I smiled as I was congratulated by uncle Brian and the rest of the family.
The last one to congratulate me was my father. He looked so serious as he walked towards me, but then he hugged me and turned me in a circle.
I laughed.
"I'm so proud of you kid!" He said as he set me down on my feet.
I smiled. "I'm glad that I made you proud dad." I said.
Father smiled and gave me the money but there was a car title included also.
"What's this?" I asked.
"One of the cars was put on the bet." Father said.
"Which one?" I asked turning around to see the rest of the drivers reach us then. I looked down at the title and it said that the car was a silver color.
Oh no.
I looked up and started to walk to where Jace was.
"Karla." Father said but I didn't turn around.
Jace looked up just as I stopped in front of him.
"You betted your car?" I asked.
He gave me a half smile and nodded. "I thought I had a chance of winning so I told myself, why not?" He said.
I sighed. "I can't take your car." I said.
"Sure you can." Jace said.
I shook my head. "It doesn't feel right." I said.
"He betted the car. You won, you take it." Father said behind me.
I shook my head still looking at Jace.
"Oh shit! We got cops, cops. Go!" Someone said.
I turned around and ran to my car. I took of the hand break and left. I sure as hell wasn't getting caught with so much money with me.
I shifted into first gear and I put my foot on the gas pedal.
The car raced forward.
I sped up and shifted into second gear.
One of the cops followed me.
Crap.
I shifted into third gear and then I turned right. Then I quickly turned left and then right again.
The cop stayed behind me.
I sped up and turned right again and turned into a parking lot. I turned off the lights and stayed on the first floor. I turned off the car and grabbed the money.
I put some of it on the left side of the inside pocket of my jacket and the rest on the right pocket. I even took the title to Jace's car.
I locked the car and got out. I walked out of the parking lot and started walking down the street.
A cop passed right by me.
Don't stop. I thought.
The cop car stopped.
I stopped walking.
"Stop right there Torreto." The cop said.
Shit.
I took off running and turned right.
"Torreto!" The cop said but I didn't stop running.
I hear a car behind me but that didn't stop me either.
A car stopped in front of me almost knocking me down.
"Get in!" Jace said.
I opened the door and got in.
Jace started driving and turned left.
There were two cop cars waiting for us but he got in between and left them behind.
I turned to see if they were following us but nobody was. I turned back around in my seat and sighed.
"You're the last person I expected to see." I said.
"Well I thought that if I helped you, your father would let me keep my car." He said.
I sighed again. "Well you did help me and I owe you big time, but my dad is a different thing." I said.
"I know." He said.
Then I hear motorcycles. "Oh great." I said.
"What?" Jace asked.
"We're being followed." I said.
A guy in a motorcycle got beside Jace with a gun. "Follow us." He said.
Jace nodded.
We followed them into a shop.
Jace parked the car and we got out.
"Torreto." Johnny said.
I nodded once. "Johnny." I said.
He smiled.
"Karla." A woman said behind me.
I sighed. "Heidi." I said.
"My, my who is this handsome young man?" She asked.
"Heidi this is Jace. Jace this is Heidi." I said.
Jace shook her hand, but it looked like she had other plans cause she started feeling the muscles on his arms.
"I gotta tell you something Karla. This is the most handsome boyfriend you have had so far." Heidi said walking around Jace and looking at him as if he was a piece of art that she wanted to buy.
I cleared my throat. "He's not my boyfriend. He is the newest member of our team." I said.
"Not a boyfriend, huh? So that means that I can have him, then?" She asked.
"No!" I said maybe sounding a little jealous.
Heidi laughed.
I mentally cursed.
"Well going back to why we are here." Johnny said calling back the attention.
I turned to look at him.
"I thought we had an agreement." Johnny said as he started to circle me.
I stayed where I was.
"You stayed away, and I stayed away." Johnny said as he took one of my loose curls in between two fingers.
Jace tried to get away from Heidi to come to where I was but I gave him a look letting him know that he needed to stay where he was.
"Yea we were just going for a drive and we didn't realize where we were until y'all stopped us." I said.
Johnny smiled.
"And what do we have here?" Aro asked walking around the car.
"Who does it belong to?" Johnny asked.
"It's hers." Jace said.
"No its not. I haven't taken full claim on it yet." I said.
Johnny nodded and chuckled. "See you around Torreto." He said before they went to get on their motorcycles. Then they left.
We were about to get in the car, when they came back and started shooting the car.
Jace and I moved.
They left then.
The car started to catch on fire.
"NOS!" Jace said tackling me to the floor and covering me with his body before the car exploded.
I closed my eyes and hugged myself to him as I heard the explosion and saw the car fly high in the air. I felt like my life was over.
Then the car landed back on the ground and I jumped.
"Shh its okay." Jace whispered in my ear and hugged me.
I sighed.
With his arms around me, I felt safe.
"Come on lets get out of here before they decide to come back for us." Jace said.
I nodded and let him go.
Jace stood up and the offered me a hand to help me stand up.
I took it.
"So what is the deal with them?" Jace asked.
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"The guy you called Johnny. He said something about you stay away and I stay away." Jace said.
I sighed. "You caught that, huh?" I asked as we started to walk.
"Well he was the only one that was talking." Jace said.
"It's kid of complicated." I said.
"It's a long way back." He said.
I nodded. "My father and Johnny's father had some issues when they were young. You know how this is. Everything is a competition." I said.
Jace nodded.
"Plus my father slept with his sister. Johnny asked for permission so we could date when I was fifteen. My father didn't give it to him and I didn't wanted to date him either. So everything got worse and they came up with that agreement. One side of the town belonged to my father and the other to Johnny's father." I said as I turned around to see if a taxi was coming.
Thank god there was because I wouldn't like to have to walk all the way home.
I gestured for the taxi to stop.
The car stopped.
"Get in." I told Jace.
He got in and I got in after him.
"Where to?" The driver asked.
I gave him the address of a restaurant that was next to the parking lot I had gone into and he started to drive.
"So they have been like that all these years?" Jace asked.
I leaned my head back and closed my eyes. "Yep." I said.
"Aren't you scared?" He asked.
I smiled. "I was raised without fear. So no." I said.
"When the car exploded I saw that you were scared." He said.
I smiled. "Of course. That car could have landed on top of us and we would have burned to death without being able to move. Well I would have. You would have died instantly." I said.
He sighed.
I opened one eye and looked at him.
He was looking down at his hands.
I smiled and closed my eye again.
"By the way, you owe me a ten second car." I said.
Jace chuckled.
And that is it for this chapter. I hope you guys enjoyed it. Thank you for reading. Thank you for reviewing. Take care. Until next time!