Chapter 1

Most people would expect me to say it's hard to see her move on, but it isn't. We may have a history together, but I really wasn't in love with her. I don't like her new boyfriend because he's an idiot, but then again everyone thinks so except Letty. His name is Luis and I don't even think he could change the oil in a car if his life depended on it. I know that's not a reason to dislike someone, because I just haven't found anything to make him very useful or interesting. It just surprises me that Letty is in love with a guy like this. I also have to say that seeing these two making out all over the place makes me sick.

Letty and I calling it quits was something that was destined to happen. She loved me and I didn't love her. I tried to go through the motions, but in the end I couldn't. When the breakup finally happened I think we surprised ourselves with how civil it was. I think it just hit us that this was it and that we weren't meant to be. I didn't think we'd be able to move on as friends, but we had. She was still in my life even though she had moved in with the idiot. At least she understood that he would never be a real part of our group even though we are nice to him when he is around.

Racing was still our life and the same people were still part of our team. It had been six months since Jesse had almost been killed and things were returning to normal. We had got off on a technicality engineered by Brian, and even he had weaseled his way back into our team after he quit being a cop. It had taken a couple of months and lots of times of getting the door slammed in his face, but he finally convinced Mia that he truly loved her and deserved another chance. Those two make me sick too.

What happened to Jesse after he almost got killed was in my book only a step below getting killed. He fell in love with some girl who wandered into the shop one day. I think she found him charming and decided that he might be the one decent guy left in this city. She's a nice girl named Tammy and she isn't bad looking. Now they are currently residing in one of two rooms in the basement that I had converted when people kept moving in the people they were dating, I figured out we were running out of room fast. The thing is that if you ask her she'll tell you she doesn't live there, but she's been there every night for the past month. I don't mind her though, she's a decent girl. She doesn't cook or clean, but she helps us out at the shop or the store when we need it. That's the third couple that makes me sick.

At least Vince and Leon hadn't been sucked into this love bullshit. I was proud to say that I had never been in love. Love was a waste of time and it never worked anyway. Why would I want to spend my life with one girl when I can discard them whenever I get bored and move on to another?

On this particular day I was trying to decide which girl was going to be given the privilege of being with me. Women fell all over themselves to be with me and maybe I should feel bad about using them, but I didn't. They all knew what I was like and that I didn't want to settle down, they just all fooled themselves into thinking they were the one that would change me.

As if watching the happy couple of Tammy and Jesse wasn't bad enough, Mia walks into the shop and heads straight toward me. "I need to talk to you NOW!"

One person I knew like the back of my hand was my sister and I knew this was going to be interesting. Whenever she got tough with me it was always because she wanted something and knew I would say no. I didn't even bother to put down the car magazine that I was looking at.

"What?" I said in a low growl that made it known that I wasn't in the mood for this.

I looked behind her and saw Brian wandering in and sitting down to watch the exchange. He had an amused look on his face and I had a feeling that he was just there for the entertainment. Far be it from me to not give it to him.

"My friend is moving in with me for a little while," she said firmly. She had her hands on her hips and was looking at me as if she dared me to defy her. Who is she kidding? Does she not know who she's talking to?

"Oh I didn't realize you were moving," I say sarcastically. "My house has enough people and we don't need anybody else. You are obviously getting your own place where you can move in all of your little annoying friends."

"DOM it is MY house too! Plus Vince and Leon can share a room until she finds her own place. She won't be there long and she is moving in no matter what you say," she says as she moves closer. She's pointing her finger at me and trying to look menacing. Does she think she's going to intimidate me and I'll go cry in the corner?

"We know who rules the house. Plus you'll never get Vince to give up his room for this chick. End of discussion. Don't you have work to do somewhere that isn't in my shop?"

She crosses her arms and smirks at me, "Yes I do. I'm about to go help Dahlia move in!"

"Dahlia? What the hell kind of name is that?" I ask. It takes me a split second to remember the matter at hand. I stand up and slam my hand on the table and yell, "Mia I am warning you! If she is there when I get home I am throwing her shit in the street!"

"Do it and your shit will follow!" she yells as she waltzes out of the shop.

"Brian you had better watch her and make sure she doesn't move this bitch in!" I yell as I point at him.

He isn't intimidated and instead just chuckles as he follows Mia out the door. He's so whipped, he'll never stand up to her. These men are all turning into sissies. That chick's shit had better not be there when I get home. I have enough crazy women in my house without adding another one. With my luck she'd hook up with one of the other two remaining single men in the house and pull them over to the dark side. If I didn't like these people so much I'd kick them out of my damn house or find my own place.

All day I know that there's going to be a fight when I get home and I'm geared up for it. I know the others will take my side and that will help things. This girl has no chance of moving in.

I walk in the back door all prepared for the big fight. I had talked to the guys at the garage and they were all in agreement. I had convinced Vince that giving up his room even for a day would be the end of the world. I'd also had a bad day and that was fueling my desire to stick to what I said. When I walk in the kitchen there's a lot of food on the table and everyone, including Letty and Luis, was there except Mia.

"Who cooked?" I asked.

"Dahlia," Jesse says between bites.

Leon stops chewing long enough to add, "Damn that girl can cook! She makes it all from scratch too!"

Vince says, "I went ahead and moved my stuff."

"Traitors," I say before I walk into the living room. I know that the cooking has won over the other guys. I am going to have to fight this battle alone. Hell the others probably took one look at the foot and offered to help paint her room if it wasn't to her liking. She could be the biggest bitch in the world, but if she can cook she's okay with that group.

In the living room are a couple of suitcases and a box. As I approach them Mia is coming down the stairs. She's surprised to see me and stops. I look at her and then at the suitcases and then back to her.

"Mia I warned you..." I start to say.

"No Dom! Don't touch those suitcases!" She yells as she tries to rush down the steps.

I move faster than her as I grab the suitcases and open the door. Just when I'm about to toss them, I see a girl at the bottom of the porch steps. She is looking at me like I've lost my mind and asks, "What are you doing with my stuff?"

Damn she's hot.