CHAPTER ONE
Dominic raced into Baja Mexico at 187 MPH, his jaw clinched the pain in his left arm was blinding he didn't know if it was broken or not but the pain was mind numbing luckily he had stopped and grabbed the cash he had stashed at the cemetery inside the family crypt he hated to do that but he could not easily put this kind of cash in a bank. He had millions of dollars hid in several different places around the city but this was the quickest place and the safest and the place where he had hid the least amount of money he had hid one-hundred thousand in the crypt he would get the other money he had stashed when it was safe and he could sneak back into town, he grabbed the money on the way out of town he said a final good-bye to his father. Dom made a habit of going to the crypt to visit his father once a month it gave him peace but right now racing into Mexico there were no thoughts in his head except how to get rid of this pain. He made it through the border check point he was scared they would give the car a real good once over but for some reason they did not, they checked his ID and unloaded his car but there was nothing really to unload he only had two bags one was his clothes and the other had money, he held his breath when they took the bags out but they did not open them. They asked him why he was there all he said was vacation. Now he was past that and needed help with his pain. Dominic skidded to a stop in front of a clinic, he got out of his car and walked in, the office was chaos it was a good thing he spoke fluent Spanish. Dominic spoke to the receptionist and she gave him paperwork to fill out and told him to take a seat. Dominic sat down and began his paper work. A little girl with dark eyes and dark hair came over to talk to Dominic.
"You hurt?" the girl asked in Spanish.
"Yes," Dominic answered.
"I'm sorry you hurt." Dominick looked into the girls eyes and his heart melted.
"What is your name?"
"My name is Mia."
With that Dom almost could not control himself he fought back tears not only was the pain in his arm blinding him but this little girl was so sweet and she looked like Mia did when she was little and she even had the same name.
"This is not fair." Dom thought to himself.
The girl whispered
"I hope you feel better."
The girl walked out of the clinic with her mother. The little girl ran back into the office carrying a rose and ran over to Dominic
"This is for you."
She then turned and ran after her mother. After hours of waiting Dominic was called into a room. He found out his arm was not broken but it was pulled out of socket. The doctor gave Dominic a rag and said in Spanish
"Bite down on this, this will be painful."
Dominic put the rag in his mouth and bit down at the same time the doctor popped the arm back into socket. Dominic let out a loud grown but it was mostly muffled by the rag tears began to run down his face the pain was horrible. After just a few moments the doctor removed the rag and Dominic took a few deep breaths tears still falling. The doctor spoke to Dominic in broken English
"You pay now and go."
Dominic shook his head yes. In a deep husky voice trying to control himself
"Give me something for the pain."
The doctor laughed and said "You American no pain medicine for you, you big man you take it get out of my office."
Dominic grabbed the doctor by his shirt and said
"You either give me something for the pain or your going through the wall!"
"No pain medicine for you, I don't like you, you a big ugly man, you smell bad and I don't want you in my office."
"Fine!"
Dominic growled and threw one hundred American dollars at him.
Dominic pulled to a stop in front of a gas station and sat for a good ten minutes trying to think of how he could find a place to stay. He saw a sign that read Tourist information he went inside and found the name of a hotel.
Dominic pulled up to a hotel he read the name. HOTEL BEAUTIFUL
"We will see."
Dominic said to himself. He walked through the gates and it was like walking into the Garden of Eden. He walked into the hotel it was built just like a castle. He thought to himself Hotel Beautiful is right. He spoke to the desk clerk and got a room, she gave him directions and he went to his room and took a shower. After getting out of the shower Dominic sat on his bed naked. He put his head in his hands and fought with his mind. Thoughts of seeing Jesse shot, thoughts of seeing Vince on that truck and his last thought was Letty all bloody in the back seat. He told her it was all gonna be okay. Okay is something things would never be again. He wanted so much to take care of his "family" he loved each of them so much. He told Letty he had a dream that she and him were on a beach in Mexico and that it was all gonna be ok. Well, he was on the beach but Letty and the rest were somewhere else and nobody was safe.
