Chapter 8
"Let go of the camera," Vince told Rebecca hoping she could hear him. Her gaze never left Lance. His mind began buzzing with questions. What's ...How does she know Tran? Rebecca's eyes were filled with a rage that Vince himself knew very well. She would have killed Lance Tran if she could have.
Dom pushed Lance around the other side of his car. Leon slowly walked in front of Rebecca and watched for any sign of action coming from Tran's people. They'd coming running over the same time that he, Brian, Dom and Vince made it to Rebecca and Lance.
Rebecca came back to reality and let go of the camera, letting it fall to the ground and shatter into a million pieces. Inside she was reacting the same way. Her heart was breaking all over again, seeing the man who killed Tony standing so close. She was playing the victim's role again. Her head turned slightly and she saw that Vince was still holding her. A warm feeling rushed over her. His eyes soften when she looked up into them. Was he concerned for her? No, he couldn't be she thought. Vince reminded her of Tony. Both men were loyal and fought for what they believed in.
Vince watched as Rebecca seemed to be studying him. Her eyes roamed his face slowly before she lowered her gaze back to the ground. He felt connected to her at this moment, the pain he saw in her eyes. It reminded him of his own. All of a sudden he felt as if he was supposed to take care of her, shield her from any harm.
"Come on," he said before wrapping his arm around her waist and leading her back to where Letty and Mia where.
When they made it over to the cars, Dom glared at Lance then said, "I don't want to see you around here again! This isn't your town anymore."
Lance wiped the sweat off his face them said, "Toretto, go home raise your kids. This is MY town now!"
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Dom watched as Lance and his friends got into their cars and drove off. He looked back at Rebecca who was still starring off into space. He knew something was going on, he knew something bad was about to happen. He grabbed hold of Brian's arm before his brother in law could walk away.
"What's going on?" he asked.
"What are you talking about Dom?"
"I'm not stupid Brian. Something's going on and I want to know what it is?"
Brian pulled his arm out of Dom's grasp then said, "I can't tell you. I promise I wouldn't say anything."
Dom shook his head while saying, "come on Brian, we're family. What is going on with you and Vince?"
"It's not my place to tell you, he has to Dom" Brian said and then walked away.
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After the camera attack on Lance Tran was over, everyone decided it was a better idea if they all went home. Letty was worried about Rebecca so after everyone said their goodnights, she went next door to check on her cousin. She didn't know that Vince was right behind her.
As Rebecca and Letty sat in the kitchen, Vince used his key and came in the front door. He made sure not to make a lot of noise.
"Rebecca, how do you know Lance Tran?" Letty asked point blank.
"He killed Tony."
Letty frowned before taking in a deep breath and saying, "Rebecca, I've never asked what happened four years ago?"
Rebecca hesitated a moment before saying, "Two men found out on an abandoned room twenty miles north of Los Angeles. They took me to the hospital and stayed with me for days until I could give them a number to call my family. That man from tonight killed Tony and his two friends, that night Tony died he kept telling me we had to leave. That it wasn't safe anymore, something happened and we needed to leave. Carlos and Bobby came over and started banging on the apartment door yelling for Tony to open up. He was so scared, he told me to hide and not to make any noise. When he finally let them in, they were both screaming and saying that 'He is coming.' Tony told them to calm down and that they should also leave town. Carlos began yelling in Spanish, saying we shouldn't have done it, that it was the wrong house."
Letty watched as Rebecca stood up and began pacing up and down the kitchen.
Rebecca was silent for a few moments then began, "Tony was in a gang, he and his friends were into petty stuff. They stole car radios and such. Letty I knew but I loved Tony and he was a good person. But the way they were acting made me think that whatever they did was worse than just stealing. I saw how scared they all where. Tony got them calmed down the three of them walked outside. I guess Tony was trying to get them to come with us but all of a sudden the door busted open and in comes Tony, Bobby and Carlos followed by four other men."
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Vince clinched his fist, the entire time Rebecca spoke. He somehow knew that Rebecca was the missing girlfriend that Brian was talking about. Without thinking he rushed into the kitchen.
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"Vince," Letty yelled.
