Chapter 8- stories and reassurance
A/n okay I'd like to thank sobosbabe for her help.she's amazing.and I'd like to thank all the people that are reviewing and that like my story.if you don't like the story or if you have anything that you want to share with me you can either review or email me at jas_0886@hotmail.com
Later that day "You ready to go girl." Riley said walking into the diner.
"Yeah give me a minute to finish up." Faith told her.
Riley waited till Faith was done cleaning the tables off then they headed outside. "Holy shit is this your car?" Faith excitedly asked running her hand over the hood of the car.
"Yeah do you have a car?" Riley asked looking at her. She could see she obviously hit a sore spot.
"Ummm I did, but my ex-boyfriend has it now." She said her eyes downcast.
"Hey lets go to the beach. I think we need to talk and don't worry what we talk about stays between us." Riley said seeing the panicky look Faith gave her. They go in and headed to the beach.
Riley pulled up and they go out. "Ok I think you should start from the beginning." Riley said once they started walking on the pathway.
"Yeah. Ok lets see. I was in like 11th grade and I met Tyler he was a real sweetheart. Soon after we started dating after about 6 months he started hitting me. I would leave him and he'd come after me saying I was nothing without him. So me being the dumb ass I am I believed him and went back with him. I spent the rest of 11th grade all of 12th and 1 year of college being abused by him. About a week ago he beat the hell out of me and I couldn't move." Faith said starting to cry. "Finally 2 nights later I left in the middle of the night with nothing. I came here recuperated in a hotel and then came to the diner. And that's about the it." Faith said shuffling her feet.
After a while...Riley decided the say something to that " so does he know where are??? Are you safe???"
" I should be" faith answered
" don't worry if Dom and his team won't protect you...I will....girl...I know what your going through...it hard....you should have to stick with it until it's finished" Riley advised her
" thanks, but you can't tell anybody I don't want them to know" Faith told her
" well their going to find out some how...you might as well tell them...it will make them feel better, and trust me it will make you feel better" Riley explained
" yea, but I don't think that I'm ready yet to indulge my whole life history to people that I don't even know the names of" Faith told her
" I understand... but I'm not going to lie for you... I have enough problems on my own without yours...if somebody asks I'm not going to lie...is that clear.." Riley warned her
" okay...thank you so much...for listening...an I promised that I don't bring you any trouble" Faith reassured her
" yea well...you brought yourself trouble when you lied on the application...now I'm betting that Dom is having Jesse run a check on you,...did you report your X-boyfriend to the police...or did you just live with it" Riley questioned her
" can't we just drop this?" Faith asked
" I wish I could just drop this...but Dom's not going to...so I have to be ready to defend you...and to defend you, I need to know" Riley explained to her
" fine, yes there is several reports of domestic violence...that I filed against him... at one stage I even had a restraining order out on him...nothing worked he just kept coming back to my place" Faith said as she broke down and cried
"hey, it's okay he can't hurt you any more...and I wont let him... your going to have to tell Dom he needs to know this...did all this happen here in LA or somewhere else?" Riley asked her
" here. in. LA." Faith said in between sobs...
"come her sweetie" Riley said and reached to give Faith a hug.
" you can't-" faith said but Riley stopped her and just held her friend until her sobs had stopped and she could talk normally again
" it's okay" Riley said trying to relived some of the pent up anxiety that Faith was feeling because of her X.
" I. Should. Tell. Dom" Faith finally sobbed out
" yes you should, but first I want you so that you can speak...do you want to do this in private or do you want to do this in front of the whole team" Riley asked her
" everyone should know...what I'm getting them into" Faith said " will you do this with me"
"yea I'll be there for you...don't worry...just try to relax...he can't hurt you anymore" Riley soothed her.
" thank you for being there for he" Faith said when she was finished crying and the sobs had stopped racking her body
" I know what you going through...the fear the dread...the constantly looking for you shoulder because you know that someone out there is it in for you...well not anymore sister...you safe now...and nothing is going to happen that we can't handle...TOGETHER" Riley reassured her
"TOGETHER, you really want to get mess up in my problem?" Faith asked her
" yes, your my friend, and I'll do anything to keep my friends safe...you the next best thing to family that I have...so stop worrying..." Riley assured her
" okay...can we do this whole explaining my life now...before I lose all the courage that I have?" Faith asked her
" yes" Riley said and directed her car toward the highway and home to Torettos
Meanwhile at the garage
" have you found anything on Faith Vincent yet?" Dom asked Jesse
" yea she has a record-" Jesse said
" great, another person that has a record his place is like a fucking station for all the crooks out there" Dom yelled
" relax bro...if you had let me finish I could have told you that she has a recorded of being beaten by her boyfriend... there are like 20 domestic violence reports...she's moved many times and had a restraining order out on him...and he still wouldn't leave her alone" Jesse correctly informed Dom
" what?" Dom yelled even madder that somebody had hurt her...he was protective of her and he didn't know why.
