Dom's POV
After hearing Letty's promise I felt a little more at ease. The vision of Letty and Leon at the funeral drifting from my mind. I held her close, calming myself as I breathed her in. I closed my eyes as I felt her hesitant hand run through my hair. I leaned into her more silently telling her it was okay, as I welcomed the contact.
"I can't get his screams out of my head." I confided quietly. Her hand paused before it started again this time more slowly.
"Dom your dad he… he never screamed." I frowned.
"Yes he did, surely you heard it." I said looking up at her. Her eyes were warm and I felt a sense of calm wash over me.
"Dom that was you…You were screaming." I heard the truth in her words and slumped against the bed.
"I could of sworn it was him." I whispered into the darkness.
"No… it was you. I haven't been able to get it out of my head either." We lay there in silence and after a while I thought she had fallen asleep but when I looked up at her she was still awake, staring into space.
"Let?" I said softly watching as her eyes snapped back to mine.
"Yeah?"
"Are you okay?"
"Don't worry about me, let me worry about you for a change." I was out of energy to argue so I smiled weakly and rested my head on her chest closing my eyes.
"Are you going to be okay?" She asked quietly.
"I feel numb." I confided.
"I know, it'll pass."
"What comes next?" I asked thinking back to when her dad died. She had been a mess.
"… please try to sleep." Her gently voice begging and I sighed.
"I don't think I can but I'll try. Stay with me please?"
"I'm not going anywhere." I settled at her words closing my eyes trying to block out the crash that was playing in my mind over and over again.
It was bright when I opened my eyes again. I must have fallen asleep at some point because I had moved. I looked down at Letty who was wrapped in my arms, she was awake again staring at the ceiling into space. The dark circles under her eyes told me she hadn't slept at least for a couple of days.
"Let." I said quietly. My voice was deep and rough from sleep.
"Hey… you slept most of the morning." She said quietly, her eyes flicking to mine.
"You didn't." I said worried.
"Dom, please don't worry about me."
"I always worry about you."
"Not now, please. I want you to focus on yourself." I stayed silent knowing I couldn't promise that.
"Mum's made breakfast, are you hungry?" She asked softly.
"A little." I admitted and she relaxed.
"Good, you haven't eaten for days."
"Has Mia eaten?" I asked worriedly. She was inconsolable the first night as we lay in dad's bed both of us crying as I held her. I felt guilty for leaving her alone last night but I needed Letty.
"No she still won't eat, Vince is trying."
"I'll speak to her." I said quietly.
Letty gently coaxed me into getting up not long after and I did, for her sake. I held her hand as we walked downstairs, unwilling to let her go afraid she'd disappear. Maria looked stressed as we walked in the kitchen but when she saw me with Letty she relaxed a little. I guess I had worried her when I pushed Letty away.
"Mia, please eat." Vince begged.
"I'm not hungry. I feel sick." She cried as she pushed Vince away. Reluctantly I let go of Letty's hand and walked over to my little sister.
"Mi you have to eat." I said quietly and tiredly.
"Eating isn't going to bring him back." She cried.
"Leave us alone for a minute?" I asked everyone and they reluctantly left.
"Mia I know that, but do you think dad would want us to do this?"
"No." she whispered quietly bringing her knees up onto the chair resting her arms and head on them.
"We're in the same boat Mia, I don't feel like eating either but we have to. Think about how much this is stressing Maria out. She hasn't even had a chance to grieve yet because she's too busy worrying about us. Making sure we're okay. We have so much to sort through already, I don't want to have to add making sure you eat to the list. Please Mia, do this for me?" I begged.
"Okay. But I don't want a lot."
"Just eat what you can, I'll be happy with that." She nodded sighing and picked up her fork taking a small mouthful of the scrambled eggs. I gave her a weak smile and sat down in the chair next to her.
