Dom's POV
It had been a long and miserable four weeks since Letty had left. I hadn't heard from her so I could only assume she had got my letter but since Maria had sent me a message on my new mobile I assumed she had.
It was a Saturday night and the boys were at the races trying to earn some much needed money. When I came to the conclusion of not racing for a while I didn't think it would impact on our newly rising business but it had. Business had fallen again due to me not racing and because of that we were at our wits end trying to come up with the funds to pay for the parts we had already received but our customers had pulled out and gone elsewhere for.
"Here I thought you could use this." I looked up at Mia as she walked in handing me a beer. I smiled in thanks to her before I took a long drink wiping the swat of my brow with the back of my hand. For the last four weeks when I wasn't working at the garage I had thrown myself into fixing things around the house but when that was nearly all done or when money started running low I had made my way to the house garage where I found the wreck of my dad's old race car. The charger had been a beauty once but now it looked like a heap of scrap metal. Seeing it as something to keep my mind off things I started to work on it and now two weeks in it was starting to look a little more like a car but with funds low I couldn't do much.
"Did you send the flowers?" Mia asked and I nodded. Every week since Letty had left I had sent a bouquet of her favourite lilies. I knew it didn't solve everything and I wasn't doing it for forgiveness, I was doing it to show her I was still thinking about her.
"Have I ever forgotten yet?" I asked quietly and she sent me a small smile.
"No I guess not. I'm surprised you know."
"At what?" I asked.
"You… you haven't done…anything… in four weeks." I tensed and looked at her with narrowed eyes.
"Why's that so surprising? I've learnt my lesson, I'm not going to make the same mistake again." I muttered and she smiled softly.
"Don't take this the wrong way okay?"
"Mia I hate it when you say that." I groaned.
"Do you have feelings for Tran?"
"Not the kind I have for Letty… but the physical feelings I have for her I know I shouldn't have." I confessed. The four weeks alone had made me see that. I had tried to tell myself I didn't feel anything for her but it hadn't worked very well. So I was glad to have made the decision to stay away from the races. I needed to be sure that all those feelings were gone before I got back into the race scene. I needed to make sure this shit never happened again.
"I'm glad you came to realize that." She said softly.
"Yeah…"
"I think you needed to come to the conclusion of that on your own. But what does this mean for you and Letty?"
"It means I need to work damn hard to get her back."
"So speaking of Letty I rang her today…" I looked at her suddenly forgetting everything surprised with the news.
"And?" I asked eagerly. It wasn't the first time we had tried to ring but she had yet to answer I hoped this might be the change I needed.
"She answered."
"What did she say?" I asked walking quickly back over to Mia.
"Not a lot she kept changing the subject whenever I brought you up or any of the others…" I frowned at her tone as she looked at me worriedly.
"What?"
"Um… everything was going as well as it could be you know? but then…"
"But then what Mia?" I asked getting anxious.
"I thought she knew about me knowing…" I closed my eyes quickly.
"I never said it outright… I'm sorry. What did she say?" I asked fearfully my eyes still closed.
"Well she yelled and screamed a little before she hung up on me. I believe one of the words she used for you was-" I held my hand up not wanting to hear it.
"I can imagine what she said, I don't need to hear it." I said quietly placing my beer on the work bench as I turned away.
"I'm sorry I was hoping she had cooled down and would be willing to talk, I didn't know she didn't know about me…knowing. I think I screwed things up more."
"It's not your fault Mia." I said softly. We stayed silent for a good while before she turned to look at the car.
"I still think you should junk it. It's a curse."
"Mia…" I said disapprovingly and she shrugged.
"Well it is."
"I'm not going to ever use it I just want… it back to what she used to look like. She scares the shit out of me." I said quietly as I ran a hand over the side of her.
"The boys should be back soon."
"Hopefully they've won." I half joked and she smiled tensely at me.
"How bad is it?" she asked and I sighed.
"Not as bad as last time. We'll be okay, if it gets too bad I'll just have to start racing again that's all."
"Are you ready for that?" she asked and I sighed.
"Nearly."
"Come on Mia lets head in." I said as I picked up my beer and we walked out shutting off the lights as we went locking up the garage. I wrapped an arm around me and we headed inside out of the cool night.