" yea... says here the hospital knew her on a first name basis because she came in some many times...bloodied , broken, and bruised. " Jesse told him
Just then Faith and Riley pulled up in front of the garage
" hey guys could you all come her please" Riley called out to everyone
Slowly everyone came out...Letty and Leon out from under cars...Vince took his arms from the hood of a car...and then slowly Dom and Jesse came out of the back room where they had been talking
"okay...I don't know if you people have yet met Faith...hey I only met her on Saturday...anywayz I want you listen to what she has to tell you...and if you people don't like what you hear then I guess...we'll cross that bridge when we come to it" Riley said
" okay..." Faith said and stopped she was so terrified of what they might think of her...that she was a wuss...and that they shouldn't get close to her
" Well" Dom said compassionately... he knew what she was going to tell everyone and he knew how hard that must be for her
" I have...had...an abusive boyfriend..." Faith said and she started crying so hard and when Riley looked at her Faith was pleading with her eyes that Riley tell the story
" are you sure you want me to tell them?" Riley asked after she turned to her and looked her square in the eyes
Faith just nodded her head
" okay...here's the story...Faith her had a boyfriend for the last three years...he was very abusive...she's gotten beaten up so bad that she had broken bones....bruises were the least of her problems and now she has serve emotional trauma ... she wanted you guys to know...that there is a risk that he will track her down again and hurt her... and she's afraid that if she's with any of us that we might also get hurt...isn't that right" Riley asked Faith
Faith again through her sobs only nodded her head
" can I interrupt..." Jesse asked
everyone turned to look at him....
" well Faith for you I have some good news..." he said
" w-w-wh-what?" Faith croaked out in between sobs
" you boyfriend is behind bars and he will be for a very long time" Jesse told her
" how?" Riley asked
" well he was doing some pretty shady business and he killed one of his partners in a rage so he got life without the chance of patrol for 20 years...so you have about 20 years that you don't have to worry about him..." Jesse said in reassurance and gave her a small smile
" I should probably go...you don't know how resourceful he is" Faith finally said trying to get up and walk away
" I'm not planning to let you run away from this again...Faith I'll be by your side when this all comes down if it comes down" Riley said to her
" me too" Vince said he kinda liked the girl and after what she said about the dude it made Vince want to kill him.and him just like Dom didn't understand why they felt compelled to help her.
" I don't mind having you work for me" Dom told her " I care for your safety and for everyone that works for me...you'll b e safe here nobody knows that your here...right?" Dom said
" nope...I ran off a couple of weeks ago...and I've being looking for work...and when I met Riley in the park...and read about the ad in the newspaper I thought that this might be a good place to start again...the city of angels" faith said with some enthusiasm
" girl, I will also stand by you...everyone here will...once your part of the team...you always will be...and we look out for our own" Letty said in reassurance and looked at Leon for conformation.he just nodded his head.
" hey girl...these people like you better" Riley joked with Faith and got her to smile
" we like you plenty" Leon said and gave her a huge ass grin.
" why thank you...we like you too" Riley told him with a huge smile on her face
"we?" Leon asked confused
" yea...me and all the voices in my head" Riley said with a smile...that got a chuckle out of everyone
"okay people... I think that we have had enough excitement for one day...why don't we got back to the house for some dinner" Dom suggested
" I'm going over to the warehouse after dinner to start moving the stuff...can I have the day off tomorrow?" Riley asked Dom
"what for?" He asked
" I was planning on moving the stuff for the warehouse to the storage unit that I'm renting form Letty" Riley said
" okay do you need any help?" Dom asked
" you can't spare people right now...it's crunch time" Riley said reminding him then she turned on her heel and tried to walk away.
