Mia and Elly had assembled in Letty's hotel room. She hadn't checked out.
Vince, Jesse and Leon had gone out in their cars scouting for her.
As they looked around the room, they noticed that none of her things were out of order. A few bottles and lotions were neatly laid out on the provided nightstand; the bathroom had a mess of towels everywhere, and surprisingly the clothes she had unpacked were still in the drawers.
"This is so weird," Mia said as she walked over to the window. She pressed her face and hands up close to the window in search of Letty.
"I know. Even her car's here," Elly agreed, and went up to the window and mimicked her sister's actions. "Mia, something really bad has had to have happened if she's left her car here." She turned to her older sister for reassurance.
"Letty's tough. Whatever's happened, she can take it." Elly started to cry without warning, and Mia quickly took her in a tight hug.
~~**~~**
Mia decided that it was best to leave Letty's things as they were. They sat in the hotel bar drinking cup after cup of coffee, to alert their senses. People mingled in and out for an hour, before Jesse came back.
"Did you find her?!" Mia asked hopefully as he took a seat. He shook his head solemnly.
"I have been up on my laptop, trying to get info on her. The good news is, she wasn't admitted into any hospital in Nevada last night, nor was she taken into a police station. She hasn't taken any money from her account, and nothing's been spent on her credit card."
"Oh my God she's been kidnapped. Guys, she's been kidnapped. She's been kidnapped, and she's all alone out there - we don't even know who could have done this, we-"
"Elly, calm down." Mia took her sisters hands to calm her down. The amount of coffee she had drunk in the past hour had sent into NOS overdrive. Elly nodded, but she was still fidgety.
"Where's Dom?" Jesse suddenly asked.
"What do you mean?" Mia frowned.
"This morning you said that Dom was here, where is he now?"
"I don't know, I saw his car outside this morning, in the parking lot. Then I went to inform Letty but she wasn't - oh my God!" Mia clasped her hand round her mouth.
"Why didn't we think of this before?" Elly rhetorically asked.
"Shit, where do you think he's taken her?"
"I can think of three places. Home, St. Lucas or Jamestown, Baja."
"But they're all so far away from each other - it'll be days before we find her!" Elly whined.
"Not necessarily. Follow me." Jesse motioned as he made his way back up to his room.
~~**
Jesse sat down at his laptop, and began explaining what he was doing.
"I'm going to send an e-mail to all hotels in Baja, to see if people fitting their description have checked in recently -"
"How are you gonna do that?" Mia interrupted him.
"-hack into the LAPD Police database, and pretend to be a detective," he answered with a wicked smile. With a couple of clicks, a few red herrings, 3 Coronas and 20 minutes later, Jesse received a positive identification on Dom and Letty in a motel in Jamestown, Baja.
"Got it!" he shouted. They all crowded round the computer, staring at the map Jesse had displayed. It would take them forever to get there, even with the speed they used.
"Looks like we'll have to fly," Mia stated.
"What about our cars?" Leon pointed out. Elly smacked him round his arm.
"Would you just forget about cars for a second, Leon?" she scolded and Leon pouted.
"Jess, can you find out the next available flight out to Jamestown?" Mia asked. Jesse quickly browsed on the Internet, and found cheap flights on the next flight out, which was in 3 hours. They quickly packed up one bag each, and hired a rental car on the other end. They left for the airport in Elly's Skyline, and arranged for it to be stored there for a week, just to be on the safe side.
~~**~~**
It was pitch black apart from the lights from the cars in front. Vince was driving, but very slowly because of the rain.
"Who'd have thought rain, in Baja, in July?" he mumbled to himself. Elly and Mia had fallen asleep on the seats at the back of the van. Jesse was doing something on his laptop and Leon was fumbling with the map.
"Haven't you found the exit yet?" Vince asked, hoping they hadn't missed it, because he was sleep deprived, hungry and horny as hell. Not a good combination.
