Year Two-
Dom's POV
For the next week I turned over the idea of letting Letty visit me just once. It wasn't something I wanted to do but did I really have a choice?
That night a female guard was raped three cells over and everything went into lock down. It made me make my choice I needed to see Letty just once, tell her everything I could and hope she'd wait for me. I needed her if I wanted to survive this nightmare.
"Hello?"
"Hey V." I said as Vince answered the phone in the garage. I had called the garage seeing as I assumed that's where they'd all be.
"Dom brother, how you doing in there?"
"Been better. Listen I need a favour." I asked.
"Okay, what is it?"
"I need you to put Letty on the phone."
"Well I can't promise anything but I'll try."
"No Vince I need to speak with her. Please just get her on the phone." I pleaded and he paused.
"Okay. Give me a minute."
"You wanted to speak to me?" I felt a little calmer hearing her voice.
"Yes."
"What did you want?" I could tell she was holding back by the sound of her voice.
"I want to see you." I was met with silence on the other end.
"Letty?" I asked quietly.
"Yeah?"
"Can you come and visit me? Do… do you want to come and visit me?" I asked worried maybe it was too late.
"When?" She didn't ask why or what had changed and I didn't know whether to feel relieved or continue to worry.
"Whenever you can manage to get here." I said softly.
"Okay."
I sat in the visiting room waiting for Letty. When I had said as soon as she can manage to get here I wasn't expecting today. I drummed my fingers a little and looked up when I saw her. We both paused when we saw each other. She looked so different yet still very much the same. I gave her a small smile and she slowly made her way over sitting in front of me.
"Hey." I breathed finally relaxed now she was sitting in front of me. You could tell she was weary by the way she looked at me and to be honest I didn't blame her.
"Hey."
"I'm glad you came." I said softly.
"To be honest I wasn't sure I was going to make it here."
"I wouldn't blame you if that was the case."
"Everyone else would have…" she whispered and I frowned tilting my head to the side as she dipped her head so she wasn't looking at me.
"What do you mean?"
"Mia and mum kind of gave me a wakeup call… and in Mia's case a slap to go with it. I'm sorry for the way I've acted. You hurt me." I nodded.
"I didn't mean it, what I said I mean. I took the easy way out instead of explaining, I'm sorry. I never meant to hurt you the way I did." I explained quietly. I wanted to reach out and take hold of her hand but for moment I didn't though I was longing for her touch.
"What changed?" I was startled by her question but answered anyway.
"I've been thinking about it all week, certain events last night just made me make the decision."
"What events?" she asked quietly and I shook my head.
"Nothing you need to worry about." She looked mad for a moment before she let it drop.
"I'm still hurt by what you said." She said eventually and I looked at her ashamed.
"I know, but baby I swear I didn't mean it. I'm so sorry. It hurt so much to say the words but it hurt even more to see you accept them without any doubt. Why are you so insecure?"
"I don't know." We sat in silence for a little while before I took the step to reach forward and grab her hands in my own. I felt her tense at my touch but she didn't move instead she stared straight at me.
"I'm falling to pieces without you Let, I know it's selfish for me to ask but I really need you. can we get past this? Will you wait for me?"
"Can I continue to see you?" I hesitated and she sighed looking away.
"Let this isn't a place I want you to be around."
"So this is it? I can't see you again until you're released?"
"I'm sorry, we can write, we can talk but… I don't want you to see me in here. Not like this. Please try to understand, I just want to protect you." I pleaded with her.
"I understand but I don't like it."
"I can live with that." I smiled lightly and she returned it.
"I'll wait for you." she whispered. I wished I could have reached across the table and kissed her but I couldn't because it was against the rules. Instead I settled with kissing her knuckles repeatedly.
"I love-"
"Please don't… I'm not ready to use that word again." I looked down at the table before nodding.
"Okay. I am sorry Letty."
"I know." She sighed.
"What happened to you? You shaved your head and gained muscle." she asked after a pause and I smiled laughed lightly as she sent me a small smile.
"What can I say baby there's not much to do in here. You're one to talk, since when do you dress like that?"
July and August past by without too many dramas. I kept my word and only allowed Letty to see me the once but at least we were together again. I spoke to her every week and wrote to her sometimes every day. I longed for the day when I could walk free from this place and just take her into my arms.
When September arrived news from Maria came along with it. I wasn't sure whether it was a good thing or a bad thing but she seemed happy so I didn't say anything.
