Letty's POV
"Do I wanna know?" I asked carefully. She sighed and sat down in the chair.
"You know the day we took you to hospital because you were having contractions?"
"Yeah."
"Well that morning he asked me out and I didn't know what to say so I told him I was lesbian." She admitted and I frowned at her.
"Lotty." I reprimanded.
"I know okay? But I never thought the truth would come out." She whined.
"Go and apologise. Make it right." I demanded.
"God you sound like a mother already. I feel sorry for Ava when she gets older." She joked as she got up and started down the hall. I frowned as I watched her go before I turned my attention back to Ava who was looking around the room.
"Aunty Lotty and Uncle Leon are going to be a pain to deal with." I said to her happily as she gave me a smile.
Lotty's POV
I reluctantly raised my hand to knock on Leon's door. I knew he was going to send me away. I also knew whatever friendship we had had was now gone. He'd never trust me again and I didn't blame him. Trust was something all three of us didn't give easily, so for me to break that trust with Leon I knew it a huge step backward.
"Leon?" I asked quietly.
"Go the fuck away Charlotte." I sighed and opened the door stepping in.
"Look I'm sorry, I am. I also know though it won't make a difference."
"Damn right. All we have is each other Charlotte, we have to trust each other. You lying to me once has just proved why I can't trust you ever again."
"I know." There was a long pause before he spoke again.
"What's done is done. Either way we still have to work together to look after Letty and Ava. We have to be as civil as we can be." He muttered and I nodded.
"Okay."
"So what's the news." He asked almost reluctantly.
"I found them."
"Where?" He asked.
"In Rio."
"Rio? As in Rio Rio?" He asked in disbelief. Letty had once mentioned to us that she had suggested the place to Dom but he had upped and left in the middle of the night.
"Yeah. So what do you want me to do?" I asked.
"You did what?" Leon and I whipped around to face the door I had come through not moments before. Letty was standing there looking slightly pale as she held onto Ava.
"Letty I'm sorry, I know you don't want anything to do with but… I just thought in case something happened. Wouldn't you want to know where he is?" She remained silent as she walked into the room. She placed Ava down on Leon's bed and sat down beside her. I knew by the look on her face she was torn. On one hand I knew she was pissed that we had gone against her wishes but on another I could see a small part of her wanting to know.
"Let, you don't have to." Leon spoke.
"I know." No one said anything as we heard her detached tone.
"What do you want me to do Let, just say the word and I'll do whatever." I spoke carefully.
"You better book a ticket to Rio then." She whispered and I cast a look to Leon as I left the room.
Leon's POV
"Are you sure?"
"I only have an issue with Dom… maybe a little with Brian. I still care for them, more so than I should. I have to know that they're safe. At least Ava's sake, Lotty's right what if something does happen? What if we accidently run into them and the truth comes out?"
"Nothing is going to happen." I said firmly but she didn't respond to my statement.
"It would be handy. If we knew where they were then I would be able to freely move about." She spoke but her voice was void of emotion. She was withdrawing into herself and I hated it.
"Let…" I begged but she shook her head snapping herself out of it as she looked my way.
"I just need to know." She whispered and I nodded reluctantly.
"Okay we'll keep watch on them." I spoke and she nodded as we sat in silence, the only sound being made was Ava as she kick her feet and wave her little hands about. I smiled as I watched her.
"No matter what happens, while we're alive he can't know about her." I looked over at Letty as she spoke. Her eyes were trained on Ava and I knew at this point in time she meant her words.
"I understand. I'll keep you both safe, don't worry about that."
"So I'm about to book this ticket…. I need to know that you're serious about this because Letty once I'm there I'm not turning back."
"I'm serious."
"Okay, it's done. I leave tomorrow." Charlotte said as she pressed the last few buttons on her phone.
"It's just surveillance." Letty spoke firmly and Charlotte nodded.
"Understood." She nodded and Letty nodded once as she placed her head in her hands.
"This is so fucked up." I heard her mutter.
