Chapter 4
Secrets
That night Dom and Eve fell asleep on the couch downstairs. The next morning Eve woke up and looked at the clock. She jumped up when she saw that it was 7am. "Shit! We have to open the garage in an hour." She ran upstairs and went into Leon's room. "Kel, get up! We gotta go to work!" She ignored Eve and rolled over onto Leon's bare chest. It was pretty obvious that they were up pretty late last night. Eve shook her head and went to Jesse's room only to find Sam in the same position with Jesse. None of them would get out of bed. Eve went back into the hall as Jamie came upstairs. "Shouldn't you be at the store Jamie?"
"I left my purse here last night. Shouldn't you guys be gettin' ready to go to the garage?"
"Yeah, but no one will get their asses out of bed!"
"I know what ya mean. Danny got a little too drunk last night, so he'll be late if he comes to work at all."
"Great."
Dom came out of him and Letty's room. "Letty and Vince are knocked out too."
"Damn it!"
"What about Jake?"
"Let him sleep. He deserves a break."
Dom put his arm around Eve's shoulders. "Looks like it's just you and me sis."
Jamie went to the store and Dom and Eve went to the garage. A few hours later the team, Kelly, Jake, and Sam walked in.
"Well good mornin' everyone."
"Shut up Dom."
Vince started walking towards Eve. She thanked god when she heard the phone ring. "I'll get it." She quickly got up and ran into the office, but Vince followed her. After she hung up the phone she tried to walk past him, but he stopped her. "What are you doin' V?"
"We need to talk."
"Not now."
"Yes now."
"Fine. Come with me to the store to get lunch for everyone. We can talk on the way.
"Okay."
They left the office and Eve went up to the others. "V and I are gonna go get lunch for everyone at the store." She looked at Jake, Kelly, and Sam. "The usual?" They nodded. Eve turned to the others. "Let's see if I remember. Dom and Letty, turkey sandwiches."
"Yep."
"Leon, ham sandwich."
"You got it."
"And Jesse, peanut-butter and Jelly."
"Very nice."
"Brian, what do you want?"
"Tuna."
"Are you serious?"
"Yeah, and have Mia make it. She knows just how I like it."
"You must have an Iron Stomach."
Everyone laughed, and Eve and Vince got into Eve's car and drove to the store. "So, what do we need to talk about?"
"Last night."
"I'm surprised you remember anything from last night."
"Well I do. I remember that you said you missed me. I also remember that you pushed me away when I tried to kiss you."
"Vince, we can't just pick up where we left off. It's been 3 years."
"I know that, but you've been avoiding me since we got back. What's goin' on?"
"Look, I have a lot to deal with right now. You guys just got back, Dom and I are finally getting along again, so I need you to just back the fuck off and give me some space while I try to figure this out!"
"Fine!"
When they pulled up to the store he quickly got out of Eve's car and slamed the door shut, then went into the store, grabbed a corona, and went into the office. Eve walked up to the counter where Mia and Jamie were talking. "Hey sis."
"Hey Evie. Here to get lunch?"
"Yep. Jamie, you know what Kelly, Sam, and Jake always have, and Mia, the others want…"
"2 turkey's, ham, tuna, and peanut butter & jelly, right?"
"You got it."
Mia turned to Vince. "V, you want anything?"
"I'm not hungry."
She could tell he was angry. She leaned close to Eve so Vince couldn't hear her. "What's wrong with him?"
"We had a fight in the car. Don't worry about it."
"Okay."
Jamie and Mia made the sandwiches and gave them to Eve. She turned to Vince. "V, let's go."
He got into the car and stared out the window, trying to ignore Eve. They drove back to the garage in silence. When they got there Vince went straight to the back of the garage to get away from Eve. Eve started passing out, or rather tossing the sandwiches. "Kel, Sam, Jake, catch."
"Thanks Eve."
"Leon."
"Thanks baby-girl."
"Dom, Letty."
"Thank you."
"Bri."
"Thanks."
Jesse was sitting right next to her so she just handed him his. "Here Jesse."
"Thanks Evie."
Jesse noticed something on Eve's wrist that he'd never noticed before. A scar. There was one on the other wrist too. "Eve, what happened?"
"What are you talkin' about?"
"I'm talkin' about these." He grabbed her wrists, but she yanked them away. "Evie, did you try to kill yourself?"
He was purposely talking loud enough for everyone to hear. The team all looked at Eve.
"Thanks a lot Jesse."
"Did you?"
"Yes, okay? I did, but obviously it didn't work and I don't plan on tryin' again any time soon, so you don't need to worry."
"Why would you do that Evie?"
"Think about it Jesse. I had lost my whole family, I was so upset that it was screwing up my driving so I was losing races, not to mention I had lost my…"
"Your what?"
She didn't know what to say. "Things were just really bad at the time, so I gave up, but Jake found me and got me to the hospital and now I'm fine, so just drop it!"
She went into the office and slammed the door shut. The team knew that she was hiding something, but they couldn't confront her about it. That never worked on Evie. They just had to let her come around on her own time.