A/N: Hey guys! You're reviews were so sad. I didn't expect those reactions. I took advantage of my day off tomorrow and updated early. It's a longer chapter entirely in the present. You'll get more background stuff in the next one. I hope you enjoy!
Quenthekid: so uh...you're welcome! HA!
The next morning Letty woke feeling tired and defeated. It had been an emotional night that had weighed her down. Dom attempted to check-in with her, but Letty refused to see him. Their morning round up would be the first time she would face him after their explosive car conversation, and she had all intentions of putting it behind her.
"Alright, so there is going to be a slight change of plans. We're gonna move up our hit day to Sunday of this week." Dom informed the team. "As some of you know, we have some competition."
"Are you worried?" Han asked.
"Yeah, I'm not trying to lose any team members over drug trade bullshit."
"Don't you think we may be hitting too fast? Letty and I haven't had enough practice getting past Tutella. The security system is amazingly tight." Giselle asked hesitantly.
"She's right. Tutella has laser rays with both finger and retina recognition. We don't have everything we need." Letty added.
"That just means we have to move faster. We don't have a choice at this point. We have Luciano's fingerprints. I'll try to get the retina scan tonight. As for the sensors, we leave that to the both of you. If I were you, I'd start practicing my acrobatics." Dom retaliated.
"How are you gonna get his retina?" Letty asked curiously.
"With this", Dom answered pulling a small vile out his pocket. "He'll be out like a light."
"What are you going to do? Gouge his eye out?"
"No Let, we're going to create contact lenses for the both of you."
"Wait we can do that?" Leon asked amazed.
"The mad scientist here has the hook-up." Dom smirked.
"Wait are you for real? Like in the movies?" Letty asked.
"Yes, just like Charlie's Angels."
"Yo I love that movie!" Letty commented causing the boys to laugh. "What? I do."
"Brian do you hear this? This shit is crazy." Roman asked before he turned to Dom erratically. "Are you crazy?"
"Luciano is a creature of habit." Brian mediated. "His schedule never changes. Those few windows we have of entry should give us plenty of time to get in and get out. Of course; we have to run by a few things first."
"Giselle, Jessie, and Letty, you're going to go underground at exactly 6:23pm. You will have a twenty-five minute window to get past the censors and back."
"Twenty-five minutes? That's unreasonable. We haven't been down there before." Letty argued.
"We should simulate it first." Giselle insisted.
"The blueprints don't cover all the schematics. You're going to have to do some investigating and time yourselves before we execute this." Jessie told the both of them.
"What if we trip the alarm? No one would be able to get us out. Tutella would override anything Jessie can do. The system is too strong."
"I understand the worry, but you guys are two of the best thieves in the world. Tutella is nothing you can't handle." Brian encouraged.
"You're scheduled for the mid day shift at the bar. Make sure you're not seen when you leave." Dom commanded. "We still have to deal with Lopez from our end."
"Dom I saw one of his men enter MGM at three in the morning. I think this puppy is in search of his owner." Jessie informed him.
"Without a doubt; we're moving him today. Keeping him in the same location is risky for us all."
"Do we know who Lopez was talking about when he said he was offered a new proposition? He won't tell me anything." Vince asked, who had been reassigned as a babysitter of sorts. Lopez was an extremely dangerous man that needed looking after.
"I have my suspicions." Dom voiced giving Letty a brief glance. "But I can't be sure just yet."
"Who do you have in mind?" Leon asked.
"It's too early to tell. We have a lot of enemies."
"Yeah, but the powerful ones are already in play." Han shrugged.
"Don't underestimate the underdog. We were once in a not so noticeable position ourselves." Dom pointed out.
"The stakes just got higher, but we'll just do what we do best." Brian told them all confidently.
"We're still getting paid though right?" Roman asked.
"If all goes well, yeah we will." Dom smirked.
"None of y'all better fuck this up for me." Roman said pointing to everyone in the crew.
"Bro, why are you acting like you're not a millionaire?" Brian chuckled.
"Because dog, that's how you stay a millionaire."
"Brian, I just got a page. Take over." Dom said before rushing out of the room and leaving Brian to finish up the last details of their new strategy.
