Chapter 6: Love
Mia and Letty looked at each other in confusion at the silence in the kitchen. They were wondering why there was no noise. Roxy wasn't paying attention to the lack of noise. She was more worried about the boys getting hurt because of her. A sob escaped her and Mia and Letty spun around and looked at her. Mia bent down to Roxy's height and smiled a little.
"Don't worry Roxy. Dom and the guys will know what to do." Roxy nodded her head slightly. Letty also bent down to her height.
"Yeah, girl. Those guys won't let anything happen to you." Just when Letty had finished that sentence, she was suddenly picked up from the ground and thrown onto the sofa. Mia was grabbed around the waist and dragged away from Roxy. Mia screamed and struggled against her attacker and finally kicked his shin. The man let out a yell and dropped Mia. She fell to the ground and tried to crawl her way to Roxy but was suddenly grabbed by her hair, which earned a scream from her. Roxy was hyperventilating. She looked over at Letty and saw that she was fighting her attacker well, but then suddenly she was hit across the head with a vase. She was knocked out immediately. Roxy looked over at Mia again and saw that a man had a gun pointed to the back of her head and Mia had tears streaming down her face, but she wasn't worried about herself. She was worried about Roxy and what would happen to her. Roxy closed her eyes to stop the tears flowing. When she opened her eyes and saw the man Johnny Tran standing in the doorway. He had an evil smirk on his face and stalked towards Roxy. He stopped in front of her and hit her across the face. She immediately fell down and put her hand to her head. She retracted her hand and saw blood on it. She looked up at Johnny and immediately she was angry. This man had killed her parents. He was probably planning to kill Dom and everyone else and she was NOT going to let him kill another family of hers. She stood up and her hands started to shake from the anger boiling inside her before letting out a cry and ran for Johnny, who was too busy laughing at her. He was not prepared for her to attack and immediately fell to the floor with Roxy on top of him. She straightened up and punched him in the face. She never thought that her father teaching her self-defence moves would ever be useful but apparently it worked. Angry tears were freely flowing down her face as she repeatedly hit Johnny in the face before he punched her in her side and she fell to the side, clutching her torso in pain. She was suddenly grabbed by her hair and let out a yell before she was dropped to the floor again. She looked up through her angry tears and saw Brian kneeling beside her. He had cuts and bruises on his face. He looked above Roxy and nodded at someone. Roxy turned back around and saw Dom holding Johnny Tran. Dom nodded at Brian and dragged Johnny out of the room. Roxy could hear Dom shouting at how Tran made a very big mistake on trying to kill Roxy and kill Vince. Hearing this news had made Roxy's heart sink. She ripped herself away from Brian's grip and scrambled to get up, still holding her side, and ran out of the sitting room to find Vince. She found him slumped against the kitchen table and was holding a bloody cloth to his head.
"Oh my God, Vince, I'm so sorry." At hearing this, Vince's head snapped up and he saw Roxy standing in the doorway with tears falling. He held an arm out and she immediately ran to his side. She knelt down and hugged him tightly, crying her eyes out. Vince had her pressed against his left side as his right side was injured and he whispered soothing words and noises to her. It seemed to have worked as Roxy's sobs started to quiet down and all she was doing was hiccupping. He kissed her forehead.
"Are you OK?" he asked her. She nodded into his side and lifted her head to look at him. He had a huge gash on his right side of his forehead and the blood didn't seem to be stopping. She immediately went to one of the kitchen drawers and brought out two clean cloths. She had let the cold water run and stuck one of the cloths underneath the water. She then turned off the tap and returned to Vince. She helped him to sit on one of the kitchen chairs and she tended to his cut. He winced as soon as the wet cloth made contact with the cut but he then got used to the sting and let Roxy take care of him. Once Roxy had taken care of Vince, she sat in front of him and smiled sadly.
