Letty's POV
I leant against the bench tapping my fingers against the counter as I stared out the window. I felt really weird all of a sudden like something was missing. Mum had just left but I knew it wasn't that, it was something more.
"Hey Let?"
"Hmmm?" I hummed still staring out the window.
"You okay?"
"I'm fine…"
"I know you better than that. What's wrong?" I heard Dom walk closer than his arms wrapped around my waist.
"I have to go out for a little while." I said suddenly as a thought flashed through my mind.
"What?" he asked confused and to be honest I couldn't blame him, I was being odd.
"Yeah I just need to go out for a bit. Back soon." I said moving out of his embrace and walking out of the kitchen.
"Let wait a second… Where are you going?" he said following me through the house as I grabbed my keys off the side table.
"I just… give me an hour okay? I just need to do something. I'll be back I promise." I said turning to him giving him a small smile.
"Well let me come with you."
"No I need to do this by myself. I promise, one hour." I leant up and gave him a gentle kiss before pulling away and walking out the front door no doubt leaving a confused Dom behind.
Dom's POV
I watched completely bewildered as Letty took off. Just a moment ago she had been fine and now all of a sudden she had run off. Maybe she hadn't been okay with her mum leaving.
"Okay so we're off." Vince said and I looked at him confused.
"What?" I asked.
"Like I said before…. Outside… we're leaving so you can speak to…." Vince hinted quietly and I groaned shaking my head.
"Don't bother. She just left." I sighed.
"Left? Left where?" Mia demanded and I shrugged.
"I don't know she just suddenly said she had somewhere to be. She asked for an hour and then just…left. I don't even know where she went." I said throwing my hands up in the air.
"Relax, she'll be back." Vince told me sighing as he did so. I nodded knowing he was right and they all parted ways. I watched as Mia stormed back upstairs throwing me a look before she disappeared and I heard her bedroom door slam shut. I winced and Leon gave me a tight smile.
I ended up sitting in the lounge room with the boys watching as they played on the playstation. I leant back on the lounge with a frown on my face as a thought came to me.
"Hey does anyone know did Maria visit Adrian's grave before she left?" Everyone stopped and looked at each other in horror.
"I… I don't think so…." Vince trailed off. Swearing under my breath I quickly got up and grabbed my keys before bolting out the door. I knew exactly where she was and given it was only the third time she visited her father's grave, including the time of the funeral, I didn't want a repeat of the last time dad found her. She was going to be pissed at Maria for not remembering. She had promised Letty she wouldn't forget Adrian and she had.
After jumping in my car I raced through the streets barely keeping to the speed limit. I heard my phone beep loudly and I knew a text message had come through. I ignored it continuing my race through the streets until the cemetery came into view. I slowed right down as I pulled in spotting Letty's car immediately. I shut the car off but stayed seated for a bit. From where I had parked I could see a good part of the cemetery. I let my eyes flick through trying to see if I could see her and I did. She was standing on the spot gazing at something from afar. She wasn't near Adrian's grave that much I knew so I could only guess that's what she was staring at.
I watched her silently wondering whether or not I should leave her but when she didn't move after ten minutes I got out quietly. Locking the car as I walked I tread softly as I made my way to her. If she noticed me approaching she didn't make it obvious but if she was surprised she hid it well.
I stopped next to her and she shifted to look at me silently. I gave her a small smile which she returned before holding out her hand. I took it no questions asked and intertwined our fingers together holding on tightly just as she was to me.
"How did you know I was here?" she asked quietly as she walked us over to the small wall that was the outer perimeter and away from all the graves.
"After you left I was really confused I didn't understand why you'd taken off. Then a thought hit me and I just knew." I said softly as we sat down on the small stone wall. Letty was still looking over in the direction I knew Adrian's grave was but she didn't seem to have the strength to go over there.
"I just felt like something was missing…I knew mum had forgotten." She said quietly and I let go of her hand to wrap around her shoulder. She leaned on me instantly but her hand sought out my free hand. I held her hand tightly knowing she needed the comfort and I had issues about giving it to her.
"You okay Let?" I asked softly and she sighed.
"I felt like I needed to come here…. but now…"
"You don't want to be here?" I asked and she shrugged.
"I can't believe mum forgot. She promised she'd never forget." She whispered.
"I'm not trying to make excuses for her but with the wedding… she did have a lot of things on her mind." I said softly and she made a noise of agreement.
