Letty's POV
"Mum I'm fine." I groaned as she tilted my face up to look.
"Leticia you are not fine." She snapped.
"He didn't mean it mum." I whispered quietly.
"Letty I know he's your father and I know you love him, but you can't keep making excuses for him. I've made excuses for him for a long time Letty and look where it's gotten us. Tony and I have almost sorted everything out then we'll be
okay." She promised.
"You're mother's right Letty, he shouldn't be allowed to get away with this anymore." Tony said walking back into the room. I stayed silent knowing they were right.
"We'll go back to my place, Dom and Vince should have left by now and I said we wouldn't be far behind." Mr T said and we agreed.
"Mum." I said as I followed my mum out of the office.
"Yeah baby?"
"Where are we going to go when you leave dad?" I asked quietly as Mr T went to make sure everything was secure.
"We won't be leaving, he will be. Don't you worry about the details okay; let me and Tony handle it." I nodded and followed them out to the car. The ride to the Toretto's was silent and I found myself dreading seeing Vince and Dom again, even Mia.
"What's he doing here?" I looked up to see what Tony was muttering about and I saw my dad standing in the driveway, Dom and Vince standing on the porch blocking the way to the house.
"Letty you go straight inside with Dom and Vince you hear me?" My mum said turning to look at me sternly and I nodded getting out of the car.
"Letty-"
"Don't speak to her." My mum snapped as I took a quick glance at my father before fleeing up the porch steps. It was Dom who grabbed me first then Vince as they quickly led me inside, closing the door behind us. Mia was sitting on the stairs watching curiously and it was then that I remembered she didn't have a clue as to what was happening around her.
"Letty your face, what happened?" Mia asked worried getting up.
"Nothing Mia I'm fine." I said giving her a small smile.
"Mia go play in your room for a bit." Dom stated leaving no room for arguments.
"But-" She argued with Dom.
"No buts Mia please just do as you're told." He stressed and she stayed silent.
"Fine." She sighed as she trudged upstairs and shut her door behind her.
"Are you okay?" Vince asked.
"I said I was fine."
"Your foods in the kitchen if you want it still." Dom said but I shook my head.
"Come on Letty you haven't eaten all day." He said.
"I honestly don't want to eat right now."
"Fine." He sighed not arguing with me.
"Well I'm not letting it go to waste." Vince said as he walked off to grab it. I smiled a little shaking my head at his antics, the guy was never full.
"Are you sure you're okay?" Dom asked again and I nodded.
"Fine Dom."
"Okay if you say so, but if you need to talk just know that I'm willing to listen."
"Okay." I said before becoming silent as we listened. We heard the adults yelling in the front yard.
"Dom?" Mia called from upstairs.
"Yeah Mia?"
"Can I come down now?"
"Yeah Mia you can come down." I heard her footsteps on the stairs and looked up as she stopped in front of them.
"Why's daddy yelling at Mr Ortiz?" Dom gave me a look and I just shrugged letting him know he could tell her if he wanted to.
"Everyone's just a little mad at him right now." He said carefully after all she was only twelve.
"But why? Has he done something bad?"
"Yeah Mia he did something really bad and you need to stay away from him okay?" Dom explained sternly.
"Okay… What about Letty?"
"I have to stay away from him too." I said quietly.
"Is that why you and your mum stayed here last night?" I smiled at the girl who I had become best friends with and nodded.
28th November- Los Angeles, United States
Toretto House
Maria's POV
"Maria please, I honestly didn't mean to hit Letty. It just happened; I would never hurt our daughter. I love her." Adrian pleaded with me.
"But you did hit her. Just last night you were threatening her, calling her obscene names, throwing things, beating me." I stated strongly. If I wasn't sure about my choice I was sure now after what he had done to Letty.
"I was drunk…" he tried weakly.
"But that's just it Adrian you're always drunk. You're always beating me, even in front of her. But you hit her today, sober, so what does that tell you?" He was quiet and he looked towards the house.
"You're leaving me aren't you?" He said turning back to me as he glanced at Tony who had remained silent by my side.
"In a sense, I want you to leave Adrian. You need help and I don't want you around Letty anymore and I don't want to see you either." He looked at me angrily.
"You can't just kick me out and take my daughter away."
"I can and I have. I've applied for full custody of Letty and I've filed for divorce you should receive the papers in the mail soon."
"Maria please we can work this out."
"Adrian you have a problem." I stated and he paused.
"No I don't."
"Yes you do." I said softly.
"I can quit drinking." He argued.
"Can you? Really?" I asked disbelieving him.
"Yes." He said hesitantly. It was then that I knew then that this was never going to stop.
"No you can't. If you love our daughter like you say you do you'll leave and get some help."
"I'm not going to give up that easy." He stated angrily.
"Adrian you need to step back and have a look at the damage you're doing." Tony spoke up and I watched as Adrian's head snapped towards Tony.
"This has nothing to do with you Tony." He warned.
"Adrian this has everything to do with me, I love that little girl like my own. We've been friends for years, what happened to make you do stupid shit like this?"
"Happened? What the fuck didn't happen Tony?" I frowned as he raised his voice.