" don't walk away from me" Dom said this stopped Riley
" what" Riley asked as she turned around
" I asked you if you need help...do you or do you not?" Asked Dom
" I'm fine on my own..." Riley told him trying to prove that she didn't need anybody's help
" I want Letty to go with you. She knows where the place is...after all it's her parent's place...and she can help you move the stuff to the van. Me and the guys will help you girls load the moving van later after I close the shop early" Dom told her and everyone " does anybody have any problems with that?"
" nope" was what everyone said and looked compassionately at Riley they all knew what a bitch moving stuff was
" well okay then people, start packing up..." Dom told everyone
Cheering could be heard
" hey Faith" Dom said to her as she was walking toward Riley's car
" yea Dom" She said in response and turned to look at him.
" things are going to get better from now on...your staying with us tonight aren't you?" He asked unsure if she knew that now that she was part of his team that she would be living with them.or if anybody else offered her a place to stay.
" yea Riley said I could.is she allowed to do that?" Faith asked
" no. but you're welcome to stay anywayz. I have to have a word with that girl" Dom said
" please don't hurt her on my account.she was only trying to do what she thought was best" Faith said hoping that he wasn't going to her, for speaking out or hurt Riley for helping her, or even worse both.but nothing came except.
" I'm not going to hurt her.Im just going to ask her to stop inviting people to the house" Dom said with a smile and anybody knew he was joking.
" she said that as soon as her place is done that I could move in with her" Faith said hoping that he wouldn't try and stop her from moving in with Riley
" yea she probably would say that.she's nice friend huh" Dom said in awe of how kind and compassionate Riley could be one hand or how mean and bitchy she was on the other
" well, I better going she's waiting for me in the car, she's going to give me lift to your place until I get the SUV she said that I could borrow from her" Faith said
" wow" Dom said " she really likes to give things way huh"
" she the type of person, that anything that's hers is yours and she's very protective of her friends..did you know what she sees you guys as family and she doesn't even know you at long.I get the feeling that maybe someone on the team might be related to her and that's why she feels you guys are like family" Faith said and finally walked away
This left Dom puzzled.was she related to anyone of the team.could be. Faith was right about Riley though.she does care deeply about her friends and takes acre of them. First she gives Dom a car that he sees as his dad's.gives Faith a shoulder to lean on.then gives her support.a place to stay and transportation. she's always giving and never taking.man. well something around here are most certainly going to change.
A/n okay I'd like to thank sobosbabe for her help.she's amazing.and I'd like to thank all the people that are reviewing and that like my story.if you don't like the story or if you have anything that you want to share with me you can either review or email me at jas_0886@hotmail.com
Later that day "You ready to go girl." Riley said walking into the diner.
"Yeah give me a minute to finish up." Faith told her.
Riley waited till Faith was done cleaning the tables off then they headed outside. "Holy shit is this your car?" Faith excitedly asked running her hand over the hood of the car.
"Yeah do you have a car?" Riley asked looking at her. She could see she obviously hit a sore spot.
"Ummm I did, but my ex-boyfriend has it now." She said her eyes downcast.
"Hey lets go to the beach. I think we need to talk and don't worry what we talk about stays between us." Riley said seeing the panicky look Faith gave her. They go in and headed to the beach.
Riley pulled up and they go out. "Ok I think you should start from the beginning." Riley said once they started walking on the pathway.
"Yeah. Ok lets see. I was in like 11th grade and I met Tyler he was a real sweetheart. Soon after we started dating after about 6 months he started hitting me. I would leave him and he'd come after me saying I was nothing without him. So me being the dumb ass I am I believed him and went back with him. I spent the rest of 11th grade all of 12th and 1 year of college being abused by him. About a week ago he beat the hell out of me and I couldn't move." Faith said starting to cry. "Finally 2 nights later I left in the middle of the night with nothing. I came here recuperated in a hotel and then came to the diner. And that's about the it." Faith said shuffling her feet.
After a while...Riley decided the say something to that " so does he know where are??? Are you safe???"