"I wanted you to be one of the first to know."
"Know what?" I asked wearily.
"James asked me to marry him… and I said yes." I sat still for a moment shocked by the news.
"That's… that's great." I said lightly and she gave me a small look as if to say she didn't believe me but left it alone.
"He wants to marry next April but I want to wait until you can be there. It wouldn't be right without you." I gave her a small smile.
"It could be a long time before I'm out." She shot me a look and I shrugged knowing it was the truth.
"I don't care, I'm in no hurry. As soon as May comes around we'll get started on your parole, so please be good in here and don't do anything that's going to mess it up." She pleaded but gave me a soft smile in return.
"I'll try." I promised.
Dom,
James is alright… I guess. Mum's happy, I guess that's all that matters. Although I heard him talking about kids the other day with mum, that doesn't sit with me so well. Mum gave me your necklace by the way, I didn't even know she had it. She said she'd been waiting for me to 'smarten' up before she gave it to me. I guess I was kind of being a bitch. I hope you don't mind but I've been wearing it.
Letty
I reread the letter before placing it with the others I had and started one of my own.
Let,
Kids huh? Well it could be fun to have a few siblings… or not. What did your mum say?
I gave it to her to hold onto when I went in. I told her to give it to you to keep safe, I thought she already had to be honest. You were hurt baby, so I understand. I'm still sorry for putting you through that. As for wearing it… no I don't mind. Just as long as you give it back to me when I'm out, I've missed having a piece of you here with me.
Dom
The rest of October and November flew past and I was silently hoping this upcoming Christmas would be the last one in here. I didn't know if I could survive another year away from my family.
Between December and February nothing happened, except Letty's birthday and again I missed it. Her eighteenth.
"Hey baby happy birthday." I said quietly to her over the phone.
"Hey, it's not really 'happy' seeing as you're not here."
"Yeah I know…I would be if I could, you know that." I spoke hearing a small noise of agreement from her end.
"I know."
"What are you wearing?" I asked suddenly and I think I shocked myself as I registered what I had asked.
"Um…well you kind of caught me getting out of the shower..." I relaxed and smirked leaning more against the wall.
"Really…" I said smiling as I pictured her body the way I remembered standing in the bathroom dripping wet from the shower.
'These were bad thoughts.' I thought but it didn't stop me from thinking up more.
"Uh yeah… why?"
"A year and a half is a long time baby." I breathed and she paused before laughing lightly.
"Oh…."
"Yeah oh."
"I'll make sure to help you out when you get home." I growled lowly.
"I'm taking that as a promise, so I'll be holding you to that." I warned.
"I think I can deal with that. It's been a long year and a half for me too."
"Well then I'll have to see what I can do about that when I get home."
"Now I'm holding you to that."
By the end of February I had gotten into my first fight. A new guy had been trying his luck with some of the bigger inmates and I was on his list. We were both in pretty bad shape but because he started it and I was just defending myself I wasn't given a huge punishment, I just had my phone privileges taken away for a month.
"Fighting? What the hell were you thinking?" I winced over the phone as Maria yelled down it.
"He started it." I tried.
"Dominic."
'Oh man the full name, I was in so much shit.'
It wasn't the last fight either, though it was with a different person the next time around. This time I got out of it worse than the other guys. They had jumped me in the exercise yard. Needless to say after they were done I felt edgy about up close and personal contact. For me in here, contact just meant pain.
By the time May rolled around I was getting anxious hoping I would only have one more month left in this place. I could do one more month but if my parole didn't go through I didn't know what I was going to do.
"Mr Toretto, it's good to see you again. We've put in all the paper work needed to apply for your parole but it'll be at least two weeks before we hear anything back." My lawyer told me and I sighed.
"What do you think my chances are?" I asked wanting an honest answer.
"I won't lie those fights could come back to hurt you but seeing as neither was your fault, especially the last one I would say you have a fair chance of being granted." I nodded but the anxious feeling was still there.
Two weeks went by really slowly and I was going insane not knowing what was going on. After the two weeks were up my lawyer came back with the news.
"Your parole has been approved. Apart from the two fights you were a model prisoner and they've decided to grant it early. Your parole kicks in tomorrow." I sat stunned.
"Wait, I can go? Tomorrow?" I asked hope and excitement building.
"Yes. You'll have to sign your paper work in the morning then you're free to go."
