Letty’s POV
“You made a grave error yesterday.” Carlos started, circling me like a lion would his prey.
“I know. It was mistake, an accident and it won’t happen again.” He smirked, stopping in front of me as he nodded.
“No you’re right it won’t happen again Lia, or should I say Leticia? An interesting piece of information showed up after they found your finger prints. You’re meant to be dead according to your file.” I said nothing just lowered my gaze. I couldn’t deny it, I couldn’t fight against him; I was helpless and he knew it.
“Well Letty you see here’s the thing I don’t like being lied to.” He spoke quickly and quietly but it the punch to the stomach that caught me off guard. I groaned and held my stomach, briefly looking up to Carlos’ henchmen.
“You know what else I don’t like? I don’t like having the police sniffing around my business. It gets me very, very mad.” Another blow came followed by another and another. It felt like hours before they finally stopped, leaving me to sit in a crumpled heap on the floor.
“I should kill you, I was going to kill but I’m going to wait. I’ll give you one last chance, a very rare occurrence so you better think wisely. I’ve fixed your little identity problem, with Demetri at least. Whether it’s too late for the authorities I don’t know, but it’s enough to keep the local police off my tail, and yours, while you’re here. No more mistakes, no more chances, the next time you stuff up I will kill you. Understood?” He growled, pulling my hair tightly so I had to look at him.
“Yes.” I whispered.
“Good. Let her go.” He ordered to his men, both of them delivering one more swift kick each before tossing me aside. I heard voices travel through the hall and out the door but I didn’t look up. My whole body hurt and I was pretty sure a few things were broken.
“Oh my god Lia. Don’t move, I’ll clean you up and help you.” Ana spoke quickly as she fell to my side on the floor.
“Thank you.” I whispered before I shut my eyes and black took over.
22nd July- Canary Islands, Spain
Lotty’s motel room
Lotty’s POV
“I wasn’t expecting a call from you anytime soon.” I spoke into my cell suddenly, Leon’s name making my scalp prickle in a not-so-good way.
“It’s Letty.” He whispered.
“What happened?” I demanded.
“Carlos knows who she is. She was in an accident, her prints were left on the scene.”
“Shit.” I swore as I paced the room.
“I don’t know what to do Charlotte. Carlos is going to kill her.” He stressed and I felt the same way. This guy was a pro, if he had loose ends he fixed them. Letty was a loose end.
“Toretto and the rest are secure here, they won’t be leaving anytime soon. I’ll head to the states see if I can do some damage control about her prints. I’ll get into contact with some of my old contacts, see if I can pull some strings that might tie with Carlos.”
“What are the chances of that?” He asked seriously and I frowned.
“Slim to none, but I have to try. Ring me when you hear from her.” I spoke quietly.
“And if I don’t?” The silence between us was heavy.
“You do what she asked and I’ll go find her, bring her home to her family.” I spoke sadly.
“I’ll call you, keep me informed.”
“I will.” I spoke before ending the call. I felt a lone tear on my cheek. Letty was my sister and I would do everything in my power to make sure she makes it back to us safely.
25th July- Berlin, Germany
Ana’s room
Letty’s POV
I struggled to open my eyes, all I could feel was pain and I couldn’t remember what had happened.
“Easy Lia.” An angelic voice broke through the silence and I slowly turned my head in the direction. All I could see was blur and it was then that I realised that my eyes were already open. Blinking away the haze I focused my eyes on Ana and she gave me a relieved smile.
“Glad you’ve finally opened your eyes.”
“What happened?” I croaked out as she looked down at me.
“You don’t remember?” She asked worriedly.
“I remember a phone call… I remember talking to Carlos but after that’s its blank.” I spoke frowning, wincing in pain straight after.
“He had his henchmen beat you half to death because of your mistake. He left you on the floor and that’s where I found you after he’d gone. You’ve been out three days, I wasn’t sure if you were going to wake.” She admitted quietly.
“Thank you.” I whispered back and she smiled softly.
“You’re welcome.”
“I feel like shit.” I groaned after a pause and she laughed softly.
“You look like shit too.”
“I mean it Ana, thank you.”
“I know you’d do the same for me.” I nodded and she smiled, leaving the room with the promise of bringing back painkillers and food.
I spotted my phone on the bedside table and Leon immediately came to my mind.
‘Shit.’ I thought as I reached painfully for the phone.
