Chapter 4
Leon pulled up to the garage coming to a screeching halt. He jumped out his rental car and ran inside. He noticed a young man behind the counter. The guy who's name was Tom, the reason he knew was from the name embroidered above his left shirt pocket, asked if he needed some help. But Leon said no and ran back to the shop. He busted thru the doors and yelled for Dom and Vince.
Dom and Vince were in the office when they heard their names being called. Both men stood up and walked out the office.
"Look what we got here!" Leon yelled as she saw Vince and Dom. "Some old coyote and the king of streets!"
Dom grinned at Leon while walking up to him and giving him a hug, "Glad to see your punk ass here brother."
"Your wife knows how get what she wants and well here I am brother."
When Leon stepped away from Dom, he stared at Vince. "V you old coyote where the hell have you been brother?"
Vince laughed at Leon. He made his way to Leon and hugged him. "The ladies better watch out Leon's back in town. Good to see you brother."
Dom was happy to have his two best friends back with him. It had been so long since they'd all been together. Even though so much had changed in all their lives, they were still brothers, they were still family!
Leon, Vince and Dom spent the next few hours catching up and talking about cars. All three of them stayed clear of any conversation about Ally or Vincent.
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Megan wasn't sure she was doing the right thing. Maybe coming back to LA wasn't the best idea. She put the past behind her and started a new life and now her world was starting to turn upside down. If only she'd told Dom no. She knew there was no way she wasn't going to be there for Letty and Dom when they needed her. Leon popped into her mind. They hadn't spoken in so long, she wondered if he was going to be there. She hated to admit it but, she still loved him with all her heart. Everyday she would wake up and think of him. How good it felt to be in his safe arms. The way he always made her laugh when she felt down. He'd given his heart to her and loved her without any conditions. She missed his silliness and they way he would eat chips during the strangest times. This was going to harder than she thought!
Megan was about to knock on the front door of Letty's house. When the door flew opened.
"Jesus Letty."
"Come on in girl."
"Good lord you're about to burst!" Megan exclaimed while making her way inside.
Letty rolled her eyes and said, "Yes, I know I am a fat ass whale."
"Oh Letty," Megan said while dropping her bags and hugging the pregnant women. "You look great for a very pregnant women."
"Thank you Megan and I am so glad you are here. Oh!" Letty said realizing that Rebecca was standing there watching them. "Megan Thomas this is Rebecca Fernandez, my cousin."
Rebecca smile and stepped forward. She held her hand out and shook hands with Megan.
'Hello Rebecca nice to meet you."
"Nice to finally meet you too Megan."
"Come on you two I'm hungry," Letty announced before wobbling to the kitchen.
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Rebecca and Megan sat in the kitchen getting to know one another as Letty took a nap on the couch. She'd been so worried about getting everyone back to LA that she found herself run down.
Megan and Rebecca decided to go out in the back and sit. They wanted to let Letty have some down time by herself. Once outside, Megan blurted out.
"She's huge!"
Rebecca let out a laugh, "I told her! Dom's big ass, I don't know how she is gonna push that baby out of there."
"She looks great though."
"Yes, she does."
Megan couldn't help but looked over at the house she use to call her home. It looked the same. Vincent's swing set still sat in the backyard. She focused back on Rebecca who was now staring at her.
"This place hasn't changed."
"Letty told me what happened to this place."
Megan looked again at the house next door then said, "My cousin, Ally, lived there with her husband and their son. I lived with them when I first came to live in California. Both Ally and Vincent died..."
Rebecca didn't realize that Megan was related to the woman who'd lived next door. She felt guilty that she'd brought the subject up.
"I..." she said, "I shouldn't have brought that up. I apologize. Letty never said you were related. I mean I should never have said anything. Sometimes things fly out of my mouth."
"Don't. It's all right. I want to talk about it." Megan told her.
The next question, caused a dumbfounded look to come over Rebecca's face.
"Would you mind if I went inside? Dom said that someone was staying there."
"Sure if you really want to/"
Megan stood up and smiled down at Rebecca, "Yes."
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Rebecca watched as Megan slowly walked around the living room. She looked lost in another world. Megan was lost in the memories this place held. After she examine the living room, Megan started down the hall. A lump gathered in her throat as she walked past Vincent's bedroom door. She wasn't going in there, not now.
