After driving around for what seemed like hours I thought of the one place he would be. Doing U turn in front of the house I headed to he Bodega. I breathed a sigh of relief as I spotted the white car parked out back in the alley way.

"Jesse!" I called stepping out.

"Ladie!" he called stepping out.

"You are so stupid," I said softly kissing him as he embraced me.

"I know... I just I don't know what to do."

"You're dad gets out in less than 3 months."

"I know," he said his head resting on my shoulder.

"Let's just drive," he said opening my door. Sighing I agreed as we drove the streets of La trying to avoid the Trans, and the team

"You know we can't run forever," I said as he pumped gas. The sun was coming up , and I knew it was time own up .

"I know, let's go home."

Twenty minutes later I found myself baring all my body weight on one of the bullet holes that had blood flowing from it. I cried, barley keeping it together as Mia applied pressure to the other, and we waited for an ambulance.

"Don't you leave me Jesse?" I screamed frantically.

** Mias' POV

My whole world had been completely blown open in a matter of just eight hours, and the incident with Jesse had just shattered what piece of mind I had left. Leon, and Letty had left headed for Baja where Ladies' abuela still lived. She would take them in without question, simply because of her love for Ladie, and the guilt over what her son had tried to do to his own daughter. I was glad they were gone though, it spared them having to see this.. horror. A hate for Brian started to grow in me at that moment. Even though he had rushed off, right in front of a furious Dom who I was scared I might never see again. The only time I had ever seen him look like that was when he had almost killed Kenny Linder. "Dear God, please watch over my family," I prayed followed by a hail Mary.

Dom's POV The minute Jesse hit the ground all rational thought left my body, and as I chased after the Trans I kept thinking to myself. The last thing you ever said to him was "What were you thinking." You yelled at him.

"I'm going to make you hurt, just like you did me," I said an evil grinning spreading across my face as I ran Lance off the road, getting out to make sure he was down , and staying that way.

"You're lucky you're all the way down there you piece of shit," I said spitting before turning to get back in my car. This wasn't over until we got Johnny.



Jesse's POV

I felt like me entire body had been doused in flames as I lay there on the side of the street. Never thought the Trans' would have the balls to actually shot me over the car. Shivering with a cold I knew had nothing to do with the weather I began to see a white haze behind my lids. I wanted to let go so bad, and fade in to the painless void that was beckoning me, but Ladies' voice was too compelling, and I had our child to think off. I'm fighting for you Ladie, I really am. I thought as the blackness came.

Ladie

The ambulance actually got there in a record time of ten, minutes, but it felt like hours. Mia helped lead me in to the ambulance, and seeing his condition the workers allowed her to stay with me. I hyperventilated when Jesse flat line and Mia had to restrain me placing her arms around me as I rocked back and forth, trying to calm down for the babies sake. Suddenly we were at the hospital, and they were rushing Jesse down the hall, where I could no longer follow. Screaming code red, as they handed him off to the doctors. I couldn't' tell you the technical terminology of it all, but I'd seen enough ER Episodes to know it wasn't a good thing.

"Where the hell is Vince?" I asked turning to Mia who was sitting beside me quietly. "Oh My God," She said eyes brimming with tears. "Not him too, not my V," I said even closer to the hysterics, I had just come away from. "Ladie, he. when they were .. his arm got caught, and they.." "Mia," I said grabbing her shoulders and giving her a slight shake. "Give it to me straight." "They had to air lift him to the hospital, I don't know what condition he's in, or even if they had to .. take his arm , he had a gun shot wound to the side." "Wait! He was shot!"

Nodding at me silently she looked away, lost in her own thoughts.

"What the hell happened to us?" I asked silence my only answer.



I was half asleep when the doctor came out hours later.

"Mrs. Thompson?" He asked watching my wipe the sleep from my eyes. "Yes," I said trying to focus my blurry vision.

"He's stable for now, and though I can't promise any thing, I think he's going to make it.

"Can I see him?" I asked standing up.

"Sure hun," he said smiling sympathetically.