Dom scooped his little sister in his arms and swung her around.

"God I missed you." He said when he put her down. Mia was speechless, she dreamed about the day her brother would finally get out of jail and it was funny to see that day actually here. Dom embraced Vince in a big bro hug. A tear fell down her face and Dom wiped it. "Everything's gonna be ok." He assured her. And finally after two years she believed it actually would.

They jumped in Vince's car, Dom in the passenger side and Mia in the back. There was something-more like someone- missing.

"Where's Letty?" Dom turned to the back and asked.

"She couldn't make it. She has a game tonight and had to stay after school for practice." Dom laughed.

"Wait she's on a team? Letty?" He looked at Vince who shook his head.

"Really? What sport?" He asked in disbelief.

"Basketball." Vince said as he sped up down the empty highway, there was nothing out there for miles just wind and sand. "You know if you drive I think we might get there in time." Vince egged Dom on pulling over to the side. He knew Dom was itching to drive. Dom sat in the seat and felt at home, without hesitation he switched gears and flew down the highway.

Less than an hour later they were pulling into the high school parking lot and running into the gym. Vince spotted some people and they sat next to them.

"Dom this is Leon and Jesse." Vince introduced. He nodded his head at them and looked at the floor. Where was she?

"She's number 17." Mia yelled in Dom's ear over the noise. Dom's eyes raced over every player's number until her found her. It wasn't hard to spot her out cuz she was at the line making foul shots.

The referee passed the ball to Letty and blew his whistle. Dom's eyes were trained on Letty as she dribbled the ball twice, lined up her right foot to the line and shot.

Swish. It was a straight shot and everyone jumped up. It didn't take long for Dom realize he was shouting out her name with everyone else. Letty ran down the court her hair in a ponytail swaying from side to side behind her, some pieces sticking around her face and onto her forehead.

There was something about playing sports that had Letty's attention. When she was on the court she felt free, needed. But today she felt burdened, she knew who would be coming home. Despite that she was invested in the game, if they won here then they would be in the finals. At least she didn't have to worry about Dom being here. He's probably home She thought.

23 seconds were on the clock and she had the ball, Letty could see the two big girls coming up from either side of her. A trap. She launched the ball over to Melissa, she was their 3 point star. Melissa lined up her foot to the line and with a pump of her left foot shot the ball. The crowd jumped and screamed when it went in. As they ran down on defense she gave Melissa a dap.

18 seconds left and Letty and everyone in the gym could see they were running out the clock. The crowd booed. That was wack. In on quick swift motion Letty ran and intercepted the ball. She ran as fast as she could, remembering to dribble every two steps, and made a quick layup. She was probably too quick because as soon as she aimed for the square on the hoop she almost ran into the cheerleaders. The point gaurd from the other team took the ball out and shot Letty a dirty look. Letty didn't care though, she loved making them mad.

"Run that." She said with a nasty attitude as she walked down the court. 3...2...1... The scoreboard sounded and she hopped to her teammates. They won.

Dom was proud of Letty, once again he underestimated her. By now he should have known not to. That girl was a force of her own. Dom jumped up when she made the layup. Letty looked too happy when she went back to her team. Everyone went down to congratulate them. Dom didn't want to get tangled in the crowd so waited at the top of the bleachers for the crowd to disperse. He never took his eyes off Letty, reveling in the victory, and he looked on as a guy with black hair and a mild build came over to her and kissed her on the lips.

Letty hated when Danny did that, she was sweaty and hot but she liked him enough to let it slid. Letty pulled Mia from the crowd circling her.

"Congrats." Mia screamed over the music.

"Thanks. What are you doing here? I thought you were picking up Dom." Mia pointed at the bleachers. Just the sight of Dom from meters away made Letty's heart beat fast. Even after a two years she was still crazy about him. As much as she wanted to run to him and tell him how much she missed him she remembered that day. The day he broke her.

Dom swore he saw Letty looking at him, he waved at her and her carefree smile turned into a burdened frown. She looked away from him, told Mia something and left the gym to the locker room.

Dom knew he fucked up. He spent almost everyday for two years hating himself for hurting Letty. But heifer stood her when she walked away from him. One thing he learned from being in prison: it wasn't easy to forgive or forget.