Oh you didn't just say that. Get the fuck out of MY house. As for her bed…get your ass out of it now." Dom growled as Vince pulled him up and Leon shook his head looking away as Dom tensed up turning my body back into his so I couldn't see, but unfortunately I already got a glimpse.
I heard shuffling and more yelling as Vince and Leon threw a beaten up Jason out of the house butt naked. Turning back toward my bed I saw the blood on my sheets and cringed.
"Fucking dirty little prick. How dare he." Vince yelled from downstairs as he and Leon walked around the house making sure all the windows were locked. Mia came out of hiding with Jesse and gasped as she saw my shoulder. Dom looked down at me quickly looking me over. Jesse handed Dom a cloth and he pressed it to my shoulder.
"Are you hurt anywhere else?" I shook my head.
"I'll be having a talk to Hector tomorrow night. He's one of his boys. One of his dead boys if I get my hands on him." Dom said as I nodded and kept still as Dom picked me up carefully before walking into the bathroom. Placing me on the counter he looked me over and sighed as he saw the bruises around my neck and my cheek.
I heard Vince come in the room and groan as he too saw the marks and the wound.
"I should have beaten him up some more." He said as I smiled a little. I felt myself still shaking and I tried to stop but it was a lost cause. It was times like this that they'd realise I was actually a girl.
They both looked at the cut on my shoulder and said it was deep but it should be fine as Dom bandaged it up.
"Man, I'm off to bed. Night girl." Vince said as he looked back at me.
"Thank V." I said as he smiled down at me. Mia followed not long after and Jesse and Leon made their way down to bed too. Dom stared at me as I made no attempt to move from where I was seated.
"What?" I asked quietly I could barely hear my own voice.
"You gunna sleep here?" I frowned before shrugging at him.
"No. Cos I don't wanna be anywhere near my room right now." I said getting down shakily.
"My beds big enough." He said as he stared down at me.
"I'll be fine on the couch." He frowned and shifted slightly.
"It wasn't your fault Letty."
"I know." He frowned watching me for a second before swooping down and picking me up.
"Come on it'll be a lot comfier then the couch." I sighed but stayed quiet as I let him carry me to his room. He shut the door behind him and the room was pitch black he sat me down. I stood at the edge of the bed waiting for him to get in before I did.
"What are you waiting for?" He asked quietly.
"Just want you to get in first so that you can make sure there's no race whores in the bed waiting." I said to ease the tension.
"Funny. Come on." he said quietly as I got in and faced away from him.
"Thank you Dom." I said quietly as I closed my eyes.
"Hey, no need to thank me. And you aren't a whore." He said nudging me. I smiled into the darkness.
"I know. But I guess I did deserve that."
"No you didn't." he said sharply. I felt him move and his arm brushed against my back. I stiffened before cursing myself for being stupid. He stopped moving and leant up to look at me.
"Hey, what did he do to you?" He said as he hugged me close. I started shaking a little but before I knew it I couldn't stop.
"Hey Letty calm down okay he's gone he can't hurt you now." He said quietly into my ear. I whimpered as I finally let the flood gates down and I cried.
Dom turned me around and pulled me into his side as I cried into his chest. He stroked my back and waited for me to calm down a bit.
"Let, what happened baby girl?" I sniffed and sighed before telling him everything.
"He was just touching me and I couldn't do anything to stop it." I felt him tense and I started to cry again.
"Letty…." He sighed softly as he hugged me tighter.
Dom's POV
I hugged Letty tighter as she started crying again. It broke my heart to see her cry, I had been around Letty for years and I had only seen her cry a couple of times. I was furious with the kid but I knew he'd pay so I tried to push my anger aside and focus on Letty. She didn't know it but she was my world, I lay rubbing her back as I thought about how much she meant to me as I heard a soft knock on the door.
"Yeah?" I called out softly. The door opened and light filled the room as Mia and Vince stood at the door.
"Is she okay? We heard her crying." Mia said as she walked in and sat on the bed. I looked down at Letty who had managed to cry herself to sleep.
"She's shaken but I swear to god if I get my hands on him…" I trailed off quietly as she shifted.
"He touched her, didn't he?" I just nodded at Mia and I heard Vince growl in anger.
"Bloody prick."