"Thank you, for everything." I said shaking his hand.
"I'm just doing my job."
"I'd appreciate it if you don't tell Maria I'm out early. Tell her I'll be out in June." He nodded.
"Of course."
I stood once again in the same spot by the phone as I listened to it ring. It didn't last long though before someone answered.
"Hello?" I smiled hearing Vince's voice, it was just the person I wanted to speak to.
"V it's me, you alone?" I asked.
"Hey…yeah why?" he asked suspiciously.
"I've got a favour to ask of you but no one else can know" I said still smiling.
"Okay…what is it?"
"I need you to come and pick me up tomorrow." There was silence on the other end.
"Are you serious?"
"Yeah man as of tomorrow I'm a free man."
"But you weren't meant to be released till June."
"I know, I got approved early, so you available? I want to surprise the girls."
"Yeah man I'll be there. This is great news brother." He said excitedly.
"I know, I'm finally going to be free of this nightmare. I can't wait to get back into the garage and under a car." I sighed happily.
"Yeah well to be honest this place kind of needs you…"
"What do you mean?" I asked worried.
"We'll talk about it later man. Things just aren't going too well here at the moment."
"Maria said things were going fine." I stated annoyed that it seemed that wasn't the case.
"She didn't want to worry you."
"Should I be worried?" I asked seriously.
"We'll talk later yeah? What time do you want me to pick you up?"
"I should be out by ten." I said letting the other matter go for the moment.
"Ok brother well I'll be there."
"Just don't say a word to anyone yeah? Keep it between us."
"Sure Dom… shit Let's coming."
"It's okay put her on."
"Alright. Talk later man."
"Dom?"
"Hey baby. How you doing?" I asked.
"Alright. I'm counting down the days."
"Yeah? Why would that be?" I played along and she laughed on the other end.
"Oh my other boyfriends getting out of jail."
"That's not nice." I said playfully.
"I never promised to play fair."
"True."
After signing all the paper work and getting my belongings checked through I was finally free. I had a huge smile on my face as I walked out the jail and I swore I was never going back, they'd have to kill me first.
My eyes spotted V's car easily. He was standing beside it arms crossed his usual shit eating grin on his face and I smiled.
It was good to be free.
Dom's POV
For the next week I turned over the idea of letting Letty visit me just once. It wasn't something I wanted to do but did I really have a choice?
That night a female guard was raped three cells over and everything went into lock down. It made me make my choice I needed to see Letty just once, tell her everything I could and hope she'd wait for me. I needed her if I wanted to survive this nightmare.
"Hello?"
"Hey V." I said as Vince answered the phone in the garage. I had called the garage seeing as I assumed that's where they'd all be.
"Dom brother, how you doing in there?"
"Been better. Listen I need a favour." I asked.
"Okay, what is it?"
"I need you to put Letty on the phone."
"Well I can't promise anything but I'll try."
"No Vince I need to speak with her. Please just get her on the phone." I pleaded and he paused.
"Okay. Give me a minute."
"You wanted to speak to me?" I felt a little calmer hearing her voice.
"Yes."
"What did you want?" I could tell she was holding back by the sound of her voice.
"I want to see you." I was met with silence on the other end.
"Letty?" I asked quietly.
"Yeah?"
"Can you come and visit me? Do… do you want to come and visit me?" I asked worried maybe it was too late.
"When?" She didn't ask why or what had changed and I didn't know whether to feel relieved or continue to worry.
"Whenever you can manage to get here." I said softly.
"Okay."
I sat in the visiting room waiting for Letty. When I had said as soon as she can manage to get here I wasn't expecting today. I drummed my fingers a little and looked up when I saw her. We both paused when we saw each other. She looked so different yet still very much the same. I gave her a small smile and she slowly made her way over sitting in front of me.
"Hey." I breathed finally relaxed now she was sitting in front of me. You could tell she was weary by the way she looked at me and to be honest I didn't blame her.
"Hey."
"I'm glad you came." I said softly.
"To be honest I wasn't sure I was going to make it here."
"I wouldn't blame you if that was the case."
"Everyone else would have…" she whispered and I frowned tilting my head to the side as she dipped her head so she wasn't looking at me.
"What do you mean?"
"Mia and mum kind of gave me a wakeup call… and in Mia's case a slap to go with it. I'm sorry for the way I've acted. You hurt me." I nodded.
