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Chapter 7
Vince's POV
Dom had been home for two days now and hadn't even tried to communicate with me. We used to be like brothers, and now he wasn't even trying. I tried to not let it get to me too much, but I wanted the old Dom back. And now he had a kid? The Dom I knew never wanted kids or anything to do with them. I decided to take the next step in getting Dom back on track.
When he returned home with Mia I decided to approach him. "Hey man."
Dom smiled, "Hey V. How 'ya been?"
"I'm good brother. Listen, tonight's a race, you in?"
"I don't got no money bro."
"Don't worry about it. I've been working on Hector's car for free in the garage, he owes me." I watched as Dom smiled, when was the last time he raced? I saw his piece of shit car, no way he would win in that. "You haven't lost your touch have you?" I joked.
Dom laughed and shook his head, "I haven't raced in almost a year and a half."
I felt bad for Dom. The past two years he just lost himself completely. He got a kid, stopped racing, and got into drugs. I just wished he would of talked to us, me at least, before he left, I could of helped him. But it was Dom's decision, and he had to live with the consequences.
"Vince! My man!" Roman said coming into the kitchen and come over to me. "I just got us in for the races tonight," he told me. "Hey Dom." Roman was still warming up to Dom.
"Good to see you Roman. Alright V, I'll be in my room for a little bit," Dom said and he was off.
"He coming tonight?" Roman asked me.
"Yeah, and he'll be racing one of our cars. His is a piece of shit, there's no way he'll be able to win in his."
"Hey, no disrespect or anything man, but what happened to your man?"
"I'll tell you another day," I responded.
Dom's POV
Mia was in the bathroom giving the kid a bath and I needed a fix. I grabbed the last baggie of drugs that I had and spilled the contents on the bedside table. I repeated the actions that I had been doing for so long now. Just as I was enjoying inhaling the substance, my bedroom door opened.
"Oh my god," Mia said in shock. She held Savannah wrapped in a towel and her eyes were wide.
"Mia," I started.
"What the hell Dom?" she yelled. "What the fuck is wrong with you! How long have you been doing that here? I'm sorry, but if it continues you can take your sorry ass and leave and Savannah will be fine here!" She was hurt, I could tell.
"Mia," I had no idea what to say.
"You're a sorry excuse for a brother." She turned on her heels and left my room with Savannah.
"Fuck!" I yelled and knocked the bedside table down. Everything on it crashed to the ground. I wasn't done yet; I went over to the dresser and ripped all the draws out, carelessly throwing them to the ground and my clothes flying everywhere. I went up to the wall and with all my might punched it. I heard a crunch and the wall broke. I looked down at my hand, it was already started to bruise and I had cut it up. My breathing was uneven and I turned to my door. She stood there, just watching.
It was Letty.
"You done playing the hulk?" she asked cocking an eyebrow. She invited herself in my room and looked at the mess. She nodded, "You sure still have that temper."
"What Letty?" I wasn't in the mood to have a talk with her.
"What's your problem?" she asked.
I rolled my eyes at her, "Get the fuck out," I pointed to the door where she came in.
She crossed her arms, something she always did when she was ready to put up for a fight. "Why don't you sit the fuck down so I can tell you something," she shot back. "Asshole," she muttered under her breath. I leaned up against the wall and crossed my arms.
"I ain't got all day," I said.
"Right I forgot. You need to finish snorting crap."
"Shut the fuck up," she was really getting on my nerves now. "What do you need to tell me?"
"You really have no idea how much you're hurting everyone. Mia cried every night when you left, Vince was lost without you, Jesse missed his older brother, Leon didn't know how to keep everyone together, and Brian had to become the man of the house. All because you left."
"And what about you Letty?" I dare asked.
"I managed."
"You sure? You were fine when I left?"
"No Dom, I fucking fell apart. You were my rock, and you left me."
I looked at the hurt in her eyes. "I'm sorry."
She ignored my words, "You need to clean the fuck up, Mia can't take this from you much longer." She walked out of my room leaving me in the mess I created. I moved my hand around and winced at the pain.
Brian's POV
Mia came into our room holding Savannah. She placed her on the bed and her towel fell off. I could tell something was wrong with Mia. "You alright baby?" I asked.
"Yeah," she choked out. She laid Savannah down and started putting a diaper on her.
"Mia. Mia look at me," I told her. She lifted her head and her bangs nearly covered her eyes, but I could see the tears. She tried to not let them fall, but the harder she tried not too, the more they did. I stood up and walked over to her. I wrapped my arms around her and she fell apart. Her sobs started and her knees gave out. I sat Mia on the bed and crouched down in front of her. "What happened baby?"
"I walked in on Dom using," she cried. That bastard. I pulled Mia in for a hug and told her I'd be right back. I walked down the hall to Dom's room and opened the door. He was sitting on is bed with his elbows on his legs and his head in his hands.
"Dom."
He looked up at me, "O'Conner."
"You need to stop. You have no idea what you're doing to your sister."