" I should be" faith answered
" don't worry if Dom and his team won't protect you...I will....girl...I know what your going through...it hard....you should have to stick with it until it's finished" Riley advised her
" thanks, but you can't tell anybody I don't want them to know" Faith told her
" well their going to find out some how...you might as well tell them...it will make them feel better, and trust me it will make you feel better" Riley explained
" yea, but I don't think that I'm ready yet to indulge my whole life history to people that I don't even know the names of" Faith told her
" I understand... but I'm not going to lie for you... I have enough problems on my own without yours...if somebody asks I'm not going to lie...is that clear.." Riley warned her
" okay...thank you so much...for listening...an I promised that I don't bring you any trouble" Faith reassured her
" yea well...you brought yourself trouble when you lied on the application...now I'm betting that Dom is having Jesse run a check on you,...did you report your X-boyfriend to the police...or did you just live with it" Riley questioned her
" can't we just drop this?" Faith asked
" I wish I could just drop this...but Dom's not going to...so I have to be ready to defend you...and to defend you, I need to know" Riley explained to her
" fine, yes there is several reports of domestic violence...that I filed against him... at one stage I even had a restraining order out on him...nothing worked he just kept coming back to my place" Faith said as she broke down and cried
"hey, it's okay he can't hurt you any more...and I wont let him... your going to have to tell Dom he needs to know this...did all this happen here in LA or somewhere else?" Riley asked her
" here. in. LA." Faith said in between sobs...
"come her sweetie" Riley said and reached to give Faith a hug.
" you can't-" faith said but Riley stopped her and just held her friend until her sobs had stopped and she could talk normally again
" it's okay" Riley said trying to relived some of the pent up anxiety that Faith was feeling because of her X.
" I. Should. Tell. Dom" Faith finally sobbed out
" yes you should, but first I want you so that you can speak...do you want to do this in private or do you want to do this in front of the whole team" Riley asked her
" everyone should know...what I'm getting them into" Faith said " will you do this with me"
"yea I'll be there for you...don't worry...just try to relax...he can't hurt you anymore" Riley soothed her.
" thank you for being there for he" Faith said when she was finished crying and the sobs had stopped racking her body
" I know what you going through...the fear the dread...the constantly looking for you shoulder because you know that someone out there is it in for you...well not anymore sister...you safe now...and nothing is going to happen that we can't handle...TOGETHER" Riley reassured her
"TOGETHER, you really want to get mess up in my problem?" Faith asked her
" yes, your my friend, and I'll do anything to keep my friends safe...you the next best thing to family that I have...so stop worrying..." Riley assured her
" okay...can we do this whole explaining my life now...before I lose all the courage that I have?" Faith asked her
" yes" Riley said and directed her car toward the highway and home to Torettos
Meanwhile at the garage
" have you found anything on Faith Vincent yet?" Dom asked Jesse
" yea she has a record-" Jesse said
" great, another person that has a record his place is like a fucking station for all the crooks out there" Dom yelled
" relax bro...if you had let me finish I could have told you that she has a recorded of being beaten by her boyfriend... there are like 20 domestic violence reports...she's moved many times and had a restraining order out on him...and he still wouldn't leave her alone" Jesse correctly informed Dom
" what?" Dom yelled even madder that somebody had hurt her...he was protective of her and he didn't know why.
" yea... says here the hospital knew her on a first name basis because she came in some many times...bloodied , broken, and bruised. " Jesse told him
Just then Faith and Riley pulled up in front of the garage
" hey guys could you all come her please" Riley called out to everyone
Slowly everyone came out...Letty and Leon out from under cars...Vince took his arms from the hood of a car...and then slowly Dom and Jesse came out of the back room where they had been talking
"okay...I don't know if you people have yet met Faith...hey I only met her on Saturday...anywayz I want you listen to what she has to tell you...and if you people don't like what you hear then I guess...we'll cross that bridge when we come to it" Riley said
" okay..." Faith said and stopped she was so terrified of what they might think of her...that she was a wuss...and that they shouldn't get close to her
" Well" Dom said compassionately... he knew what she was going to tell everyone and he knew how hard that must be for her
" I have...had...an abusive boyfriend..." Faith said and she started crying so hard and when Riley looked at her Faith was pleading with her eyes that Riley tell the story
" are you sure you want me to tell them?" Riley asked after she turned to her and looked her square in the eyes
Faith just nodded her head
" okay...here's the story...Faith her had a boyfriend for the last three years...he was very abusive...she's gotten beaten up so bad that she had broken bones....bruises were the least of her problems and now she has serve emotional trauma ... she wanted you guys to know...that there is a risk that he will track her down again and hurt her... and she's afraid that if she's with any of us that we might also get hurt...isn't that right" Riley asked Faith
Faith again through her sobs only nodded her head
" can I interrupt..." Jesse asked
everyone turned to look at him....
