Chapter 3
Three Weeks Later
"Mia, come on, lets go. Time's a-ticking." Letty hollered from her car. She was anxious to get on the road. She felt the steering wheel in her hands. It felt good to be back in a car even if it was some shtty little rental.
"All right, I'm coming." Mia yelled as she slammed the door of Leon's house behind her.
The time between the high jacking had dragged and things were still up in the air. Letty had been released from hospital later than expected. Two weeks after she was admitted, she finally managed to experience fresh air again. The two had been hiding out at his place for the past week. They had been warned against going back to anything related to Toretto. Leon's was the only place they knew that the cops didn't know about, or if they did, they didn't care about. Vince was still missing. The girls had been left with the task of tracking him down, but it had proven to be impossible. It was if he had just disappeared, and they knew he wouldn't have done that. He couldn't.
Mia hopped into the passenger seat and had barely closed the door before Letty was reversing it off the drive. 'For someone who is supposed to be in recovery, she's driving really fast,' Mia contemplated to herself. She didn't say anything though. Nothing came between Letty and her driving, and she trusted her even more than the guys. Anyway, it wasn't as if she had deliberately got herself side swiped. The two had become close in the last three weeks. With the boys not around, both began to understand the other more. Sure, Letty wasn't exactly the girl to exchange clothing tips and gossip with, but she was near enough a sister. Letty glanced at her. She laughed to herself.
The past three weeks had been insane, but it had been hard and she was glad Mia had stuck by her. She was also thankful that she had kept her winnings from Race Wars to herself. The money had come in handy, not least in renting the car. How they managed to stay unnoticed for so long escaped them though. Mia reasoned that Brian may have had something to do with that. Letty was less optimistic and realised that she could still be caught in a second. Speeding towards the freeway, she glanced back at the city she knew and loved. Things were going to be different now.
They reached Lous' house earlier than expected. Dom was sitting drinking a corona in the yard whilst throwing a ball for the dog. He looked morose and deep in his own world. The quietness of the rental caused him to completely miss it, as it pulled up outside. Mia jumped out and shouted to him. Spinning round to see his little sister, a big smile slowly crossed his face. He ran over to her. Letty, still sitting in the drivers seat, paused as she contemplated moving.
She was still hurting from the accident, but more than that she was worried about seeing Dom. For no logical reason, she felt as if things might have changed between them. Finally mustering the strength, she got out.
"Letty, finally." Dom went to embrace her. Completely forgetting about her injury, she allowed him to grip tightly. Seeing her wince, he released his hold, "Come in and meet the rest of the family."
After the brief introductions, where Letty met the Morales tribe, she sat down with Dom, Mia and Leon in the yard.
"So what now?" She asked. "We still don't have Vince back. The cops are still looking for you. I doubt there just going to give up on us. Mia, maybe you should go back. You're not involved. Not directly anyway." Mia shot her a look
"No, I want to stay."
"Dom, some input maybe?" Leon asked, as he turned to his friend
"We leave, we go to Mexico." Letty and Leon scoffed.
"Are you serious? Don't you think that they will be on the border waiting for you to do exactly that? Besides, with what money? We're pretty much broke." Letty shouted, slightly louder than anticipated, "Your accounts are frozen. I have very little. Leon has the," She paused and turned to her friend, "the house."
"No way, not a chance. They would jump on it in a second. Lets not make it too easy for them here." Letty shook her head. She knew he was right. Even if they didn't know who's house it was, it would take too long. They needed money fast. The last high jacking had taken away their major income boost. Sure they had some money from the previous ones, but that was pretty much all tied up with the house and garage.
She stood up and walked back towards the house. Dom followed soon after. He placed his arm around her shoulder, making her stop in her tracks. Her hand gently rose to grab his as he lay a gentle kiss on her forehead. For a moment, she forgot where she was, she forgot that her chest still hurt every breath she took, she forgot that they were on the run. In that moment, just standing there, she knew she still had Dom and nothing would change that.
