Chapter 21, that's What happened.
Torrie relived the whole situation as she told it to Dom in minute detail so he would not ask her any questions about it afterward cause she did not want to have to talk about it again. Dom took in the bruise and split lip while she told the tale and when she got to the point about what Ken had tried to do he tried to set her aside and get up but the guys would not let him. She finished telling her story.
"I'm gonna go kill him. There's nothing else to do." The guys were having a hard time holding him back from running to his car and making good on that threat. All four of them were holding him back and he was making progress on getting away. It was Torrie's small voice that stopped him.
"No Dom. We are going to let Brian deal with it and get him fired and charged. You are not going to beat him up over this Dom."
"Torrie he tried to, well we all know what he tried to do. I have to hit him. I am so mad I have to hit him.
"Dom I can't deal with this without you and you will go to jail. He is wealthy and has connections. If you assault him he will charge you and you will go back to jail. I don't think I can get through this without you."
"Oh god Torrie, I want to hurt him but if it is what you want I will let Brian deal with it then." He nodded at Brian and he took off for the station. Dom knew that he could not go back to jail. He would either have to go on the run or kill himself. He knew from his first experience he could not deal with jail and now it would be worse. Since he was so big he would be seen as a challenge to a lot of people, and he had so much more to miss now. The first time he was in was before Letty and Torrie. He only had Mia and Vince to miss the first time. Now he had a whole family who depended on him.
"That's what's best Dom. I want you to pound him but I don't want to work in this garage all alone." She smiled. "Either way he is out of my life. The bank will have to replace him now."
"Yes they will because I will make sure of it." Dom left her in the care of the other guys and went to the phone. Dom called them and told them point blank to replace him. The assured him that they had already done so when they got a call from the LAPD telling them he was being charged with assault. Dom left his office and went to the couch where Torrie was sitting and dropped to his knees in front of her. He brushed some stray hair off her face, tucking it behind her earl.
"So do you just want to go home baby girl?"
"No I want to stay here with you and work. No sense mopping around and dwelling on it. I will be better off if I jump back into my routine."
"If you're sure Torrie. If you want to just go home and relax we ca do that too.
"Nope, let's finish the Integra. We have races to go to tonight."
"No we don't, we can just stay home tonight."
"No, I want to go and watch you race. I enjoy it and find it relaxing. We are going Dominic and that is final."
"Ok ok we'll go to the races." He figured he would give in to her way in this. Whatever she wanted was the name of the game today.
They went and did well. Torrie was back to normal almost. She was still a bit subdued. They did not invite people over just the team went home. There had been cops that night and everyone arrived home at different times. Torrie and Dom arrived last and headed strait upstairs. Dom set her down by her door.
"Dom, I want to stay with you tonight. I don't want to be alone."
"I didn't want you to be but I wanted it to be your choice."
"I chose to stay with you Dominic. I need you."
He carried her to his room. She may as well just move in with him in his room anyway. She rarely spent time in her own bed anyway. She stayed with him nearly every night. When they were settled into bed, her against his right side where she always slept she spoke to him.
"Dominic?"
"Yes beautiful?"
"I want you tonight."
"Oh Torrie. Not like this please."
"Dominic I want you to show me what it is supposed to be like."
"But I though he did not get to do anything to you. I'll kill him if he did!"
"No he didn't but it was still so ugly you know. I know it will be beautiful between us and I need to know that tonight."
"You're right that it will be but Torrie I don't want our first time and your first time ever to be overshadowed by what almost happened. Trust me in this. We'll wait till we are both ready and it will be spectacular."
"Ok Dom if you think it would be best."
"I really think so." He kissed her goodnight and they both fell asleep.
She got a call that the car was done the next day. She went to claim it and after she endured the 20 questions from the body shop about why she was working on a car that was in his opinion beyond saving she got it towed home. Dom was at the garage so this was fine. He told her to take the day off and take it easy. She thought working on the car was a hobby so that counted as taking it easy in her book. She put the body panels on it. They had come in while the car was off getting straitened. A lot of the parts were in now and she was ready to get cracking at it. The panels went on fine and the car was ready to prime. She wanted to get the other work done first.
She could not duck out of racing or working in the DT garage on a daily basis either. Vince had more time to put into the project plus he was not so close to Dom every minute of every day. However Torrie did not want to let someone else do all the work so she was very selective in what she let Vince do without her. She continued to race and win. At the end of what they dubbed suspension week she was told by Dom to get ready to race that night. They took all the cars down that night. Dom in his Mazda, Vince in his Maxima, Jesse in his new and improved Jetta Dom and Leon had fixed for him, Leon in the Skyline, Brian in his Supra, Mia took her Integra surprisingly, and Torrie drove her Nissan down. They made quite a sight.
Vince raced and lost to someone in a black Honda who turned out to be one of the remaining Trans. Torrie raced and won, as did Leon. Torrie was aware of being watched but when she looked around she could never pick out who was watching her. There was a short, fit, dark woman beside a black eclipse that kept watching them though. Torrie did not think it was her that was staring. She was getting used to getting male attention at race nights. Well in her very low rise pants that were really Dom's and falling off her and a shear tank over a black bra she was getting lots of attention. Nothing new there. She wished Dom was here at her side not off talking to Hector. She was getting nervous, she could not shake the feeling she was being watched. She went to talk to Brian about it.
