Chapter 5
"Damn her!" Leon shouted, standing around by his car, the walkie-talkie in his grip.
"She flaked on you?" Letty asked as she walked back to her car.
"Yeah. I guess this is her way to say 'fuck the truce'."
The race had been over for ten minutes. Everyone was just hanging out and talking. As usual, the Team won and took home everyone else's cash or pink slips.
Gia walked up, her hair all over the place, her knuckles bruised; one was actually cut and bleeding. The beginnings of a black eye marred her face. Her shirt, a white peasant shirt that was longer in the back, was ripped around the shoulders. She held her broken arm over her chest, not only keeping the shirt on but cradling it.
She swayed left and right before Leon caught her.
"What happened?" He asked, Letty running off to get Dom.
"I, uh. Some guy came behind me. He kept calling me Mia. I told him I who I was. Then he said something about paying for Dom's debt. That Dom had killed his cousin or something. I, I stabbed him in the foot with an extra screwdriver before I ran. It took me a while to lose him." She held his arm. "Can I go to sleep now?"
Leon felt something wet going down his arm and shifted his weight to see. His arm came up red.
"Did he hit you in the head?" He asked.
"I think so but I can't remember. I'm just really tired."
"What happened?" Dom's voice broke the silence. Leon had not noticed that people had surrounded them.
"I think a Tran is out. He that she was Mia and went for it." Leon picked up Gia, her head resting on his shoulder.
"Come on. You can't fall asleep just yet."
"But I really want to." He lowered her into his car.
"I know you do. But you got to wait for a while." He ran on the other side and got in.
"I could always take her." Dom said, leaning into the window.
"No need. She's already in here. I'm going to take her." He peeled off down the street.
She rolled over, moaning as she did. "I know you hate me, but thanks for taking me."
"Damn her!" Leon shouted, standing around by his car, the walkie-talkie in his grip.
"She flaked on you?" Letty asked as she walked back to her car.
"Yeah. I guess this is her way to say 'fuck the truce'."
The race had been over for ten minutes. Everyone was just hanging out and talking. As usual, the Team won and took home everyone else's cash or pink slips.
Gia walked up, her hair all over the place, her knuckles bruised; one was actually cut and bleeding. The beginnings of a black eye marred her face. Her shirt, a white peasant shirt that was longer in the back, was ripped around the shoulders. She held her broken arm over her chest, not only keeping the shirt on but cradling it.
She swayed left and right before Leon caught her.
"What happened?" He asked, Letty running off to get Dom.
"I, uh. Some guy came behind me. He kept calling me Mia. I told him I who I was. Then he said something about paying for Dom's debt. That Dom had killed his cousin or something. I, I stabbed him in the foot with an extra screwdriver before I ran. It took me a while to lose him." She held his arm. "Can I go to sleep now?"
Leon felt something wet going down his arm and shifted his weight to see. His arm came up red.
"Did he hit you in the head?" He asked.
"I think so but I can't remember. I'm just really tired."
"What happened?" Dom's voice broke the silence. Leon had not noticed that people had surrounded them.
"I think a Tran is out. He that she was Mia and went for it." Leon picked up Gia, her head resting on his shoulder.
"Come on. You can't fall asleep just yet."
"But I really want to." He lowered her into his car.
"I know you do. But you got to wait for a while." He ran on the other side and got in.
"I could always take her." Dom said, leaning into the window.
"No need. She's already in here. I'm going to take her." He peeled off down the street.
She rolled over, moaning as she did. "I know you hate me, but thanks for taking me."