"Can we come back in?" Maria knocked and I nodded. She looked relieved when she saw Mia was eating. I gave her a feeble smile as she set a plate down in front of me. Vince returned a minute later but Letty didn't and I was starting to get uneasy. Maria cast me a worried look as I stopped eating and kept looking at the door.
"She'll be down in a minute." She said softly. I picked up my fork again but I didn't eat instead I just played with my food waiting.
"Leon said he'd take care of it." I relaxed when Letty stepped back into the room.
"Okay. I'll finish up and then meet him there." I frowned wondering what the deal was. I immediately grabbed Letty's hand as she sat down and she gave me a small smile as I started eating again.
"I'll come with you. No doubt there's a heap to do." Letty spoke quietly.
"Go where? What's going on?" I asked suddenly feeling ill at the thought of Letty going anywhere without me.
"We um... have to open the garage and finish the cars that are there off. Then we'll close it for a while. The store's already closed for moment…" It was Vince who answered.
"Right… I'll come." I said quietly.
"Dom there's no need we'll manage." He said.
"I think you should stay here sweetheart. They'll be fine." Maria voiced.
"Dom please." I heard Letty's plea and I nearly gave in until I remembered she wasn't going to be here.
"No I need to keep busy…I don't want to be far from you." I said quietly as I looked to Letty.
"Dom…"
"I'm coming Let." I said firmly. I saw her glance at Maria but I didn't move my gaze from her.
"Okay." She said giving in.
Letty's POV
Work was silent, Leon had opened up and we had gotten here not long after. There were three cars that needed to be done before we could shut the place down for a while. Leon worked silently on one, Vince on another and Dom and I on the last. I was grateful that Dom was suddenly letting me in instead of pushing me away but I was shocked by his neediness. Not that I didn't want it, it was just very un-Dom like.
He worked side by side with me never straying far from my side and if he did it was only for a few minutes. I noticed he always kept me in line of sight. It was comforting.
We were wrapping up the last car which was the one Vince had been working on when someone stepped into the garage. My eyes met the person's and I felt a sense of dread wash over me. Kenny Linder was here.
After hearing Letty's promise I felt a little more at ease. The vision of Letty and Leon at the funeral drifting from my mind. I held her close, calming myself as I breathed her in. I closed my eyes as I felt her hesitant hand run through my hair. I leaned into her more silently telling her it was okay, as I welcomed the contact.
"I can't get his screams out of my head." I confided quietly. Her hand paused before it started again this time more slowly.
"Dom your dad he… he never screamed." I frowned.
"Yes he did, surely you heard it." I said looking up at her. Her eyes were warm and I felt a sense of calm wash over me.
"Dom that was you…You were screaming." I heard the truth in her words and slumped against the bed.
"I could of sworn it was him." I whispered into the darkness.
"No… it was you. I haven't been able to get it out of my head either." We lay there in silence and after a while I thought she had fallen asleep but when I looked up at her she was still awake, staring into space.
"Let?" I said softly watching as her eyes snapped back to mine.
"Yeah?"
"Are you okay?"
"Don't worry about me, let me worry about you for a change." I was out of energy to argue so I smiled weakly and rested my head on her chest closing my eyes.
"Are you going to be okay?" She asked quietly.
"I feel numb." I confided.
"I know, it'll pass."
"What comes next?" I asked thinking back to when her dad died. She had been a mess.
"… please try to sleep." Her gently voice begging and I sighed.
"I don't think I can but I'll try. Stay with me please?"
"I'm not going anywhere." I settled at her words closing my eyes trying to block out the crash that was playing in my mind over and over again.
It was bright when I opened my eyes again. I must have fallen asleep at some point because I had moved. I looked down at Letty who was wrapped in my arms, she was awake again staring at the ceiling into space. The dark circles under her eyes told me she hadn't slept at least for a couple of days.
"Let." I said quietly. My voice was deep and rough from sleep.
"Hey… you slept most of the morning." She said quietly, her eyes flicking to mine.
"You didn't." I said worried.
"Dom, please don't worry about me."