Rebecca froze when she saw the anger in his face. "What are you doing here?" escaped her lips.
"DID LANCE TRAN KILL YOUR BOYFRIEND?" he yelled.
She nodded her head. Vince glared at her before hissing, "DO YOU KNOW WHAT THEY DID THAT DAY? THEY KILLED MY WIFE AND SON! THAT'S WHAT THEY DID AND LANCE PAID THEM TO DO IT DIDN'T HE?"
"No" Rebecca said while shaking her head. "No, Tony wouldn't have been apart of anything like that. How dare you say that? Get out!"
Vince snared before taking a step towards her. Letty stood up and pushed at him, "Vince don't."
"Letty stay out of this please" he said before pushing past her. Again he focused on Rebecca who was still shaking her head. "DID LANCE TRAN PAY THEM?"
"STOP IT JUST STOP! TONY WOULD HAVE NEVER KILLED ANYONE" Rebecca yelled up at Vince.
Letty began looking around and then went into the living room to call Dom to come over.
"REBECCA TELL ME THE TRUTH!" Vince yelled down at her.
"I DON'T KNOW! STOP ASKING ME AND LEAVE I TOLD YOU HE WOULD HAVE NEVER DONE ANYTHING LIKE THAT!" Rebecca's entire body began shaking because she was mad. She mumbled something under her breath before pushing past Vince.
Vince grabbed hold of her arm and turned her back around to face him. "I'M NOT FINISHED WITH YOU! TELL ME THE FUCKING TRUTH!"
"LET GO OF ME!"
"NO NOT UNTIL YOU TALK! HOW DO YOU KNOW HE DIDN'T KILL THEM? YOU SAID HE WAS A THIEF, THEY MAKE GOOD LIARS HOW DO YOU KNOW HE WASN'T A KILLER! TELL ME!"
Rebecca's eyes filled with tears. She lowered her head into her hands and tired not to cry. Tony couldn't have done it! He wasn't like that!
Vince told himself he needed to calm down, but he couldn't. He felt strong hands come around him and pull him away from Rebecca. He was spun around coming face to face with Dom.
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Dom let the phone drop to the floor when he heard the concern in Letty's voice. He yelled at Leon to come with him before running out the back door. He threw opened the back door of Vince's house and found Rebecca crying. Letty had come back into the kitchen she looked at him and shook her head. Without thinking, he grabbed hold of Vince and spun him around.
"Brother what are you doing?" he asked.
Vince pulled away from him and yelled, "HER BOYFRIEND KILLED ALLY AND VINCENT!"
"What?" Dom asked before looking over at Letty then back to Vince.
"LANCE TRAN PAID THREE GANG BANGERS TO KILL YOU AND THEY MISSED. THEY HIT ALLY AND VINCENT INSTEAD!"
Dom's face hardened. He took a step back and began looking around the room. "What? They wanted to kill me but they..." He closed his eyes then said, "Oh God!"
Letty rushed over to Rebecca and wrapped her arms her cousin, she helped her sit down before going over to Dom. "baby," she said in a low voice.
"DON'T TOUCH ME!" he yelled before walking around the table. "That can't be right V, how do you know that?"
Vince swallowed hard then said, "Brian told me that three guys were paid to kill you but..."
"WHAT? YOU DIDN'T TELL ME! FOR FUCK SAKE VINCE...WHY?"
"Brian's been on the case for years, I didn't want anyone to know." Vince answered.
"WHY NOT? YOU THOUGHT I COULDN'T HELP YOU? DIDN'T YOU? DON'T YOU KNOW I'VE BEEN TRYING TO HELP YOU FOR SO LONG?" Dom yelled.
"But...I just didn't want you to know that you were the one they wanted dead."
Dom ran his hands over his face, he then walked over to Vince. With tears in his eyes he said, "I would have gladly died to save them brother. It all started with me anyway."
After he said that Dom walked out. Letty walked up to Vince and slapped him hard across the face.
"Damn you for thinking you were the only one hurt by what happened! Go!"
Vince lowered his head and then walked out the kitchen and into the living room. Letty sat next to Rebecca. When she heard the front door slam she covered her mouth with her hand and began crying.