"Ew Dom your all sweaty and gross." She said pushing me away laughing and I let her go laughing quietly.
"Sorry. Let never… cared." I said stopping myself half way as I realised what I was doing. Mia smiled sadly at me and I moved to place my empty bottle in the bin.
"I'm going to shower, be back down soon okay?" I said and she nodded.
I sighed and leant heavily against the wall of the shower. I was trying, I wasn't ready to face temptation yet but I would be soon. I knew I wouldn't cheat again. I couldn't lose her again, she was my world. I learnt it the hard way and I wasn't about to forget it in a hurry.
I opened my bedroom door now dressed in a pair of sweat pants and a singlet and came face to face with Vince's raised fist ready to knock. I looked from his hand and back to him as he smiled apologetically before lowering his hand.
"Sorry." He said and I nodded.
"What's up?" I said as I padded down the hall towards the stairs.
"Um it's about the races." I felt a sense of dread wash over me.
"What about them?" I asked as I stopped at the top of the stairs turning to face him.
"I know why we're suddenly losing business." I narrowed my eyes at his words and motioned for him to continue.
"Johnny Tran and his family just opened a brand new garage about three weeks ago. They're taking all our business because word got round we were closing down." I growled and had to stop myself from hitting something.
"This is all Michelle's doing." I swore angrily and he nodded.
"Yeah unfortunately. Hector told us tonight. He and his boys are trying to spread the word that's not the case. Hopefully we'll see an improvement after word gets round."
"This is the Trans we're talking about, nothing is that simple." I said shaking my head.
"So what are we gunna do?" He asked and I sighed looking at him.
"Nothing…at least for now."
"Wait why?" he asked shocked.
"I'm not ready yet." I muttered before turning to walk down the stairs leaving him standing at the top.
Michelle's POV
"Well?" I snapped at my brother.
"Sis relax its working fine. Toretto is struggling business wise and his two friends are suffering at the races. He'll have to come back soon." He said with distain.
"Thank you Johnny this really means a lot to me." I said sweetly kissing his cheek and he smiled.
"Well its more money for us. Although I'll be completely honest I don't approve of you still wanting that fool after what he's done to you. He should be locked up again."
"Well just think of it this way. I get Dom and you can have your shot with Leticia." He smirked.
"Well now that does sound very appealing." He said smirking. I huffed and rolled my eyes.
"The only reason you want her is so you can rub it in Dom's face because that's what he did to you with me. If you do that it's going to completely make things harder for me." I stated and he smirked.
"Yeah but even you have to admit she's hot. Besides you said yourself you have Dom around your finger it shouldn't be hard for you to keep him there." I frowned.
"I said hopefully." I muttered and he just smirked before catching the eye of a young girl. He gave me one last look before sauntering off no doubt about to get lucky for the night.
I sighed irritated as I rolled my eyes at the guy that was giving me looks of lust. I turned away from him and scanned the room once more. It was time I put my next part of my plan into action that would make Dom's business didn't go completely under but just enough so he'd have no choice but to take my proposal. Grinning I found the person I was looking for as I fluffed out my hair and smacked my lips together. Swinging my hips back and forth aware I was leaving every guy in the room looking at me I made my way to my target.
"Hey cutie." I whispered to the brunette as I sided up to him. He looked me over once and grinned turning away from the blonde bitch that had his attention beforehand.
"Why hello cutie yourself…" I fake giggled and he smiled believing it.
"What do you say you and I do a little… business?" I hinted and he grinned straightening as his arm went around my waist.
"Why don't we go and talk about this up in your room?"
"Sure thing baby. Follow me." I smirked leading him upstairs.
"Uh uh." I said wagging my finger teasingly at him.
"Come on baby I know you want me…" He whispered and I grinned nodding.
"But business first then pleasure. I don't mix both." I whispered his ear and he grinned.
"Okay baby what do you want?" I smirked at him my plan already formed in my mind.
"So I heard you need a team to hijack some semi's for merchandise?" I asked and his grinned widened.
"I like where this is going baby… keep talking your turning me on."
"Better listen carefully then." I flirted.