"I always worry about you."
"Not now, please. I want you to focus on yourself." I stayed silent knowing I couldn't promise that.
"Mum's made breakfast, are you hungry?" She asked softly.
"A little." I admitted and she relaxed.
"Good, you haven't eaten for days."
"Has Mia eaten?" I asked worriedly. She was inconsolable the first night as we lay in dad's bed both of us crying as I held her. I felt guilty for leaving her alone last night but I needed Letty.
"No she still won't eat, Vince is trying."
"I'll speak to her." I said quietly.
Letty gently coaxed me into getting up not long after and I did, for her sake. I held her hand as we walked downstairs, unwilling to let her go afraid she'd disappear. Maria looked stressed as we walked in the kitchen but when she saw me with Letty she relaxed a little. I guess I had worried her when I pushed Letty away.
"Mia, please eat." Vince begged.
"I'm not hungry. I feel sick." She cried as she pushed Vince away. Reluctantly I let go of Letty's hand and walked over to my little sister.
"Mi you have to eat." I said quietly and tiredly.
"Eating isn't going to bring him back." She cried.
"Leave us alone for a minute?" I asked everyone and they reluctantly left.
"Mia I know that, but do you think dad would want us to do this?"
"No." she whispered quietly bringing her knees up onto the chair resting her arms and head on them.
"We're in the same boat Mia, I don't feel like eating either but we have to. Think about how much this is stressing Maria out. She hasn't even had a chance to grieve yet because she's too busy worrying about us. Making sure we're okay. We have so much to sort through already, I don't want to have to add making sure you eat to the list. Please Mia, do this for me?" I begged.
"Okay. But I don't want a lot."
"Just eat what you can, I'll be happy with that." She nodded sighing and picked up her fork taking a small mouthful of the scrambled eggs. I gave her a weak smile and sat down in the chair next to her.
"Can we come back in?" Maria knocked and I nodded. She looked relieved when she saw Mia was eating. I gave her a feeble smile as she set a plate down in front of me. Vince returned a minute later but Letty didn't and I was starting to get uneasy. Maria cast me a worried look as I stopped eating and kept looking at the door.
"She'll be down in a minute." She said softly. I picked up my fork again but I didn't eat instead I just played with my food waiting.
"Leon said he'd take care of it." I relaxed when Letty stepped back into the room.
"Okay. I'll finish up and then meet him there." I frowned wondering what the deal was. I immediately grabbed Letty's hand as she sat down and she gave me a small smile as I started eating again.
"I'll come with you. No doubt there's a heap to do." Letty spoke quietly.
"Go where? What's going on?" I asked suddenly feeling ill at the thought of Letty going anywhere without me.
"We um... have to open the garage and finish the cars that are there off. Then we'll close it for a while. The store's already closed for moment…" It was Vince who answered.
"Right… I'll come." I said quietly.
"Dom there's no need we'll manage." He said.
"I think you should stay here sweetheart. They'll be fine." Maria voiced.
"Dom please." I heard Letty's plea and I nearly gave in until I remembered she wasn't going to be here.
"No I need to keep busy…I don't want to be far from you." I said quietly as I looked to Letty.
"Dom…"
"I'm coming Let." I said firmly. I saw her glance at Maria but I didn't move my gaze from her.
"Okay." She said giving in.
Letty's POV
Work was silent, Leon had opened up and we had gotten here not long after. There were three cars that needed to be done before we could shut the place down for a while. Leon worked silently on one, Vince on another and Dom and I on the last. I was grateful that Dom was suddenly letting me in instead of pushing me away but I was shocked by his neediness. Not that I didn't want it, it was just very un-Dom like.
He worked side by side with me never straying far from my side and if he did it was only for a few minutes. I noticed he always kept me in line of sight. It was comforting.
We were wrapping up the last car which was the one Vince had been working on when someone stepped into the garage. My eyes met the person's and I felt a sense of dread wash over me. Kenny Linder was here.