"We'll see Hector tomorrow at the races. If not before, I'm sure he'll have gone running to Hector but he wouldn't be stupid enough to piss me off by siding with him." I explained quietly. Vince gave a noise of agreement.
"Go back to bed, she's asleep now." I said to Mia and she nodded getting up and heading back to her room.
"Tomorrow at the races, we keep a closer eye on the girls." I said to Vince, he nodded before closing the door and going back to his room.
I was left in darkness again alone with Letty and I sighed tiredly. Hugging Letty closer I curled my body around her and fell asleep.
I woke up the next morning with a weight on my chest and smiled down at the sleeping woman on top of me.
'If only this was under better circumstances.' I thought sadly to myself.
I laid there for a while in silence I didn't want to move in case I woke her up. I opened my eyes and looked down at her smiling as she started to wake and realise where she was.
"Hey." I said as I pushed her hair off her face.
"Hi. Sorry I didn't mean to sleep on top of you." She said sliding back onto the bed beside me.
"I don't mind. How are you feeling?"
"Alright just tense you know?" I nodded and she relaxed again. I stared over at her as I took in the marks on her neck and the bruise on her cheek.
"Mia can cover them." She said as she caught my staring, I nodded and kissed her head before starting to get up.
"Im going to have a shower and then head to the garage I'm giving you the day off okay." She sighed and nodded before I smiled at her as she got out of my bed and walked out. Sighing I quickly headed for the shower.
Letty's POV
I walked into Mia's room and sat on her bed as she came out from her bathroom. She smiled at me before coming over to me.
"hey how are you feeling?"
"Yeah alright. Um can I ask you a favour?" she nodded.
"I know I'm being stupid but can you come with me to my room?" she smiled and nodded pulling me up.
"That's not being stupid Let." I rolled my eyes.
"Yeah it is. I'm just scared shitless to be anywhere near it."
"that's to be expected Letty."
"Shouldn't be."
"well you cant be tough all the time Let. Where's Dom?"
"Shower." I said as I stopped at my door, even Mia hesitated and stopped. I took in the broken glass over the floor and the splattered blood on the bed and walls from when Vince punched him. But there was a small pool of dried blood that would have been from my shoulder.
"What do you need from here?" she asked quietly as we stood at the door.
"Clothes to get changed into." She nodded before we both walked in and I quickly grabbed some clothes and underwear.
"Thanks." I said as we both walked out Mia headed for her room after giving me a smile as I went straight down the hall into the bathroom. I sat on the shower floor for what felt like hours but in fact it was only five minutes. I washed myself for a second time feeling dirty again.
"This is crazy. I'm going insane." I whispered to myself as I shut the shower off stepping out I quickly pulled the clothes on and tied up my wet hair. I stared at the bruises on my neck and face and turned away quickly.
I walked downstairs for breakfast and found everyone down there eating.
"Hey girl, how you doin?" Leon asked as I sat down next to him.
"Alright." I said as Mia dumped a whole heap of food on my plate. I tried to eat but in the end I just sat pushing my food around the plate.
"you not hungry?" Dom asked as everyone looked over at me.
"No not really. Can I come to work today please I'm going insane." I said as I placed my fork down and got up muttering to myself as I walked upstairs to grab my car keys.
"Uh great. There in my room." I said angrily to myself as I stood at the door.
"Letty." I turned around to see Dom behind me.
"What?"
"Are you sure? I don't mind you having the day off."
"I need to come to work. I need something to take my mind off it." I explained to him.
"Okay. You ready." I sighed.
"Yeah I'm just getting my keys." I said quickly walking in and basically bolting out the door again as Dom stood there watching me worried.
"Okay lets go." I said as we walked down stairs. I got in my car and followed Dom to the garage the boys were already there working when we pulled in. I went straight to a car and started working. It was great it took my mind off everything, actually I pretty much zoned out and didn't even notice people entering the garage until I heard Dom say my name.
"What?" I asked as I looked up confused. I noticed Hector and Edwin then standing next to Dom and sighed.
'so much for not thinking of it.' I thought to myself.
"Geez, shit girl what did he do to you? Dom, brother we are so sorry about this, we'll happy hand him over to you if you want. He'll be banned from the races too." Hector quickly spoke as they took in my bruises.
"Just make sure he stays away from my team, especially Letty." Dom warned they nodded quickly and apologised again before leaving.
