Chapter 10 - A Problem Returns
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"Baby, you ain't serious." Leon said shaking his head. Elly just stood motionless. She quickly walked past him, heading to Dom's room. He chased after her. She went into his room, leaving the door open for him, and plonked her self on the edge of the bed, biting furiously at her nails. Leon closed the door, and leant on his knees in front of her.
"You are aren't you?" she simply nodded.
"You don't miss him?" he asked.
"I miss him, yeah, of course. He's my brother. I miss him, but I don't want him back."
"I think you need time, just like Letty does - "
"No." She cut him off. "Dom cheated on Letty, which is bad enough, but Harriet? Bleuch!" she made a disgusted face. "Then, he just drives off, and he doesn't even call. No note, no goodbye, nothing. And now, he's just left it to us." she asked quietly, her face inches from his. She quickly got up and started ransacking the room, opening drawers and flinging the contents out on the bed.
"Baby, what the hell are you doing?" Leon asked, trying to stop her.
"Looking."
"What for?"
"The letter about the house in Baja." Elly could she how confused he was. She explained. "The morning of the day he left, he got a letter in the post from somebody in Baja to confirm the house he bought. I saw him open it, and he told me."
"So, what do you want with it?"
"His bank statement came today. I found out that every week for the past month the same amount of money has been going to some guy called Jeffrey Baton in Baja. That's the same person who wrote him the letter confirming his house there."
She showed him the two documents.
"Look, Dom told us he bought a house for us all in St. Lucas, Baja. Which is in the north. But he actually bought an apartment in Jamestown, Baja. That's in the south. There is NO record of him buying any property in Jamestown." She pointed.
As his eyes flicked between the two documents his anger kept rising.
"I think we better show these to the guys upstairs." Leon stated. Elly nodded.
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When Leon and Elly had finished explaining, and handed out the documents to show everybody, nobody said anything for a while. They just sat there with their mouths catching flies. Mia was the first to speak.
"So, when the truck thing went bad, he was gonna disappear to Baja, and leave us to go to jail?!" her eyes were pricking with tears. Leon nodded.
"MAN! I don't believe this!" Vince yelled, throwing the bit of paper in his hand to the floor. It was actually amusing, because with all the power he put into it, it floated to the ground. Elly held in her laughter.
"After we risked our fuck'ing necks, one week after another, just so he could live it up!" Jesse scrunched his paper up and threw it at the wall, and lit up a cigarette.
"No. No, no, no. He must have a reason. He wouldn't do this. Not to his sisters and closest friends. Surely not. No, no, no." Jesse started muttering.
"I say we go Baja, we kick in his fucking face, and we get back our money!" Vince shouted, pacing up and down the room.
"HEY! No one is gonna kick anybody's face in." Leon warned.
"IT DOESN'T ALWAYS HAVE TO BE ABOUT MONEY!!" Mia screamed from the kitchen doorframe. Everybody stopped and stared. She'd never really screamed before.
"Look, we don't need Dom for his goddamn money. We've all got our own little nest egg. We've got races. We've got the garage and we've got the store. We don't Dom's money; we just need Dom's explanation. I don't see a problem." Mia said. Just then, the front door opened and a familiar face entered the living room.
"Well, I do." Vince said, looking at the new arrival.
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Shortest chapter yet! What a cliffhanger. Hmm, who is the familiar face? Is it a familiar face, which the team want to see? Or a bad familiar face that the team wish would disappear? Chapter 11 will reveal.
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"Baby, you ain't serious." Leon said shaking his head. Elly just stood motionless. She quickly walked past him, heading to Dom's room. He chased after her. She went into his room, leaving the door open for him, and plonked her self on the edge of the bed, biting furiously at her nails. Leon closed the door, and leant on his knees in front of her.
"You are aren't you?" she simply nodded.
"You don't miss him?" he asked.
"I miss him, yeah, of course. He's my brother. I miss him, but I don't want him back."
"I think you need time, just like Letty does - "
"No." She cut him off. "Dom cheated on Letty, which is bad enough, but Harriet? Bleuch!" she made a disgusted face. "Then, he just drives off, and he doesn't even call. No note, no goodbye, nothing. And now, he's just left it to us." she asked quietly, her face inches from his. She quickly got up and started ransacking the room, opening drawers and flinging the contents out on the bed.
"Baby, what the hell are you doing?" Leon asked, trying to stop her.
"Looking."
"What for?"
"The letter about the house in Baja." Elly could she how confused he was. She explained. "The morning of the day he left, he got a letter in the post from somebody in Baja to confirm the house he bought. I saw him open it, and he told me."
"So, what do you want with it?"
"His bank statement came today. I found out that every week for the past month the same amount of money has been going to some guy called Jeffrey Baton in Baja. That's the same person who wrote him the letter confirming his house there."
She showed him the two documents.
"Look, Dom told us he bought a house for us all in St. Lucas, Baja. Which is in the north. But he actually bought an apartment in Jamestown, Baja. That's in the south. There is NO record of him buying any property in Jamestown." She pointed.
As his eyes flicked between the two documents his anger kept rising.
"I think we better show these to the guys upstairs." Leon stated. Elly nodded.
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When Leon and Elly had finished explaining, and handed out the documents to show everybody, nobody said anything for a while. They just sat there with their mouths catching flies. Mia was the first to speak.
"So, when the truck thing went bad, he was gonna disappear to Baja, and leave us to go to jail?!" her eyes were pricking with tears. Leon nodded.
"MAN! I don't believe this!" Vince yelled, throwing the bit of paper in his hand to the floor. It was actually amusing, because with all the power he put into it, it floated to the ground. Elly held in her laughter.
"After we risked our fuck'ing necks, one week after another, just so he could live it up!" Jesse scrunched his paper up and threw it at the wall, and lit up a cigarette.
"No. No, no, no. He must have a reason. He wouldn't do this. Not to his sisters and closest friends. Surely not. No, no, no." Jesse started muttering.
"I say we go Baja, we kick in his fucking face, and we get back our money!" Vince shouted, pacing up and down the room.
"HEY! No one is gonna kick anybody's face in." Leon warned.
"IT DOESN'T ALWAYS HAVE TO BE ABOUT MONEY!!" Mia screamed from the kitchen doorframe. Everybody stopped and stared. She'd never really screamed before.
"Look, we don't need Dom for his goddamn money. We've all got our own little nest egg. We've got races. We've got the garage and we've got the store. We don't Dom's money; we just need Dom's explanation. I don't see a problem." Mia said. Just then, the front door opened and a familiar face entered the living room.
"Well, I do." Vince said, looking at the new arrival.
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Shortest chapter yet! What a cliffhanger. Hmm, who is the familiar face? Is it a familiar face, which the team want to see? Or a bad familiar face that the team wish would disappear? Chapter 11 will reveal.