The next bedroom door was her old room. She pushed it opened and walked in. Slowly she turned and made a complete circle of the room. Leon. She began thinking of him and the first time they'd made love. They were right here in this bedroom. He jumped out of bed and was running around like a madman when he thought they were going to be caught. She'd began laughing without realizing it.
Rebecca smiled at the sight of Megan laughing. She sensed that the woman standing the middle of the room hadn't laughed in a long time.
"I've never been as happy as I was while I lived here," Megan told her.
Both women stood there for a while before making there way into the master bedroom. Megan hadn't been in the room a minute when she rushed to the dresser. She stared at the picture of Ally and Vincent.
"Where did you get this?"
"I found it the day I moved in."
"Do you know who they are?" Megan asked. There was a hint of anger in her voice.
"There my angels. When I first came here, I was going through some rough times and they pulled me through as if they were my angels."
Megan's eyes filled with tears. She turned to face Rebecca before saying, "They are angels."
"I keep it up-" Rebecca tried to say but Megan interrupted her.
"No, it's all right. There is a reason you found their picture."
"OK!" Megan then announced, "Enough of this let's go and see how Letty's doing!"
Rebecca nodded before they left the bedroom.
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Letty was still sprawled out on the couch when Megan and Rebecca returned. She woke up when she heard the backdoor open.
"Rebecca, Megan?"
"Yeah, you need something?" Rebecca asked from the kitchen.
"No. I just woke up when the door opened," Letty replied while sitting up.
Megan and Rebecca had made their way into the living room. Megan sat on the couch near Letty and Rebecca sat on the love seat.
"Where did you two go?"
"Next door," Megan said.
Letty frowned before she heard Megan say, "The place looks great."
The front door suddenly opened causing the three woman to jump.
"Hello," the sound of Mia's voice filled the living room.
"Mia!" Megan yelled while jumping up off the couch and running towards her.
"Megan!"
Mia dropped her purse and hugged Megan as tight as she could. "How are you?"
"You look great," she told her after she pulled back so she could get a good look at Megan.
"I'm fine Mia and how are you?"
"Good, working and Brian" Mia's face lit up when she said his name. That never changed.
"Where is Brian?" Megan asked.
"He's helping someone move. He'll come by later," Once again Mia reached out and hugged Megan. "It's so good to see you!"
Once everyone was settled, Mia asked.
"So where is he?"
Letty sat back on the couch then replied. "With Dom at the shop and Leon is with them."
"Leon!?" Megan blurted out.
"He came in earlier today just before Megan came."
Mia grabbed her purse and pulled out her cell phone. She dialed the number then waited for someone to pick up.
"Dom, Hey. Yeah I'm fine. Yes, Letty's fine. Wait...Dom..." she began rolling her eyes. "DOM!" she then yelled.
"You three come home!.....Why?.....Megan's here!" she then began smiling. "We will be waiting."
She put the phone back in her purse then smiled. "They're coming."
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Dom hadn't said anything about Megan being at his house. He wanted to surprise Leon and Vince. So he just told them that Letty wanted to spend some time for them.
When they pulled up the house each of them noticed Mia was there. Leon grinned, he hadn't seen her in so long. There was another car in front of the house but no one knew who it belonged to. Maybe it's a neighbor's or something.
They walked in and were instructed to go the kitchen. Once they walked in they found the ladies all sitting at the table drink coffee.
"Megan!" Leon yelled.
She looked up at him then smiled. "Hi Leon."
"Megan!"
Dom leaned over and said, "You know everyone can hear you!"
He stop staring and looked over at Mia, "Mia."
She stood up and went over to hug him. "Leon how are you?"
"Oh I'm fine and you?"
"Good...Vince" Mia said.
Vince was standing behind Dom. As if he was hiding from everyone. He stepped around Dom and went to hug Mia.
"Hey Mia."
"It's great to see you V" she said before smiling sweetly at him.
"You too Mia."
Megan stood up and walked up behind Mia. When Vince saw her and he smiled. Mia stepped out the way so that Vince and Megan could say hello.
"Vince," she said while smiling.