"What's going on?" Letty asked.
"Luciano", Brian informed them.
Dom made his way to MGM as quickly as he could.
"Stefano, I'm glad you could be with us." The man welcomed him.
"Of course sir. What do you need?"
"I've been getting some disturbing messages about a rat amongst my people. I need you to weed him or them out."
"Will do sir. Any suspicions?"
"Tom perhaps, but no real hunches just yet. I know he's your friend, but I don't trust him." He said patting Dom's back. He was talking about Vince and did not like the fact Vince, aka Tom, had missed a few key moments in the last twenty-hours. "Do your homework. I expect news by Friday." Luciano finalized.
"I will do what it takes sir."
"That's my boy. That's why I keep you around."
"Would you mind informing me of where the messages are coming from? It would be easier to hunt for a rat if I know the source."
"I wouldn't be able to if I wanted to. I've been receiving these cryptic messages at my home. Here, have a look." Luciano said handing Dom a letter made out of newspaper clipping. "Very 90s isn't it?"
"I think I know where it's coming from. I've run into something like this before." Dom admitted.
"Interesting", Luciano noted.
"I'll get to the bottom of this."
"I hope for your sake you do." Dom looked at him questioningly. Luciano was suspicious of him, and he knew it.
"I will", Dom reiterated before leaving the office and doing his rounds on the casino floor. He walked up to Han who continued his stint as an interactive tourist. "We got trouble."
"What's wrong?" The handsome Asian asked.
"He believes there's a rat. I need you to find the real one. Based on this," Dom said passing him the note. "They're probably military."
"What is this? From World War Two?"
"Smoke him out." Dom ordered, but could not shake the feeling he knew who it was already. "Where are the girls?"
"Clocking in." Han answered.
"I'll check in with Jessie and see if we can move up our time."
"Good idea."
Down by the bar Giselle and Letty were punching in at their scheduled time.
"Is everything okay?" Giselle' asked Letty.
"Of course, why wouldn't it be?"
"You never came back."
"I had a personal matter."
"By the way Sasha hates you and is spreading a rumor that you're a gold digging slut because you stole Dom from her."
"What?" Letty exclaimed. "She just met him."
"He made quite the impression. Plus he never came back after he said he would, and neither did you. She put two and two together. It was quite comical."
"This is too high school for my taste."
"Most of these girls never got their diploma, so you're right on the money."
"She really shouldn't talk. She's a fucking stripper. You can't get more gold digging than that. At least I don't work the pole for a living. That's just sad."
"Oh come on Letty. I'm sure you can work a pole." Giselle taunted with a smirk, which she returned.
"Wouldn't you like to know." Letty said cheekily before moving to tend to a few clients. Dom came up behind Giselle a few hours later.
"Hey, how's it looking?"
"Just a few more minutes before our break." She answered.
"Has she been okay today?"
"Who? Letty?"
"Yeah, how has she been?"
"Uhh, fine I guess. She hasn't gone off on any clients. Is there something I should know?"
"No, I just want to make sure everyone has their head in the game."
"Oh I have no doubt. We're on schedule."
"Perfect", Dom said. "I'll meet you guys on the way out."
"Sounds good boss." Giselle left before moving away, but bumped into Sasha.
"Hmm, I see you're no better than your little friend."
"He's right there honey. If he wanted you, he'd have picked you." Giselle said with a wink leaving Sasha to stare with a massive scowl on her face.
At exactly 6:23 Letty and Giselle met up with Jessie down by the vents. They were strapped in bungie harnesses and attached to long cords.
"How much time do we have left?" Letty asked.
"Ten minutes; I'm gonna ease you both down. You're gonna place these trackers on the wall so that we can create our course for the actual day."
"Got it." Giselle affirmed before they completed their task. They climbed in and out in due time, and found Dom patiently waiting for their return.
"How was it?"
"Easy", Letty said out of breath.
"Good because you're installing explosives tomorrow."
"Thanks for the warning boss." Giselle told him sarcastically.
"I try, I try." Dom smiled.
"We have sixty seconds to clear out." Jessie reminded them. "Let's get a move on." He insisted before the four of them rushed out as quickly as they could. However when Dom saw the opportunity, he grabbed Letty and pulled her into the stairwell when Jessie and Giselle were not looking.