"Brian, someone is watching me. And they are not happy with me. I can feel the malice in the stare. Any ideas who it is by looking around?"
"No Torrie, no one here would want to hurt you. You are Dom's girl and besides that they all like you. Who would look at you like that?"
"I don't know Brian but I don't like it! Who is the woman with the black eclipse? I have never seen her around before."
"I see the car but not any woman, but the car is strange to me too."
"I caught her staring at me but she had dark glasses on. I wonder where she is."
"I dunno Torrie, we'll keep an eye on you don't worry about it. Dom will be around for you soon anyway."
Dom was due to race in a few minutes and she wanted to be at the finish when he won. She knew he would. This was the first race in her whole stay with Dom that she was not going with him. It was upsetting for her. She loved watching him race. She could not feel the staring anymore. She looked around and the woman was gone.
Of course Dom won the race. She walked up to him after and he kissed her. She had her arms around his neck and her legs around his waist. When they came up for air there was that woman staring at her again. She could feel the hate from the woman coming at her in waves but before she could get Dom to look the woman jumped in her car and took off. Torrie put it out of her mind and let Dom set her down. She shook her hair out and looked up at Dom.
"What's wrong Torrie?"
"Well it is kind of silly Dom but some woman keeps staring at me but whenever I go to get Brian or V to check her out she gets in her car moves out of view. She hates me and I can feel it. She was staring at us the whole time you were kissing me but when you set me down she took off like a bat out of hell."
"What does she drive?" It was just like Dom to think cars before people.
"She is driving a slammed black Eclipse. It is a hot car but I have never seen it around before tonight."
"No one drives a black Eclipse that I know of. What does she look like? Maybe she is someone's girl or something."
"Well she creeps me out. She is about 5'5". She is slim but very athletic and definitely dark, dark skin, eyes, clothes. She has shoulder length black hair. She is pretty really but she keeps staring at me like she wants to rip my hair out. I wanted to show one of you guys to see if you knew who she was. But it is like she does not want you guys to see her just me. I know I am a nut right."
"No you are not a nut. I don't want you to leave on your own at any time ok. Stay around me or Brian. Preferably me but if I have to leave you stay with Bri. It sounds like Letty and if she has it in her head that she wants me back she could be violent. I don't want you alone anywhere. Got it?" Dom shook her by the tops of the arms.
Torrie relived the whole situation as she told it to Dom in minute detail so he would not ask her any questions about it afterward cause she did not want to have to talk about it again. Dom took in the bruise and split lip while she told the tale and when she got to the point about what Ken had tried to do he tried to set her aside and get up but the guys would not let him. She finished telling her story.
"I'm gonna go kill him. There's nothing else to do." The guys were having a hard time holding him back from running to his car and making good on that threat. All four of them were holding him back and he was making progress on getting away. It was Torrie's small voice that stopped him.
"No Dom. We are going to let Brian deal with it and get him fired and charged. You are not going to beat him up over this Dom."
"Torrie he tried to, well we all know what he tried to do. I have to hit him. I am so mad I have to hit him.
"Dom I can't deal with this without you and you will go to jail. He is wealthy and has connections. If you assault him he will charge you and you will go back to jail. I don't think I can get through this without you."
"Oh god Torrie, I want to hurt him but if it is what you want I will let Brian deal with it then." He nodded at Brian and he took off for the station. Dom knew that he could not go back to jail. He would either have to go on the run or kill himself. He knew from his first experience he could not deal with jail and now it would be worse. Since he was so big he would be seen as a challenge to a lot of people, and he had so much more to miss now. The first time he was in was before Letty and Torrie. He only had Mia and Vince to miss the first time. Now he had a whole family who depended on him.
"That's what's best Dom. I want you to pound him but I don't want to work in this garage all alone." She smiled. "Either way he is out of my life. The bank will have to replace him now."
"Yes they will because I will make sure of it." Dom left her in the care of the other guys and went to the phone. Dom called them and told them point blank to replace him. The assured him that they had already done so when they got a call from the LAPD telling them he was being charged with assault. Dom left his office and went to the couch where Torrie was sitting and dropped to his knees in front of her. He brushed some stray hair off her face, tucking it behind her earl.
"So do you just want to go home baby girl?"
"No I want to stay here with you and work. No sense mopping around and dwelling on it. I will be better off if I jump back into my routine."
"If you're sure Torrie. If you want to just go home and relax we ca do that too.
"Nope, let's finish the Integra. We have races to go to tonight."
"No we don't, we can just stay home tonight."
"No, I want to go and watch you race. I enjoy it and find it relaxing. We are going Dominic and that is final."
"Ok ok we'll go to the races." He figured he would give in to her way in this. Whatever she wanted was the name of the game today.
They went and did well. Torrie was back to normal almost. She was still a bit subdued. They did not invite people over just the team went home. There had been cops that night and everyone arrived home at different times. Torrie and Dom arrived last and headed strait upstairs. Dom set her down by her door.
