Chapter 14: A Secret Shared.
"What! What for?" Dom said into the phone, the others in the garage looked up.
"I'll tell ya later, could you just come down and get me?" the voice asked him.
"Fine Letty, but then I want a full explanation. Where are you?"
"In the station were Brian works, I gotta go, I'll talk to you soon." The phone went dead. Dom replaced the handset and looked over at the others.
"Well?" Vince asked him.
"It's Letty, she's in jail," the shocked expressions on their faces said it all, "I dunno why, I'm gonna go and get her now."
"I'll come as well, I might be able to help," Brian suggested. Dom nodded and headed towards his car.
"Vince ring Mia and tell her to come pick you two up." He called to them before starting up the engine.
Brian and Dom road in silence to the police station. Dom seemed very tense, he desperately wanted to know why Letty had been arrested. He contemplated various things ranging from minor to major, "she probably just got caught speeding," Dom told himself.
They pulled up to the station, and Dom parked in the same place he had a few nights ago. As Brian walked into the station he felt strange, normally he wouldn't use this entrance and would be on his way to work but now he used the front door just like any other member of the public and to top it all off he was coming to bail out someone who he'd normally be arresting.
"Um, I'm here to get my girlfriend Letty Rodriguez." Dom said to the receptionist.
"Ok hold on for a minute," she replied and walked away to a computer. The receptionist returned and escorted Brian and Dom down a corridor, to a seating area. Dom and Brian sat in an awkward silence. A female officer entered the room and Brian smiled at her.
"Alright O'Connor, how you doing?" the officer said to him.
"Hey Sarah. I'm not to bad thanks," Brian said back to her.
"That's good, I gotta go I'm on shift. Give me a call some time and we can catch up," the officer nodded to him.
"Will do Sarah, will do," he told her as she walked away.
Dom and Brian sat on the plastic chairs for another few minutes until two officers entered the room escorting Letty. Dom jumped up, he walked towards Letty and wrapped his arms around her in a tight hug. Her arms were still in handcuffs behind her back. Dom stepped back and took her face gently in his hand and tilted it up to his.
"What happened Letty? Why they arrest you?" Dom said to her.
"Look Dom, before you get pissed wait until we get home and then I'll explain it properly to you okay, it's not what you think." She whispered to him so the officers couldn't hear, "I was arrested for possession of drugs and intent to supply."
"Drugs! Tell me your joking right," Dom shouted loosing his temper. He couldn't understand why Letty had been arrested for drugs, yes the Toretto's may be lawbreakers but they didn't mess with drugs, none of them were stupid enough to.
"Dom please I'll tell you about it when I get home okay, not now. Just get me out of here please." She whispered to him.
"Fine, but Letty you got some serious explaining to do," he told her sternly.
*
Dom signed some papers to release Letty on bail, she was due in court in a couple of weeks. They didn't talk in the car, Dom was extremely angry he kept sighing and swearing loudly whenever they got caught behind a slow car. When they pulled up in the driveway they all got out and Letty quickly walked up the steps of the house, she wanted to avoid a confrontation on the lawn. Dom quickly followed her, followed closely by Brian. Leon, Vince, Jesse and Mia were already in the living room.
"Well Letty, explain," Dom hollered at her.
"Don't fucking order me about Dom!" she spat back. Her eyes shot around the room and landed on Leon, Dom noticed.
"I get it, this is something to do with that OJ guy, hasn't it!" He shouted.
"You say OJ? Leon how does Dom know about him, what's goin' on?" Jesse said entering the conversation, his face now a pale white.
"Look Jesse don't worry man, okay? Its nothing really," Leon said quietly to him.
"Nothing! What the fuck do you mean nothing, Letty could go down for years!" shouted Dom.
"What for?" Mia said anxiously.
"Possession of crack cocaine and intent to supply," Letty said quietly. Mia's mouth dropped and the whole room went quiet for a few seconds as everybody took in what she had said.
"What were you doing with that stuff?" Vince asked her. Her eyes once again shot to Leon, Dom yet again noticed.
"Leon, you better tell me who OJ is and now or I'm gonna get real angry and trust me Leon you do not want to get me that way." Dom told Leon sternly.
