27th September- Rio, Brazil
Police station
Elena's POV
I drummed my fingers on the desk as I watched the minutes tick by on my clock. It was so close to being home time and it had been unusually quiet all day so I was hoping nothing would come up in the next five minutes. I found my thoughts wondering to Dom, I smiled sadly as I thought how much I was falling for the man.
At the beginning after the heist no one had heard from them it was exactly like he'd said no one would find them. It was a month after the heist that got a weird feeling like I was being watched and at first it scared the shit out of me but after two weeks of feeling like that nothing happened so I assumed I was just being paranoid. I'd worked late at work one night and then I'd gone home and opened up starting my usual routine of taking off my gun and locking it away when I heard the front door open. I tried to get back to my gun but I wasn't fast enough and he slammed me into the wall again. Once I'd registered who it was I relaxed a little knowing he wouldn't hurt me after all he hadn't the last time.
"What are you doing here?" I asked still a little breathless from the initial struggle.
"I've been watching you." We stared at each other as I realized I had indeed been followed after all.
"Why? Why are you back here?"
"I wanted to see if you were trust worthy."
"Am I?"
"As far as I can tell." We stood in silence Dom still using his body to push me into the wall.
"What do you want with me?"
"I wanted to see you again. I haven't stopped thinking about you since I drove off."
"I haven't been able to stop thinking about you either." Silence passed over us as we stood staring at one another.
"What about your husband?"
"He'll always be with me very much like how she'll be with you."
"Letty, her name was Letty." It was like an understanding had passed over us then at that moment and we reached for each other at the same time. That night was the first time I'd been with someone since my husband and it was clear from the pained look on his face it was the same for him. We understood what each other needed and felt and when morning came he was gone.
I spent the rest of the week in a daze after our night together and I was gladly looking forward to my three days off as I made my way home. Just as I reached my door I received a text message. It was an address in the Canary Islands somewhere and I frowned as I didn't recognize the sender. A second message came through nearly straight after and I smiled as I read it.
'Thought it was about time you paid me a visit instead. I'll be waiting for you.'
Smiling to myself I was suddenly feeling very excited about my three days off.
We had been switching back and forth between Dom's place and mine over the last couple of months. It wasn't just sex when we saw each other, we often just talked. I about my husband and Dom about Letty. The second time I met with Dom in the islands I met with Mia and Brian. Though they had known Dom had been seeing me, it was clear they were wary about me. I understood their reactions and reasons, to them I was a cop and capable of taking them down if need be. I had no plans to do that though. As time had passed, I found myself falling for Dom. It had come as a shock and though I knew he cared for me, it wasn't the same as I felt for him. He wasn't ready for commitment and he would never be able to get over Letty; that I understood so I never told him how I felt. Mia had clued in fast though and I could tell she wasn't thrilled with the idea but she let me know she was glad her brother wasn't alone.
After a while I hoped maybe as time continued on his feelings for me would change, that he'd be able to let go of Letty a little the same way I had let go of my husband. We might have a chance at being together completely, but based on what I had seen and felt the day I travelled to see him on her anniversary, I knew that wouldn't happen. At least not yet if the bruises that were still littering my body were anything to go by.
"Elena phone call line one for you." Carlos called out from his desk. I sat up straight and frowned.
"Who?"
"His names… Hobbs, Luke Hobbs special task force. Apparently you two have worked together before." I froze at the name hoping he hadn't found out I was in touch with Dom.
"Officer Neves speaking?" I answered.
"Officer Neves its agent Hobbs here."
"Agent Hobbs what a surprise, what can I do for you?" I asked lightly.
"I need your help."
"Of course what can I help you with?" I asked hoping silently it wouldn't be about Dom.
"I'm assuming you've heard about the heists in Berlin?"
"Vaguely yes." I asked confused.
"Well there's a person in the group that's come to our attention and I need your help trying to track her down."
"I don't understand how can I help? You have much more access to anything that I could give you."
"Perhaps but I need information on Toretto."
"What do you mean? Is he behind the heists in Berlin?" I asked getting worried now.
"Unfortunately no, but someone he used to know is. Does the name Leticia Ortiz ring any bells for you?" My breath caught.
'No it can't be she's dead. Dom told me, they all told me. He must be mistaken.' I thought silently, haunted by the mere thought of it being truth.
"Yes, his old girlfriend. She died in an undercover operation for the feds. At least that's what I remember her file saying when we started looking for known associates of Toretto." I winced hoping I hadn't given too much away.
"Yes but her finger prints were pulled from a military truck five weeks ago and we've been putting a team together to arrest her."
"You mean she's alive?" I asked shocked.
"Yes."
"How is that even possible?" I asked quickly writing all the information down so I could look into it myself.
