Chapter 14
"Sup Mia?" Letty and the guys said when they entered the store.
Letty, Vince, Leon, Jesse, and Rome sat on the stools in front of the counter. Dom went to the office in the back to answer the ringing phone. Brian went behind the counter and gave Mia a hug and kiss.
"Yo Mi, what we eating?" Rome asked.
"Ham and turkey," Mia said. She began making sandwiches and placing them on the counter in front of the guys.
"Brian, will you get the beer?" Mia asked.
"Yeah, no problem," Brian said. He went to the cooler and got a six pack of Coronas.
"Here, take this to Dom," Mia said, handing a plate with a couple of sandwiches on it to Letty.
Letty took the plate and headed to the office, grabbing a beer out of the cooler on her way. He was still on the phone so she just placed the sandwiches and beer on the desk in front of him, kissed his bald head and went back to the counter.
She was about to get back on her stool when she saw a Civic with a flip flop paint job parking across the street. "Hey guys, look who it is." The guys all turned around to see a familiar Latino guy walking towards them.
"Sup guys?" Hector said.
"Sup Hector?"
"Looking good Jesse," Hector said.
"Thanks man. I'm feeling good too," Jesse said.
"I see you guys got some new cars," Hector said, referring to the Evo and Spyder that were parked out front with the other cars.
"The Evo's mine," Brian said.
"Oh yeah? How'd you get an Evo?"
"Long story. And the Spyder belongs to the stomach," Brian said, pointing to Rome who was on his third sandwich. "Hector, Rome. Rome, Hector."
"Sup?"
Rome just nodded his head cause his mouth was full.
"So where the hell you been Brian?" Hector asked.
"Miami, bro," Brian said.
"If it isn't the slowest man in L.A." Dom said, coming out of the office.
"Sup Dom?" Hector said. Dom gives him a couple of fake punches to the stomach. They talk about races for a few minutes, Hector filling them in on the goings on since they left.
"I gotta go," Hector said, looking at his watch. "I was s'posed to meet my boys 20 minutes ago."
"Aight man." Dom said.
"Later," the guys said.
"Friday night?" Hector said as he left the store.
"Friday night," Dom said. "Aight guys we got work to do." Dom exited the store, followed by the Letty and the guys. "Vince, I need you to pick up parts from Harry."
"Aight bro," Vince said before he got into his car.
About 20 minutes later, Vince parked his car on the curb in front of The Racer's Edge.
"Hey Harry," Vince said, leaning against the counter next to a young blonde guy who was being waited on by Harry.
"Hey Vince," Harry said. "You here to get the parts?"
"Yeah."
"Mike!" Harry yelled towards the back of the store. A young black guy came from the back to stand behind the counter with Harry. "Load the parts for DT on the truck. Vince'll help you."
Vince followed the guy to the back and waited while Mike backed the truck to the loading dock. They soon began stacking boxes in the bed of the truck.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Jimmy, how we gonna find them? Drive all over L.A.?" Suki's voice came over the two way in Jimmy's Yukon. He was following her S2000. They had been in L.A. for a couple of hours driving around hoping to spot one of the Torreto cars.
"We'll find them Suki. Don't worry," Jimmy said.
They drove in silence for a few minutes. After they turned down another street Suki came over the two way again.
"Jimmy, let's stop at this store up here. The Racer's Edge. Maybe someone in there can tell us where to find them."
"Aight Suki."
They parked and got out of their vehicles. As they were walking up the sidewalk to the door, they passed Vince's car.
"Isn't that Vince's car?" Suki asked.
"Yeah I think it is. Come on." Jimmy hurried to the door followed by Suki.
They entered the store and saw Harry standing behind the counter messing around behind the counter. He looked up and smiled at them.
"Can I help you?"
"Vince here?" Jimmy asked. They looked around the store and didn't see Vince, but were pretty sure that was I car out front.
"Yeah he's in back. I'll get him." Harry headed to the back of the store where Vince and Mike were putting the last of the boxes on the truck. "Vince, some people in front looking for you."
"Who is it?" Vince asked, shutting the tailgate of the truck.
"I don't know. Never seen them before," Harry said following Vince to the front.
When Vince got to the front of the store he saw a girl and guy standing with their back to him looking out the windows of the store. "You guys looking for me?" They turned around and he saw that it was Suki and Jimmy.
"What are you guys doing here?"
"We had to find-"
"We missed our family so came to visit," Jimmy said cutting Suki off.
Vince had noticed how Jimmy cut in on Suki, but decided to play along for now. "You guys know you're always welcome." He looked around and frowned. "Where's Tej?"
"He's in the truck sleeping," Suki said.
"I hate to break up this reunion but you guys need to take those parts to Dom. I got other stuff I need Mike to do," Harry said.
"Aight Harry," Vince said. "You guys can follow me to the garage. That's where everybody else is."
Mike went to the back to get the loaded truck and Vince, Suki, and Jimmy went out the front. Vince frowned when he saw Tej's truck on the trailer behind the Yukon but didn't say anything.