"You alright?" Dom asked as I held myself up against the car I was working on.
"Fine." I said sourly as I turned back to work. Dom didn't say anything, the boys knew better then to talk to me when I was in a bad mood.
I worked in silence for the rest of the day but I could feel everyone's eyes on me as I worked. I sighed when I heard Dom tell me to pack it up, that we were leaving for the night. I nodded and did as I was told before heading out and heading home. The boys weren't far behind me as I headed inside to get ready for the races.
"Hey girl, how you doing?" I asked Mia as I walked into her room.
"Hey, alright how are you." I just shrugged at her as I continued down to my room.
I noticed the glass had been cleaned up, there were new sheets on the bed and the blood had been cleaned off the wall. I guess Mia had done that while I was at work I'd have to thank her for it. The window that had been broken was now fixed I realised as I walked over to my cupboard grabbing a pair of jeans and a singlet top that ended just below my belly button. It was better then what I usually wore, I thought to myself as I walked down the hall to the bathroom.
I washed all the grease off myself and then just stood there for a while under the spray. I sighed and turned the water off before I got out and started drying myself.
I was in the middle of doing my bra up when I heard a quiet knock on the door.
"yeah?" I asked.
"Let it's me, can you open up for a second?" I rolled my eyes at Dom before quickly throwing on my towel around myself.
I opened the door and he looked at me before blushing slightly.
"Sorry. Mia's needs the first aid box." I frowned.
"Why?" I asked as I held the towel tighter around me as Vince came in the room.
"We were kind of mucking around and Leon may have got hurt." Vince said as he turned his head away so he wasn't looking at me. I rolled my eyes at them before bending and grabbing my stuff. I past Vince and quickly dashed into my room shutting the door behind me. I dropped my towel and quickly got dressed and headed back down to see what had happened.
Dom's POV
Mia was yelling at Vince and I as she cleaned up Leon's hand which he'd sliced open on a beer bottle.
"Mia its cool okay. No biggie, we'll be careful next time." She just sighed and shook her head as she packed everything away and quickly fled the room towing Letty behind her. I hadn't even realised she'd come down yet.
"Alright boys, eyes on the girls tonight yeah." They all nodded and I went to grab everyone another beer.
When the girls came back down later Letty's bruises were covered up and she looked a bit more at ease, which I was pleased to see.
I finished my drink before we left, I begged the girls to ride with us but Letty had some of her stubborn streak back and refused. I gave in and let them ride by themselves together but I would be keeping a close eye on both of them tonight.
We got to the races on time and I was immediately swarmed by girls, I smiled and told them I wasn't interested tonight and most of them laid off flocking to other races but some stayed but at least I could keep a reasonable eye on Mia and Letty. They didn't stray like the usually did they stayed by the cars and spoke to the regulars. Letty even turned down the race which confused me a little but none of us said anything, she seemed to be staring off into space but snapped out of it when she caught one of us watching her.
I won my race as did Vince, Leon and Jesse so the party was back at our place. We all headed off and we were the first ones to arrive back at the fought. Mia headed upstairs like usual and I could see the longing look in Letty's eyes as she eyed upstairs but she didn't move from her spot on the couch. Vince caught my eye and I nodded as we agreed silently to keep a close eye on her until she was fully back to her old self.
Group by group everyone arrived and about an hour after the party started I noticed Letty slip away upstairs for the night.
It was nearly two am when we finally got everyone out and I walked up to bed. I opened my door and threw my T shirt off and crawled into bed. I was nearly asleep when I heard a noise outside my door. Frowning I waited listening for a moment before I heard a quiet knock. My door opened and I noticed it was Letty. I sat up slightly as she sat at the edge of the bed.
"You alright?" I asked quietly as she turned her head slightly to look at me. I heard the heavy sigh before she turned to face me.
"I hate feeling like this. I feel weak and I don't like it." She said quietly.
"It's okay to feel weak Letty, you don't have to be strong all the time." I said softly as I reached out to her. She quickly moved up towards me and I moved over as I pulled her in with me. She curled herself around me and I gladly wrapped my arms around her as she rested her head against my chest.
"Do you mind if I stay here again tonight?" I smiled and kissed the top of her head.
"No not at all." She relaxed and before I knew it we were both asleep.