2nd July- Berlin, Germany
Letty and Leon’s apartment
Leon’s POV
"I hate seeing you like this.” I whispered as I held her tighter. I had caught a flight to Berlin early yesterday with Ava and the minute my eyes connected with Letty’s I knew the damage caused here couldn’t be undone.
“I kind of brought it on myself.” She whispered.
“Don’t say that.” I snapped, growing angry at her self blame.
“Leon’s its true. I made the decision to stay and continue, I knew how bad it was then but I fought to stay. I should have listened but now it’s too late.” She whispered in despair.
“Don’t say that, it’s not too late. You can still pull out. You can pull out right now. One phone call to Lotty and another to Carlos and we can be on the next flight out.”
“It’s not that simple.”
“Yes, baby yes it is. Letty this job is slowly destroying you. I can’t stand back and watch it happen anymore.” I stressed.
“Leon he’s planted a tracker on me.” I stood staring down at her speechless.
“What?” I asked in shock.
“I don’t know where, I don’t know how. Hell I don’t even know for sure.” She snapped, pushing away from me as she ran a hand through her hair.
“Then what makes you say that?” I demanded.
“He knows things, says things. I could have gone for a drive and when I arrive back he’s there, waiting at the door. Names the place I went and asks if it had nice scenery. It’s weird Leon, it suspicious.” I said nothing as I tried to control my anger for the bastard.
“See? Don’t you get it? I can’t leave Leon, he’ll follow me no matter where I go. He’ll find me, I’ll never be safe. When I accepted this job I thought it would be easy, dangerous but easy. Never did I think I would catch someone’s eye.”
“You’ve done two jobs; we have more than enough to keep us a float for a good couple of years. We can get you out and drift below the radar.” I stammered, wracking my brain as I thought of ways to get her to safety.
“I have a plan, but it can’t executed until the job is finished.” She whispered. I turned to her for more information and she sighed.
“We need Lotty’s help, we can’t do it without her.”
“You know she’ll help.” I stated and she nodded.
“When the last job goes down Lia Thomas has to ‘die’. Lotty has the contacts and the means to scan me for trackers. She’ll be able to remove it if necessary and plant it on a body to make it look like me. We need every cent of that money Leon and then we disappear, for good. We set up house somewhere else and we raise Ava completely off the grid. No more looking over our shoulders and no more running. As of that last job we’ll be different people.” I stared at her in silence, mulling over her words.
“You’ve really thought this through haven’t you?” I asked quietly.
“Yes.”
“Not saying it will, but if it does and things go bad what happens?” I asked cautiously.
“I trust Ana.” She spoke and I gave her a nervous glance.
“How much?” I asked.
“With my life.” She answered, staring me straight in the eyes and I nodded.
“What exactly are you going to tell her?”
“Only what I need to and I’ll only do it if I have no other choice. I need you and Lotty to start getting all the needed documents ready, just in case things go south before the last job.”
“Okay I’ll contact Lotty.”
“Leon if I don’t make it-“ She started.
“You will make it.” I snapped.
“Shut up and listen to me.” She snapped back and I huffed but stayed quiet.
“If I don’t, I want you to go to Dom.” My head snapped towards her at her words. Letty hadn’t spoken of Dom in such a long time, it was quite a shock.
“What do you mean go to Dom?” I asked.
“Go to him and tell him everything; about Ava, about me and everything else in between. Let him decide if he wants to be a part of her life.” I was silent as I processed her request.
“Do you mean that?” I asked.
“Yes, I’ve had a lot of hard and long nights to think things through Leon. My hate for him is one thing but when I die-“
“IF.” I snapped despite her irritated look in my direction.
“IF I die she deserves at least one parent. She’ll always be yours but she deserves the truth as well.” She said softly.
“I’ll honor your wishes but it better never come to that.” I snapped, hating the turn of this conversation.
“I can’t make that promise. You know I can’t. Just stick the plan and hope everything goes well.”
“Letty nothing about this job has gone well.” I reminded.
“I know Leon, I live with it every day.” I chose to ignore her snappy remark and instead settled on my next question.
“So how long exactly is it until you finish this job?”
“I don’t know. We’ve only pulled off two jobs, we have eight more to go. Security has gotten tighter and it’s getting harder to pull off any successful jobs. Demetri is high strung and more volatile because the boss isn’t happy with the hold up.”
“I take it that’s where your new bruise comes into it?” I asked angered as I finally addressed the darkened bruises on her arm.
“Yeah.”
“I want to kill the fucker.” I swore as I pulled her close, my lips pressing into her hair as I breathed in her scent.
“You can’t Le.” She whispered.
“You haven’t fallen for him have you Let?” I demanded as she gave me an irritated look.
“Do I look crazy?”
“Depends which day I look.” I joked earning an elbow to the ribs.
“No I haven’t fallen for the fucker but he needs to live for the time being.”
“Once this is over I can’t keep that promise.” I told her seriously. I was met with silence and after a few minutes I realized she wasn’t going to respond.
‘Maybe that would be for the best. I couldn’t make promises that I wouldn’t be able to keep.’