It had been a long and miserable four weeks since Letty had left. I hadn't heard from her so I could only assume she had got my letter but since Maria had sent me a message on my new mobile I assumed she had.
It was a Saturday night and the boys were at the races trying to earn some much needed money. When I came to the conclusion of not racing for a while I didn't think it would impact on our newly rising business but it had. Business had fallen again due to me not racing and because of that we were at our wits end trying to come up with the funds to pay for the parts we had already received but our customers had pulled out and gone elsewhere for.
"Here I thought you could use this." I looked up at Mia as she walked in handing me a beer. I smiled in thanks to her before I took a long drink wiping the swat of my brow with the back of my hand. For the last four weeks when I wasn't working at the garage I had thrown myself into fixing things around the house but when that was nearly all done or when money started running low I had made my way to the house garage where I found the wreck of my dad's old race car. The charger had been a beauty once but now it looked like a heap of scrap metal. Seeing it as something to keep my mind off things I started to work on it and now two weeks in it was starting to look a little more like a car but with funds low I couldn't do much.
"Did you send the flowers?" Mia asked and I nodded. Every week since Letty had left I had sent a bouquet of her favourite lilies. I knew it didn't solve everything and I wasn't doing it for forgiveness, I was doing it to show her I was still thinking about her.
"Have I ever forgotten yet?" I asked quietly and she sent me a small smile.
"No I guess not. I'm surprised you know."
"At what?" I asked.
"You… you haven't done…anything… in four weeks." I tensed and looked at her with narrowed eyes.
"Why's that so surprising? I've learnt my lesson, I'm not going to make the same mistake again." I muttered and she smiled softly.
"Don't take this the wrong way okay?"
"Mia I hate it when you say that." I groaned.
"Do you have feelings for Tran?"
"Not the kind I have for Letty… but the physical feelings I have for her I know I shouldn't have." I confessed. The four weeks alone had made me see that. I had tried to tell myself I didn't feel anything for her but it hadn't worked very well. So I was glad to have made the decision to stay away from the races. I needed to be sure that all those feelings were gone before I got back into the race scene. I needed to make sure this shit never happened again.
"I'm glad you came to realize that." She said softly.
"Yeah…"
"I think you needed to come to the conclusion of that on your own. But what does this mean for you and Letty?"
"It means I need to work damn hard to get her back."
"So speaking of Letty I rang her today…" I looked at her suddenly forgetting everything surprised with the news.
"And?" I asked eagerly. It wasn't the first time we had tried to ring but she had yet to answer I hoped this might be the change I needed.
"She answered."
"What did she say?" I asked walking quickly back over to Mia.
"Not a lot she kept changing the subject whenever I brought you up or any of the others…" I frowned at her tone as she looked at me worriedly.
"What?"
"Um… everything was going as well as it could be you know? but then…"
"But then what Mia?" I asked getting anxious.
"I thought she knew about me knowing…" I closed my eyes quickly.
"I never said it outright… I'm sorry. What did she say?" I asked fearfully my eyes still closed.
"Well she yelled and screamed a little before she hung up on me. I believe one of the words she used for you was-" I held my hand up not wanting to hear it.
"I can imagine what she said, I don't need to hear it." I said quietly placing my beer on the work bench as I turned away.
"I'm sorry I was hoping she had cooled down and would be willing to talk, I didn't know she didn't know about me…knowing. I think I screwed things up more."
"It's not your fault Mia." I said softly. We stayed silent for a good while before she turned to look at the car.
"I still think you should junk it. It's a curse."
"Mia…" I said disapprovingly and she shrugged.
"Well it is."
"I'm not going to ever use it I just want… it back to what she used to look like. She scares the shit out of me." I said quietly as I ran a hand over the side of her.
"The boys should be back soon."
"Hopefully they've won." I half joked and she smiled tensely at me.
"How bad is it?" she asked and I sighed.
"Not as bad as last time. We'll be okay, if it gets too bad I'll just have to start racing again that's all."
"Are you ready for that?" she asked and I sighed.
"Nearly."
"Come on Mia lets head in." I said as I picked up my beer and we walked out shutting off the lights as we went locking up the garage. I wrapped an arm around me and we headed inside out of the cool night.