I had been out for three days, I knew Letty and Lotty would be tearing their hair out with worry. Dialling the number as quickly as my body would let me it barely rang before Leon was shouting down the phone.
“LETTY! I THOUGHT YOU WERE DEAD! DEAD! AS IN YOU WERE NEVER COMING BACK.”
“Keep it down Leon.” I groaned into the phone.
“What happened? Where are you? Are you okay?”
“I got beaten half to death, I’m at the house still with Ana and I think so.” I managed to get out before he bombarded me with more.
“I’ve been worried sick about you. Why didn’t you ring earlier?”
“I’ve been out for three days Leon. I’ll be okay, I’m sorry about worrying you.” I spoke softly.
“Do they know?” He asked after a long pause. I sighed and shut my eyes.
“Only Carlos, he said Demetri doesn’t know, but I haven’t seen him since the incident with Carlos so I don’t really know.”
“Lotty’s been searching for files and police records. Calling in favours with her contacts, she said that the US know about you. You’ve just jumped to the most wanted list.” I closed my eyes at his information.
“I screwed everything up. Do you know if he knows?” I asked, not having to elaborate who ‘he’ was.
“I don’t know, Lotty’s left the surveillance and flown to the States. She needs to keep an eye on Hobbs now. Dom and that seem settled so she figured it was safe to leave.”
“Okay, I guess that’s good news.”
“Letty none of this is good news. I’ll be there later in the week, stay safe for me until then. Keep your head down and you should be okay.”
“Thank Leon.”
“Anytime. I love ya girl.” He said before the call ended.
“Here you go, Demetri asked if you were awake.” Ana spoke nervously as she walked back into the room.
“What did you tell him?”
“No, but I know he doesn’t believe me. He’ll be up soon and I won’t be able to stop him, I’m sorry.”
“It’s okay Ana, I’ll be okay.” I whispered. She looked dubious as she watched me take the painkillers.
“Will you? You’re not the same fiery girl I met just months ago. You’re gunna need help, we’re in this together now. All we have is each other.” She whispered; a silent plea for me to agree with her. I didn’t speak for a minute before I sighed in defeat.
“You're right, we do need to stick together.” I agreed with a small smile.
“You made a grave error yesterday.” Carlos started, circling me like a lion would his prey.
“I know. It was mistake, an accident and it won’t happen again.” He smirked, stopping in front of me as he nodded.
“No you’re right it won’t happen again Lia, or should I say Leticia? An interesting piece of information showed up after they found your finger prints. You’re meant to be dead according to your file.” I said nothing just lowered my gaze. I couldn’t deny it, I couldn’t fight against him; I was helpless and he knew it.
“Well Letty you see here’s the thing I don’t like being lied to.” He spoke quickly and quietly but it the punch to the stomach that caught me off guard. I groaned and held my stomach, briefly looking up to Carlos’ henchmen.
“You know what else I don’t like? I don’t like having the police sniffing around my business. It gets me very, very mad.” Another blow came followed by another and another. It felt like hours before they finally stopped, leaving me to sit in a crumpled heap on the floor.
“I should kill you, I was going to kill but I’m going to wait. I’ll give you one last chance, a very rare occurrence so you better think wisely. I’ve fixed your little identity problem, with Demetri at least. Whether it’s too late for the authorities I don’t know, but it’s enough to keep the local police off my tail, and yours, while you’re here. No more mistakes, no more chances, the next time you stuff up I will kill you. Understood?” He growled, pulling my hair tightly so I had to look at him.
“Yes.” I whispered.
“Good. Let her go.” He ordered to his men, both of them delivering one more swift kick each before tossing me aside. I heard voices travel through the hall and out the door but I didn’t look up. My whole body hurt and I was pretty sure a few things were broken.
“Oh my god Lia. Don’t move, I’ll clean you up and help you.” Ana spoke quickly as she fell to my side on the floor.
“Thank you.” I whispered before I shut my eyes and black took over.
22nd July- Canary Islands, Spain
Lotty’s motel room
Lotty’s POV
“I wasn’t expecting a call from you anytime soon.” I spoke into my cell suddenly, Leon’s name making my scalp prickle in a not-so-good way.
“It’s Letty.” He whispered.
“What happened?” I demanded.
“Carlos knows who she is. She was in an accident, her prints were left on the scene.”
“Shit.” I swore as I paced the room.