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TBC
"Let go of the camera," Vince told Rebecca hoping she could hear him. Her gaze never left Lance. His mind began buzzing with questions. What's ...How does she know Tran? Rebecca's eyes were filled with a rage that Vince himself knew very well. She would have killed Lance Tran if she could have.
Dom pushed Lance around the other side of his car. Leon slowly walked in front of Rebecca and watched for any sign of action coming from Tran's people. They'd coming running over the same time that he, Brian, Dom and Vince made it to Rebecca and Lance.
Rebecca came back to reality and let go of the camera, letting it fall to the ground and shatter into a million pieces. Inside she was reacting the same way. Her heart was breaking all over again, seeing the man who killed Tony standing so close. She was playing the victim's role again. Her head turned slightly and she saw that Vince was still holding her. A warm feeling rushed over her. His eyes soften when she looked up into them. Was he concerned for her? No, he couldn't be she thought. Vince reminded her of Tony. Both men were loyal and fought for what they believed in.
Vince watched as Rebecca seemed to be studying him. Her eyes roamed his face slowly before she lowered her gaze back to the ground. He felt connected to her at this moment, the pain he saw in her eyes. It reminded him of his own. All of a sudden he felt as if he was supposed to take care of her, shield her from any harm.
"Come on," he said before wrapping his arm around her waist and leading her back to where Letty and Mia where.
When they made it over to the cars, Dom glared at Lance then said, "I don't want to see you around here again! This isn't your town anymore."
Lance wiped the sweat off his face them said, "Toretto, go home raise your kids. This is MY town now!"
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Dom watched as Lance and his friends got into their cars and drove off. He looked back at Rebecca who was still starring off into space. He knew something was going on, he knew something bad was about to happen. He grabbed hold of Brian's arm before his brother in law could walk away.
"What's going on?" he asked.
"What are you talking about Dom?"
"I'm not stupid Brian. Something's going on and I want to know what it is?"
Brian pulled his arm out of Dom's grasp then said, "I can't tell you. I promise I wouldn't say anything."
Dom shook his head while saying, "come on Brian, we're family. What is going on with you and Vince?"
"It's not my place to tell you, he has to Dom" Brian said and then walked away.
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After the camera attack on Lance Tran was over, everyone decided it was a better idea if they all went home. Letty was worried about Rebecca so after everyone said their goodnights, she went next door to check on her cousin. She didn't know that Vince was right behind her.
As Rebecca and Letty sat in the kitchen, Vince used his key and came in the front door. He made sure not to make a lot of noise.
"Rebecca, how do you know Lance Tran?" Letty asked point blank.
"He killed Tony."
Letty frowned before taking in a deep breath and saying, "Rebecca, I've never asked what happened four years ago?"
Rebecca hesitated a moment before saying, "Two men found out on an abandoned room twenty miles north of Los Angeles. They took me to the hospital and stayed with me for days until I could give them a number to call my family. That man from tonight killed Tony and his two friends, that night Tony died he kept telling me we had to leave. That it wasn't safe anymore, something happened and we needed to leave. Carlos and Bobby came over and started banging on the apartment door yelling for Tony to open up. He was so scared, he told me to hide and not to make any noise. When he finally let them in, they were both screaming and saying that 'He is coming.' Tony told them to calm down and that they should also leave town. Carlos began yelling in Spanish, saying we shouldn't have done it, that it was the wrong house."
Letty watched as Rebecca stood up and began pacing up and down the kitchen.
Rebecca was silent for a few moments then began, "Tony was in a gang, he and his friends were into petty stuff. They stole car radios and such. Letty I knew but I loved Tony and he was a good person. But the way they were acting made me think that whatever they did was worse than just stealing. I saw how scared they all where. Tony got them calmed down the three of them walked outside. I guess Tony was trying to get them to come with us but all of a sudden the door busted open and in comes Tony, Bobby and Carlos followed by four other men."
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Vince clinched his fist, the entire time Rebecca spoke. He somehow knew that Rebecca was the missing girlfriend that Brian was talking about. Without thinking he rushed into the kitchen.
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"Vince," Letty yelled.
