Almost Doesn't Count
Chp1:
Dom pulled into the driveway staring intently at the house. It had been five years since he had been home. He moved to Miami after the break up. At first it was hard for him to be without her. Letty. She was his life, his heart and soul. Although he didn't show her which was why he had to leave in the first place. She came home one night and found him in bed with a skank from the races. He begged her to stay and promised to change but he messed up one to many times and she left. Packed her bags and left. He hoped she would come back home but she never did so he left. He didn't communicate with anyone the five years he had been gone. He knew Mia was fine, that Leon, Vince and Jesse were looking after her.
He was nervous about seeing everyone again. He knew they would give him shit but it was time for him to come back home. He had spent so many years away trying to move on from Letty before realizing it was a lost cause. He was hoping Mia knew where Letty was and how she was doing. He finally shut the car off and headed to the house. He knocked on the door and waited for Mia to open it.. He knew she was home alone because only her car was in the driveway. When she opened the door she just stood there with her mouth opened."Hey Mia," he said smiling. " Dom..Oh my god!", she said pulling him into a hug. She quickly moved out of his way and let him enter the house. " Where have you been?" Dom walked into the kitchen and sat at the table as Mia followed him." I was in Miami. I got a opened up a garage and got an apartment. I lived in a motel at first but I eventually found a nice little apartment. "" Why did you leave?", she asked on the verge of tears." Mia, I had to. When Letty left I was so lost I prayed she would come home but when she never came I knew I had to leave."" Yea, well she would be better off if you had of stayed", she muttered." What do you mean? Have you talked to her?" Dom was confused and alarmed by Mia's comment." She came home a few months after you left. " Dom couldn't believe it. If he had of waited a little longer she would of came back necessarily to him but she would have been home. He could sense by the change in Mia's attitude that she had more to say." She started working at the garage again and racing when she met this guy..Michael. He was sweet and charming. She brought him over to the bbq's and then he suddenly stopped coming around. Whenever we did see him was at the races and he was always arguing with Letty about something…"." Mia what are you not telling me?" He didn't like how the story ws going and the way she suddenly hesistated. He knew whatever she had to say next he was not going to like." One night they got into his huge fight because he thought she was spending to much time with us. He didn't like how close she was to the guys. After the races were over they left and went to his apartment instead of coming over here for the party…The next morning I catch him leaving the house with most of Letty's belongings. The guys were still hungover from the party so they didn't know. I asked him why he was taking and her stuff and why she hadn't come get it herself. He told me they were moving in together and that she didn't feel well. That was Saturday morning. I didn't think anything of it until Monday when she called out of work. I decided to go check up on her at lunch. When I got to the apartment Michael's car wasn't there so I let myself in since the door was unlocked. I found Letty in the bedroom nursing a black eye and busted lips. I wanted to tell the guys but she practically threatened me not to. But its gotten so bad lately I'm so scared for her. Dom we have to do something".
Dom couldn't believe what Mia had just told him. He wasn't mad at Letty for dating but he could not accept the fact that the prick put his hands on her. Letty was a strong individual she wasn't scared of anyone and she could hold her own. If this Michael guy has been beating on her and she's still with him she's terrified. He didn't care about what she made Mia promise or how she would react. He was not going to stand by while she was being beaten to death. He was ready to go over to Letty's apartment killed Michael and bring her home but Mia calmed him down. Letty was coming over for dinner tonight he could talk to her there and met Michael before he formulated a plot with the guys to get him away from Letty.