"Ok," Leon took in a deep breath, "OJ is my older brother Oscar, an evil fucker. Me and Jesse stayed with him when we were younger, before we met you guys. And well it weren't a particularly easy time. But anyways he got arrested a couple years back, and has been in jail until two weeks ago." Leon told them all quietly.
"He's out? Wait, when we were in the hospital Dom said something 'bout him, why didn't I click on you meant that OJ." Jesse said burying his head into his hands.
"Yeah Jesse he's out but he ain't gonna come near you," Leon told him.
"Whatever man, whatever," Jesse mumbled, he got up and limped slowly but swiftly up the stairs. The rest of the team just stood by watching.
"What's the matter with Jesse?" Mia asked.
"Well like I said, we stayed with OJ for a while. He wasn't the most sociable of guys, and he used to beat the crap out of Jesse. I tried to stop him but he was a lot bigger than either of us, that's why we left in the end," Leon said quietly. Dom pictured when he met Leon and Jesse for the first time, Jesse was so nervous around anyone and it took him a long time to trust the team. Quietness filled the room.
"I still don't get what this has to do with Letty or the drugs," Dom stated.
"Well when me and Jesse stayed with him, he got us to do some stuff to earn money," said Leon.
"What like street racing?" Mia asked.
"Nah, I wish. More along the lines of car jacking, dealing drugs and shit. And well he's got some stuff on me and Jesse that if he hands to the right people could mean us being landed in a jail. To be straight with you I don't care if I end up in jail, I just don't want Jesse to," Leon said with a hint of anger in his voice.
"Letty got involved by accident, he came to the house while you were out but Letty was here, and he fucking hit her the arsehole and then he started using her to, he said that if I did a couple of jobs for him he'd leave me alone. Well a couple turned into a few and then some more, I tried to get him to leave Letty alone, honest Dom I did but he wouldn't have it, and so we got to here. Letty was running drugs for him." Leon explained.
"So why did neither of you tell me?" Dom questioned.
"'Coz we thought we could handle it and we didn't want Jesse to find out," Letty mumbled, "Look Dom there's no point thinking about what we shoulda or coulda done 'coz it's to late now."
Everybody kept quiet for a while taking in everything that had been said. "Well I can probably sort Letty out on a lighter charge of just possession," Brian suggested.
"Thanks Brian," Leon said quietly.
"Meanwhile I'll think about how we're gonna sort out OJ," Dom said to them all.
"He's gonna be pissed, I never delivered the drugs," Letty told Dom. Dom walked up to her and wrapped his arms around her waist and pushed back her hair.
"We're gonna sort it Letty, I just wish you'd told me earlier," Dom whispered to her. She laid her head on his chest. Brian wished that was him with Mia, he glanced over to her and found she was already looking at him, but her eyes shot away quickly.
"How 'bout some dinner guys?" Mia said in an attempt to break the ice in the room. It was met with an enthusiastic round of nods and grunts. Mia walked into the kitchen followed closely by Brian.
"What you want Brian?" she asked him coldly.
"You know what I want Mia, that's you." He told her, she let out a stifled laugh, "It don't have to be this way Mia."
"I never want to be with you again Brian."
"But Mia."
"No Brian, its a no, its always gonna be a no. As far as I'm concerned you could disappear of the side of the earth and I wouldn't give a damn." He got the picture and left the kitchen.
*
"I'm gonna go check Jesse," Dom said as he walked up the stairs. He went up into the attic and knocked on one of the doors. "Jesse, I'm coming in," Dom spoke to the door. He pushed it open and saw Jesse sitting on the edge of the bed.
"You okay," Dom asked.
"Yep, I'm fine." Jesse answered, but Dom had a suspicion that he was just saying that to act hard. Dom stood awkwardly at the door.
"Okay, but just so you know he isn't gonna hurt you no more Jesse, coz I ain't gonna let him," Dom told him with determination in his voice.
"Thanks man," Jesse mumbled.
"Come on, Mia's cooking up something to eat." Dom motioned to the door.
"Are you helping, coz if you are I think I'm safer staying up here judging by that breakfast this morning," Jesse joked.
"Very funny Einstein," Dom said, playfully tapping him on the back of the head as hey headed out of the room.
