6th April- Los Angeles, United States
LA Hospital
Mia’s POV
“Brian?” I breathed out as my phone rang once.
“Mia, she’s awake. She’s okay.” I choked back a sob as I covered my mouth.
“Oh thank god. Where are you?” I asked as I walked a little way down the corridor towards the large glass window over-looking the city.
“Hobbs has just got us on a flight leaving in an hour. How’s Dom?”
“He’s stable, the doctors brought him out of the induced coma today. Doctor Frey says his vitals are good and he should wake any time now but I think he’s waiting for her.” I spoke softly, gazing out the window as I took in the city. It was still surreal that I was back here.
“How’s Lexie?”
“She’s good, missing her daddy and keeping her uncles on their toes.”
“Roman and Tej on baby duty?” He asked unsurely and I laughed at his tone.
“Yes but Rosa and Elena have been left in charge.” His sigh of relief had me laughing again.
“We’ll be home soon.”
“Hobbs pulled some more strings and got us back the house.” I admitted in disbelief.
“Wow… I don’t think I’d recognise it now.”
“I didn’t. It needs so much work.”
“We can make it what it was.” Brian promised and I smiled.
“I know we can. I love you Bri, I’ll see you soon.”
“I love you Mia, give Lexie a kiss for me. And Ava one for Leon and Let.”
“I will.” I promised before we hung up.
“Mrs O’Conner?” I turned around at the sound of my name and faced the nurse.
“Yes?” I worried as I took her in.
“Your brother’s waking.” I let out a small gasp and rushed back down the hallway.
Dom’s POV
The first thing that slowly came into focus was my hearing. The silence around me was deafening and I thought for sure I was dead. The more my hearing came into focus the more I realised there was in fact noise around me. The quiet beep of a machine alerted me to the fact I was in hospital and I was immediately relieved.
I flexed my fingers experimentally while struggling to open my eyes. My lids were heavy and it took a while before I could actually keep my eyes fully open.
“Dom.” I looked around for the source of the noise, my eyes resting on Mia as she rushed to my side.
“Mia.” I whispered as I squeezed her hand.
“You had us all so worried.” She cried and I forced a smile now very aware of how much pain I was in.
“What happened?” I asked as I tried to recall what happened after I was shot.
“You were shot, twice.” She sniffed as she took a seat next to my bed.
“I remember that. I don’t remember being found.” I spoke quietly.
“They got to you in time, that’s all that matters.”
“Have I been awake since yesterday?” I asked making her frown at me.
“What?” I asked.
“Dom you weren’t shot yesterday.” Mia spoke gently.
“Have I been out a day?”
“Try four. They’ve kept you induced in a coma to give your body some time to heal and so that we could transfer you here from Mexico.” She explained but my brain was still stuck on ‘four’.
“Four days?”
“You were badly hurt Dom.” I finally took the time to look around the room and noticed it was only the two of us.
“Where’s Letty? And Brian?” I asked.
“They’ll be here soon. Um there was a slight complication with Letty but she’s fine now.” I glared at my sister for being vague.
“What sort of complication? And why do you keep saying here? Where’s here?” I asked struggling to sit up.
“Dom you’re going to burst your stiches.” She cried as she stood to help me.
“It doesn’t hurt that much.” I bit out, lying through my teeth as white hot heat surged through my body.
“Dom you have to-“
“Mia I’m fine. I want to know what happened to Letty.” I worried as I thought about her and our baby.
“If I tell you will you promise to stay still and not move?” She asked, both hands on her hips as she glared at me.
“Mia.” I warned.
“Look when they found you, you were in a bad way. They rushed you into surgery and Brian refused to leave. Charlotte wouldn’t let him come and tell Letty until he knew something. They didn’t want us to worry. When they got news from a doctor eventually Lotty gave in and let Brian come and tell us what happened.” Mia started but she refused to look me in the eye as she continued.
“When I saw Brian turn up at the house I was so relieved but it wasn’t until we saw the blood he was covered in and Letty realised you weren’t there that we knew something was wrong. Letty got upset, really upset. She started freaking out-“ I had heard enough. I had seen some of Letty’s panic attacks and I knew what they were like. I pushed my self up some more and started to pull my blankets off when Mia’s hand stopped me.