"Dom, I want to stay with you tonight. I don't want to be alone."
"I didn't want you to be but I wanted it to be your choice."
"I chose to stay with you Dominic. I need you."
He carried her to his room. She may as well just move in with him in his room anyway. She rarely spent time in her own bed anyway. She stayed with him nearly every night. When they were settled into bed, her against his right side where she always slept she spoke to him.
"Dominic?"
"Yes beautiful?"
"I want you tonight."
"Oh Torrie. Not like this please."
"Dominic I want you to show me what it is supposed to be like."
"But I though he did not get to do anything to you. I'll kill him if he did!"
"No he didn't but it was still so ugly you know. I know it will be beautiful between us and I need to know that tonight."
"You're right that it will be but Torrie I don't want our first time and your first time ever to be overshadowed by what almost happened. Trust me in this. We'll wait till we are both ready and it will be spectacular."
"Ok Dom if you think it would be best."
"I really think so." He kissed her goodnight and they both fell asleep.
She got a call that the car was done the next day. She went to claim it and after she endured the 20 questions from the body shop about why she was working on a car that was in his opinion beyond saving she got it towed home. Dom was at the garage so this was fine. He told her to take the day off and take it easy. She thought working on the car was a hobby so that counted as taking it easy in her book. She put the body panels on it. They had come in while the car was off getting straitened. A lot of the parts were in now and she was ready to get cracking at it. The panels went on fine and the car was ready to prime. She wanted to get the other work done first.
She could not duck out of racing or working in the DT garage on a daily basis either. Vince had more time to put into the project plus he was not so close to Dom every minute of every day. However Torrie did not want to let someone else do all the work so she was very selective in what she let Vince do without her. She continued to race and win. At the end of what they dubbed suspension week she was told by Dom to get ready to race that night. They took all the cars down that night. Dom in his Mazda, Vince in his Maxima, Jesse in his new and improved Jetta Dom and Leon had fixed for him, Leon in the Skyline, Brian in his Supra, Mia took her Integra surprisingly, and Torrie drove her Nissan down. They made quite a sight.
Vince raced and lost to someone in a black Honda who turned out to be one of the remaining Trans. Torrie raced and won, as did Leon. Torrie was aware of being watched but when she looked around she could never pick out who was watching her. There was a short, fit, dark woman beside a black eclipse that kept watching them though. Torrie did not think it was her that was staring. She was getting used to getting male attention at race nights. Well in her very low rise pants that were really Dom's and falling off her and a shear tank over a black bra she was getting lots of attention. Nothing new there. She wished Dom was here at her side not off talking to Hector. She was getting nervous, she could not shake the feeling she was being watched. She went to talk to Brian about it.
"Brian, someone is watching me. And they are not happy with me. I can feel the malice in the stare. Any ideas who it is by looking around?"
"No Torrie, no one here would want to hurt you. You are Dom's girl and besides that they all like you. Who would look at you like that?"
"I don't know Brian but I don't like it! Who is the woman with the black eclipse? I have never seen her around before."
"I see the car but not any woman, but the car is strange to me too."
"I caught her staring at me but she had dark glasses on. I wonder where she is."
"I dunno Torrie, we'll keep an eye on you don't worry about it. Dom will be around for you soon anyway."
Dom was due to race in a few minutes and she wanted to be at the finish when he won. She knew he would. This was the first race in her whole stay with Dom that she was not going with him. It was upsetting for her. She loved watching him race. She could not feel the staring anymore. She looked around and the woman was gone.
Of course Dom won the race. She walked up to him after and he kissed her. She had her arms around his neck and her legs around his waist. When they came up for air there was that woman staring at her again. She could feel the hate from the woman coming at her in waves but before she could get Dom to look the woman jumped in her car and took off. Torrie put it out of her mind and let Dom set her down. She shook her hair out and looked up at Dom.
"What's wrong Torrie?"
"Well it is kind of silly Dom but some woman keeps staring at me but whenever I go to get Brian or V to check her out she gets in her car moves out of view. She hates me and I can feel it. She was staring at us the whole time you were kissing me but when you set me down she took off like a bat out of hell."
"What does she drive?" It was just like Dom to think cars before people.
"She is driving a slammed black Eclipse. It is a hot car but I have never seen it around before tonight."
"No one drives a black Eclipse that I know of. What does she look like? Maybe she is someone's girl or something."
"Well she creeps me out. She is about 5'5". She is slim but very athletic and definitely dark, dark skin, eyes, clothes. She has shoulder length black hair. She is pretty really but she keeps staring at me like she wants to rip my hair out. I wanted to show one of you guys to see if you knew who she was. But it is like she does not want you guys to see her just me. I know I am a nut right."
"No you are not a nut. I don't want you to leave on your own at any time ok. Stay around me or Brian. Preferably me but if I have to leave you stay with Bri. It sounds like Letty and if she has it in her head that she wants me back she could be violent. I don't want you alone anywhere. Got it?" Dom shook her by the tops of the arms.