"What! What for?" Dom said into the phone, the others in the garage looked up.
"I'll tell ya later, could you just come down and get me?" the voice asked him.
"Fine Letty, but then I want a full explanation. Where are you?"
"In the station were Brian works, I gotta go, I'll talk to you soon." The phone went dead. Dom replaced the handset and looked over at the others.
"Well?" Vince asked him.
"It's Letty, she's in jail," the shocked expressions on their faces said it all, "I dunno why, I'm gonna go and get her now."
"I'll come as well, I might be able to help," Brian suggested. Dom nodded and headed towards his car.
"Vince ring Mia and tell her to come pick you two up." He called to them before starting up the engine.
Brian and Dom road in silence to the police station. Dom seemed very tense, he desperately wanted to know why Letty had been arrested. He contemplated various things ranging from minor to major, "she probably just got caught speeding," Dom told himself.
They pulled up to the station, and Dom parked in the same place he had a few nights ago. As Brian walked into the station he felt strange, normally he wouldn't use this entrance and would be on his way to work but now he used the front door just like any other member of the public and to top it all off he was coming to bail out someone who he'd normally be arresting.
"Um, I'm here to get my girlfriend Letty Rodriguez." Dom said to the receptionist.
"Ok hold on for a minute," she replied and walked away to a computer. The receptionist returned and escorted Brian and Dom down a corridor, to a seating area. Dom and Brian sat in an awkward silence. A female officer entered the room and Brian smiled at her.
"Alright O'Connor, how you doing?" the officer said to him.
"Hey Sarah. I'm not to bad thanks," Brian said back to her.
"That's good, I gotta go I'm on shift. Give me a call some time and we can catch up," the officer nodded to him.
"Will do Sarah, will do," he told her as she walked away.
Dom and Brian sat on the plastic chairs for another few minutes until two officers entered the room escorting Letty. Dom jumped up, he walked towards Letty and wrapped his arms around her in a tight hug. Her arms were still in handcuffs behind her back. Dom stepped back and took her face gently in his hand and tilted it up to his.
"What happened Letty? Why they arrest you?" Dom said to her.
"Look Dom, before you get pissed wait until we get home and then I'll explain it properly to you okay, it's not what you think." She whispered to him so the officers couldn't hear, "I was arrested for possession of drugs and intent to supply."
"Drugs! Tell me your joking right," Dom shouted loosing his temper. He couldn't understand why Letty had been arrested for drugs, yes the Toretto's may be lawbreakers but they didn't mess with drugs, none of them were stupid enough to.
"Dom please I'll tell you about it when I get home okay, not now. Just get me out of here please." She whispered to him.
"Fine, but Letty you got some serious explaining to do," he told her sternly.
*
Dom signed some papers to release Letty on bail, she was due in court in a couple of weeks. They didn't talk in the car, Dom was extremely angry he kept sighing and swearing loudly whenever they got caught behind a slow car. When they pulled up in the driveway they all got out and Letty quickly walked up the steps of the house, she wanted to avoid a confrontation on the lawn. Dom quickly followed her, followed closely by Brian. Leon, Vince, Jesse and Mia were already in the living room.
"Well Letty, explain," Dom hollered at her.
"Don't fucking order me about Dom!" she spat back. Her eyes shot around the room and landed on Leon, Dom noticed.
"I get it, this is something to do with that OJ guy, hasn't it!" He shouted.
"You say OJ? Leon how does Dom know about him, what's goin' on?" Jesse said entering the conversation, his face now a pale white.
"Look Jesse don't worry man, okay? Its nothing really," Leon said quietly to him.
"Nothing! What the fuck do you mean nothing, Letty could go down for years!" shouted Dom.
"What for?" Mia said anxiously.
"Possession of crack cocaine and intent to supply," Letty said quietly. Mia's mouth dropped and the whole room went quiet for a few seconds as everybody took in what she had said.
"What were you doing with that stuff?" Vince asked her. Her eyes once again shot to Leon, Dom yet again noticed.
"Leon, you better tell me who OJ is and now or I'm gonna get real angry and trust me Leon you do not want to get me that way." Dom told Leon sternly.
