Dom's POV
That night I sat on the lounge with Letty's head in my lap, watching her as she dozed after taking some of her pain relief. It was late at night and Leon still hadn't returned. I was starting to worry that maybe he had left us, could I really blame him if he had?
I was going down that dark path, wondering if I should go out and look for him but a noise outside kept me where I was seated. I waited a moment as I listened to someone nearing the door. My hand wrapped around the hand gun that sat next to me as I glanced to the door. Looking down at Letty I shifted her head off my lap as I stood. I gripped the gun in my hand, raising it to take aim as the front door opened. Leon froze as he caught sight of me and I relaxed letting my hand drop.
"Sorry, I didn't think you'd be awake. I didn't mean to startle you." He said eyeing the gun wearily.
"You left." I said quietly and he nodded looking away.
"I didn't want to leave her here alone but I just had to get out for a while." He offered and I nodded in understanding.
"Just warn me next time yeah? I thought you'd left for good."
"And go where?" He snapped and I sighed not wanting to get into it again tonight.
"I heard from Mia." I said quietly just as he was about to leave the room.
"Yeah?" He asked quietly, casting me a look over his shoulder.
"Jesse's funeral is in two days." I said meeting his eyes. He was silent but I saw the storm of emotions play across his face. His once blank look suddenly turned to anger and I watched as his face turned into a sneer.
"It's not like I can be there. Wonder who's fault that is?" He said walking away and I sighed.
"Mine." I whispered to myself as I looked down at Letty. Stowing away my gun in the waist band of my pants I bent down next to Letty. Shaking her shoulder gently she groaned in annoyance.
"Let?" I said quietly watching as she woke in a daze.
"Hmm?"
"Come on baby lets go to bed." I said and she nodded as I helped her rise.
"Is Leon back?" She asked sleepily as I helped her into bed.
"Yeah baby he's back." I said and she gave a small sleepy smile.
"Where did he go?"
"Shh don't worry about that. We'll talk tomorrow." I said quietly as I crawled in next to her.
25th March- Tijuana, Mexico
Safe house
The three days that followed only made it more obvious that Leon blamed me. Since we had missed the funeral, his anger towards me didn't look like it was going to change anytime soon. We were all torn up about it but I understood where he was coming from, they had been like brothers long before we came along.
"Dom." I looked up him surprised to hear him speaking. I eyed his bags and I looked at him defeated.
"Leon." I said knowingly.
"I can't do this. I can't stay." I only nodded in understanding. I didn't trust my voice.
"I'll let you know where I am once I'm set up." He said as he walked to the door.
"Leon?" I called and I watched as he sighed heavily and turned to me.
"What?" I could here the attitude in his voice but I pushed it aside.
"I am really sorry. I'm sorry it had to come to this. No matter what you think of me, to me you're still family." I spoke and he turned away.
"Sorry isn't good enough." He spat and I looked towards the hall.
"What am I going to tell Letty?" I asked knowing she would be hurt that he hadn't said goodbye.
"I've already spoken to her. Goodbye Dom."
"Goodbye Leon." I said as he walked out leaving the house in silence behind him.
"He's not ever coming back." Letty said quietly five minutes later as I turned to look at her. She looked slightly better than the first day after the accident, but she still had a long way to go before she healed fully.
"We'll be okay baby, I'll come up with something to make this work." I said pressing a kiss to her head.
28th March- Tijuana, Mexico
Safe house- One week since the heist
The three days after Leon's departure, Letty and I spent recovering. My shoulder was aching from having dislocating it in LA. My cuts and bruises I could deal with but since I had been using my shoulder, I hadn't given it time to heal. Letty was doing slightly better than a week ago. Her smaller cuts had almost disappeared and some of the minor bruising had faded leaving only her ribs, the gash on her side and the bruising around her middle. Though she wouldn't ever admit it, I knew she was still in pain. Every breath she made hurt so I convinced her to stay put and not move around unless she needed to.
On the third day though I noticed she was really struggling, her pain medication having run out. Worried for her health I hovered around her all day, making sure she had everything she needed.
"Dom I know you want to take care of me but please just stop. Lay down with me, you need rest too." She snapped and I watched her amused as she huffed from her spot on the bed.
"I know it's frustrating." I said softly as I lay next to her.
"It's not just that." She said softly as she sighed, I nudged her arm gently with my head.
"What's going on baby?" I asked concerned that she wasn't telling me something.