"Well it's done now. I'll speak to her later about it."
"Do you want to see him?" I asked quietly and she looked at me silently but I could see the conflict on her face.
"…I don't know." I smiled slightly and started to get dragging her with me. she resisted at first but not for long before she gave in.
"You'll…"
"I'll stay with you." I promised answering her question.
"Thank you Dom." She said almost silently and I barely heard it.
It was an hour later and we found ourselves at the beach just watching as the waves rolled in. There were tons of people here given it was such a hot day but we were tucked away under a tree in a fairly secluded spot. We were in our own little world.
"You okay?" I asked kissing her head as she laid back into my arms more.
"Just tired."
"I know you're not going to want to hear this but can you give the races a miss tonight? Next week I promise I will take you. I won't fight you on it, just not tonight." She was silent but then I felt and saw her nod.
"Okay, I'll stay at home. You're still going though right?"
"Yeah I have to but I'll just race and come straight home after it's done. I won't go to any after parties. You need me more than my fans." I teased lightly towards the end. She looked up at me with a small smile on her face.
"Cocky much?" she asked lightly and I grinned kissing her cheek.
"Me? Never baby." I whispered to her lightly and she laughed a little.
"Thank you."
"You don't need to thank me Let, I'd do anything for you baby." I said quietly and she nodded.
"I know but thank you anyway."
"I love you Let." I said kissing her cheek.
"Love you too Dom."
"Come on it's after lunch, let's go home." I said and she nodded moving forward a bit so I could stand. I stood up first brushing myself off quickly before helping her up.
"What time do you leave for the races?" She asked me as we walked hand in hand back to our cars.
"They start at ten-thirty, so about ten." I said quietly. I saw her nod and I squeezed her hand before letting it go as we reached our cars.
"See you at home." She said quietly and I nodded bending down kissing her softly on the lips.
"See you soon baby." She nodded and I waited until she was in her car before I got in mine. I stayed behind her the entire time on the way home, occasionally I would side up next to her and egg her on a bit to race me and she would just laugh and pull out in front again.
"You know I was kinda hoping for a race." She said leaning against my hood as I got out of the car at the house.
"Too risky." I said jokingly and she raised an eyebrow at me.
"Well if you won I wouldn't be able to live it down now would I?" I asked smiling as I wrapped my arms around her pulling her close.
"You bet your ass I wouldn't let you live it down." She said smiling.
"And that's why I didn't race you." I laughed.
"Watch a movie with me?" she asked quietly and I smiled bending to press a kiss on her head.
"Anything you want baby. Want lunch first?"
"I guess so." She said sighing dramatically and I laughed peppering her face in kisses making her laugh.
"Come on papa." She said pulling me into the house.
"I'm coming." I teased.
"You're getting slow in your old age."
"Hey who are you calling old?" I said laughing as she ran off giggling into the kitchen.
"You sure you're going to be okay for a little while?" I asked her one last time.
"I'll be fine Dom." She said smiling as she stayed curled up in bed. We'd spent the whole day just watching movies curled up with one another. No one else seemed to mind.
"Okay… I'll be a couple of hours but when I get back I'm all yours. Keep my side warm?" I teased and she laughed grinning.
"Maybe… if you behave."
"I'll make sure I'm on my best behavior then." I said grinning as I kissed her once more.
"Better be." She shot back smiling.
"Bye baby." I called before I walked out and downstairs.
"You ready brother?"
"Yeah, let's roll." I said looking over at Mia who was ignoring me.
"Bye Mi." I said softly but she just threw me a dirty look before going back to her book. I sighed and followed Leon and Vince out shutting the door behind me.
"She'll come round… probably not till you tell Letty though." Vince said wincing as Leon hit him hard for being too loud.
"Yeah I know. I had every intention of telling her today but with Maria forgetting about Adrian… I didn't think it was a good idea." I said quietly feeling ashamed I had once again not told her.
"There's always tomorrow." Leon hinted and I nodded agreeing with him. I couldn't keep putting it off.
"See you there yeah?" I said as we got into our cars.
"Right behind you brother." Leon said with a nod.
As usual it wasn't a long drive but when we got to the races it was swarming with people. I nodded at a few people I knew as I got out. Immediately we were circled with women but I shook them off like the last couple of weeks and they backed off. I shook hands with Hector and gave him money as a buy in on the next race.