"Ok," Leon took in a deep breath, "OJ is my older brother Oscar, an evil fucker. Me and Jesse stayed with him when we were younger, before we met you guys. And well it weren't a particularly easy time. But anyways he got arrested a couple years back, and has been in jail until two weeks ago." Leon told them all quietly.
"He's out? Wait, when we were in the hospital Dom said something 'bout him, why didn't I click on you meant that OJ." Jesse said burying his head into his hands.
"Yeah Jesse he's out but he ain't gonna come near you," Leon told him.
"Whatever man, whatever," Jesse mumbled, he got up and limped slowly but swiftly up the stairs. The rest of the team just stood by watching.
"What's the matter with Jesse?" Mia asked.
"Well like I said, we stayed with OJ for a while. He wasn't the most sociable of guys, and he used to beat the crap out of Jesse. I tried to stop him but he was a lot bigger than either of us, that's why we left in the end," Leon said quietly. Dom pictured when he met Leon and Jesse for the first time, Jesse was so nervous around anyone and it took him a long time to trust the team. Quietness filled the room.
"I still don't get what this has to do with Letty or the drugs," Dom stated.
"Well when me and Jesse stayed with him, he got us to do some stuff to earn money," said Leon.
"What like street racing?" Mia asked.
"Nah, I wish. More along the lines of car jacking, dealing drugs and shit. And well he's got some stuff on me and Jesse that if he hands to the right people could mean us being landed in a jail. To be straight with you I don't care if I end up in jail, I just don't want Jesse to," Leon said with a hint of anger in his voice.
"Letty got involved by accident, he came to the house while you were out but Letty was here, and he fucking hit her the arsehole and then he started using her to, he said that if I did a couple of jobs for him he'd leave me alone. Well a couple turned into a few and then some more, I tried to get him to leave Letty alone, honest Dom I did but he wouldn't have it, and so we got to here. Letty was running drugs for him." Leon explained.
"So why did neither of you tell me?" Dom questioned.
"'Coz we thought we could handle it and we didn't want Jesse to find out," Letty mumbled, "Look Dom there's no point thinking about what we shoulda or coulda done 'coz it's to late now."
Everybody kept quiet for a while taking in everything that had been said. "Well I can probably sort Letty out on a lighter charge of just possession," Brian suggested.
"Thanks Brian," Leon said quietly.
"Meanwhile I'll think about how we're gonna sort out OJ," Dom said to them all.
"He's gonna be pissed, I never delivered the drugs," Letty told Dom. Dom walked up to her and wrapped his arms around her waist and pushed back her hair.
"We're gonna sort it Letty, I just wish you'd told me earlier," Dom whispered to her. She laid her head on his chest. Brian wished that was him with Mia, he glanced over to her and found she was already looking at him, but her eyes shot away quickly.
"How 'bout some dinner guys?" Mia said in an attempt to break the ice in the room. It was met with an enthusiastic round of nods and grunts. Mia walked into the kitchen followed closely by Brian.
"What you want Brian?" she asked him coldly.
"You know what I want Mia, that's you." He told her, she let out a stifled laugh, "It don't have to be this way Mia."
"I never want to be with you again Brian."
"But Mia."
"No Brian, its a no, its always gonna be a no. As far as I'm concerned you could disappear of the side of the earth and I wouldn't give a damn." He got the picture and left the kitchen.
*
"I'm gonna go check Jesse," Dom said as he walked up the stairs. He went up into the attic and knocked on one of the doors. "Jesse, I'm coming in," Dom spoke to the door. He pushed it open and saw Jesse sitting on the edge of the bed.
"You okay," Dom asked.
"Yep, I'm fine." Jesse answered, but Dom had a suspicion that he was just saying that to act hard. Dom stood awkwardly at the door.
"Okay, but just so you know he isn't gonna hurt you no more Jesse, coz I ain't gonna let him," Dom told him with determination in his voice.
"Thanks man," Jesse mumbled.
"Come on, Mia's cooking up something to eat." Dom motioned to the door.
"Are you helping, coz if you are I think I'm safer staying up here judging by that breakfast this morning," Jesse joked.
"Very funny Einstein," Dom said, playfully tapping him on the back of the head as hey headed out of the room.