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Dom and Letty lunged from the bed and down the hall towards the spare bedroom. Santi was thrashing and screaming in his sleep. His nails dug into his forearm trying to fight off whatever was in his dreams. Letty ran towards him scooping him into her arms and shaking him gently trying to wake him up.
"Santi baby wake up it's momma your okay baby" She pleaded as the boy thrashed in her arms. She looked up at Dom eyes full of panic as she continued to rock him.
"He wont wake up!"
Dom knelt down beside Letty and shook Santi's shoulder harder, his eyes snapped open and he shoved Dom back.
"Don't hurt my mommy!" He screamed clinging onto Letty. Letty gasped as tears fell down her cheeks, this was worse then she thought. Dom sat back up hands raised as he stepped closer to them.
"Santiago buddy it's just me Dom, you're okay"
Santi glanced back at Dom his eyes were red and bloodshot and his arm was now seeping blood into Letty's shirt. Letty gently spun Santi around so he was facing them.
"What happened miho" She whispered brushing the hair back from his face. He shook his head glaring at the knots in the hardwood floor beneath them.
"Come on baby we can make it better if you tell us"
"Papa hurt you" He mumbled "I didn't stop him"
"Baby I'm okay" Letty murmured brushing her lips across his forehead. Dom walked back into the room with the first aid kit glancing up at Letty and down at Santi's arm.
"Can I fix your arm up?" Dom murmured meeting Santi's gaze. He nodded holding his arm out for Dom as he gripped Letty's hand. Dom ran the antiseptic over his arm and winced as Santi clenched his jaw and squeezed Letty's hand.
"You okay?" He asked watching the tears form in his eyes. Santi nodded but didn't make a sound. Letty felt her heart crack at the sight of her once happy little boy now turned a cold quiet little man. Dom finished wrapping his arm up and stood up to go throw away the garbage. Santi snagged his arm and held him there.
"Thank you" He murmured, Dom couldn't help but shiver at the hard edge of his voice or the cold look to his eyes.
"I wanna go to sleep Mama"
"I can stay with you" Letty whispered squeezing him gently against her chest. Santi shook his head and crawled back under his blankets.
"I'm okay, night momma"
Letty glanced over at Santi preparing to argue but he had already fallen back to sleep. She adjusted his covers and kissed his forehead before closing the door and heading downstairs. Dom was sat down on the couch head rested in his hands, he looked up when he heard Letty approach and gave her a sad smile.
"I'm sorry Let I rushed into things, you guys need more time" He rumbled patting the space next to him.
"He's a lot worse then I thought" She croaked.
"He's been through a lot, so have you"
"That was nothing compared to what I'm used to Dom, Santi is all I'm worried about" She whispered.
"Don't brush off what happened to you Let...you need to face that to"
"My 5 year old son was just kidnapped and raped Dom...I'm my last priority."
"Letty?"
Dom and Letty's heads snapped up to see Tony leaned against the doorframe into the kitchen. He had the cordless phone in his hand holding it out to her.
"The police want to speak with you"
Letty took the phone and left for the kitchen, Dom glanced up at Tony who was staring at him.
"You sure you can handle this son?"
"No, but I'm not giving up."
Tony chuckled sitting down next to Dom and slapping the back of his head.
"I'm glad to hear that, how's Santiago?"
"Rough pop it's like he's aged 20 years in the past 3 days. He's like a machine now doesn't smile nothing. And Letty's pretending to be okay even though I know she's not"
"Well" Tony began "Just be there for them, it's going to take a lot for Santiago to ever trust another man again. The poor kid witnessed his own father rape his mother then turned around and handed him off to a bunch of strangers who molested him. Be patient and gentle especially with Letty. She's bottling up every single emotion inside of her, I bet anything within the next few days she's going to melt down, just be there for her. The rest my son will fall into place." Tony paused a smirk spreading across his face. "And for god sake keep it in your pants"
Dom couldn't help but laugh he enjoyed his fathers advice. He always knew what to say to make things clear for him.
"Thanks pop, your advices always helps."
Tony laughed lightly, "Make a couple of your own you'll start giving sage advice to" He winked patting Dom on the back. Letty made her way back into the room, Dom glanced up at her but her face was unreadable, he stood from the couch holding his arms out to her and pulling her against his chest.
"You okay"
She sobbed heavily against his chest fisting his t-shirt as she clung to him.
"No... they want Santi to come down tomorrow and pick out which of the people hurt him from a line up. He's just a baby, he's already so hurt." She croaked almost begging Dom, he winced at the pain in her voice. He couldn't do anything to stop it either.
"If he doesn't Let they can't punish them for what they did to him"
"They want me to talk to Derrick to...try and figure out what all went down. Why he did it, Dom I don't think I can be near him without killing him" She admitted eyes trained on her feet.
"It'll be okay I'm here for you" He murmured brushing his lips across her forehead.
"We're all here for you Letty, anything you need" Tony rumbled patting her back gently. Letty's eyes welled with tears for once she and Santi had a family, maybe they could help her save her son. Bring back the happy Santiago the little boy she loved so dear.
"Thank you" She whispered.
"It's what family does"
Okay so hoping next chapter you will all get the Derrick/Letty blow out you were hoping for! I'm not sure how to make it more "Real" When it's based off a true story. Review guys!