"Ready to come crawling back yet?" I sighed as I heard an all too familiar voice behind me.
"I thought I made myself clear Michelle?" I said not turning to look at her. Movement beside me brought Vince's sudden appearance to my attention and I gave him a relieved smile.
"Was hoping you'd realised what a big mistake you were making." She said tensely.
"I'm not making a mistake…I'm trying to fix one." I said finally looking at her as she stopped in front of me. By the look on her face she was furious at my last remark and I worried about her revenge.
"Fuck you Toretto, I gave you a chance. Whatever happens is your problem now." She spat before she stormed off.
"Well that could have gone worse." I shot Vince a look and he shrugged.
"What? It could have." He said in surrender.
"She's got something planned. I just hope it doesn't involve Letty." I worried as I watched Michelle push through the crowd until she reached her brother and his crew.
"We going straight home after this?" He asked but I detected the hint in his tone.
"Fuck yes… I need to get home asap." I mumbled still keeping an eye on Michelle.
"Dom you're up brother." Hector called and I nodded.
"I'll keep an eye out, keep your phone on you." Vince muttered and I nodded patting my pockets before swearing.
"Shit I left it at home." I swore and he groaned but nodded waving me off.
"Go I'll find you after the race." I nodded before getting back into my car ready to race.
Michelle's POV
I watched as Dominic took one last look at me before getting into his car to race. I waited until he was just about to take off for the race before I looked to Vince. He had been watching me but now that the race was about to start his attention was elsewhere. I smirked happily.
'Perfect.' I thought happily as I started towards my car to get the quiet I needed. I pulled out my phone and scrolled through the numbers lazily.
Brushing up against Dom before let me know he didn't have his phone with him or it was in his car. Either way there was a possibility it was with Ortiz which suited me just fine.
'I needed to get rid of some of these bitches numbers.' I thought frowning as I sighed in annoyance at the amount of numbers I had in my phone. I smiled triumphantly when I got to the number I wanted.
"It's time to find out what your man's been up to Leticia. Then I'm going to steal him back just like you did to meall those years ago." I muttered to myself as I dialed Dom's number gleefully hoping little miss-goody-two-shoes would pick up.
I leant against the bench tapping my fingers against the counter as I stared out the window. I felt really weird all of a sudden like something was missing. Mum had just left but I knew it wasn't that, it was something more.
"Hey Let?"
"Hmmm?" I hummed still staring out the window.
"You okay?"
"I'm fine…"
"I know you better than that. What's wrong?" I heard Dom walk closer than his arms wrapped around my waist.
"I have to go out for a little while." I said suddenly as a thought flashed through my mind.
"What?" he asked confused and to be honest I couldn't blame him, I was being odd.
"Yeah I just need to go out for a bit. Back soon." I said moving out of his embrace and walking out of the kitchen.
"Let wait a second… Where are you going?" he said following me through the house as I grabbed my keys off the side table.
"I just… give me an hour okay? I just need to do something. I'll be back I promise." I said turning to him giving him a small smile.
"Well let me come with you."
"No I need to do this by myself. I promise, one hour." I leant up and gave him a gentle kiss before pulling away and walking out the front door no doubt leaving a confused Dom behind.
Dom's POV
I watched completely bewildered as Letty took off. Just a moment ago she had been fine and now all of a sudden she had run off. Maybe she hadn't been okay with her mum leaving.
"Okay so we're off." Vince said and I looked at him confused.
"What?" I asked.
"Like I said before…. Outside… we're leaving so you can speak to…." Vince hinted quietly and I groaned shaking my head.
"Don't bother. She just left." I sighed.
"Left? Left where?" Mia demanded and I shrugged.
"I don't know she just suddenly said she had somewhere to be. She asked for an hour and then just…left. I don't even know where she went." I said throwing my hands up in the air.
"Relax, she'll be back." Vince told me sighing as he did so. I nodded knowing he was right and they all parted ways. I watched as Mia stormed back upstairs throwing me a look before she disappeared and I heard her bedroom door slam shut. I winced and Leon gave me a tight smile.
I ended up sitting in the lounge room with the boys watching as they played on the playstation. I leant back on the lounge with a frown on my face as a thought came to me.
"Hey does anyone know did Maria visit Adrian's grave before she left?" Everyone stopped and looked at each other in horror.
