The Lessons We Never Learned
Leon and I dumped all our bags in the trunk of the skyline and turned around to head back to the fort for Mia. I knew that Leon was angry at Dom for letting me get hurt, but I also knew that Leon knew how bad Dom felt. No matter how mad my brother felt I was sure he wouldn't ever try to make Dom feel worse about this.
"He's lucky you love him chica." Leon said
"Dom? Why?" I asked, my voice was hoarse, and even I could hear the pain that dripped through it.
"Because if you didn't I'd kill him." Leon chuckled brushing his hand against my cheek
"I don't think he's gonna make it to Mexico." I confessed
"Why not, he's not gonna stay here." Leon said
"He's either gonna get caught by Brian, or he's gonna run off on his own somewhere, but either way he'll leave me, I know it." I said
"You don't know that, you're forgetting that Dom loves you sis, don't think so much about it." I said
"I've already lost one person today Leon, I can't afford to keep my hopes up only to loose Dom too." I said
"What the hell do you mean Lett, Vince is gonna be fine he'll pull through like a trooper." He assured me
"I'm not talking about Vince." I said choking back tears, "I'm pregnant Leon." I said sadly
"You're what!" He shouted swerving into on coming traffic and nearly getting us run over.
"I found out about two months ago, I figured that I would tell every one after the last heist so that you all wouldn't worry, but my plan bit me in the ass." I cried
"Letty are you still… do you think it's possible that the baby's okay?" He asked
"NOT SINCE I'M BLEEDING OUT OF MY FUCKIN CROTCH LEON!" I screamed at him
I really shouldn't have yelled, I knew it wasn't his fault. Still I felt like someone should feel my pain too.
We sat the rest of the ride in silence, while I stared out the window and Leon shot glances at me from his seat.
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"Mia!" Leon called from the car at the house
"Mia let's go." He honked the horn
"Leon!" She shrieked running out of the house with her bags and what not hanging on her arms and tears staining her face.
"Leon it's Jesse, they medi-vaced him to Tijuana, he's been shot Leon we have to go to Mexico now." She rushed into the back seat
"What! Why did they take him all the way to Mexico, why not just take him to a hospital here?" I asked trying hard to sound strong
"Dominic told them too." Mia cried
"Why? What the hell is he thinking? Where is he?" Leon demanded
"He took off with Brian after Tran, Tran shot Jesse, and now Dominic's gonna kill him!" She cried.
She was literally trembling and I had no idea how to calm her.
"Let's go look for Dom." Leon sighed in frustration
"No, we're going to get my car and go to Mexico like we planned, if Dom is smart he'll meet us there, our job is to check in on Jesse." I said softly
Leon didn't argue, he knew it was hard for me to agree to leave Dom behind, but the fact of the matter was, Dom was a big boy, he could handle himself. Jesse was a little kid, not to mention he was extremely vulnerable right now. Dom would be fine with out us, Jesse needed us, so we would go to Jesse.
It was the longest car ride of my life, in fact I wasn't sure if we'd even make it to Tijuana the way Mia was driving. She was still shaking uncontrollably, but she'd managed to get us across the boarder without too much trauma, and I could now see the dull glow of lights in the Mexican city.
"What's the hospital called?" Leon's voice came through over the two way.
"I'm not sure." Said Mia, "I think it's the San Juan Hospital."
"Alright, take a right and it should be there." He told her.
She did as he said and we pulled into a hospital parking lot.
"Come on Letty, we've got to get you checked out too." She said helping me out of the car.
It hurt like hell to walk, I mean it killed me, it was like someone was inside of me ripping and clawing at my bones and muscles.
"Hola bienvenidos al Hospital San Juan de Tijuana. Cómo podemos ayudar esta noche?" Said the woman at the counter. (Hello welcome to the Saint Juan Hospital of Tijuana. How may we help you this evening?)
Leon explained to the woman what we were there for in Spanish, the nurse had me wheeled off to see the doctor as soon as Leon finished.
"Tu hablas espanol?" The doctor asked, she was a small old looking Mexican woman with a huge smiled.
"Si." I managed
"Bien entonces, dime cuál es el problema?" She asked
(Alright then, tell me what the problem is?)
"Tuve un accidente, volcó mi coche. Ahora todo me cuerpo duele." I explained
(I had and accident, flipped my car, and now my whole body hurts.)
"Voy a comenzar una ecografía para controlar su abdomen." She said and i nodded as she rolled the ultrasound machine over.