" well Faith for you I have some good news..." he said
" w-w-wh-what?" Faith croaked out in between sobs
" you boyfriend is behind bars and he will be for a very long time" Jesse told her
" how?" Riley asked
" well he was doing some pretty shady business and he killed one of his partners in a rage so he got life without the chance of patrol for 20 years...so you have about 20 years that you don't have to worry about him..." Jesse said in reassurance and gave her a small smile
" I should probably go...you don't know how resourceful he is" Faith finally said trying to get up and walk away
" I'm not planning to let you run away from this again...Faith I'll be by your side when this all comes down if it comes down" Riley said to her
" me too" Vince said he kinda liked the girl and after what she said about the dude it made Vince want to kill him.and him just like Dom didn't understand why they felt compelled to help her.
" I don't mind having you work for me" Dom told her " I care for your safety and for everyone that works for me...you'll b e safe here nobody knows that your here...right?" Dom said
" nope...I ran off a couple of weeks ago...and I've being looking for work...and when I met Riley in the park...and read about the ad in the newspaper I thought that this might be a good place to start again...the city of angels" faith said with some enthusiasm
" girl, I will also stand by you...everyone here will...once your part of the team...you always will be...and we look out for our own" Letty said in reassurance and looked at Leon for conformation.he just nodded his head.
" hey girl...these people like you better" Riley joked with Faith and got her to smile
" we like you plenty" Leon said and gave her a huge ass grin.
" why thank you...we like you too" Riley told him with a huge smile on her face
"we?" Leon asked confused
" yea...me and all the voices in my head" Riley said with a smile...that got a chuckle out of everyone
"okay people... I think that we have had enough excitement for one day...why don't we got back to the house for some dinner" Dom suggested
" I'm going over to the warehouse after dinner to start moving the stuff...can I have the day off tomorrow?" Riley asked Dom
"what for?" He asked
" I was planning on moving the stuff for the warehouse to the storage unit that I'm renting form Letty" Riley said
" okay do you need any help?" Dom asked
" you can't spare people right now...it's crunch time" Riley said reminding him then she turned on her heel and tried to walk away.
" don't walk away from me" Dom said this stopped Riley
" what" Riley asked as she turned around
" I asked you if you need help...do you or do you not?" Asked Dom
" I'm fine on my own..." Riley told him trying to prove that she didn't need anybody's help
" I want Letty to go with you. She knows where the place is...after all it's her parent's place...and she can help you move the stuff to the van. Me and the guys will help you girls load the moving van later after I close the shop early" Dom told her and everyone " does anybody have any problems with that?"
" nope" was what everyone said and looked compassionately at Riley they all knew what a bitch moving stuff was
" well okay then people, start packing up..." Dom told everyone
Cheering could be heard
" hey Faith" Dom said to her as she was walking toward Riley's car
" yea Dom" She said in response and turned to look at him.
" things are going to get better from now on...your staying with us tonight aren't you?" He asked unsure if she knew that now that she was part of his team that she would be living with them.or if anybody else offered her a place to stay.
" yea Riley said I could.is she allowed to do that?" Faith asked
" no. but you're welcome to stay anywayz. I have to have a word with that girl" Dom said
" please don't hurt her on my account.she was only trying to do what she thought was best" Faith said hoping that he wasn't going to her, for speaking out or hurt Riley for helping her, or even worse both.but nothing came except.
" I'm not going to hurt her.Im just going to ask her to stop inviting people to the house" Dom said with a smile and anybody knew he was joking.
" she said that as soon as her place is done that I could move in with her" Faith said hoping that he wouldn't try and stop her from moving in with Riley
" yea she probably would say that.she's nice friend huh" Dom said in awe of how kind and compassionate Riley could be one hand or how mean and bitchy she was on the other
" well, I better going she's waiting for me in the car, she's going to give me lift to your place until I get the SUV she said that I could borrow from her" Faith said
" wow" Dom said " she really likes to give things way huh"
" she the type of person, that anything that's hers is yours and she's very protective of her friends..did you know what she sees you guys as family and she doesn't even know you at long.I get the feeling that maybe someone on the team might be related to her and that's why she feels you guys are like family" Faith said and finally walked away
This left Dom puzzled.was she related to anyone of the team.could be. Faith was right about Riley though.she does care deeply about her friends and takes acre of them. First she gives Dom a car that he sees as his dad's.gives Faith a shoulder to lean on.then gives her support.a place to stay and transportation. she's always giving and never taking.man. well something around here are most certainly going to change.