VINCE'S POV
"So ... Mia what did the doc say?"
She looks up at me, with a tear stained face, and her I can see her
bottom lip wobbling.
"Well... he huh said.. that theres a slim chance. of him," I hand her
the box of tissues. And then I kneel in front of her.
"Take your time."
"Thanks.. the doctor said there was a slim chance of him making
it.... why did he do this?"
"Honey he was depressed. With losing Letty. It was killing him....
come here."
She leans over from where she was sitting and I rap my arms around
her.
"Its going to be ok. I promise."
"Its not... If I lose him.. I got no one."
I lean back and press my hand under her chin, to look her in the eye.
"You won't be. You have me. No matter what happens. I'm here."
"Really?"
She whispers to me.
"Yea... I love you."
Which I say under my mouth.
"I love you too."
I feel a smile spread on my face, as I engulf her, in another hug.
"So, hows things going in the garage?"
Mia wanted to be on her own for a while, I decided to phone Leon.
Theres only him and Jesse there.
"I had to close down. Jess's ADD started playing up. So we're in the
cafe... Hows Dom?"
"I don't know. The doc said there was a slim chance of him making it."
"Shit I can't believe this. What about Mia? Is she ok?"
I close my eyes and lean my head against the side of the phone.
"She's terrible... I don't know what to do."
"Just be there for her."
'Easier said then don't.' I thought.
"I gotta go. Talk to you later."
I go to the cafe and get a drink. Thats when I saw the doctors
running past me.
"What the hell?"
I say to myself. And follow them. Suddenly I can hear Mia's voice, as
I get near.
"No. This isn't happening. SAFE HIM... Just DO something.. Don't take
him away from me!"
With that I break into a run. Doctor's were trying to pull Mia back
from Dom.
"No.. you can't this.. you need to safe him."
She was pleading now. I barge through the doctor's and grab her.
"Come on. Let them do their job."
"No.. I need to be here... He'll want me to be here. when he wakes
up.. he'll want me to be here."
With this I lift her up, and carry her out of the room.
"His going to be ok. I promise."
I watch her pace around the room. Shaking her head, racking her hands
through her hair as she did.
"Can you be sure? Do you know for sure, that his going to be ok?"
Mia asks me, with a shakey voice.
"Yea. The people here are.."
"Thats not what I mean." She said interpreting me. "I mean ten months
down the line. You sure he won't be back here? He could do this
again. With her gone... so is he."
With those words out of her mouth, she sits down on the floor. And
presses her face into her knees. And I sit next to her. Rapping my
arm around her . And she leans her head on my shoulder.
"Excuse me."
I look up and theres a doctor standing in front of us.
"Can you follow us, to the family room."
I help Mia up, and we follow the man.
"Whats wrong?"
Mia asks him slowly. I look at the doctor, and he looks lost for
words. Its bad.
"Mr Torrento, lost alot of blood. We did all we could do, to save
him. But he passed away. I'm sorry."
"What? No... he couldn't... he wouldn't leave me... he wouldn't."
I listen to Mia, as she breaks down and falls to the ground. While I
stood there, consumed with shock.
"So ... Mia what did the doc say?"
She looks up at me, with a tear stained face, and her I can see her
bottom lip wobbling.
"Well... he huh said.. that theres a slim chance. of him," I hand her
the box of tissues. And then I kneel in front of her.
"Take your time."
"Thanks.. the doctor said there was a slim chance of him making
it.... why did he do this?"
"Honey he was depressed. With losing Letty. It was killing him....
come here."
She leans over from where she was sitting and I rap my arms around
her.
"Its going to be ok. I promise."
"Its not... If I lose him.. I got no one."
I lean back and press my hand under her chin, to look her in the eye.
"You won't be. You have me. No matter what happens. I'm here."
"Really?"
She whispers to me.
"Yea... I love you."
Which I say under my mouth.
"I love you too."
I feel a smile spread on my face, as I engulf her, in another hug.
"So, hows things going in the garage?"
Mia wanted to be on her own for a while, I decided to phone Leon.
Theres only him and Jesse there.
"I had to close down. Jess's ADD started playing up. So we're in the
cafe... Hows Dom?"
"I don't know. The doc said there was a slim chance of him making it."
"Shit I can't believe this. What about Mia? Is she ok?"
I close my eyes and lean my head against the side of the phone.
"She's terrible... I don't know what to do."
"Just be there for her."
'Easier said then don't.' I thought.
"I gotta go. Talk to you later."
I go to the cafe and get a drink. Thats when I saw the doctors
running past me.
"What the hell?"
I say to myself. And follow them. Suddenly I can hear Mia's voice, as
I get near.
"No. This isn't happening. SAFE HIM... Just DO something.. Don't take
him away from me!"
With that I break into a run. Doctor's were trying to pull Mia back
from Dom.
"No.. you can't this.. you need to safe him."
She was pleading now. I barge through the doctor's and grab her.
"Come on. Let them do their job."
"No.. I need to be here... He'll want me to be here. when he wakes
up.. he'll want me to be here."
With this I lift her up, and carry her out of the room.
"His going to be ok. I promise."
I watch her pace around the room. Shaking her head, racking her hands
through her hair as she did.
"Can you be sure? Do you know for sure, that his going to be ok?"
Mia asks me, with a shakey voice.
"Yea. The people here are.."
"Thats not what I mean." She said interpreting me. "I mean ten months
down the line. You sure he won't be back here? He could do this
again. With her gone... so is he."
With those words out of her mouth, she sits down on the floor. And
presses her face into her knees. And I sit next to her. Rapping my
arm around her . And she leans her head on my shoulder.
"Excuse me."
I look up and theres a doctor standing in front of us.
"Can you follow us, to the family room."
I help Mia up, and we follow the man.
"Whats wrong?"
Mia asks him slowly. I look at the doctor, and he looks lost for
words. Its bad.
"Mr Torrento, lost alot of blood. We did all we could do, to save
him. But he passed away. I'm sorry."
"What? No... he couldn't... he wouldn't leave me... he wouldn't."
I listen to Mia, as she breaks down and falls to the ground. While I
stood there, consumed with shock.