"Do you think I'm stupid? I see the way you two look at each other it was only a matter of time before she cheated on me with you."
"Adrian I would have never done that." I stated angrily.
"So you admit it? You have feelings for him." I looked to Tony as he looked down at me.
"I never would have cheated." I said quietly and he scoffed.
"And what about you brother, do you have feelings for my wife?"
"I'm not the sort of man who would have affair with a married woman Adrian."
"Of course not, you're saint Toretto."
"Adrian this would be easier on all of us, especially Letty, if you just left."
"And make her think I walked out on her? I'm sure you would love to fill her head with those thoughts about me." He yelled.
"I don't need to, she's already drawn her own opinions. She's scared of you."
"No she's not. She's old enough to make her own decisions about who she wants to be with." He yelled and I shook my head.
"She's staying with me. You can visit but only when you get your act together."
"Maria I swear to god-"
"You'll what Adrian? Beat me? Kick me some more? Force me to have sex with you?" I demanded and I felt Tony tense next to me.
"Adrian I think you should leave, it would be for the best." Tony said quietly.
"I'm not leaving! This is my house."
"No it's not, it's mine. It was mine before we got married." I stated. I heard the front door open and I vaguely heard Dom and Vince yelling something out. Adrian's attention was suddenly elsewhere so I turned to see what had caught Adrian's attention.
"Baby I told you to stay inside." I said fearfully as I caught her standing not far from us. Dom was by her side trying to get her back inside.
"Letty I'm so sorry." Adrian said taking a step closer to Letty but a step forward from Tony stopped him in his tracks.
"Daddy I want you to leave." She said quietly and Adrian froze.
"You what?" He whispered. Tony paused at my side and Dom, who seemed to sense a change in atmosphere, stepped closer to Letty while Vince stayed with Mia.
"Daddy you hurt me." She spoke timidly. It was never a tone I had heard on her.
"I know princess and I'm so sorry." He tried.
"For now but it'll happen again, just like you do to mum." Everyone was silent as we watched the interaction between the two. Eventually Adrian's shoulders slumped as he stared at our daughter.
"Is that really what you want? You want me to leave?"
"Yes." I looked back at Adrian and he sighed running a hand over his face as he stared at Letty still.
"If… if daddy promises to get some help, can I visit?" He asked carefully. She hesitated looking at me for guidance. I gave her a small smile letting her know it was up to her.
"Maybe." She spoke softly as she turned her gaze to back to Adrian.
"Okay I'll leave and get some help then." Adrian whispered, his heart broken gaze lingering on Letty as Dom took her back inside.
"Mum I'm fine." I groaned as she tilted my face up to look.
"Leticia you are not fine." She snapped.
"He didn't mean it mum." I whispered quietly.
"Letty I know he's your father and I know you love him, but you can't keep making excuses for him. I've made excuses for him for a long time Letty and look where it's gotten us. Tony and I have almost sorted everything out then we'll be
okay." She promised.
"You're mother's right Letty, he shouldn't be allowed to get away with this anymore." Tony said walking back into the room. I stayed silent knowing they were right.
"We'll go back to my place, Dom and Vince should have left by now and I said we wouldn't be far behind." Mr T said and we agreed.
"Mum." I said as I followed my mum out of the office.
"Yeah baby?"
"Where are we going to go when you leave dad?" I asked quietly as Mr T went to make sure everything was secure.
"We won't be leaving, he will be. Don't you worry about the details okay; let me and Tony handle it." I nodded and followed them out to the car. The ride to the Toretto's was silent and I found myself dreading seeing Vince and Dom again, even Mia.
"What's he doing here?" I looked up to see what Tony was muttering about and I saw my dad standing in the driveway, Dom and Vince standing on the porch blocking the way to the house.
"Letty you go straight inside with Dom and Vince you hear me?" My mum said turning to look at me sternly and I nodded getting out of the car.
"Letty-"
"Don't speak to her." My mum snapped as I took a quick glance at my father before fleeing up the porch steps. It was Dom who grabbed me first then Vince as they quickly led me inside, closing the door behind us. Mia was sitting on the stairs watching curiously and it was then that I remembered she didn't have a clue as to what was happening around her.
"Letty your face, what happened?" Mia asked worried getting up.
"Nothing Mia I'm fine." I said giving her a small smile.
"Mia go play in your room for a bit." Dom stated leaving no room for arguments.
"But-" She argued with Dom.
"No buts Mia please just do as you're told." He stressed and she stayed silent.
"Fine." She sighed as she trudged upstairs and shut her door behind her.
"Are you okay?" Vince asked.
"I said I was fine."
"Your foods in the kitchen if you want it still." Dom said but I shook my head.
"Come on Letty you haven't eaten all day." He said.
"I honestly don't want to eat right now."
"Fine." He sighed not arguing with me.
"Well I'm not letting it go to waste." Vince said as he walked off to grab it. I smiled a little shaking my head at his antics, the guy was never full.
"Are you sure you're okay?" Dom asked again and I nodded.
"Fine Dom."
"Okay if you say so, but if you need to talk just know that I'm willing to listen."