"Ew Dom your all sweaty and gross." She said pushing me away laughing and I let her go laughing quietly.
"Sorry. Let never… cared." I said stopping myself half way as I realised what I was doing. Mia smiled sadly at me and I moved to place my empty bottle in the bin.
"I'm going to shower, be back down soon okay?" I said and she nodded.
I sighed and leant heavily against the wall of the shower. I was trying, I wasn't ready to face temptation yet but I would be soon. I knew I wouldn't cheat again. I couldn't lose her again, she was my world. I learnt it the hard way and I wasn't about to forget it in a hurry.
I opened my bedroom door now dressed in a pair of sweat pants and a singlet and came face to face with Vince's raised fist ready to knock. I looked from his hand and back to him as he smiled apologetically before lowering his hand.
"Sorry." He said and I nodded.
"What's up?" I said as I padded down the hall towards the stairs.
"Um it's about the races." I felt a sense of dread wash over me.
"What about them?" I asked as I stopped at the top of the stairs turning to face him.
"I know why we're suddenly losing business." I narrowed my eyes at his words and motioned for him to continue.
"Johnny Tran and his family just opened a brand new garage about three weeks ago. They're taking all our business because word got round we were closing down." I growled and had to stop myself from hitting something.
"This is all Michelle's doing." I swore angrily and he nodded.
"Yeah unfortunately. Hector told us tonight. He and his boys are trying to spread the word that's not the case. Hopefully we'll see an improvement after word gets round."
"This is the Trans we're talking about, nothing is that simple." I said shaking my head.
"So what are we gunna do?" He asked and I sighed looking at him.
"Nothing…at least for now."
"Wait why?" he asked shocked.
"I'm not ready yet." I muttered before turning to walk down the stairs leaving him standing at the top.
Michelle's POV
"Well?" I snapped at my brother.
"Sis relax its working fine. Toretto is struggling business wise and his two friends are suffering at the races. He'll have to come back soon." He said with distain.
"Thank you Johnny this really means a lot to me." I said sweetly kissing his cheek and he smiled.
"Well its more money for us. Although I'll be completely honest I don't approve of you still wanting that fool after what he's done to you. He should be locked up again."
"Well just think of it this way. I get Dom and you can have your shot with Leticia." He smirked.
"Well now that does sound very appealing." He said smirking. I huffed and rolled my eyes.
"The only reason you want her is so you can rub it in Dom's face because that's what he did to you with me. If you do that it's going to completely make things harder for me." I stated and he smirked.
"Yeah but even you have to admit she's hot. Besides you said yourself you have Dom around your finger it shouldn't be hard for you to keep him there." I frowned.
"I said hopefully." I muttered and he just smirked before catching the eye of a young girl. He gave me one last look before sauntering off no doubt about to get lucky for the night.
I sighed irritated as I rolled my eyes at the guy that was giving me looks of lust. I turned away from him and scanned the room once more. It was time I put my next part of my plan into action that would make Dom's business didn't go completely under but just enough so he'd have no choice but to take my proposal. Grinning I found the person I was looking for as I fluffed out my hair and smacked my lips together. Swinging my hips back and forth aware I was leaving every guy in the room looking at me I made my way to my target.
"Hey cutie." I whispered to the brunette as I sided up to him. He looked me over once and grinned turning away from the blonde bitch that had his attention beforehand.
"Why hello cutie yourself…" I fake giggled and he smiled believing it.
"What do you say you and I do a little… business?" I hinted and he grinned straightening as his arm went around my waist.
"Why don't we go and talk about this up in your room?"
"Sure thing baby. Follow me." I smirked leading him upstairs.
"Uh uh." I said wagging my finger teasingly at him.
"Come on baby I know you want me…" He whispered and I grinned nodding.
"But business first then pleasure. I don't mix both." I whispered his ear and he grinned.
"Okay baby what do you want?" I smirked at him my plan already formed in my mind.
"So I heard you need a team to hijack some semi's for merchandise?" I asked and his grinned widened.
"I like where this is going baby… keep talking your turning me on."
"Better listen carefully then." I flirted.