I lay still for what seemed like hours before she finally spoke,
"You've cracked two rib's Ms." She said in think accented English
"Oh." Was all I could say
"Were you aware that you were pregnant?" she asked
"Yes." I said
"I apologize but it seems like the baby didn't withstand your crash. I'll call the abortionist in here later on so that they can remove the fetus, and a nurse will be in later to tape up your ribs. I'm gonna prescribe some pain meds and then I'm gonna send my nurse in to fit your left arm for a cast. I'd check it, but it's obviously broken so I'll just save you some pain and have it casted." She said
I nodded and she stepped out, leaving me to my thoughts.
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Mia's POV
Leon and I sat in the waiting room waiting patiently for the doctor to come out and speak to us. It seemed like hours before a short Mexican woman stepped into the room and called Leon's name.
"I'm Leon Ortiz." He said waving the doctor over.
"Hello, you are Leticia's brother yes?" The doctor asked
"Yes I'm her older brother Leon." He said
"I'm Dr. Fuentes, I was put in charge of your sisters health care this evening. She needs many procedures and a little mending, but the ultra sound and CT scan showed that there is no internal bleeding. On the sad side, I'm sure you were aware Ms. Ortiz was expecting a child, I'm afraid the baby did not make it through her ordeal, however, Ms. Ortiz should be just fine." The doctor said
Leon nodded and said his thank you's as if there was nothing he wasn't aware of. I on the other hand was in shock.
"You knew Letty was pregnant?" I asked
"Well yeah, she told me today, when we were coming back for you. She said she knew she lost the baby. She's real cut up about it." He said
"Leon you knew this and you didn't tell me, or Dom, or somebody!?" I shouted
"Mia calm down. Letty just told me she doesn't want Dom to know, and I frankly agree with her. He's already got Vince and Jesse's blood on his hands, do you really want to dump his unborn baby's blood on there too?" He said
"I can't believe this, you all should have listened to me. Letty should have refused to go, Dom couldn't have done it with out her, he would have had to stop and Letty's baby would still be alive." I said
"Letty couldn't have stopped Dom, Mia, he had his mind made up, it didn't matter what any of us said he would have done it alone if he had to." He told me, I knew it was true but it still made me sick to think of what Letty must feel.
Letty's POV
After about two and a half hours I was ready to go home, My whole mid section was wrapped and taped up, my forearm was in a very tasteful purple cast, and I now had a package of several different painkillers to take the edge off of any feeling I might have, god how I love Mexican medicine.
The abortionist came to remove my baby and things got a little dicey for me, but in the end I managed to hold it together. Now I was ready to throw all my attention towards Jesse.
I walked into the waiting room with a lot more ease as the first round of pain killers began to kick in.
"Did they have any news about him?" I asked Mia as he ran up to try to hug me.
"They said that the bullet didn't puncture his heart, but it got pretty close to some major arteries. They stopped the bleeding and stitched him up, and he'll be ready to go home in about two or three days." Leon beamed
I knew he was happy that Jesse was alright, and honestly so was I.
"Where is he now, can we see him?" I asked
"He's in recovery, and no we can't see him tonight, it's almost two in the morning visiting hours are way over. He needs to get some rest, but we'll come and see him tomorrow ok." Mia assured me
I nodded and allowed them to lead me out to the car.
"I can't believe all the medication they gave you Letty, you'd better not take that stuff unless you need it, it looks pretty heavy" Leon warned
"It's not that strong, I took to of that oxy whatever after they finished taping me up, and I feel like I could run a few miles." I said
"Yeah that's the problem, when the meds wear off you're in extreme pain." He told me.
"Just take us to Baja." I said with a laugh.
We drove till the sun started to turn the sky pink and finally we were in the pretty little beach town. I was so tired I fell asleep before we got to the house, so I missed the big surprise.
"Letty, babe wake up." Dom whispered shaking me a little
"Dom?" I asked half asleep.
"Didn't think I'd beat you here did you?" He asked with a smile.
"I'm dreaming." I said closing my eyes once more
I felt his strong arms lift me out of my seat and begin walking me towards the house. I could feel him taking us up stairs, but I didn't open my eyes, if it was a dream I would hold on to it for as long as I could.
Okay guys i need help with two things, one i need some ideas as to how i'm gonna get Vince down to mexico, and two i need help creating a love interest for our pal Jesse, i've decided that i don't want him to be lonely. I also want Leon to get married somewhere down the line in this story, so just give me a few ideas, you know, basic stuff, names, what the look like, how old they are, what they do, where they're from, what the hell they're doing in mexico that sort of thing.