Letty and Leon’s apartment
Leon’s POV
"I hate seeing you like this.” I whispered as I held her tighter. I had caught a flight to Berlin early yesterday with Ava and the minute my eyes connected with Letty’s I knew the damage caused here couldn’t be undone.
“I kind of brought it on myself.” She whispered.
“Don’t say that.” I snapped, growing angry at her self blame.
“Leon’s its true. I made the decision to stay and continue, I knew how bad it was then but I fought to stay. I should have listened but now it’s too late.” She whispered in despair.
“Don’t say that, it’s not too late. You can still pull out. You can pull out right now. One phone call to Lotty and another to Carlos and we can be on the next flight out.”
“It’s not that simple.”
“Yes, baby yes it is. Letty this job is slowly destroying you. I can’t stand back and watch it happen anymore.” I stressed.
“Leon he’s planted a tracker on me.” I stood staring down at her speechless.
“What?” I asked in shock.
“I don’t know where, I don’t know how. Hell I don’t even know for sure.” She snapped, pushing away from me as she ran a hand through her hair.
“Then what makes you say that?” I demanded.
“He knows things, says things. I could have gone for a drive and when I arrive back he’s there, waiting at the door. Names the place I went and asks if it had nice scenery. It’s weird Leon, it suspicious.” I said nothing as I tried to control my anger for the bastard.
“See? Don’t you get it? I can’t leave Leon, he’ll follow me no matter where I go. He’ll find me, I’ll never be safe. When I accepted this job I thought it would be easy, dangerous but easy. Never did I think I would catch someone’s eye.”
“You’ve done two jobs; we have more than enough to keep us a float for a good couple of years. We can get you out and drift below the radar.” I stammered, wracking my brain as I thought of ways to get her to safety.
“I have a plan, but it can’t executed until the job is finished.” She whispered. I turned to her for more information and she sighed.
“We need Lotty’s help, we can’t do it without her.”
“You know she’ll help.” I stated and she nodded.
“When the last job goes down Lia Thomas has to ‘die’. Lotty has the contacts and the means to scan me for trackers. She’ll be able to remove it if necessary and plant it on a body to make it look like me. We need every cent of that money Leon and then we disappear, for good. We set up house somewhere else and we raise Ava completely off the grid. No more looking over our shoulders and no more running. As of that last job we’ll be different people.” I stared at her in silence, mulling over her words.
“You’ve really thought this through haven’t you?” I asked quietly.
“Yes.”
“Not saying it will, but if it does and things go bad what happens?” I asked cautiously.
“I trust Ana.” She spoke and I gave her a nervous glance.
“How much?” I asked.
“With my life.” She answered, staring me straight in the eyes and I nodded.
“What exactly are you going to tell her?”
“Only what I need to and I’ll only do it if I have no other choice. I need you and Lotty to start getting all the needed documents ready, just in case things go south before the last job.”
“Okay I’ll contact Lotty.”
“Leon if I don’t make it-“ She started.
“You will make it.” I snapped.
“Shut up and listen to me.” She snapped back and I huffed but stayed quiet.
“If I don’t, I want you to go to Dom.” My head snapped towards her at her words. Letty hadn’t spoken of Dom in such a long time, it was quite a shock.
“What do you mean go to Dom?” I asked.
“Go to him and tell him everything; about Ava, about me and everything else in between. Let him decide if he wants to be a part of her life.” I was silent as I processed her request.
“Do you mean that?” I asked.
“Yes, I’ve had a lot of hard and long nights to think things through Leon. My hate for him is one thing but when I die-“
“IF.” I snapped despite her irritated look in my direction.
“IF I die she deserves at least one parent. She’ll always be yours but she deserves the truth as well.” She said softly.
“I’ll honor your wishes but it better never come to that.” I snapped, hating the turn of this conversation.
“I can’t make that promise. You know I can’t. Just stick the plan and hope everything goes well.”
“Letty nothing about this job has gone well.” I reminded.
“I know Leon, I live with it every day.” I chose to ignore her snappy remark and instead settled on my next question.
“So how long exactly is it until you finish this job?”
“I don’t know. We’ve only pulled off two jobs, we have eight more to go. Security has gotten tighter and it’s getting harder to pull off any successful jobs. Demetri is high strung and more volatile because the boss isn’t happy with the hold up.”
“I take it that’s where your new bruise comes into it?” I asked angered as I finally addressed the darkened bruises on her arm.
“Yeah.”
“I want to kill the fucker.” I swore as I pulled her close, my lips pressing into her hair as I breathed in her scent.
“You can’t Le.” She whispered.
“You haven’t fallen for him have you Let?” I demanded as she gave me an irritated look.
“Do I look crazy?”
“Depends which day I look.” I joked earning an elbow to the ribs.
“No I haven’t fallen for the fucker but he needs to live for the time being.”
“Once this is over I can’t keep that promise.” I told her seriously. I was met with silence and after a few minutes I realized she wasn’t going to respond.
‘Maybe that would be for the best. I couldn’t make promises that I wouldn’t be able to keep.’