"I didn't mean it, what I said I mean. I took the easy way out instead of explaining, I'm sorry. I never meant to hurt you the way I did." I explained quietly. I wanted to reach out and take hold of her hand but for moment I didn't though I was longing for her touch.
"What changed?" I was startled by her question but answered anyway.
"I've been thinking about it all week, certain events last night just made me make the decision."
"What events?" she asked quietly and I shook my head.
"Nothing you need to worry about." She looked mad for a moment before she let it drop.
"I'm still hurt by what you said." She said eventually and I looked at her ashamed.
"I know, but baby I swear I didn't mean it. I'm so sorry. It hurt so much to say the words but it hurt even more to see you accept them without any doubt. Why are you so insecure?"
"I don't know." We sat in silence for a little while before I took the step to reach forward and grab her hands in my own. I felt her tense at my touch but she didn't move instead she stared straight at me.
"I'm falling to pieces without you Let, I know it's selfish for me to ask but I really need you. can we get past this? Will you wait for me?"
"Can I continue to see you?" I hesitated and she sighed looking away.
"Let this isn't a place I want you to be around."
"So this is it? I can't see you again until you're released?"
"I'm sorry, we can write, we can talk but… I don't want you to see me in here. Not like this. Please try to understand, I just want to protect you." I pleaded with her.
"I understand but I don't like it."
"I can live with that." I smiled lightly and she returned it.
"I'll wait for you." she whispered. I wished I could have reached across the table and kissed her but I couldn't because it was against the rules. Instead I settled with kissing her knuckles repeatedly.
"I love-"
"Please don't… I'm not ready to use that word again." I looked down at the table before nodding.
"Okay. I am sorry Letty."
"I know." She sighed.
"What happened to you? You shaved your head and gained muscle." she asked after a pause and I smiled laughed lightly as she sent me a small smile.
"What can I say baby there's not much to do in here. You're one to talk, since when do you dress like that?"
July and August past by without too many dramas. I kept my word and only allowed Letty to see me the once but at least we were together again. I spoke to her every week and wrote to her sometimes every day. I longed for the day when I could walk free from this place and just take her into my arms.
When September arrived news from Maria came along with it. I wasn't sure whether it was a good thing or a bad thing but she seemed happy so I didn't say anything.
"I wanted you to be one of the first to know."
"Know what?" I asked wearily.
"James asked me to marry him… and I said yes." I sat still for a moment shocked by the news.
"That's… that's great." I said lightly and she gave me a small look as if to say she didn't believe me but left it alone.
"He wants to marry next April but I want to wait until you can be there. It wouldn't be right without you." I gave her a small smile.
"It could be a long time before I'm out." She shot me a look and I shrugged knowing it was the truth.
"I don't care, I'm in no hurry. As soon as May comes around we'll get started on your parole, so please be good in here and don't do anything that's going to mess it up." She pleaded but gave me a soft smile in return.
"I'll try." I promised.
Dom,
James is alright… I guess. Mum's happy, I guess that's all that matters. Although I heard him talking about kids the other day with mum, that doesn't sit with me so well. Mum gave me your necklace by the way, I didn't even know she had it. She said she'd been waiting for me to 'smarten' up before she gave it to me. I guess I was kind of being a bitch. I hope you don't mind but I've been wearing it.
Letty
I reread the letter before placing it with the others I had and started one of my own.
Let,
Kids huh? Well it could be fun to have a few siblings… or not. What did your mum say?
I gave it to her to hold onto when I went in. I told her to give it to you to keep safe, I thought she already had to be honest. You were hurt baby, so I understand. I'm still sorry for putting you through that. As for wearing it… no I don't mind. Just as long as you give it back to me when I'm out, I've missed having a piece of you here with me.
Dom
The rest of October and November flew past and I was silently hoping this upcoming Christmas would be the last one in here. I didn't know if I could survive another year away from my family.
Between December and February nothing happened, except Letty's birthday and again I missed it. Her eighteenth.
"Hey baby happy birthday." I said quietly to her over the phone.
"Hey, it's not really 'happy' seeing as you're not here."
"Yeah I know…I would be if I could, you know that." I spoke hearing a small noise of agreement from her end.
"I know."
"What are you wearing?" I asked suddenly and I think I shocked myself as I registered what I had asked.
"Um…well you kind of caught me getting out of the shower..." I relaxed and smirked leaning more against the wall.