“I don’t know what to do Charlotte. Carlos is going to kill her.” He stressed and I felt the same way. This guy was a pro, if he had loose ends he fixed them. Letty was a loose end.
“Toretto and the rest are secure here, they won’t be leaving anytime soon. I’ll head to the states see if I can do some damage control about her prints. I’ll get into contact with some of my old contacts, see if I can pull some strings that might tie with Carlos.”
“What are the chances of that?” He asked seriously and I frowned.
“Slim to none, but I have to try. Ring me when you hear from her.” I spoke quietly.
“And if I don’t?” The silence between us was heavy.
“You do what she asked and I’ll go find her, bring her home to her family.” I spoke sadly.
“I’ll call you, keep me informed.”
“I will.” I spoke before ending the call. I felt a lone tear on my cheek. Letty was my sister and I would do everything in my power to make sure she makes it back to us safely.
25th July- Berlin, Germany
Ana’s room
Letty’s POV
I struggled to open my eyes, all I could feel was pain and I couldn’t remember what had happened.
“Easy Lia.” An angelic voice broke through the silence and I slowly turned my head in the direction. All I could see was blur and it was then that I realised that my eyes were already open. Blinking away the haze I focused my eyes on Ana and she gave me a relieved smile.
“Glad you’ve finally opened your eyes.”
“What happened?” I croaked out as she looked down at me.
“You don’t remember?” She asked worriedly.
“I remember a phone call… I remember talking to Carlos but after that’s its blank.” I spoke frowning, wincing in pain straight after.
“He had his henchmen beat you half to death because of your mistake. He left you on the floor and that’s where I found you after he’d gone. You’ve been out three days, I wasn’t sure if you were going to wake.” She admitted quietly.
“Thank you.” I whispered back and she smiled softly.
“You’re welcome.”
“I feel like shit.” I groaned after a pause and she laughed softly.
“You look like shit too.”
“I mean it Ana, thank you.”
“I know you’d do the same for me.” I nodded and she smiled, leaving the room with the promise of bringing back painkillers and food.
I spotted my phone on the bedside table and Leon immediately came to my mind.
‘Shit.’ I thought as I reached painfully for the phone.
I had been out for three days, I knew Letty and Lotty would be tearing their hair out with worry. Dialling the number as quickly as my body would let me it barely rang before Leon was shouting down the phone.
“LETTY! I THOUGHT YOU WERE DEAD! DEAD! AS IN YOU WERE NEVER COMING BACK.”
“Keep it down Leon.” I groaned into the phone.
“What happened? Where are you? Are you okay?”
“I got beaten half to death, I’m at the house still with Ana and I think so.” I managed to get out before he bombarded me with more.
“I’ve been worried sick about you. Why didn’t you ring earlier?”
“I’ve been out for three days Leon. I’ll be okay, I’m sorry about worrying you.” I spoke softly.
“Do they know?” He asked after a long pause. I sighed and shut my eyes.
“Only Carlos, he said Demetri doesn’t know, but I haven’t seen him since the incident with Carlos so I don’t really know.”
“Lotty’s been searching for files and police records. Calling in favours with her contacts, she said that the US know about you. You’ve just jumped to the most wanted list.” I closed my eyes at his information.
“I screwed everything up. Do you know if he knows?” I asked, not having to elaborate who ‘he’ was.
“I don’t know, Lotty’s left the surveillance and flown to the States. She needs to keep an eye on Hobbs now. Dom and that seem settled so she figured it was safe to leave.”
“Okay, I guess that’s good news.”
“Letty none of this is good news. I’ll be there later in the week, stay safe for me until then. Keep your head down and you should be okay.”
“Thank Leon.”
“Anytime. I love ya girl.” He said before the call ended.
“Here you go, Demetri asked if you were awake.” Ana spoke nervously as she walked back into the room.
“What did you tell him?”
“No, but I know he doesn’t believe me. He’ll be up soon and I won’t be able to stop him, I’m sorry.”
“It’s okay Ana, I’ll be okay.” I whispered. She looked dubious as she watched me take the painkillers.
“Will you? You’re not the same fiery girl I met just months ago. You’re gunna need help, we’re in this together now. All we have is each other.” She whispered; a silent plea for me to agree with her. I didn’t speak for a minute before I sighed in defeat.
“You're right, we do need to stick together.” I agreed with a small smile.