"I… I don't think so…." Vince trailed off. Swearing under my breath I quickly got up and grabbed my keys before bolting out the door. I knew exactly where she was and given it was only the third time she visited her father's grave, including the time of the funeral, I didn't want a repeat of the last time dad found her. She was going to be pissed at Maria for not remembering. She had promised Letty she wouldn't forget Adrian and she had.
After jumping in my car I raced through the streets barely keeping to the speed limit. I heard my phone beep loudly and I knew a text message had come through. I ignored it continuing my race through the streets until the cemetery came into view. I slowed right down as I pulled in spotting Letty's car immediately. I shut the car off but stayed seated for a bit. From where I had parked I could see a good part of the cemetery. I let my eyes flick through trying to see if I could see her and I did. She was standing on the spot gazing at something from afar. She wasn't near Adrian's grave that much I knew so I could only guess that's what she was staring at.
I watched her silently wondering whether or not I should leave her but when she didn't move after ten minutes I got out quietly. Locking the car as I walked I tread softly as I made my way to her. If she noticed me approaching she didn't make it obvious but if she was surprised she hid it well.
I stopped next to her and she shifted to look at me silently. I gave her a small smile which she returned before holding out her hand. I took it no questions asked and intertwined our fingers together holding on tightly just as she was to me.
"How did you know I was here?" she asked quietly as she walked us over to the small wall that was the outer perimeter and away from all the graves.
"After you left I was really confused I didn't understand why you'd taken off. Then a thought hit me and I just knew." I said softly as we sat down on the small stone wall. Letty was still looking over in the direction I knew Adrian's grave was but she didn't seem to have the strength to go over there.
"I just felt like something was missing…I knew mum had forgotten." She said quietly and I let go of her hand to wrap around her shoulder. She leaned on me instantly but her hand sought out my free hand. I held her hand tightly knowing she needed the comfort and I had issues about giving it to her.
"You okay Let?" I asked softly and she sighed.
"I felt like I needed to come here…. but now…"
"You don't want to be here?" I asked and she shrugged.
"I can't believe mum forgot. She promised she'd never forget." She whispered.
"I'm not trying to make excuses for her but with the wedding… she did have a lot of things on her mind." I said softly and she made a noise of agreement.
"Well it's done now. I'll speak to her later about it."
"Do you want to see him?" I asked quietly and she looked at me silently but I could see the conflict on her face.
"…I don't know." I smiled slightly and started to get dragging her with me. she resisted at first but not for long before she gave in.
"You'll…"
"I'll stay with you." I promised answering her question.
"Thank you Dom." She said almost silently and I barely heard it.
It was an hour later and we found ourselves at the beach just watching as the waves rolled in. There were tons of people here given it was such a hot day but we were tucked away under a tree in a fairly secluded spot. We were in our own little world.
"You okay?" I asked kissing her head as she laid back into my arms more.
"Just tired."
"I know you're not going to want to hear this but can you give the races a miss tonight? Next week I promise I will take you. I won't fight you on it, just not tonight." She was silent but then I felt and saw her nod.
"Okay, I'll stay at home. You're still going though right?"
"Yeah I have to but I'll just race and come straight home after it's done. I won't go to any after parties. You need me more than my fans." I teased lightly towards the end. She looked up at me with a small smile on her face.
"Cocky much?" she asked lightly and I grinned kissing her cheek.
"Me? Never baby." I whispered to her lightly and she laughed a little.
"Thank you."
"You don't need to thank me Let, I'd do anything for you baby." I said quietly and she nodded.
"I know but thank you anyway."
"I love you Let." I said kissing her cheek.
"Love you too Dom."
"Come on it's after lunch, let's go home." I said and she nodded moving forward a bit so I could stand. I stood up first brushing myself off quickly before helping her up.
"What time do you leave for the races?" She asked me as we walked hand in hand back to our cars.
"They start at ten-thirty, so about ten." I said quietly. I saw her nod and I squeezed her hand before letting it go as we reached our cars.
"See you at home." She said quietly and I nodded bending down kissing her softly on the lips.
"See you soon baby." She nodded and I waited until she was in her car before I got in mine. I stayed behind her the entire time on the way home, occasionally I would side up next to her and egg her on a bit to race me and she would just laugh and pull out in front again.
"You know I was kinda hoping for a race." She said leaning against my hood as I got out of the car at the house.
