Chapter 20

Considering the circumstances, things so far, were flowing naturally. It was as if he were there visiting a good friend at her job. She made sure his corona stayed full as she continued to work and he continued to watch her. Letty had yet to say a word to him; instead, allowing their eyes to do the talking. Every few minutes or so, she would look over at him before she would serve the next man or woman their drinks. Her facial expressions towards him were always blank, almost as if she just still couldn't believe that he was here but, if she were serving a customer she would always smile.

Finally, about an hour later, she walked around the bar and jerked her head to the left, signaling him to follow her. Dom finished off the rest of his beer before he stood and followed her through a door that led to the back of the club. Once they were outside, Letty opened her can of soda and took a long gulp before she sat down on the loading dock ledge. He followed suit and pulled a pack of cigarettes from his pocket. Grabbing one, he held the pack out for her; offering her one. With the smallest smirk she reached over and grabbed one; allowing it to rest between her lips while she waited for him to pass the lighter. With a flick of the thumb her cigarette was lit. It had been a very long time since she had a cigarette and she wondered why Dom was smoking.

"So how did you find me?" She asked nonchalantly; scared as to what would happen.

"Finding you was easy as fuck, I'm surprised Jesse hasn't come running to me claiming that he found you." Dom said with a deep chuckle. Letty's eyebrows knitted together as she looked at him, slightly confused. As she allowed the smoke to leave her lungs the realization of the situation hit her. Dom had found her all by himself; everyone knew where they were but, Mia refused to tell Dom and apparently, Dom didn't want them to know either. This could not be good.

"So they don't know you found me?" She asked, looking up towards the night sky. Dom just shook his head; flicking his cigarette. Again, silence filled the air except the bass from the club music. Both were pretty unsure about what to say; how they would approach this situation.

"I want to keep it that way; at least for now." Dom stated; Letty just stayed silent choosing not to fix this possible disaster.

"I only have a fifteen minute break." Letty stated with a shrug of her heavy shoulders. Dom just looked at her and nodded. She wasn't sure if she said that in hopes that they didn't talk just yet or if they did and got it over with. But, could they really accomplish that conversation in only fifteen minutes? She guessed no because, they indeed, had a shit load to talk about. "Um," She paused. "You could go hang with Leon until I get off work." There was a silence. "You don't have too though…" She was starting to feel slightly uncomfortable.

"Maybe I will." He nodded and took one final drag off of his cigarette before flicking it into the empty loading dock. Letty followed suit as she threw hers out into the dark loading dock. Looking at her cell phone she realized she still had more than five minutes to kill before she had to be back behind the bar.

"So are they all with you?" She asked; meaning the rest of the team.

"At the beach house." He replied quietly. "Why did you run?" He asked out of nowhere.

Letty wasn't expecting that to come out of his mouth next so she was a little unprepared to answer. The mood had stayed light so far so she wasn't doing too much thinking about what was next to come. She just assumed that for now they wouldn't talk about it until the time came or at least they were in a different setting. Truth be told they weren't at the best location to have a serious heart to heart talk but, either way, whether they did or not, it would have to work.

"The cops came while we were out food shopping; when she drove back they were in the driveway so we kept going. We came back Dom." She said thickly.

"Obviously you didn't." His voice was accusing but, not enough to scold her.

"We stayed at a motel for a week and everyday we went there looking for you. When you didn't come we left and came here." She explained.

"It just seems that you didn't hesitate to just leave us; leave me." His voice saddened.

"Dom, don't for one second think I wanted to leave you. I didn't know what to do with myself I was so fucking lost." Letty cried.

"You seem to be doing okay without me." Dominic replied bluntly.

"Yeah," She nodded. "Now I am. We had to start over from scratch! Without you guys; Leon and I had to make a whole new life for ourselves." Her voice rose slightly with every word as she explained to him in hopes that he'd understand they didn't leave by choice. They would've never left by choice. But they had a choice to come back and they didn't. Silence fell between them again as Letty checked her phone constantly, hoping that it was time for her to go back. Wanting to get out of here; she was suddenly feeling trapped with guilt and sorrow. How could she ever find the strength to tell him that she was in love with his close friend?

"Where does this all leave us?" Dom asked her barely above a whisper. She stared at his eyes intently thinking about how she was going to answer that but, knowing that she couldn't just at this very moment. Looking down she noticed it was time for her to go back to the bar.

"Look, I have to get back to work. Why don't you go visit Leon?" He nodded. "I'll give you directions."

"I know where it is." He explained. She stopped and smirked ever so slightly in disbelief. He just smiled sheepishly and followed her back into the club. Letty told him she'd see him in a few hours before she walked through the employees' only door. Dialing the familiar number she sighed and ran her palm over her forehead.

"Hey baby."

"You are never going to believe who is on their way to come see you." She said quickly.

"You're shitting me right?" He groaned from the other end.

"No, look, he doesn't know about us and he doesn't know that Jess and them know where we are. He wants us to keep it a secret from them that Dom found us." Letty explained. "Look, I had to get back to work, just act like you usually would with Dom and don't let on that we're keeping something from him."

"I can't lie to him forever."

"I know babe, I'll tell him," Letty said as if she were still trying to convince herself. "In my own time. I'll see you later." She said hanging up the phone.