"I can deal with the pain. It's not that bad." She started and I gave her a look letting her know I didn't believe her.
Letty's POV
I scowled at Dom as he called my bluff.
"Okay its bad." I said giving in as he pressed a kiss to my head.
"In all honesty though it would be more tolerable if…" I said before pausing. I was unable to say the words out loud so I just gestured pathetically. He looked up at me confused but nodded his head urging me to keep going, but I stayed silent.
"If what Let?"
"If … you know… if it wasn't that time of the month at the same time." I mumbled quietly. He gave me a look of understanding as it sunk in.
"I'm sorry baby; I wish I could take away your pain." He whispered.
"We haven't heard from Leon." I said changing the subject.
"Yeah I know. I've been thinking that myself."
"Do you think…" I started concerned but then stopped unable to keep going with that thought.
"Don't think like that. He'll ring… I know he will." He said trying to convince us both.
That night the phone rang and Dom answered it carefully. We'd bought new phones and only Mia had the numbers, not that that meant anything really. Who knew what the police were doing to track us down. They still could have found a way to trace us.
"Mia? Everything okay?" I heard him ask quietly. I could tell by the way his voice lowered he didn't want me hearing, I suspected that was in case it was bad news.
"Thank god." I heard him mutter in relief and I relaxed, somehow knowing Leon had made it okay.
"Thank you Mia."
I waited in bed as he came into the room. His face showed relief as he climbed carefully in beside me.
"Mia rang."
"I know, I heard. Where is he?" I asked as I leant my head on his good shoulder.
"He's safe and he managed to set up in Mexico still. Mia said something about Mexico City."
"That's almost two days worth of driving." I said shocked and he made a noise of agreement.
"I guess when he said he had to get away he really meant it."
"Dom we need to figure something out. We can't stay here for too much longer. It'll only be a matter of time before they come looking." I spoke. His grip tightened slightly but not enough to hurt me.
"I know. I've been trying to hold off; you're in no state to move right now."
"We're going to have to." I argued and he sighed.
"Not yet, we still have a while yet. I'll figure something out, I promise." We were silent after that. Each lost in our own thoughts.
"You going to stick by me?" He asked suddenly and I smiled slightly at his famous line.
"Maybe." I said playfully as his lips curled slightly.
That night I sat on the lounge with Letty's head in my lap, watching her as she dozed after taking some of her pain relief. It was late at night and Leon still hadn't returned. I was starting to worry that maybe he had left us, could I really blame him if he had?
I was going down that dark path, wondering if I should go out and look for him but a noise outside kept me where I was seated. I waited a moment as I listened to someone nearing the door. My hand wrapped around the hand gun that sat next to me as I glanced to the door. Looking down at Letty I shifted her head off my lap as I stood. I gripped the gun in my hand, raising it to take aim as the front door opened. Leon froze as he caught sight of me and I relaxed letting my hand drop.
"Sorry, I didn't think you'd be awake. I didn't mean to startle you." He said eyeing the gun wearily.
"You left." I said quietly and he nodded looking away.
"I didn't want to leave her here alone but I just had to get out for a while." He offered and I nodded in understanding.
"Just warn me next time yeah? I thought you'd left for good."
"And go where?" He snapped and I sighed not wanting to get into it again tonight.
"I heard from Mia." I said quietly just as he was about to leave the room.
"Yeah?" He asked quietly, casting me a look over his shoulder.
"Jesse's funeral is in two days." I said meeting his eyes. He was silent but I saw the storm of emotions play across his face. His once blank look suddenly turned to anger and I watched as his face turned into a sneer.
"It's not like I can be there. Wonder who's fault that is?" He said walking away and I sighed.
"Mine." I whispered to myself as I looked down at Letty. Stowing away my gun in the waist band of my pants I bent down next to Letty. Shaking her shoulder gently she groaned in annoyance.
"Let?" I said quietly watching as she woke in a daze.
"Hmm?"
"Come on baby lets go to bed." I said and she nodded as I helped her rise.
"Is Leon back?" She asked sleepily as I helped her into bed.
"Yeah baby he's back." I said and she gave a small sleepy smile.
"Where did he go?"
"Shh don't worry about that. We'll talk tomorrow." I said quietly as I crawled in next to her.
25th March- Tijuana, Mexico
Safe house
The three days that followed only made it more obvious that Leon blamed me. Since we had missed the funeral, his anger towards me didn't look like it was going to change anytime soon. We were all torn up about it but I understood where he was coming from, they had been like brothers long before we came along.