"I know, I'm always the bad guy right?" he yelled standing up. "I'm always the one who fucks up and hurts people." He walked past me and grabbed his keys from the floor. "Don't worry, I won't be around much longer."
I followed him down the stairs and to the front door. I needed to stop him, for Mia. Just as his hand touched to doorknob and was about to open the door I spoke up. "Run Dom, it's what you do best. You leave when times get too tough, you don't stick with your family."
Dom had his back to me and he stood still. I knew the words got to him, and that was my intentions. I needed to get through his thick skull. "What did you just say?" he asked, his voice getting angry. He turned around to face me and waited for an answer from me.
"I said run, it's what you do best. You have no idea what it's like to see everyone around here hurt, all because of you."
It happened so fast. In a flash I was being pushed up against the wall and Dom was holding me up by the collar on my shirt. When he slammed me against the wall a picture frame fell off the wall.
"You don't know shit!" he yelled in my face.
"Dom!" Vince yelled running over to us. Dom picked me up and slammed me down on a nearby table. I felt the wooden legs break and the table fell to the ground. He went to punch me in the face but I moved to fast. I was able to move and his fist collided with the ground.
"Dom!" Mia screamed. Dom weighed so much less than he did, probably because of the drugs he's been taking. I was able to kick him off of me and he fell into the wall. He didn't stay down for long; he grabbed me and slammed me back into the wall. I only got one good hit in his chin before he was being pulled off of me. He got me in the nose twice before he was pulled off.
Tej and Vince each grabbed one of his arms and pulled him back. I looked around after spitting blood out of my mouth. Mia was standing on the staircase with tears running down her face. Leon was nowhere to be seen and neither were the girls. Letty stood in shock watching the scene play out.
"Get off me," Dom said forcefully to Tej and Vince. He yanked his arms out of their grips and walked towards the staircase. Mia looked at him, hurt clearly on her face. He pushed her into the banister as he walked past her. She yelped in pain and he didn't even turn around. I rushed over to the staircase to see if she was okay. She was holding the left side of her ribs and was trying to hard not to cry.
"You alright girl?" Letty asked coming up the stairs to see Mia.
Mia nodded, "I'm gonna go lay down," she said. I could hear in her voice she was ready to cry.
"Motherfucker!" Vince yelled making his way over to the stairs. "You alright Mi?" he asked her placing a hand on the back.
"Yeah V," she lied.
"Hey asshole!" Vince called up the stairs.
I walked Mia to our room and helped her into bed as she held her side in pain.
Vince's POV
My blood was boiling when Dom pushed Mia. Him fighting with the Buster didn't bother me much, but he had no right to take it that far. Dom never laid a finger on a girl before, ever. Never in all of the years I knew Dom had he hit Mia. He was getting out of hand, and if Brian couldn't get through to him, maybe I could.
"Hey asshole!" I yelled running up the stairs. I barged into his room after making my way to it. His room was a disaster. His clothes were everywhere and things were broken. He was sitting on his bed with his head in his hands. "Dom."
"Is she okay?" he asked quietly.
"Hell no, she ain't okay. Her older brother, the one man who never hurt her in any way, just did."
Guilt washed over his face, as he looked me in the eyes. "Is she hurt?" he asked.
"Says she isn't, but you know Mia, always puts on a brave face." Dom nodded and looked away. "What he fuck is wrong with you? That's it? Now everything is fine in your pretty little head?" I asked furious.
"Vince, I don't want to repeat what happened down there, so I suggest you get out," he raised his voice with me.
"Hit me. Go ahead Dom, hit me, get it out of your system."
"I need help Vince," he said quietly. He caught me off guard. I was expecting a fist to the face or something. I saw the look in his eyes and I knew he was speaking the truth. Dom needed and wanted the help. I couldn't tell if he was crying or not because he had his head in his hands once again. I sat down next to him on his bed.
"We'll get you the help brother," I told him.
Mia's POV
Brian walked me to the room and all I did was cry. I had begged him to leave me alone for a little while cause right now I needed to be alone. Dom hurt me. He's never done that to me before. Dom was always the one I felt safe around because he protected me. He pushed me into the banister on the stairs, and it hurt like hell.
I sat on the edge of my bed and picked my shirt up. A purple mark was forming on my ribs. I lay down on my pillow and cried. I cried for me. I cried from the pain. I cried for Dom. I cried for my family.
How did it come to this? Why did it come to this?
"Mia?" Brian's voice asked as he walked in.
"Yeah?"
"You alright baby?" he crawled into the bed next to me and wrapped an arm around me.
"Dom bruised my ribs," I cried. "He's never done anything like this," I cried into Brian's chest.
He rubbed soothing circle on my back, "You have to remember Mi, Dom isn't him self. Does that give him the right to do that to you? No, absolutely not. But he needs to find himself."
"I know," I nodded and hugged Brian closer to me. Right now, all I needed was him. Then a thought popped into my head, "Where's Savannah?" I panicked.
"Don't worry, when Leon saw things escalating he took the girls and went into his room. They didn't see anything," he assured me. I nodded and yawned.
