Chapter ten

Beep Beep Beep Beep.

Ugh could someone stop that annoying beeping? Cracking my eyes I saw nothing but a white ceiling. Strange because my ceiling is yellow. Opening my eyes all of the way I realized that I was in a hospital. Looking around I saw that I was alone and I couldn't remember what happened.

Mia walked in the room with a cup of coffee. When she saw me she smiled excitedly. " Uncle Jimmy she's awake! " She called into the hall.

My dad came rushing in. Tears streamed down his face when he saw that I was awake.

" What happened? " I asked in a raspy voice.

" Oh baby I thought I'd lost you. " My dad said in a watery voice.

Mia sat on the side of my bed and uncapped a bottle of water and helped me drink.

" You tried to save Jesse and got shot before you could get to him. " She explained.

Everything came rushing back to me. " Oh my god is he okay? Where's Dom? "

She looked at me sadly. " Jesse didn't make it. Dom had to run. Brian made sure that he got away. "

My dad cleared his throat. " I still say that running isn't fixing the mess he made. "

Mia stiffened and I knew she didn't like what he had said.

" How long have I been here? " I asked.

My dad sat in the chair next to my bed and grabbed my hand. " You've been out for a few weeks. The doctor said it was your body's way of healing itself. "

I felt under my hospital gown and found a neatly stitched line on my side. " How bad was it? "

" They had to remove your spleen but there was no lasting damage. "

I sighed. So I got shot trying, and failing, to save Jesse's life. And because of stupid decision making three huge parts of my family were now on the run. It's a hell of a home coming.

Five years later

Me and Mia sat side by side wiping the tears from our eyes. Life as we knew it was officially over. I'm so tired of my life being turned upside down constantly. My father died from a heart attack last year and now we were burying our sister. It was so unfair.

The funeral was small since our family had been shattered. The whole time I looked at the closed coffin I had flashbacks of our life. Starting with the first time we met when we were five and ending with the last conversation we had together. It wasn't how I wanted to leave things.

Flashback

Letty was bent over Dom's Charger. She had been back for a while but it was like she wasn't even there. She never told me and Mia why she came back or what happened after she and Leon ran. All she did was work on the Charger, eat, and sleep.

I tried to give her space, but I've had enough. " Letty, we need to talk. "

" Not now I'm working. " She said not even looking up at me.

Oh no she didn't. I walked over to her and grabbed her shoulders and turned her around. " Take a break. " I bit out.

She wiped her hands on an old rag and glared over at me. " What!? "

" Okay first of all lose the attitude. You're worrying me so bad I'm literally growing white hairs. " I said sincerely.

Letty looked down at the floor. She knew I wasn't leaving until she told me what was going on. " I kind of... "

" Kind of what? " I asked.

Lifting her head she looked directly at me for the first time since she got back. " I'm working with Brian to get Dom a pardon. "

Well I wasn't expecting that. " What exactly are you helping him with? "

She stiffened. Oh god this can't be good. " I'm helping him take down a drug lord. "

" What!? " I yelled getting in her face. " Do you have a death wish? "

Letty pushed me back and I looked at her in shock. " I want our family back. You're not doing anything to get it back so I figured it was up to me. "

Ouch. " What do you want me to do? I'm not the one who decided it was a good idea to rob semi trucks. I'm not the one who tore our family apart. "

" If it wasn't for the semi heists we would have never been able to keep the garage and the diner open. You ran off to college and never cared if the rest of us were okay. " She spewed.

It was like she had slapped me. A tear fell down my cheek and for a split second she looked guilty. " Excuse me for wanting something better than what we've ended up with. " I said leaving her alone.

End flashback

We never reconciled. I feel so bad about leaving it where we did but I can't change it. Brian and his lackeys were surrounding the grave site just in case Dom showed up. Like he would be that stupid.

Me and Mia both grabbed a purple lily and a handful of dirt and put them on her casket. We left right after, we couldn't handle watching them lower her into the ground.

Later that night Brian dropped off a box of Letty's things. Mia couldn't handle it being in the house so I took it out to the garage. Setting it on a work bench I lifted the top to see what was in there. Before I could I heard footsteps. Looking to where they came from I gasped.

" Dom! " I cried running into his arms, I pulled back and looked into the chocolate eyes I loved so much. " Mia told you not to come. They're staking the place out. What if they find you? "

" They wont. " He said firmly. " Come on, look at you. " He said raking his eyes over me with a smile.

He palmed my cheek and lowered his head to kiss me.

" Dom? " Came Mia's voice from the door, effectively blowing the mood.

She ran to him just like I did and hugged him tight. " I told you not to come. They- '

" I already got the run down. Don't worry they wont find me. " He promised. Taking a look around he spotted his Charger in the corner.

Mia and I smiled as he went over to it. " Letty wouldn't let them junk it. Even though it has a god damn curse on it. " She said.

" When she came back she was always in here. Working on it day and night. It was weird, like she knew you would be coming back for it. " I said sadly.

Dom looked inside and found the necklace he had given Letty for her sixteenth birthday. " I want to see the crash site. "