Chapter 41
The cars pulled up outside the gates to the Strip. Dom was in the passenger seat of Vince's car. As the car stopped he looked around for Tyler. "No sign of him!" he told Vince. "Relax. He'll show. He wants Brian's car!" Vince explained, as he switched off his neon's. They had stopped far enough away from the gate's so as not to be seen by anyone, but Vince didn't want to take any chances. He turned in his seat and looked back at the three cars parked strategically behind him. They followed his lead, and turned off all un-necessary lights. "He said ten sharp!" Dom replied anxiously. "Dom. You need to chill. We're ten minutes early. He'll be here!"
Mia was still standing by the door, watching the road, hoping that they'd change their minds and come back. She'd been there since they driven off ten minutes ago. She looked at the clock on the opposite wall. They'd be racing in ten minutes. "I can't stay here!" she shouted to herself. She ran into the kitchen, picked up her keys and jacket, and ran back through the house and out the front door. She didn't slow down, but ran madly down the street towards Jade's house. She took the steps three at time and banged on the door. "JADE! JADE! OPEN UP IT'S MIA" she screamed. Jade opened the door and was frightened to see Mia looking so scared. "What's wrong? Mia you OK?" she asked looking Mia over for wounds. "I need your car" Mia shouted her reply. "My car, what for?" Jade asked. She had calmed down seeing that Mia was in one piece. Mia knew she had to be careful about what she said. "I gotta go do something. Please Jade. Just give me your keys," she pleaded. Jade reached up to a row of keys hanging to the left hand side of the door, took a set and handed them to Mia. Mia grabbed them out of her hand and turned, jumping down the stairs. "Thanks. I'll bring it right back!" Mia shouted over her shoulder as she jumped into the plain black Toyota sitting in the drive. She put the key into the ignition and whaled the car out of the drive, pulling a 90o reverse turn at the end of it. Jade watched as Mia tore down the road.
Mia pulled up at the gates of the Strip and saw that none of the teams cars were there. "Shit," she swore, "I'm too late!" She drove the car between the gates and straight into a crowd of people. She looked around and spotted Calvin, a guy who flagged races and ran over to him. "Calvin!" she screamed as she grabbed his arm. He turned in shock and saw Mia. "Hey Mia, what ya be." "Have you seen Dom or Brian?" she asked, not letting him finish his sentence. He saw the look in her eyes and knew something was wrong. "What's wrong? Someone afte.."
"I don't have time for this. Have you seen em'?" she cut him off again. "No, they aint been down tonight!" he explained. She let go of his arm and looked around. "Mia, what's wrong? You in trouble or something?" he asked her, rubbing his arm. She didn't reply. "What about cars?" she asked after a quick glance around. "Huh?" he asked as he raised his eyebrows. "The cars! Has any been hangin' around?" she asked again. "Errm, yeah. I saw a group of about 8 or 9 a couple a' minutes ago over by the gates!" he answered as he continued to rub his arm. Mia fixed her eyes on him. "Where'd they go? What way?" she knew it was them. "I didn't see. But they headed off towards Rames." "Rames! Right, OK, I gotta go" she yelled as she ran back to the car and drove off. Calvin watched her leave and looked at his arm. "Damn girl. You have to leave marks?" he said after her, rubbing the red nail marks indented in his arm.
The cars pulled up outside the gates to the Strip. Dom was in the passenger seat of Vince's car. As the car stopped he looked around for Tyler. "No sign of him!" he told Vince. "Relax. He'll show. He wants Brian's car!" Vince explained, as he switched off his neon's. They had stopped far enough away from the gate's so as not to be seen by anyone, but Vince didn't want to take any chances. He turned in his seat and looked back at the three cars parked strategically behind him. They followed his lead, and turned off all un-necessary lights. "He said ten sharp!" Dom replied anxiously. "Dom. You need to chill. We're ten minutes early. He'll be here!"
Mia was still standing by the door, watching the road, hoping that they'd change their minds and come back. She'd been there since they driven off ten minutes ago. She looked at the clock on the opposite wall. They'd be racing in ten minutes. "I can't stay here!" she shouted to herself. She ran into the kitchen, picked up her keys and jacket, and ran back through the house and out the front door. She didn't slow down, but ran madly down the street towards Jade's house. She took the steps three at time and banged on the door. "JADE! JADE! OPEN UP IT'S MIA" she screamed. Jade opened the door and was frightened to see Mia looking so scared. "What's wrong? Mia you OK?" she asked looking Mia over for wounds. "I need your car" Mia shouted her reply. "My car, what for?" Jade asked. She had calmed down seeing that Mia was in one piece. Mia knew she had to be careful about what she said. "I gotta go do something. Please Jade. Just give me your keys," she pleaded. Jade reached up to a row of keys hanging to the left hand side of the door, took a set and handed them to Mia. Mia grabbed them out of her hand and turned, jumping down the stairs. "Thanks. I'll bring it right back!" Mia shouted over her shoulder as she jumped into the plain black Toyota sitting in the drive. She put the key into the ignition and whaled the car out of the drive, pulling a 90o reverse turn at the end of it. Jade watched as Mia tore down the road.
Mia pulled up at the gates of the Strip and saw that none of the teams cars were there. "Shit," she swore, "I'm too late!" She drove the car between the gates and straight into a crowd of people. She looked around and spotted Calvin, a guy who flagged races and ran over to him. "Calvin!" she screamed as she grabbed his arm. He turned in shock and saw Mia. "Hey Mia, what ya be." "Have you seen Dom or Brian?" she asked, not letting him finish his sentence. He saw the look in her eyes and knew something was wrong. "What's wrong? Someone afte.."
"I don't have time for this. Have you seen em'?" she cut him off again. "No, they aint been down tonight!" he explained. She let go of his arm and looked around. "Mia, what's wrong? You in trouble or something?" he asked her, rubbing his arm. She didn't reply. "What about cars?" she asked after a quick glance around. "Huh?" he asked as he raised his eyebrows. "The cars! Has any been hangin' around?" she asked again. "Errm, yeah. I saw a group of about 8 or 9 a couple a' minutes ago over by the gates!" he answered as he continued to rub his arm. Mia fixed her eyes on him. "Where'd they go? What way?" she knew it was them. "I didn't see. But they headed off towards Rames." "Rames! Right, OK, I gotta go" she yelled as she ran back to the car and drove off. Calvin watched her leave and looked at his arm. "Damn girl. You have to leave marks?" he said after her, rubbing the red nail marks indented in his arm.