"Well now that I'm leaving what are we going to do about funds?" She asked and I sighed.
"I can't pick up any more hours at work as it is the boss has told me that he's going to have to cut people. I took that to mean me." I admitted.
"We can start racing again. We have the one car that we can use. It won't be able to win against the big cars but it'll win us a bit." Letty spoke.
"What about Ava?" I asked and she sighed.
"Yeah we'll have to just be careful. I know it's a risk but what else can we do? This is what we know." She spoke and I agreed reluctantly. Having Ava around the race scene is the last thing I wanted but I knew we didn't have much of a choice.
"I have a couple of contacts that are in the race scene. I don't leave till tomorrow, I'll see if I can get a hold of them and see if there's a race on tonight. We'll be able to take shifts, win more with any luck."
"See what you can do Charlotte." I said as politely as I could. It was hard.
Two hours later
Letty and I sat in silence as Charlotte spoke to one of her contacts. By the way she was speaking it seemed like we were in with a chance but I wasn't holding my breath. The chances of one being on tonight and being allowed to just slip in were unlikely.
"We're in luck. My contacts friend runs the race, we're in. Two grand buy in."
"Shit." I swore. We only had eight grand left so we had to be careful.
"We'll have to be careful. When we have a chance and we're sure we're going to win we'll race them for slips. Maybe we can pick up a car that can win us some more money." Charlotte said and though I didn't want to, I couldn't help but agree with her. We needed the money to keep on running and living life under the radar.
"We have five hours until races start."
"I'm going to put Ava down for a nap." Letty said quietly as she reached over and picked up a happily wide awake Ava. I knew she needed time alone to get her thoughts together so I let her go. I would hunt her down soon and make sure everything was okay. Charlotte seemed to understand as well as she moved out of the way and let Letty pass.
"She'll be okay." She spoke after Letty was gone.
"Close the door on the way out." I responded as I turned away from her. I heard her sigh but she said nothing as she did as I asked.
Rubbing at my face I said a quick prayer everything tonight would go well. We didn't need any more drama.
"Do I wanna know?" I asked carefully. She sighed and sat down in the chair.
"You know the day we took you to hospital because you were having contractions?"
"Yeah."
"Well that morning he asked me out and I didn't know what to say so I told him I was lesbian." She admitted and I frowned at her.
"Lotty." I reprimanded.
"I know okay? But I never thought the truth would come out." She whined.
"Go and apologise. Make it right." I demanded.
"God you sound like a mother already. I feel sorry for Ava when she gets older." She joked as she got up and started down the hall. I frowned as I watched her go before I turned my attention back to Ava who was looking around the room.
"Aunty Lotty and Uncle Leon are going to be a pain to deal with." I said to her happily as she gave me a smile.
Lotty's POV
I reluctantly raised my hand to knock on Leon's door. I knew he was going to send me away. I also knew whatever friendship we had had was now gone. He'd never trust me again and I didn't blame him. Trust was something all three of us didn't give easily, so for me to break that trust with Leon I knew it a huge step backward.
"Leon?" I asked quietly.
"Go the fuck away Charlotte." I sighed and opened the door stepping in.
"Look I'm sorry, I am. I also know though it won't make a difference."
"Damn right. All we have is each other Charlotte, we have to trust each other. You lying to me once has just proved why I can't trust you ever again."
"I know." There was a long pause before he spoke again.
"What's done is done. Either way we still have to work together to look after Letty and Ava. We have to be as civil as we can be." He muttered and I nodded.
"Okay."
"So what's the news." He asked almost reluctantly.
"I found them."
"Where?" He asked.
"In Rio."
"Rio? As in Rio Rio?" He asked in disbelief. Letty had once mentioned to us that she had suggested the place to Dom but he had upped and left in the middle of the night.
"Yeah. So what do you want me to do?" I asked.
"You did what?" Leon and I whipped around to face the door I had come through not moments before. Letty was standing there looking slightly pale as she held onto Ava.