"V, if I had found it, don't you think I would have told you?" Leon snapped back. He threw the map in the back.
"There it is!" he pointed to the right, and Vince swerved hard to the right, waking Mia up.
"Ah!" she cried out. "Are we there yet?" she rubbed her sleepy eyes.
"10 minutes," Jesse mumbled, giving Vince directions to the hotel where Dom and Letty supposedly were.
~~**~~**
9:30 a.m. - Next morning.
"I told you you'd sleep well," Dom said as he moved Letty's black hair from her sleepy face. She sat upright in the bed, and rubbed her eyes and stretched.
"You said you wanted to talk. I came all the way over from Las Vegas to come here with you, so whatever the fuck you wanna talk about, make it damn good." She crossed her arms and glared at him.
"Baby, you have to believe me when I say that the whole house mix up thing was blown out of proportion. I got confused. The flat was a bargain - and I didn't want to be splashing out loads of money if the trucks went wrong," he said, stroking her hand with his thumb. He looked up at her and gave her puppy dog eyes.
"And Harriet? What about her? You got confused then too, huh?" Letty said sarcastically.
"Letty, that was different!"
"How?"
"I don't know! I just don't know anymore Letty! Something happened. In between the racing, the parties, the store, the garage, the trucks and us.something happened.something snapped inside me Letty. I wanted more; more money, more adrenaline.more girls."
Letty had hot tears rolling down her cheeks.
"Well, Dom you can have all the girls you can manage. I can't take this shit between us anymore. Every time you do this a piece of my heart breaks off.I deserve to be with someone who'll fulfill my heart, not break it up." She edged closer towards the door, and slid out. She leaned against the door.
'One more chance Dominic.come out that room right now, and beg at my feet. I'll forgive all,' she whispered to Dom in her head. She waited a minute, but heard no noise. She took off and got into the elevator with a couple and their children.
Dom paced around the room, then flung open the door. He swore he heard her call his name. He poked his head through the door, looked left, then right, and saw the elevator doors blank out her face. Closed. Gone. Forever.
As they looked around the room, they noticed that none of her things were out of order. A few bottles and lotions were neatly laid out on the provided nightstand; the bathroom had a mess of towels everywhere, and surprisingly the clothes she had unpacked were still in the drawers.
"This is so weird," Mia said as she walked over to the window. She pressed her face and hands up close to the window in search of Letty.
"I know. Even her car's here," Elly agreed, and went up to the window and mimicked her sister's actions. "Mia, something really bad has had to have happened if she's left her car here." She turned to her older sister for reassurance.
"Letty's tough. Whatever's happened, she can take it." Elly started to cry without warning, and Mia quickly took her in a tight hug.
~~**~~**
Mia decided that it was best to leave Letty's things as they were. They sat in the hotel bar drinking cup after cup of coffee, to alert their senses. People mingled in and out for an hour, before Jesse came back.
"Did you find her?!" Mia asked hopefully as he took a seat. He shook his head solemnly.
"I have been up on my laptop, trying to get info on her. The good news is, she wasn't admitted into any hospital in Nevada last night, nor was she taken into a police station. She hasn't taken any money from her account, and nothing's been spent on her credit card."
"Oh my God she's been kidnapped. Guys, she's been kidnapped. She's been kidnapped, and she's all alone out there - we don't even know who could have done this, we-"
"Elly, calm down." Mia took her sisters hands to calm her down. The amount of coffee she had drunk in the past hour had sent into NOS overdrive. Elly nodded, but she was still fidgety.
"Where's Dom?" Jesse suddenly asked.
"What do you mean?" Mia frowned.
"This morning you said that Dom was here, where is he now?"
"I don't know, I saw his car outside this morning, in the parking lot. Then I went to inform Letty but she wasn't - oh my God!" Mia clasped her hand round her mouth.
"Why didn't we think of this before?" Elly rhetorically asked.
"Shit, where do you think he's taken her?"