“What the hell do you think you’re doing?” She panicked.
“I need to see my girl. I need to know she’s okay.”
“Dom listen to me, let me finish. You can’t see her, she’s not here. Look just listen okay?” I grunted in reply, crossing my arms as I looked at my little sister expectantly.
“She started freaking out while Brian was telling her but she passed out before Brian could tell us you were still alive. I think she thought you were dead, hell I thought you were dead until Brian told me everything. Before she passed out, she’d grabbed her stomach-“ My hand flew to Mia’s, squeezing hard enough to get her to look at me.
“Mia, don’t mess me around. Are they okay? Is the baby okay? Did she lose it?” I pleaded with my sister for answers.
“No she didn’t lose it, they’re both okay. She hadn’t woken up until today. We thought we’d really lost her; that she’d completely given up. I just spoke to Brian, he and Leon stayed with Letty in Mexico. He hasn’t left her side, not even to see you. I think he feels guilty, afraid if he left and something happened to her you’d blame him.”
“I’d never do that.” I whispered.
“I know, you’d blame yourself instead.” She spoke softly.
“You asked me where we were, well you did it. Hobbs granted us full pardons and got you transferred back here into better care. We’re home Dom, we’re finally home. Letty, Leon and Brian are on their way and then we can all finally move on with our lives.” She cried softly as she hugged me. I hugged her back, relieved that everything I had done wasn’t for nothing. Relieved that Hobbs had kept his promise.
“Where’s Ava?” I asked when she pulled back, wiping away her tears as she smiled.
“Tej and Roman have her and Lexi, but don’t worry Elena and Rosa are in charge.” I smiled and didn’t finish my protest.
“Can I see her?”
“I’ll get them to bring her in, now rest. I’m going to find a doctor. I love you Dom, I’m so glad you’re safe.”
“Love you too Mia.” I relaxed as I watched her walk from the room.
LA Hospital
Mia’s POV
“Brian?” I breathed out as my phone rang once.
“Mia, she’s awake. She’s okay.” I choked back a sob as I covered my mouth.
“Oh thank god. Where are you?” I asked as I walked a little way down the corridor towards the large glass window over-looking the city.
“Hobbs has just got us on a flight leaving in an hour. How’s Dom?”
“He’s stable, the doctors brought him out of the induced coma today. Doctor Frey says his vitals are good and he should wake any time now but I think he’s waiting for her.” I spoke softly, gazing out the window as I took in the city. It was still surreal that I was back here.
“How’s Lexie?”
“She’s good, missing her daddy and keeping her uncles on their toes.”
“Roman and Tej on baby duty?” He asked unsurely and I laughed at his tone.
“Yes but Rosa and Elena have been left in charge.” His sigh of relief had me laughing again.
“We’ll be home soon.”
“Hobbs pulled some more strings and got us back the house.” I admitted in disbelief.
“Wow… I don’t think I’d recognise it now.”
“I didn’t. It needs so much work.”
“We can make it what it was.” Brian promised and I smiled.
“I know we can. I love you Bri, I’ll see you soon.”
“I love you Mia, give Lexie a kiss for me. And Ava one for Leon and Let.”
“I will.” I promised before we hung up.
“Mrs O’Conner?” I turned around at the sound of my name and faced the nurse.
“Yes?” I worried as I took her in.
“Your brother’s waking.” I let out a small gasp and rushed back down the hallway.
Dom’s POV
The first thing that slowly came into focus was my hearing. The silence around me was deafening and I thought for sure I was dead. The more my hearing came into focus the more I realised there was in fact noise around me. The quiet beep of a machine alerted me to the fact I was in hospital and I was immediately relieved.
I flexed my fingers experimentally while struggling to open my eyes. My lids were heavy and it took a while before I could actually keep my eyes fully open.
“Dom.” I looked around for the source of the noise, my eyes resting on Mia as she rushed to my side.