"Okay." I said before becoming silent as we listened. We heard the adults yelling in the front yard.
"Dom?" Mia called from upstairs.
"Yeah Mia?"
"Can I come down now?"
"Yeah Mia you can come down." I heard her footsteps on the stairs and looked up as she stopped in front of them.
"Why's daddy yelling at Mr Ortiz?" Dom gave me a look and I just shrugged letting him know he could tell her if he wanted to.
"Everyone's just a little mad at him right now." He said carefully after all she was only twelve.
"But why? Has he done something bad?"
"Yeah Mia he did something really bad and you need to stay away from him okay?" Dom explained sternly.
"Okay… What about Letty?"
"I have to stay away from him too." I said quietly.
"Is that why you and your mum stayed here last night?" I smiled at the girl who I had become best friends with and nodded.
28th November- Los Angeles, United States
Toretto House
Maria's POV
"Maria please, I honestly didn't mean to hit Letty. It just happened; I would never hurt our daughter. I love her." Adrian pleaded with me.
"But you did hit her. Just last night you were threatening her, calling her obscene names, throwing things, beating me." I stated strongly. If I wasn't sure about my choice I was sure now after what he had done to Letty.
"I was drunk…" he tried weakly.
"But that's just it Adrian you're always drunk. You're always beating me, even in front of her. But you hit her today, sober, so what does that tell you?" He was quiet and he looked towards the house.
"You're leaving me aren't you?" He said turning back to me as he glanced at Tony who had remained silent by my side.
"In a sense, I want you to leave Adrian. You need help and I don't want you around Letty anymore and I don't want to see you either." He looked at me angrily.
"You can't just kick me out and take my daughter away."
"I can and I have. I've applied for full custody of Letty and I've filed for divorce you should receive the papers in the mail soon."
"Maria please we can work this out."
"Adrian you have a problem." I stated and he paused.
"No I don't."
"Yes you do." I said softly.
"I can quit drinking." He argued.
"Can you? Really?" I asked disbelieving him.
"Yes." He said hesitantly. It was then that I knew then that this was never going to stop.
"No you can't. If you love our daughter like you say you do you'll leave and get some help."
"I'm not going to give up that easy." He stated angrily.
"Adrian you need to step back and have a look at the damage you're doing." Tony spoke up and I watched as Adrian's head snapped towards Tony.
"This has nothing to do with you Tony." He warned.
"Adrian this has everything to do with me, I love that little girl like my own. We've been friends for years, what happened to make you do stupid shit like this?"
"Happened? What the fuck didn't happen Tony?" I frowned as he raised his voice.
"Do you think I'm stupid? I see the way you two look at each other it was only a matter of time before she cheated on me with you."
"Adrian I would have never done that." I stated angrily.
"So you admit it? You have feelings for him." I looked to Tony as he looked down at me.
"I never would have cheated." I said quietly and he scoffed.
"And what about you brother, do you have feelings for my wife?"
"I'm not the sort of man who would have affair with a married woman Adrian."
"Of course not, you're saint Toretto."
"Adrian this would be easier on all of us, especially Letty, if you just left."
"And make her think I walked out on her? I'm sure you would love to fill her head with those thoughts about me." He yelled.
"I don't need to, she's already drawn her own opinions. She's scared of you."
"No she's not. She's old enough to make her own decisions about who she wants to be with." He yelled and I shook my head.
"She's staying with me. You can visit but only when you get your act together."
"Maria I swear to god-"
"You'll what Adrian? Beat me? Kick me some more? Force me to have sex with you?" I demanded and I felt Tony tense next to me.
"Adrian I think you should leave, it would be for the best." Tony said quietly.
"I'm not leaving! This is my house."
"No it's not, it's mine. It was mine before we got married." I stated. I heard the front door open and I vaguely heard Dom and Vince yelling something out. Adrian's attention was suddenly elsewhere so I turned to see what had caught Adrian's attention.
"Baby I told you to stay inside." I said fearfully as I caught her standing not far from us. Dom was by her side trying to get her back inside.
"Letty I'm so sorry." Adrian said taking a step closer to Letty but a step forward from Tony stopped him in his tracks.
"Daddy I want you to leave." She said quietly and Adrian froze.
"You what?" He whispered. Tony paused at my side and Dom, who seemed to sense a change in atmosphere, stepped closer to Letty while Vince stayed with Mia.
"Daddy you hurt me." She spoke timidly. It was never a tone I had heard on her.
"I know princess and I'm so sorry." He tried.
"For now but it'll happen again, just like you do to mum." Everyone was silent as we watched the interaction between the two. Eventually Adrian's shoulders slumped as he stared at our daughter.
"Is that really what you want? You want me to leave?"
"Yes." I looked back at Adrian and he sighed running a hand over his face as he stared at Letty still.
"If… if daddy promises to get some help, can I visit?" He asked carefully. She hesitated looking at me for guidance. I gave her a small smile letting her know it was up to her.
"Maybe." She spoke softly as she turned her gaze to back to Adrian.
"Okay I'll leave and get some help then." Adrian whispered, his heart broken gaze lingering on Letty as Dom took her back inside.