"What the fuck Toretto?"
"I've been thinking."
"Well that's nice. I have to get back to work before I get ripped a new one." She said trying to move passed Dom, but he blocked her path.
"We have to talk."
"No we don't."
"Stop avoiding me."
"I'm just trying to do what I came here to do."
"I can't do it anymore." He told her defeatedly.
"Do what?"
"Pretend"
"I don't know what you're talking about."
"You know exactly what I'm talking about. We can't keep pretending like we're not supposed be together."
"We're not." Letty shrugged. "That's why I found someone else. You never appreciated me or what we had."
"How can you even say that?"
"Because it's true"
"I put you before everything and everyone, every single time. I changed for you."
"Not when it mattered."
"I don't know how to make that right."
"You can't. I've been torn down and broken, but I built myself back up again. I don't need you Dominic."
"You don't have to need me. You just have to love me, which you do." He argued.
"You don't know how I feel. I wouldn't be so quick to assume." She told him menacingly squinting her eyes.
"You're angry, but you love me. You still care. You wouldn't be here if you didn't."
"You've always been full of yourself."
"Tell me you don't love me." He begged. "Tell me you don't love me."
"I don't...I don't", Letty hesitated before breathing out. "I don't love you."
"You're such a bad liar. You can't even look me in the eyes when you say that."
"Urg! I can't fucking stand you."
"That's too fucking bad. Just tell me what you need to say."
"Where were you huh? Where were you?" She screamed at him.
"I-I-I"
"The one time I needed you, where the fuck were you!"
"I'm sorry."
"Sorry isn't going to give me back, what I lost! They hurt me, and you did nothing! Nothing! Why? Because you were so far up your own ass that you didn't even notice I was in a coma!"
"I never thought it would play out like that. I thought you were protected."
"Well now we know I wasn't. At least you enjoyed yourself. I hope your whores did too!"
"There was no one else, how many fucking times do I have to say it."
"I think it's so sad that you have to convince yourself of your own lies."
"I still don't understand where you got that idea from."
"Pictures speak a 1000 words Dom. They told me what I needed to know. While I was getting tortured you were fucking some blonde bitch in Spain. I have to hand it to you, at least she was pretty."
"Now I know you're making shit up because that never happened!"
"Don't lie to me!" She smacked him hard across the face. "Stop lying to me!"
"I'm not lying! I wish I had been there! Vince's calls didn't come through until the day before you woke up. You knew I had a job. You would have done the same thing! I came back to LA as soon as I found out."
"I would have never left you. I loved you! I would have done anything for you. You abandoned me. You didn't care!"
"I have always cared. I will always care! You won't let me!" He said grabbing both her arms.
"Don't touch me! Don't!"
"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I've been begging for your forgiveness for two years. How can you not believe what I feel is real. You were mine for seven years. You'll always be mine. No matter how hard you try to fight it, ain't nobody gonna give you what you get when we're together." He told her staring into her eyes. He was searching for a sign, any sign, to prove his words had had an affect on her. Letty was frozen in his grasp, her eyes peering into his. Her stare was so electric that Dom decided to abruptly kiss her. She was still so angry, angrier than he had seen her in months. She fought his embrace and attempted to violently bite his lip.
"Get the fuck off me." Letty resisted aggressively. She attempted to push him away, but he had restrained her arms. Much to her own surprise, Letty began to give into the kiss just as hard and fierce as he did. Dom pulled away, but continued to hold her firmly in place.
"Remember six months ago when you were begging me to fuck you?" He asked her. Letty looked away bashfully. She had been in a drunken stooper one night and called Dominic to pick her up. "You begged me Let. You even got to your knees and tried to suck my dick because you missed it. Remember that Let? I didn't let you. I didn't let you because you'd hate me in the morning, more than you already did. I'm tired of this game. I'm tired of letting someone else borrow you."
"Dominic stop" She told him firmly.
"You kissed me for hours that night. I even ate you out. It's been the best day I've had since you left me." Letty did not want to listen anymore, but before she could think of a response his lips were again on hers, clouding her thoughts. She got lost in the taste of him. He let her arms go and they curled around his neck as he pressed her harder into the wall. His right hand traveled beneath her uniform skirt and inside her underwear.