“Mia.” I whispered as I squeezed her hand.
“You had us all so worried.” She cried and I forced a smile now very aware of how much pain I was in.
“What happened?” I asked as I tried to recall what happened after I was shot.
“You were shot, twice.” She sniffed as she took a seat next to my bed.
“I remember that. I don’t remember being found.” I spoke quietly.
“They got to you in time, that’s all that matters.”
“Have I been awake since yesterday?” I asked making her frown at me.
“What?” I asked.
“Dom you weren’t shot yesterday.” Mia spoke gently.
“Have I been out a day?”
“Try four. They’ve kept you induced in a coma to give your body some time to heal and so that we could transfer you here from Mexico.” She explained but my brain was still stuck on ‘four’.
“Four days?”
“You were badly hurt Dom.” I finally took the time to look around the room and noticed it was only the two of us.
“Where’s Letty? And Brian?” I asked.
“They’ll be here soon. Um there was a slight complication with Letty but she’s fine now.” I glared at my sister for being vague.
“What sort of complication? And why do you keep saying here? Where’s here?” I asked struggling to sit up.
“Dom you’re going to burst your stiches.” She cried as she stood to help me.
“It doesn’t hurt that much.” I bit out, lying through my teeth as white hot heat surged through my body.
“Dom you have to-“
“Mia I’m fine. I want to know what happened to Letty.” I worried as I thought about her and our baby.
“If I tell you will you promise to stay still and not move?” She asked, both hands on her hips as she glared at me.
“Mia.” I warned.
“Look when they found you, you were in a bad way. They rushed you into surgery and Brian refused to leave. Charlotte wouldn’t let him come and tell Letty until he knew something. They didn’t want us to worry. When they got news from a doctor eventually Lotty gave in and let Brian come and tell us what happened.” Mia started but she refused to look me in the eye as she continued.
“When I saw Brian turn up at the house I was so relieved but it wasn’t until we saw the blood he was covered in and Letty realised you weren’t there that we knew something was wrong. Letty got upset, really upset. She started freaking out-“ I had heard enough. I had seen some of Letty’s panic attacks and I knew what they were like. I pushed my self up some more and started to pull my blankets off when Mia’s hand stopped me.
“What the hell do you think you’re doing?” She panicked.
“I need to see my girl. I need to know she’s okay.”
“Dom listen to me, let me finish. You can’t see her, she’s not here. Look just listen okay?” I grunted in reply, crossing my arms as I looked at my little sister expectantly.
“She started freaking out while Brian was telling her but she passed out before Brian could tell us you were still alive. I think she thought you were dead, hell I thought you were dead until Brian told me everything. Before she passed out, she’d grabbed her stomach-“ My hand flew to Mia’s, squeezing hard enough to get her to look at me.
“Mia, don’t mess me around. Are they okay? Is the baby okay? Did she lose it?” I pleaded with my sister for answers.
“No she didn’t lose it, they’re both okay. She hadn’t woken up until today. We thought we’d really lost her; that she’d completely given up. I just spoke to Brian, he and Leon stayed with Letty in Mexico. He hasn’t left her side, not even to see you. I think he feels guilty, afraid if he left and something happened to her you’d blame him.”
“I’d never do that.” I whispered.
“I know, you’d blame yourself instead.” She spoke softly.
“You asked me where we were, well you did it. Hobbs granted us full pardons and got you transferred back here into better care. We’re home Dom, we’re finally home. Letty, Leon and Brian are on their way and then we can all finally move on with our lives.” She cried softly as she hugged me. I hugged her back, relieved that everything I had done wasn’t for nothing. Relieved that Hobbs had kept his promise.
“Where’s Ava?” I asked when she pulled back, wiping away her tears as she smiled.
“Tej and Roman have her and Lexi, but don’t worry Elena and Rosa are in charge.” I smiled and didn’t finish my protest.
“Can I see her?”
“I’ll get them to bring her in, now rest. I’m going to find a doctor. I love you Dom, I’m so glad you’re safe.”
“Love you too Mia.” I relaxed as I watched her walk from the room.