"Sup Mia?" Letty and the guys said when they entered the store.
Letty, Vince, Leon, Jesse, and Rome sat on the stools in front of the counter. Dom went to the office in the back to answer the ringing phone. Brian went behind the counter and gave Mia a hug and kiss.
"Yo Mi, what we eating?" Rome asked.
"Ham and turkey," Mia said. She began making sandwiches and placing them on the counter in front of the guys.
"Brian, will you get the beer?" Mia asked.
"Yeah, no problem," Brian said. He went to the cooler and got a six pack of Coronas.
"Here, take this to Dom," Mia said, handing a plate with a couple of sandwiches on it to Letty.
Letty took the plate and headed to the office, grabbing a beer out of the cooler on her way. He was still on the phone so she just placed the sandwiches and beer on the desk in front of him, kissed his bald head and went back to the counter.
She was about to get back on her stool when she saw a Civic with a flip flop paint job parking across the street. "Hey guys, look who it is." The guys all turned around to see a familiar Latino guy walking towards them.
"Sup guys?" Hector said.
"Sup Hector?"
"Looking good Jesse," Hector said.
"Thanks man. I'm feeling good too," Jesse said.
"I see you guys got some new cars," Hector said, referring to the Evo and Spyder that were parked out front with the other cars.
"The Evo's mine," Brian said.
"Oh yeah? How'd you get an Evo?"
"Long story. And the Spyder belongs to the stomach," Brian said, pointing to Rome who was on his third sandwich. "Hector, Rome. Rome, Hector."
"Sup?"
Rome just nodded his head cause his mouth was full.
"So where the hell you been Brian?" Hector asked.
"Miami, bro," Brian said.
"If it isn't the slowest man in L.A." Dom said, coming out of the office.
"Sup Dom?" Hector said. Dom gives him a couple of fake punches to the stomach. They talk about races for a few minutes, Hector filling them in on the goings on since they left.
"I gotta go," Hector said, looking at his watch. "I was s'posed to meet my boys 20 minutes ago."
"Aight man." Dom said.
"Later," the guys said.
"Friday night?" Hector said as he left the store.
"Friday night," Dom said. "Aight guys we got work to do." Dom exited the store, followed by the Letty and the guys. "Vince, I need you to pick up parts from Harry."
"Aight bro," Vince said before he got into his car.
About 20 minutes later, Vince parked his car on the curb in front of The Racer's Edge.
"Hey Harry," Vince said, leaning against the counter next to a young blonde guy who was being waited on by Harry.
"Hey Vince," Harry said. "You here to get the parts?"
"Yeah."
"Mike!" Harry yelled towards the back of the store. A young black guy came from the back to stand behind the counter with Harry. "Load the parts for DT on the truck. Vince'll help you."
Vince followed the guy to the back and waited while Mike backed the truck to the loading dock. They soon began stacking boxes in the bed of the truck.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Jimmy, how we gonna find them? Drive all over L.A.?" Suki's voice came over the two way in Jimmy's Yukon. He was following her S2000. They had been in L.A. for a couple of hours driving around hoping to spot one of the Torreto cars.
"We'll find them Suki. Don't worry," Jimmy said.
They drove in silence for a few minutes. After they turned down another street Suki came over the two way again.
"Jimmy, let's stop at this store up here. The Racer's Edge. Maybe someone in there can tell us where to find them."
"Aight Suki."
They parked and got out of their vehicles. As they were walking up the sidewalk to the door, they passed Vince's car.
"Isn't that Vince's car?" Suki asked.
"Yeah I think it is. Come on." Jimmy hurried to the door followed by Suki.
They entered the store and saw Harry standing behind the counter messing around behind the counter. He looked up and smiled at them.
"Can I help you?"
"Vince here?" Jimmy asked. They looked around the store and didn't see Vince, but were pretty sure that was I car out front.
"Yeah he's in back. I'll get him." Harry headed to the back of the store where Vince and Mike were putting the last of the boxes on the truck. "Vince, some people in front looking for you."
"Who is it?" Vince asked, shutting the tailgate of the truck.
"I don't know. Never seen them before," Harry said following Vince to the front.
When Vince got to the front of the store he saw a girl and guy standing with their back to him looking out the windows of the store. "You guys looking for me?" They turned around and he saw that it was Suki and Jimmy.
"What are you guys doing here?"
"We had to find-"
"We missed our family so came to visit," Jimmy said cutting Suki off.
Vince had noticed how Jimmy cut in on Suki, but decided to play along for now. "You guys know you're always welcome." He looked around and frowned. "Where's Tej?"
"He's in the truck sleeping," Suki said.
"I hate to break up this reunion but you guys need to take those parts to Dom. I got other stuff I need Mike to do," Harry said.
"Aight Harry," Vince said. "You guys can follow me to the garage. That's where everybody else is."
Mike went to the back to get the loaded truck and Vince, Suki, and Jimmy went out the front. Vince frowned when he saw Tej's truck on the trailer behind the Yukon but didn't say anything.