"How are you Megan?" he asked. He forgot how much Megan favored Ally. They had the same color hair and eyes. Megan was only a foot or so taller than Ally was. Megan shook her head then hugged him.
Rebecca sat quiet watching. She felt out of place here. They had gone through some much together. Mountain man did look happy to see both Mia and Megan. Even though she could tell he was still holding back. Making sure not to let any of his feelings show. When they first walked in, he looked over at her and glared. It was like he didn't even want her anywhere that he would be. All his anger and loathing radiated off his body. No one else noticed it, or they didn't want to notice it. The man in any other company would be called an asshole and asked to leave. While everyone began talking. He leaned against a counter and fumed. He only said anything when someone asked him a question.
Megan was so happy to see all of them. It felt right to be here. Leon stood behind Letty and was staring down at her. Her heart had jumped when she heard him call her name. She still cared for him, and never realized how much until this moment. She smiled at him then went back to the conversation.
Megan. Leon wanted to jumped over the table and take her in his arms. All this time apart and he still loved her. In Florida he'd dated this girl but it didn't work out. He always compared her to Megan. Now she was sitting across the table. What am I going to do?
Sometime during the reunion, Rebecca leaned over and told Letty she was going to go next door. Letty smiled then said she see her later. Vince was the only other person that noticed Rebecca leave, he walked over the window over the sink and watched her disappear around the corner. He knew she was Letty's cousin but he didn't like her. He didn't know why, he just knew he didn't want her in his house. She was sleeping in his bedroom where he and his wife slept. That was his home even if he'd didn't want to be there. She needed to leave!
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Rebecca went straight to her bedroom, she stared at he picture. The women was so happy holding her son close to her. It was a beautiful picture. The two figures looked so happy. She found it hard to picture them with Vince. The boy did favor him but he didn't look like he fit with them.
She went into the bathroom and pulled her jeans off. Since she wasn't going anywhere today, her pajama pants were calling her name. Once she was comfortable she walked back out the house and went into the shop in the backyard. Since moving here, Rebecca had taken up photography and was doing pretty well for herself. It was the one thing that helped her after Tony's death. She felt at peace here.
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Leon pulled up to the garage coming to a screeching halt. He jumped out his rental car and ran inside. He noticed a young man behind the counter. The guy who's name was Tom, the reason he knew was from the name embroidered above his left shirt pocket, asked if he needed some help. But Leon said no and ran back to the shop. He busted thru the doors and yelled for Dom and Vince.
Dom and Vince were in the office when they heard their names being called. Both men stood up and walked out the office.
"Look what we got here!" Leon yelled as she saw Vince and Dom. "Some old coyote and the king of streets!"
Dom grinned at Leon while walking up to him and giving him a hug, "Glad to see your punk ass here brother."
"Your wife knows how get what she wants and well here I am brother."
When Leon stepped away from Dom, he stared at Vince. "V you old coyote where the hell have you been brother?"
Vince laughed at Leon. He made his way to Leon and hugged him. "The ladies better watch out Leon's back in town. Good to see you brother."
Dom was happy to have his two best friends back with him. It had been so long since they'd all been together. Even though so much had changed in all their lives, they were still brothers, they were still family!
Leon, Vince and Dom spent the next few hours catching up and talking about cars. All three of them stayed clear of any conversation about Ally or Vincent.
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Megan wasn't sure she was doing the right thing. Maybe coming back to LA wasn't the best idea. She put the past behind her and started a new life and now her world was starting to turn upside down. If only she'd told Dom no. She knew there was no way she wasn't going to be there for Letty and Dom when they needed her. Leon popped into her mind. They hadn't spoken in so long, she wondered if he was going to be there. She hated to admit it but, she still loved him with all her heart. Everyday she would wake up and think of him. How good it felt to be in his safe arms. The way he always made her laugh when she felt down. He'd given his heart to her and loved her without any conditions. She missed his silliness and they way he would eat chips during the strangest times. This was going to harder than she thought!
Megan was about to knock on the front door of Letty's house. When the door flew opened.
"Jesus Letty."
"Come on in girl."
"Good lord you're about to burst!" Megan exclaimed while making her way inside.
Letty rolled her eyes and said, "Yes, I know I am a fat ass whale."