"No idea but I intend to find out when we capture her. We're planning on using her to lure Toretto out of hiding. I was hoping you could pay a visit to the widow of Toretto's friend, see if she's been in contact with her."
"Yes of course." I muttered distractedly.
"Thank you, I want it done today and if you could keep it on the low."
"Of course agent Hobbs."
"I'll be in touch." I hung up the phone, standing from my desk as I grabbed my stuff and the piece of paper with the information on it.
I needed proof.
27th September- Rio, Brazil
Rosa's house
It was a short drive to Rosa's, we'd met before at a family get together a few months after Dom and I started getting together. We got along and we often saw each other a few times a week.
I knocked on Rosa's door, smiling warmly at her as she opened it with Nico in tow.
"Elena." She said pulling me inside, shutting the door behind me before we hugged each other.
"Rosa, hello Nico." I said holding the little boys hand as he reached for me.
"What brings you here today? Dom sending you to check up on me?" I laughed but shook my head.
"No Hobbs rang." Realization dawned on her.
"Is he still looking for Dom? After all this time?" I nodded.
"Yes but that's not all, do you remember Vince saying anything about Letty?" She nodded and pointed to the picture on the mantle.
"Of course, he spoke all the time about her. I always wished I had met her."
"You may get that chance." I muttered as I ran a hand through my hair, picking up the photo with the other.
"I don't understand, she's dead."
"That's what I thought and that's what the family thinks. Her finger prints showed up in Berlin on the heists that are happening over there. Hobbs' gone after her and wants to know if she's been in touch with you. If she has I won't be telling him that but I need to know for Dom's sake; and my own." She smiled sadly and nodded.
"It must be hard on you, finding out she's alive."
"I don't know what you mean." She gave me a knowing look as we sat down.
"No? I'm not blind Elena. You have feelings for him anyone can see that."
"Except Dom." I sighed in submission.
"Yes. Letty was his soul mate."
"If my husband were alive I'd want to know, even with feeling the way I do for him I'd want my husband back. I know she was his everything, I know how much he still hurts over her." I spoke truthfully.
"She hasn't been in touch and I didn't know she was alive." We sat in silence as I contemplated my next move.
"Well none of the family has heard, I mean I would have known about it from Dom if they had." I spoke more to myself then to her. I noted her troubled look as she gazed at the picture in my hands. Frowning in question she sighed, taking the photo from me.
"Except maybe one." She said quietly.
"Who? What do you mean?" I asked confused.
"There was another man who lived with them in LA; I don't know how much you know of them. There was Jesse but he was murdered after the heists in LA, but then there was Leon. Vince always said the two of them were close, like brother and sister."
"Leon…yeah I remember Dom mentioning him once. Last time Dom had spoken to him he was in Mexico." I recounted.
"If I were you I'd track him down. If she is alive and survived her crash she would have had to get out of the states, Mexico's the closest place to run and hide in." I nodded and we chatted for a while longer before I left.
27th September- Rio, Brazil
Police station
Once back at the station I typed her name into the data base and waited. Letty's file came up immediately and I started going through all the information that had been collected recently and in the past. I knew most of it, coming across old surveillance photos from the team's time in America but I paused seeing new ones. She was older, slightly different but it was her; I had no doubt.
Feeling a crushing weight on my chest I knew I had to tell them all. It was going to crush me in the process but I knew it was the right thing to do; even when I knew it meant losing him forever.
I detoured by my apartment on my next patrol, picking up the phone Dom had given me to use to stay in contact with him. Dialing his number I waited as it rung but it continued ringing until it rung out. I sighed dialing it again thinking he may have been driving but again it rang out. Frowning I rang Mia's; knowing she would answer but again I found her's ringing out. I tried everyone's numbers but no one answered and I began to get restless. I looked at my calendar and saw I had the next three days off. It wasn't like Dom to not answer nor Mia or Brian. I was going to have to go and find out what was wrong. On my way back to the station to clock out I made arrangements to leave; to make sure everything was okay and also use the time to tell Dom face to face.
Signing out at work I made my way back home to start packing. I had rung Rosa letting her know what had happened, telling her my plans and also confirming that it was Letty.
28th September- Tenerife, Canary Islands
Dom's beach house
It had been a long flight and an even longer drive before I arrived at Dom's house.
"Hello?" I called as I let myself in.
"Dom?" I called again as I switched the light on. But as I looked around you could tell the place had been untouched for weeks. Flicking off the light I locked up again and made the short trip to Mia and Brian's.
Walking up to the house it was clear no one was there either and there hadn't been for some time. I was worried as I let myself in and looked around the house; it was tidy so it wasn't like they'd left in a hurry. Sitting down I tried Dom's mobile again but there was still no answer.
'Where the hell were they?' I thought as I sat in the empty house.