"Uh", she moaned involuntarily. "Dominic...stop"
"You're so wet. I just want to lick this pussy and taste what I do to you." Dom whispered before attaching himself to her neck. His fingertips glazed over her sensitive core as their tongues wrestled on the stairwell. Letty's legs widened and her hips began to gyrate.
"Ung...Stop", she pleaded with a moan.
"No, I'm taking what's mine." He murmured to her.
"I can't do this..." She breathed out.
"Don't worry. I'm doing it." He breathed lifting her skirt up and yanking off her underwear. Letty could not find the strength to stop him. She hated herself in that moment because she was becoming putty in his hands. She was exposed in a very public place, yet she could not see passed what he was doing to her in the present. He unbuttoned the top her uniform and kissed the top of her breasts.
"Dominic you're being ridiculous. Someone can walk in any minute."
"I don't care." He growled before feverishly kissing her. Dom picked her up and placed her on the last steps of the stairs. He opened her legs and placed his face in between them.
"Oh God!" Letty gasped out when she felt his tongue smooth its way inside of her. "Ung...ung" She moaned gripping his head tightly. She was no longer thinking of Owen or her engagement. All she could think about was how good Dom felt to her.
"You taste so good baby." Dom's baritone voice sent vibrations through her body. "You've always been my favorite meal." He praised momentarily replacing his mouth with his fingers. He looked on as she reveled in his touch. It brought him immeasurable happiness. However about two seconds later, they heard a door slam above them.
"Oh shit!" Letty exclaimed, snapping out of her trance. They could hear footsteps coming their way. Dom wiped his mouth and shot to his feet. Letty closed her legs and buttoned up her top. She went to grab her underwear on the floor, but he grabbed it first.
"You can come get these in my room tonight."
"I don't want them anyway."
"We both know that's not the reason you're coming over." He smirked giving her bare ass a light slap.
"Don't be an asshole."
"You want me to go to you? I can do that too. I'm here to please."
"How about neither?"
"Don't torture yourself Let. You're gonna be thinking about my dick all day."
"Can you shut the fuck up?" She pleaded looking up the stairs. The footsteps were getting closer. They could hear chatter in the distance. "I think that's my boss."
"Let's go in there." Dom said as he pointed to the supply closet beneath the stairs. They hurriedly made their way there. As soon as the doors closed behind them Dom's lips were on her neck.
"Will you stop?" She insisted.
"No", he answered squeezing her butt. "I need to have you. How do you want it?"
"I don't." She said as she heard his belt buckle jingling. "You must be dreaming. Dom we're not fucking in a supply closet."
"Wanna bet?" He asked taking himself in his hands before probing her. He kissed her once more against the wall. Letty's hands found their way to his shoulders and squeezed them when she felt his girth slide between her folds.
"Ung"
"You're so fucking sexy when you moan like that." He murmured to her when he lifted her off the ground and on to him.
"Ah!" She yelped as she slid down his shaft.
"Did you forget I was a big boy? I know it's been a while since you had the real thing." He smirked.
"Shit", Letty breathed out as he moved inside her, and her hips moved in-synch with his. "Ssst"
"Easy baby", he cautioned.
"Dominic shut up!" She snapped brining him into a kiss. "Ung...uh...uh "
"Fuck!" Dom growled burying his face in her neck. "I'm not gonna last."
"Ung", she continued to moan before Dom came just a few minutes later.
"Sorry" He huffed as he set her down. "I've been faithful." Letty rolled her eyes and quickly attempted to put herself together.
"Sorry", he apologized again. "I couldn't hold it in. It's been a long time."
"This can't happen again."
"You'll get yours. I promise."
"No Dominic, this can't happen again. I'm with someone else. This is wrong."
"I'll see you tonight." He told her ignoring her last statement. It was too late to go back.
"Dominic I'm serious."
"So am I. I'll go to you."' He said before leaving her alone in the closet.
"What the fuck?" Letty cursed. She was so irritated with him, but more so with herself. "I can't believe that just fucking happened."