Rebecca froze when she saw the anger in his face. "What are you doing here?" escaped her lips.
"DID LANCE TRAN KILL YOUR BOYFRIEND?" he yelled.
She nodded her head. Vince glared at her before hissing, "DO YOU KNOW WHAT THEY DID THAT DAY? THEY KILLED MY WIFE AND SON! THAT'S WHAT THEY DID AND LANCE PAID THEM TO DO IT DIDN'T HE?"
"No" Rebecca said while shaking her head. "No, Tony wouldn't have been apart of anything like that. How dare you say that? Get out!"
Vince snared before taking a step towards her. Letty stood up and pushed at him, "Vince don't."
"Letty stay out of this please" he said before pushing past her. Again he focused on Rebecca who was still shaking her head. "DID LANCE TRAN PAY THEM?"
"STOP IT JUST STOP! TONY WOULD HAVE NEVER KILLED ANYONE" Rebecca yelled up at Vince.
Letty began looking around and then went into the living room to call Dom to come over.
"REBECCA TELL ME THE TRUTH!" Vince yelled down at her.
"I DON'T KNOW! STOP ASKING ME AND LEAVE I TOLD YOU HE WOULD HAVE NEVER DONE ANYTHING LIKE THAT!" Rebecca's entire body began shaking because she was mad. She mumbled something under her breath before pushing past Vince.
Vince grabbed hold of her arm and turned her back around to face him. "I'M NOT FINISHED WITH YOU! TELL ME THE FUCKING TRUTH!"
"LET GO OF ME!"
"NO NOT UNTIL YOU TALK! HOW DO YOU KNOW HE DIDN'T KILL THEM? YOU SAID HE WAS A THIEF, THEY MAKE GOOD LIARS HOW DO YOU KNOW HE WASN'T A KILLER! TELL ME!"
Rebecca's eyes filled with tears. She lowered her head into her hands and tired not to cry. Tony couldn't have done it! He wasn't like that!
Vince told himself he needed to calm down, but he couldn't. He felt strong hands come around him and pull him away from Rebecca. He was spun around coming face to face with Dom.
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Dom let the phone drop to the floor when he heard the concern in Letty's voice. He yelled at Leon to come with him before running out the back door. He threw opened the back door of Vince's house and found Rebecca crying. Letty had come back into the kitchen she looked at him and shook her head. Without thinking, he grabbed hold of Vince and spun him around.
"Brother what are you doing?" he asked.
Vince pulled away from him and yelled, "HER BOYFRIEND KILLED ALLY AND VINCENT!"
"What?" Dom asked before looking over at Letty then back to Vince.
"LANCE TRAN PAID THREE GANG BANGERS TO KILL YOU AND THEY MISSED. THEY HIT ALLY AND VINCENT INSTEAD!"
Dom's face hardened. He took a step back and began looking around the room. "What? They wanted to kill me but they..." He closed his eyes then said, "Oh God!"
Letty rushed over to Rebecca and wrapped her arms her cousin, she helped her sit down before going over to Dom. "baby," she said in a low voice.
"DON'T TOUCH ME!" he yelled before walking around the table. "That can't be right V, how do you know that?"
Vince swallowed hard then said, "Brian told me that three guys were paid to kill you but..."
"WHAT? YOU DIDN'T TELL ME! FOR FUCK SAKE VINCE...WHY?"
"Brian's been on the case for years, I didn't want anyone to know." Vince answered.
"WHY NOT? YOU THOUGHT I COULDN'T HELP YOU? DIDN'T YOU? DON'T YOU KNOW I'VE BEEN TRYING TO HELP YOU FOR SO LONG?" Dom yelled.
"But...I just didn't want you to know that you were the one they wanted dead."
Dom ran his hands over his face, he then walked over to Vince. With tears in his eyes he said, "I would have gladly died to save them brother. It all started with me anyway."
After he said that Dom walked out. Letty walked up to Vince and slapped him hard across the face.
"Damn you for thinking you were the only one hurt by what happened! Go!"
Vince lowered his head and then walked out the kitchen and into the living room. Letty sat next to Rebecca. When she heard the front door slam she covered her mouth with her hand and began crying.
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TBC