"Vince, I'm so sorry. If I hadn't even come here, you guys wouldn't be dealing with this and you wouldn't be hurt. Don't worry though. I'll leave as soon as possible and you guys don't have to be in danger and you don't have to worry about me anymore." She rambled. Vince looked at her as if she was mad. Maybe she was, if she was saying stuff like this. Vince grabbed her hands and forced her to look at him.
"Roxy, do not think for one second that this family doesn't loves you and won't protect you. I made the promise to look after you and I'm going to stick to that, ok? I'm not going anywhere and neither is anyone else." That comment made Roxy smile a little, making Vince smile in return.
"I know you aren't going anywhere." She murmured.
"So you see? We want you here, Roxy. We don't care what trouble you bring. You can't help your past. Whatever trouble comes along, we'll deal with it. That's what family does." They both hugged each other and then pulled away when Dom entered the kitchen. He looked pissed.
"Where's Tran, Dom?" Vince asked. Dom looked at him and shook his head.
"He's gone, V." Vince nodded in understanding, knowing what could have happened if Dom continued with his anger. They didn't want another repeat of his past. Dom immediately made a beeline for the sitting room to find Letty. Roxy helped Vince to stand up and they followed him in. They saw Dom pick Letty and place her in his lap. She had her eyes open and was a bit dazed. She then frowned and looked around frantically for Roxy. Once her eyes settled on her, she sat up from Dom and opened her arms. Roxy walked over to her and immediately hugged her. She let all her tears out then and Letty began soothing her. Everyone watched in amazement as Letty, the girl who hardly ever showed this side of her, consoled Roxy. Roxy then pulled away and smiled sadly at Letty. Letty grinned.
"You OK, chica?" she asked Roxy. Roxy nodded and sat down beside her. Letty put an arm around her and leaned her head on top of Roxy's. She looked up at Dom.
"What happened to that bastard?" she asked him, venom seeping through her voice. Dom breathed deeply and stood up to talk to everyone. At this point, Leon and Jesse had walked in and they seemed to be fine except for a few cuts here and there.
"He's gone. We all know it would end in blood if we continued so I let him go. He doesn't seem to be giving up though, but I swear he'll be gone once and for all soon, Rox." He looked down at Roxy and she nodded her head
"Yeah," Brian cut in, "And if Tran comes back, I'm sure Roxy can throw him a few punches." Everyone looked at him weirdly and Roxy ducked her head and blushed.
"Brian, what are you talking about?" Dom asked him. Mia had come to stand beside Brian. She grinned.
"Some of Johnny Tran's guys had held me and one of them knocked out Letty. Whilst I was being held, Tran had hit Roxy-"
"WHAT?!" Everyone shouted. Apparently, no-one knew of this except Mia. Mia gave everyone an annoyed look and they let her continue.
"As I was saying, when he hit her, she immediately stood up and just went for him. She began punching him in the face. That's when you guys came in and grabbed him. I'm not gonna lie - it was a sight to see." Everyone looked at Mia to see if she was lying but when they all looked at Roxy and saw that she was blushing, a big smile broke out on all of their faces. Letty stood up and grabbed Roxy and hugged her tightly.
"YEAH! I knew you had a fire in you, Rox!" Letty exclaimed. She was ecstatic to know that someone as small as Roxy had beaten up Johnny Tran. The mental image she was getting was amazing. Everyone else was speechless. Dom shook his head a little and walked over to Roxy. He hugged her and then pulled away to look at her. He smiled down at her.
"You'll be an amazing addition to this family, Roxy. You're loved so much already and I'm sure your parents will be proud." He told her. Roxy cried and Dom held her to him in comfort. Roxy pulled away and smiled at him.
"Thank you. All of you. You guys did so much for me."
"GROUP HUG!" Leon yelled and everyone then came over and a big group hug was shared and Roxy was stuck in the middle. She knew that she belonged here. Soon she would be Vince's sister - Roxy Cartel.