"I can think of three places. Home, St. Lucas or Jamestown, Baja."
"But they're all so far away from each other - it'll be days before we find her!" Elly whined.
"Not necessarily. Follow me." Jesse motioned as he made his way back up to his room.
~~**
Jesse sat down at his laptop, and began explaining what he was doing.
"I'm going to send an e-mail to all hotels in Baja, to see if people fitting their description have checked in recently -"
"How are you gonna do that?" Mia interrupted him.
"-hack into the LAPD Police database, and pretend to be a detective," he answered with a wicked smile. With a couple of clicks, a few red herrings, 3 Coronas and 20 minutes later, Jesse received a positive identification on Dom and Letty in a motel in Jamestown, Baja.
"Got it!" he shouted. They all crowded round the computer, staring at the map Jesse had displayed. It would take them forever to get there, even with the speed they used.
"Looks like we'll have to fly," Mia stated.
"What about our cars?" Leon pointed out. Elly smacked him round his arm.
"Would you just forget about cars for a second, Leon?" she scolded and Leon pouted.
"Jess, can you find out the next available flight out to Jamestown?" Mia asked. Jesse quickly browsed on the Internet, and found cheap flights on the next flight out, which was in 3 hours. They quickly packed up one bag each, and hired a rental car on the other end. They left for the airport in Elly's Skyline, and arranged for it to be stored there for a week, just to be on the safe side.
~~**~~**
It was pitch black apart from the lights from the cars in front. Vince was driving, but very slowly because of the rain.
"Who'd have thought rain, in Baja, in July?" he mumbled to himself. Elly and Mia had fallen asleep on the seats at the back of the van. Jesse was doing something on his laptop and Leon was fumbling with the map.
"Haven't you found the exit yet?" Vince asked, hoping they hadn't missed it, because he was sleep deprived, hungry and horny as hell. Not a good combination.
"V, if I had found it, don't you think I would have told you?" Leon snapped back. He threw the map in the back.
"There it is!" he pointed to the right, and Vince swerved hard to the right, waking Mia up.
"Ah!" she cried out. "Are we there yet?" she rubbed her sleepy eyes.
"10 minutes," Jesse mumbled, giving Vince directions to the hotel where Dom and Letty supposedly were.
~~**~~**
9:30 a.m. - Next morning.
"I told you you'd sleep well," Dom said as he moved Letty's black hair from her sleepy face. She sat upright in the bed, and rubbed her eyes and stretched.
"You said you wanted to talk. I came all the way over from Las Vegas to come here with you, so whatever the fuck you wanna talk about, make it damn good." She crossed her arms and glared at him.
"Baby, you have to believe me when I say that the whole house mix up thing was blown out of proportion. I got confused. The flat was a bargain - and I didn't want to be splashing out loads of money if the trucks went wrong," he said, stroking her hand with his thumb. He looked up at her and gave her puppy dog eyes.
"And Harriet? What about her? You got confused then too, huh?" Letty said sarcastically.
"Letty, that was different!"
"How?"
"I don't know! I just don't know anymore Letty! Something happened. In between the racing, the parties, the store, the garage, the trucks and us.something happened.something snapped inside me Letty. I wanted more; more money, more adrenaline.more girls."
Letty had hot tears rolling down her cheeks.
"Well, Dom you can have all the girls you can manage. I can't take this shit between us anymore. Every time you do this a piece of my heart breaks off.I deserve to be with someone who'll fulfill my heart, not break it up." She edged closer towards the door, and slid out. She leaned against the door.
'One more chance Dominic.come out that room right now, and beg at my feet. I'll forgive all,' she whispered to Dom in her head. She waited a minute, but heard no noise. She took off and got into the elevator with a couple and their children.
Dom paced around the room, then flung open the door. He swore he heard her call his name. He poked his head through the door, looked left, then right, and saw the elevator doors blank out her face. Closed. Gone. Forever.