"Too risky." I said jokingly and she raised an eyebrow at me.
"Well if you won I wouldn't be able to live it down now would I?" I asked smiling as I wrapped my arms around her pulling her close.
"You bet your ass I wouldn't let you live it down." She said smiling.
"And that's why I didn't race you." I laughed.
"Watch a movie with me?" she asked quietly and I smiled bending to press a kiss on her head.
"Anything you want baby. Want lunch first?"
"I guess so." She said sighing dramatically and I laughed peppering her face in kisses making her laugh.
"Come on papa." She said pulling me into the house.
"I'm coming." I teased.
"You're getting slow in your old age."
"Hey who are you calling old?" I said laughing as she ran off giggling into the kitchen.
"You sure you're going to be okay for a little while?" I asked her one last time.
"I'll be fine Dom." She said smiling as she stayed curled up in bed. We'd spent the whole day just watching movies curled up with one another. No one else seemed to mind.
"Okay… I'll be a couple of hours but when I get back I'm all yours. Keep my side warm?" I teased and she laughed grinning.
"Maybe… if you behave."
"I'll make sure I'm on my best behavior then." I said grinning as I kissed her once more.
"Better be." She shot back smiling.
"Bye baby." I called before I walked out and downstairs.
"You ready brother?"
"Yeah, let's roll." I said looking over at Mia who was ignoring me.
"Bye Mi." I said softly but she just threw me a dirty look before going back to her book. I sighed and followed Leon and Vince out shutting the door behind me.
"She'll come round… probably not till you tell Letty though." Vince said wincing as Leon hit him hard for being too loud.
"Yeah I know. I had every intention of telling her today but with Maria forgetting about Adrian… I didn't think it was a good idea." I said quietly feeling ashamed I had once again not told her.
"There's always tomorrow." Leon hinted and I nodded agreeing with him. I couldn't keep putting it off.
"See you there yeah?" I said as we got into our cars.
"Right behind you brother." Leon said with a nod.
As usual it wasn't a long drive but when we got to the races it was swarming with people. I nodded at a few people I knew as I got out. Immediately we were circled with women but I shook them off like the last couple of weeks and they backed off. I shook hands with Hector and gave him money as a buy in on the next race.
"Ready to come crawling back yet?" I sighed as I heard an all too familiar voice behind me.
"I thought I made myself clear Michelle?" I said not turning to look at her. Movement beside me brought Vince's sudden appearance to my attention and I gave him a relieved smile.
"Was hoping you'd realised what a big mistake you were making." She said tensely.
"I'm not making a mistake…I'm trying to fix one." I said finally looking at her as she stopped in front of me. By the look on her face she was furious at my last remark and I worried about her revenge.
"Fuck you Toretto, I gave you a chance. Whatever happens is your problem now." She spat before she stormed off.
"Well that could have gone worse." I shot Vince a look and he shrugged.
"What? It could have." He said in surrender.
"She's got something planned. I just hope it doesn't involve Letty." I worried as I watched Michelle push through the crowd until she reached her brother and his crew.
"We going straight home after this?" He asked but I detected the hint in his tone.
"Fuck yes… I need to get home asap." I mumbled still keeping an eye on Michelle.
"Dom you're up brother." Hector called and I nodded.
"I'll keep an eye out, keep your phone on you." Vince muttered and I nodded patting my pockets before swearing.
"Shit I left it at home." I swore and he groaned but nodded waving me off.
"Go I'll find you after the race." I nodded before getting back into my car ready to race.
Michelle's POV
I watched as Dominic took one last look at me before getting into his car to race. I waited until he was just about to take off for the race before I looked to Vince. He had been watching me but now that the race was about to start his attention was elsewhere. I smirked happily.
'Perfect.' I thought happily as I started towards my car to get the quiet I needed. I pulled out my phone and scrolled through the numbers lazily.
Brushing up against Dom before let me know he didn't have his phone with him or it was in his car. Either way there was a possibility it was with Ortiz which suited me just fine.
'I needed to get rid of some of these bitches numbers.' I thought frowning as I sighed in annoyance at the amount of numbers I had in my phone. I smiled triumphantly when I got to the number I wanted.
"It's time to find out what your man's been up to Leticia. Then I'm going to steal him back just like you did to meall those years ago." I muttered to myself as I dialed Dom's number gleefully hoping little miss-goody-two-shoes would pick up.