Reasons for running away
Willow's POV
Dom sat facing me." Where did you go for 3 years? No lies because believe it or not, I can still tell when you lie." I jumped from my seat and started yelling, the only way I knew how to deal with stuff.
"Where have I been? Where were you when I was in the hospital? Fuck Dom, I knew you were mad at me but I didn't think you hated me enough to not visit me after I nearly died." Dom looked like he didn't know what to say.
"You ran away, how was I supposed to find you, go to every hospital in the world?" I sat on the couch surprised. Dom's voice was no longer angry, but soft and caring. But I couldn't understand. I never ran away. Not then at least. I was sent to a mental hospital. What the hell was Dom talking about?
"Dom, I never ran away. The night you left I made a big screwed up choice in my life that I'll never forgive myself for, and then they sent me to bush mental. You never came. I didn't run away until a year ago. After that I went to New York. There was a guy who needed a driver for races and I knew how to drive. After a few wins I bought my baby and then after a few more wins I bought my stuff for it. When I tried to get out of the world of racing, it wouldn't let me out. It was easy to run away, I already had a fake name, so I just changed it from willow ariala mcsween to Claudia O'Malley. When I got here I relised that even if I was out of racing, racing wasn't out of me." Dom sat forward.
"I know the feeling. They told us you ran away the night we fought. What did you do that would make them lie like that?"
"Do you know why I got the tattoo in the first place? It was because if you replace one pain with another it slowly starts to feel better. Or I use to think that way. I idolized you and dad, dom. In the matter of weeks I lost both." I stopped there. I was too tired to keep going. Can't the past be left it the past. "Um that's it. I don't know why they told you that. Look I'm real tired. I'll walk the beach back to my hotel."
Dom's POV
I didn't believe her. She knows more that she lets on. They don't put you in a mental hospital for getting a tattoo. I couldn't let her go. Not tonight. Letty won't mind staying with me tonight. I know I don't. Losing a race left me with some much needed comforting. "Stay here, we have a spare room that you can stay in, and then me and you have to talk in the morning." Things were quiet between us for a bit. "Look, I know your not happy to be back, but if it helps any, I missed you and I'm happy your back. Your always part of this family, weather you like it or not." Willow nodded her head. I decided to give her a hug. It had been so long. I was so close to getting custody of her before she left. So close to getting what was left of the family together, "2nd door on the right. You can have it. You gotta get some sleep." She got up and started for the stairs, "and for the record, next time you won't win, you just got lucky." She gave me the shy smile she always gave when we were at the tracks. Even angels couldn't smile like that
That's it for this time. I'll see when I can right again. So keep checking. Love yah all c ya on the flip side.
Next chapter. Cracking that code.
"Hey let me have a crack at it." I watched as she cracked the code. Before I knew it she had got up and we were kissing. I don't know who was leading, or maybe this was just happening.
Willow's POV
Dom sat facing me." Where did you go for 3 years? No lies because believe it or not, I can still tell when you lie." I jumped from my seat and started yelling, the only way I knew how to deal with stuff.
"Where have I been? Where were you when I was in the hospital? Fuck Dom, I knew you were mad at me but I didn't think you hated me enough to not visit me after I nearly died." Dom looked like he didn't know what to say.
"You ran away, how was I supposed to find you, go to every hospital in the world?" I sat on the couch surprised. Dom's voice was no longer angry, but soft and caring. But I couldn't understand. I never ran away. Not then at least. I was sent to a mental hospital. What the hell was Dom talking about?
"Dom, I never ran away. The night you left I made a big screwed up choice in my life that I'll never forgive myself for, and then they sent me to bush mental. You never came. I didn't run away until a year ago. After that I went to New York. There was a guy who needed a driver for races and I knew how to drive. After a few wins I bought my baby and then after a few more wins I bought my stuff for it. When I tried to get out of the world of racing, it wouldn't let me out. It was easy to run away, I already had a fake name, so I just changed it from willow ariala mcsween to Claudia O'Malley. When I got here I relised that even if I was out of racing, racing wasn't out of me." Dom sat forward.
"I know the feeling. They told us you ran away the night we fought. What did you do that would make them lie like that?"
"Do you know why I got the tattoo in the first place? It was because if you replace one pain with another it slowly starts to feel better. Or I use to think that way. I idolized you and dad, dom. In the matter of weeks I lost both." I stopped there. I was too tired to keep going. Can't the past be left it the past. "Um that's it. I don't know why they told you that. Look I'm real tired. I'll walk the beach back to my hotel."
Dom's POV
I didn't believe her. She knows more that she lets on. They don't put you in a mental hospital for getting a tattoo. I couldn't let her go. Not tonight. Letty won't mind staying with me tonight. I know I don't. Losing a race left me with some much needed comforting. "Stay here, we have a spare room that you can stay in, and then me and you have to talk in the morning." Things were quiet between us for a bit. "Look, I know your not happy to be back, but if it helps any, I missed you and I'm happy your back. Your always part of this family, weather you like it or not." Willow nodded her head. I decided to give her a hug. It had been so long. I was so close to getting custody of her before she left. So close to getting what was left of the family together, "2nd door on the right. You can have it. You gotta get some sleep." She got up and started for the stairs, "and for the record, next time you won't win, you just got lucky." She gave me the shy smile she always gave when we were at the tracks. Even angels couldn't smile like that
That's it for this time. I'll see when I can right again. So keep checking. Love yah all c ya on the flip side.
Next chapter. Cracking that code.
"Hey let me have a crack at it." I watched as she cracked the code. Before I knew it she had got up and we were kissing. I don't know who was leading, or maybe this was just happening.