"Letty I'm sorry, I know you don't want anything to do with but… I just thought in case something happened. Wouldn't you want to know where he is?" She remained silent as she walked into the room. She placed Ava down on Leon's bed and sat down beside her. I knew by the look on her face she was torn. On one hand I knew she was pissed that we had gone against her wishes but on another I could see a small part of her wanting to know.
"Let, you don't have to." Leon spoke.
"I know." No one said anything as we heard her detached tone.
"What do you want me to do Let, just say the word and I'll do whatever." I spoke carefully.
"You better book a ticket to Rio then." She whispered and I cast a look to Leon as I left the room.
Leon's POV
"Are you sure?"
"I only have an issue with Dom… maybe a little with Brian. I still care for them, more so than I should. I have to know that they're safe. At least Ava's sake, Lotty's right what if something does happen? What if we accidently run into them and the truth comes out?"
"Nothing is going to happen." I said firmly but she didn't respond to my statement.
"It would be handy. If we knew where they were then I would be able to freely move about." She spoke but her voice was void of emotion. She was withdrawing into herself and I hated it.
"Let…" I begged but she shook her head snapping herself out of it as she looked my way.
"I just need to know." She whispered and I nodded reluctantly.
"Okay we'll keep watch on them." I spoke and she nodded as we sat in silence, the only sound being made was Ava as she kick her feet and wave her little hands about. I smiled as I watched her.
"No matter what happens, while we're alive he can't know about her." I looked over at Letty as she spoke. Her eyes were trained on Ava and I knew at this point in time she meant her words.
"I understand. I'll keep you both safe, don't worry about that."
"So I'm about to book this ticket…. I need to know that you're serious about this because Letty once I'm there I'm not turning back."
"I'm serious."
"Okay, it's done. I leave tomorrow." Charlotte said as she pressed the last few buttons on her phone.
"It's just surveillance." Letty spoke firmly and Charlotte nodded.
"Understood." She nodded and Letty nodded once as she placed her head in her hands.
"This is so fucked up." I heard her mutter.
"Well now that I'm leaving what are we going to do about funds?" She asked and I sighed.
"I can't pick up any more hours at work as it is the boss has told me that he's going to have to cut people. I took that to mean me." I admitted.
"We can start racing again. We have the one car that we can use. It won't be able to win against the big cars but it'll win us a bit." Letty spoke.
"What about Ava?" I asked and she sighed.
"Yeah we'll have to just be careful. I know it's a risk but what else can we do? This is what we know." She spoke and I agreed reluctantly. Having Ava around the race scene is the last thing I wanted but I knew we didn't have much of a choice.
"I have a couple of contacts that are in the race scene. I don't leave till tomorrow, I'll see if I can get a hold of them and see if there's a race on tonight. We'll be able to take shifts, win more with any luck."
"See what you can do Charlotte." I said as politely as I could. It was hard.
Two hours later
Letty and I sat in silence as Charlotte spoke to one of her contacts. By the way she was speaking it seemed like we were in with a chance but I wasn't holding my breath. The chances of one being on tonight and being allowed to just slip in were unlikely.
"We're in luck. My contacts friend runs the race, we're in. Two grand buy in."
"Shit." I swore. We only had eight grand left so we had to be careful.
"We'll have to be careful. When we have a chance and we're sure we're going to win we'll race them for slips. Maybe we can pick up a car that can win us some more money." Charlotte said and though I didn't want to, I couldn't help but agree with her. We needed the money to keep on running and living life under the radar.
"We have five hours until races start."
"I'm going to put Ava down for a nap." Letty said quietly as she reached over and picked up a happily wide awake Ava. I knew she needed time alone to get her thoughts together so I let her go. I would hunt her down soon and make sure everything was okay. Charlotte seemed to understand as well as she moved out of the way and let Letty pass.
"She'll be okay." She spoke after Letty was gone.
"Close the door on the way out." I responded as I turned away from her. I heard her sigh but she said nothing as she did as I asked.
Rubbing at my face I said a quick prayer everything tonight would go well. We didn't need any more drama.