"Dom." I looked up him surprised to hear him speaking. I eyed his bags and I looked at him defeated.
"Leon." I said knowingly.
"I can't do this. I can't stay." I only nodded in understanding. I didn't trust my voice.
"I'll let you know where I am once I'm set up." He said as he walked to the door.
"Leon?" I called and I watched as he sighed heavily and turned to me.
"What?" I could here the attitude in his voice but I pushed it aside.
"I am really sorry. I'm sorry it had to come to this. No matter what you think of me, to me you're still family." I spoke and he turned away.
"Sorry isn't good enough." He spat and I looked towards the hall.
"What am I going to tell Letty?" I asked knowing she would be hurt that he hadn't said goodbye.
"I've already spoken to her. Goodbye Dom."
"Goodbye Leon." I said as he walked out leaving the house in silence behind him.
"He's not ever coming back." Letty said quietly five minutes later as I turned to look at her. She looked slightly better than the first day after the accident, but she still had a long way to go before she healed fully.
"We'll be okay baby, I'll come up with something to make this work." I said pressing a kiss to her head.
28th March- Tijuana, Mexico
Safe house- One week since the heist
The three days after Leon's departure, Letty and I spent recovering. My shoulder was aching from having dislocating it in LA. My cuts and bruises I could deal with but since I had been using my shoulder, I hadn't given it time to heal. Letty was doing slightly better than a week ago. Her smaller cuts had almost disappeared and some of the minor bruising had faded leaving only her ribs, the gash on her side and the bruising around her middle. Though she wouldn't ever admit it, I knew she was still in pain. Every breath she made hurt so I convinced her to stay put and not move around unless she needed to.
On the third day though I noticed she was really struggling, her pain medication having run out. Worried for her health I hovered around her all day, making sure she had everything she needed.
"Dom I know you want to take care of me but please just stop. Lay down with me, you need rest too." She snapped and I watched her amused as she huffed from her spot on the bed.
"I know it's frustrating." I said softly as I lay next to her.
"It's not just that." She said softly as she sighed, I nudged her arm gently with my head.
"What's going on baby?" I asked concerned that she wasn't telling me something.
"I can deal with the pain. It's not that bad." She started and I gave her a look letting her know I didn't believe her.
Letty's POV
I scowled at Dom as he called my bluff.
"Okay its bad." I said giving in as he pressed a kiss to my head.
"In all honesty though it would be more tolerable if…" I said before pausing. I was unable to say the words out loud so I just gestured pathetically. He looked up at me confused but nodded his head urging me to keep going, but I stayed silent.
"If what Let?"
"If … you know… if it wasn't that time of the month at the same time." I mumbled quietly. He gave me a look of understanding as it sunk in.
"I'm sorry baby; I wish I could take away your pain." He whispered.
"We haven't heard from Leon." I said changing the subject.
"Yeah I know. I've been thinking that myself."
"Do you think…" I started concerned but then stopped unable to keep going with that thought.
"Don't think like that. He'll ring… I know he will." He said trying to convince us both.
That night the phone rang and Dom answered it carefully. We'd bought new phones and only Mia had the numbers, not that that meant anything really. Who knew what the police were doing to track us down. They still could have found a way to trace us.
"Mia? Everything okay?" I heard him ask quietly. I could tell by the way his voice lowered he didn't want me hearing, I suspected that was in case it was bad news.
"Thank god." I heard him mutter in relief and I relaxed, somehow knowing Leon had made it okay.
"Thank you Mia."
I waited in bed as he came into the room. His face showed relief as he climbed carefully in beside me.
"Mia rang."
"I know, I heard. Where is he?" I asked as I leant my head on his good shoulder.
"He's safe and he managed to set up in Mexico still. Mia said something about Mexico City."
"That's almost two days worth of driving." I said shocked and he made a noise of agreement.
"I guess when he said he had to get away he really meant it."
"Dom we need to figure something out. We can't stay here for too much longer. It'll only be a matter of time before they come looking." I spoke. His grip tightened slightly but not enough to hurt me.
"I know. I've been trying to hold off; you're in no state to move right now."
"We're going to have to." I argued and he sighed.
"Not yet, we still have a while yet. I'll figure something out, I promise." We were silent after that. Each lost in our own thoughts.
"You going to stick by me?" He asked suddenly and I smiled slightly at his famous line.
"Maybe." I said playfully as his lips curled slightly.