Under Victory's Impression

Aidan lounged in his office. His feet were propped up on the polished desktop and his hands were behind his head. The smile on his face was one of victory. He thought he was a winner. He'd hunted down his rebellious step child, put her back into that mental hospital as a temporary punishment for running. Besides, he had been in Italy, it's not like he could have taken her with him on that business trip. He laughed lightly, then, then he'd taken her from Rostengburg, and drove her past all the things she almost had. He threw his head back and laughed menacingly. She had screamed for him. She had screamed for that man. Now, locked in the basement, she didn't make a noise. She didn't struggle. No, he made sure she couldn't. Aidan had bound her spread eagle between to pillars. He had tied her wrists and ankles with barbed wire. If Tianna chose to struggle the wire would cut deeper, and deeper, into her flesh, making her bleed crimson regret for thinking she could run from him.

"Mr. O'Brien, may I come in?" Today the bottle blonde rapped lightly on the solid, oak doors, and peaked her head just through a slight opening.

"Certainly. Please come have a seat," Aidan beckoned her to enter, and his blue eyes raked hungrily, over the woman.

"I just wanted to see how you were doing, now that you've got your lovely daughter back." Bambi sat in one of the chairs across from Aidan's desk, tugging down the edge of her short blue skirt so that it covered the lace tops of her tan thigh highs.

"I'm doing splendidly, Bambi. Thank you for asking." Aidan removed his feet from his desk and leaned lightly across the dark wood as he spoke with his secretary.

"I'm so glad. However," the woman started holding a finger up as if that one action ended all the small talk. "There is one problem."

Aidan frowned, "What is it?"

"The woman, Letty, she's missing. Do you think she's joined back up with Toretto?"

Aidan thought for a moment. Now that would be interesting, seeing the woman switch sides like that. If she tried though, Aidan doubted Toretto would accept her, especially after she had said herself that Dominic and Tianna had grown very close. What would Letty do? Tell them she ran Romeo off the road and killed him, then taken Tianna to the mental hospital so her evil step father could have her to do with as he pleases? No he had other ideas, "She's probably dead, Miss Manny. Shame too, lost a great deal of my money in a race against my daughter."

"You think she's dead?" Miss Manny almost sounded appalled-- almost.

"I do. I think Toretto, or one of his little friends probably killed her."

"Shouldn't we report it?"

"No. You know, I don't think any one is going to miss that vengeful woman. I wouldn't waste the nice police men's time with a murder that no one even cares about. I would've liked to have my money back before they did it though."

The woman laughed, "Is money all you care about, Aidan?"

"Of course not. I also care about my company, my imported liquor, my car," Aidan smile at Bambi, and continued, "I also care about sex, and the woman who gives it to me whenever I want. Then there's getting my daughter, of course. Though I will have to punish her for running away like that."

"To make sure she doesn't do it again, and worry you so much?"

"Exactly."