"Oh Letty," Megan said while dropping her bags and hugging the pregnant women. "You look great for a very pregnant women."
"Thank you Megan and I am so glad you are here. Oh!" Letty said realizing that Rebecca was standing there watching them. "Megan Thomas this is Rebecca Fernandez, my cousin."
Rebecca smile and stepped forward. She held her hand out and shook hands with Megan.
'Hello Rebecca nice to meet you."
"Nice to finally meet you too Megan."
"Come on you two I'm hungry," Letty announced before wobbling to the kitchen.
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Rebecca and Megan sat in the kitchen getting to know one another as Letty took a nap on the couch. She'd been so worried about getting everyone back to LA that she found herself run down.
Megan and Rebecca decided to go out in the back and sit. They wanted to let Letty have some down time by herself. Once outside, Megan blurted out.
"She's huge!"
Rebecca let out a laugh, "I told her! Dom's big ass, I don't know how she is gonna push that baby out of there."
"She looks great though."
"Yes, she does."
Megan couldn't help but looked over at the house she use to call her home. It looked the same. Vincent's swing set still sat in the backyard. She focused back on Rebecca who was now staring at her.
"This place hasn't changed."
"Letty told me what happened to this place."
Megan looked again at the house next door then said, "My cousin, Ally, lived there with her husband and their son. I lived with them when I first came to live in California. Both Ally and Vincent died..."
Rebecca didn't realize that Megan was related to the woman who'd lived next door. She felt guilty that she'd brought the subject up.
"I..." she said, "I shouldn't have brought that up. I apologize. Letty never said you were related. I mean I should never have said anything. Sometimes things fly out of my mouth."
"Don't. It's all right. I want to talk about it." Megan told her.
The next question, caused a dumbfounded look to come over Rebecca's face.
"Would you mind if I went inside? Dom said that someone was staying there."
"Sure if you really want to/"
Megan stood up and smiled down at Rebecca, "Yes."
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Rebecca watched as Megan slowly walked around the living room. She looked lost in another world. Megan was lost in the memories this place held. After she examine the living room, Megan started down the hall. A lump gathered in her throat as she walked past Vincent's bedroom door. She wasn't going in there, not now.
The next bedroom door was her old room. She pushed it opened and walked in. Slowly she turned and made a complete circle of the room. Leon. She began thinking of him and the first time they'd made love. They were right here in this bedroom. He jumped out of bed and was running around like a madman when he thought they were going to be caught. She'd began laughing without realizing it.
Rebecca smiled at the sight of Megan laughing. She sensed that the woman standing the middle of the room hadn't laughed in a long time.
"I've never been as happy as I was while I lived here," Megan told her.
Both women stood there for a while before making there way into the master bedroom. Megan hadn't been in the room a minute when she rushed to the dresser. She stared at the picture of Ally and Vincent.
"Where did you get this?"
"I found it the day I moved in."
"Do you know who they are?" Megan asked. There was a hint of anger in her voice.
"There my angels. When I first came here, I was going through some rough times and they pulled me through as if they were my angels."
Megan's eyes filled with tears. She turned to face Rebecca before saying, "They are angels."
"I keep it up-" Rebecca tried to say but Megan interrupted her.
"No, it's all right. There is a reason you found their picture."
"OK!" Megan then announced, "Enough of this let's go and see how Letty's doing!"
Rebecca nodded before they left the bedroom.
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Letty was still sprawled out on the couch when Megan and Rebecca returned. She woke up when she heard the backdoor open.
"Rebecca, Megan?"
"Yeah, you need something?" Rebecca asked from the kitchen.
"No. I just woke up when the door opened," Letty replied while sitting up.
Megan and Rebecca had made their way into the living room. Megan sat on the couch near Letty and Rebecca sat on the love seat.
"Where did you two go?"
"Next door," Megan said.
Letty frowned before she heard Megan say, "The place looks great."
The front door suddenly opened causing the three woman to jump.
"Hello," the sound of Mia's voice filled the living room.
"Mia!" Megan yelled while jumping up off the couch and running towards her.
"Megan!"
Mia dropped her purse and hugged Megan as tight as she could. "How are you?"
"You look great," she told her after she pulled back so she could get a good look at Megan.