"Really…" I said smiling as I pictured her body the way I remembered standing in the bathroom dripping wet from the shower.
'These were bad thoughts.' I thought but it didn't stop me from thinking up more.
"Uh yeah… why?"
"A year and a half is a long time baby." I breathed and she paused before laughing lightly.
"Oh…."
"Yeah oh."
"I'll make sure to help you out when you get home." I growled lowly.
"I'm taking that as a promise, so I'll be holding you to that." I warned.
"I think I can deal with that. It's been a long year and a half for me too."
"Well then I'll have to see what I can do about that when I get home."
"Now I'm holding you to that."
By the end of February I had gotten into my first fight. A new guy had been trying his luck with some of the bigger inmates and I was on his list. We were both in pretty bad shape but because he started it and I was just defending myself I wasn't given a huge punishment, I just had my phone privileges taken away for a month.
"Fighting? What the hell were you thinking?" I winced over the phone as Maria yelled down it.
"He started it." I tried.
"Dominic."
'Oh man the full name, I was in so much shit.'
It wasn't the last fight either, though it was with a different person the next time around. This time I got out of it worse than the other guys. They had jumped me in the exercise yard. Needless to say after they were done I felt edgy about up close and personal contact. For me in here, contact just meant pain.
By the time May rolled around I was getting anxious hoping I would only have one more month left in this place. I could do one more month but if my parole didn't go through I didn't know what I was going to do.
"Mr Toretto, it's good to see you again. We've put in all the paper work needed to apply for your parole but it'll be at least two weeks before we hear anything back." My lawyer told me and I sighed.
"What do you think my chances are?" I asked wanting an honest answer.
"I won't lie those fights could come back to hurt you but seeing as neither was your fault, especially the last one I would say you have a fair chance of being granted." I nodded but the anxious feeling was still there.
Two weeks went by really slowly and I was going insane not knowing what was going on. After the two weeks were up my lawyer came back with the news.
"Your parole has been approved. Apart from the two fights you were a model prisoner and they've decided to grant it early. Your parole kicks in tomorrow." I sat stunned.
"Wait, I can go? Tomorrow?" I asked hope and excitement building.
"Yes. You'll have to sign your paper work in the morning then you're free to go."
"Thank you, for everything." I said shaking his hand.
"I'm just doing my job."
"I'd appreciate it if you don't tell Maria I'm out early. Tell her I'll be out in June." He nodded.
"Of course."
I stood once again in the same spot by the phone as I listened to it ring. It didn't last long though before someone answered.
"Hello?" I smiled hearing Vince's voice, it was just the person I wanted to speak to.
"V it's me, you alone?" I asked.
"Hey…yeah why?" he asked suspiciously.
"I've got a favour to ask of you but no one else can know" I said still smiling.
"Okay…what is it?"
"I need you to come and pick me up tomorrow." There was silence on the other end.
"Are you serious?"
"Yeah man as of tomorrow I'm a free man."
"But you weren't meant to be released till June."
"I know, I got approved early, so you available? I want to surprise the girls."
"Yeah man I'll be there. This is great news brother." He said excitedly.
"I know, I'm finally going to be free of this nightmare. I can't wait to get back into the garage and under a car." I sighed happily.
"Yeah well to be honest this place kind of needs you…"
"What do you mean?" I asked worried.
"We'll talk about it later man. Things just aren't going too well here at the moment."
"Maria said things were going fine." I stated annoyed that it seemed that wasn't the case.
"She didn't want to worry you."
"Should I be worried?" I asked seriously.
"We'll talk later yeah? What time do you want me to pick you up?"
"I should be out by ten." I said letting the other matter go for the moment.
"Ok brother well I'll be there."
"Just don't say a word to anyone yeah? Keep it between us."
"Sure Dom… shit Let's coming."
"It's okay put her on."
"Alright. Talk later man."
"Dom?"
"Hey baby. How you doing?" I asked.
"Alright. I'm counting down the days."
"Yeah? Why would that be?" I played along and she laughed on the other end.
"Oh my other boyfriends getting out of jail."
"That's not nice." I said playfully.
"I never promised to play fair."
"True."
After signing all the paper work and getting my belongings checked through I was finally free. I had a huge smile on my face as I walked out the jail and I swore I was never going back, they'd have to kill me first.
My eyes spotted V's car easily. He was standing beside it arms crossed his usual shit eating grin on his face and I smiled.
It was good to be free.