"I'm fine Mia and how are you?"
"Good, working and Brian" Mia's face lit up when she said his name. That never changed.
"Where is Brian?" Megan asked.
"He's helping someone move. He'll come by later," Once again Mia reached out and hugged Megan. "It's so good to see you!"
Once everyone was settled, Mia asked.
"So where is he?"
Letty sat back on the couch then replied. "With Dom at the shop and Leon is with them."
"Leon!?" Megan blurted out.
"He came in earlier today just before Megan came."
Mia grabbed her purse and pulled out her cell phone. She dialed the number then waited for someone to pick up.
"Dom, Hey. Yeah I'm fine. Yes, Letty's fine. Wait...Dom..." she began rolling her eyes. "DOM!" she then yelled.
"You three come home!.....Why?.....Megan's here!" she then began smiling. "We will be waiting."
She put the phone back in her purse then smiled. "They're coming."
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Dom hadn't said anything about Megan being at his house. He wanted to surprise Leon and Vince. So he just told them that Letty wanted to spend some time for them.
When they pulled up the house each of them noticed Mia was there. Leon grinned, he hadn't seen her in so long. There was another car in front of the house but no one knew who it belonged to. Maybe it's a neighbor's or something.
They walked in and were instructed to go the kitchen. Once they walked in they found the ladies all sitting at the table drink coffee.
"Megan!" Leon yelled.
She looked up at him then smiled. "Hi Leon."
"Megan!"
Dom leaned over and said, "You know everyone can hear you!"
He stop staring and looked over at Mia, "Mia."
She stood up and went over to hug him. "Leon how are you?"
"Oh I'm fine and you?"
"Good...Vince" Mia said.
Vince was standing behind Dom. As if he was hiding from everyone. He stepped around Dom and went to hug Mia.
"Hey Mia."
"It's great to see you V" she said before smiling sweetly at him.
"You too Mia."
Megan stood up and walked up behind Mia. When Vince saw her and he smiled. Mia stepped out the way so that Vince and Megan could say hello.
"Vince," she said while smiling.
"How are you Megan?" he asked. He forgot how much Megan favored Ally. They had the same color hair and eyes. Megan was only a foot or so taller than Ally was. Megan shook her head then hugged him.
Rebecca sat quiet watching. She felt out of place here. They had gone through some much together. Mountain man did look happy to see both Mia and Megan. Even though she could tell he was still holding back. Making sure not to let any of his feelings show. When they first walked in, he looked over at her and glared. It was like he didn't even want her anywhere that he would be. All his anger and loathing radiated off his body. No one else noticed it, or they didn't want to notice it. The man in any other company would be called an asshole and asked to leave. While everyone began talking. He leaned against a counter and fumed. He only said anything when someone asked him a question.
Megan was so happy to see all of them. It felt right to be here. Leon stood behind Letty and was staring down at her. Her heart had jumped when she heard him call her name. She still cared for him, and never realized how much until this moment. She smiled at him then went back to the conversation.
Megan. Leon wanted to jumped over the table and take her in his arms. All this time apart and he still loved her. In Florida he'd dated this girl but it didn't work out. He always compared her to Megan. Now she was sitting across the table. What am I going to do?
Sometime during the reunion, Rebecca leaned over and told Letty she was going to go next door. Letty smiled then said she see her later. Vince was the only other person that noticed Rebecca leave, he walked over the window over the sink and watched her disappear around the corner. He knew she was Letty's cousin but he didn't like her. He didn't know why, he just knew he didn't want her in his house. She was sleeping in his bedroom where he and his wife slept. That was his home even if he'd didn't want to be there. She needed to leave!
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Rebecca went straight to her bedroom, she stared at he picture. The women was so happy holding her son close to her. It was a beautiful picture. The two figures looked so happy. She found it hard to picture them with Vince. The boy did favor him but he didn't look like he fit with them.
She went into the bathroom and pulled her jeans off. Since she wasn't going anywhere today, her pajama pants were calling her name. Once she was comfortable she walked back out the house and went into the shop in the backyard. Since moving here, Rebecca had taken up photography and was doing pretty well for herself. It was the one thing that helped her after Tony's death. She felt at peace here.
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