Chapter 22 - Almost ready.
"Jesus Dom, should I be scared of her. Will she fight me over you? I thought she left you for crying out loud."
"She did but she likely thought I would just fuck around with the racer chasers for awhile then want her back. That's how it went in the past. I don't know what she will do when she finds out that you and I are involved. Hell it might not be her even but I don't want to take any chances till I know if it is her and if it is what she wants. I wonder what she did with the Nissan if it is her."
"Well if she tries to fight me for you she is in for a surprise. I will not take any threats lying down!"
"Torrie Letty is street. She had a rough childhood and a rough time in school. She learned how to street fight young and I don't want you fucking with her. Got it?"
"I get you Dom but I am not as weak as I look. I can fight Dom. I can take care of myself but this woman just creeps me out."
"I would still rather you did not go off on your own till we figure out who this is ok?"
"Sure Dom but find out soon cause I refuse to live my life looking over my shoulder."
"If it's her she'll let me know she's back."
Dom got all the others together that night and read the riot act. No one was to let Torrie go off on her own till it could be confirmed if the mystery lady was Letty or not. The guys did not think that Letty would do anything to Torrie and since they had missed her they hoped it was Letty. Brian on the other hand was worried just because Torrie was very perceptive and if she thought this woman had it in for her she likely did. Brian had not really gotten to know Letty before she took off so he had no idea what she was capable of. But she was one tough chick.
Torrie put it out of her mind by the next day. If the woman tried to fight her then Torrie would oblige her. She was good and was not scared of this Letty girl but she was worried about whether her relationship with Dom was strong enough to survive if it was Letty. What if Dom went back to the other girl? That won't happen she told herself and headed out to put a few hours into the charger. The next step in the charger project was to finish the suspension. She and Vince put it on the car together. That went off without a hitch, but still took awhile to do. They then got started on that monster engine. This was going to take forever, the engine was wrecked and would have to be taken out of the car and completely stripped down and rebuilt from scratch. They got to work on it. By the time the final hose was in place and the last wire was connected the engine rebuilt took them one month to the day. She spent more time on it then she had wanted to and really more then she should have but she wanted it done. It was almost there. Just the glass and paint and it was all set.
They put the glass in and then Torrie masked it off and painted it. She sanded and primed and sanded and primed then sanded some more. It took forever but when she was done the paint was a deep glossy black again and you could count the hairs at your scalp in the reflection. Black paint was so damn hard to get perfect and this car had to be perfect. There were over 500 hours in the paintjob when she was done and it took her a month of steady work. And at every race night in that time she saw the dark woman and she felt creeped out. But she could never get a chance to point her out to any of the team. She could feel the hate from this woman and it scared her while making her long to fight her. Torrie just wanted it over and done with. If the girl wanted Dom then let her come and claim him.
The car was finally done and Dom's birthday was just two days away. She knew he was suspicious of what was taking up so much of her time but she thought she was home free. He seemed to believe her story that the store was taking up more of her time then it had in the past because of training the new manager and she hoped to have it all caught up and back to normal soon. It was so close now that she figured that all would be forgiven when he saw the car.
Two days before his birthday her and Vince both stayed home from the garage and took the charger on a test run. Dom didn't keep tabs on Vince so that was no big deal for V. Vince did his own thing. If he wanted to work with Dom that day he did. Everyone figured he had something else going on the side. Torrie on the other hand was supposed to go to the garage that day. She and Dom had a fight over her missing more time and she was going to give in and go with him to work when he told her to forget it and go the hell to the store if that is what she wanted. So her and V to the charger to the track as planned. The thing ran like a beast. But it ran like new as well. Everything worked perfect and Vince assured her it looked just like it did before anything happened to it.
She took it to the track and posted a decent but careful quarter mile. She was happy with the project and thought since it was only two days till the big day she was in the clear. They put the car away and spent the rest of the day with Dom working on customer's cars. She took off on them at supper and went to hang with Mia in the diner. They talked and made plans for the party they were throwing Dom. It was going to be quite the bash. Everyone who was anyone in the race scene had been invited. Torrie planned on going shopping that night for a new outfit. Mia told her Dom had given them instructions not to let her go anywhere on her own.
"Well that's fine you'll just have to come with me then Mia."
"Sure sounds like fun."
"I think this whole thing is funny. I can fight with the best of them. I have beaten guys three times my size in competition."
"What do you mean competition?"
"I kick box and I am good at it. I am not scared of Letty. No matter how much street fighting she has done. I am scared of what will happen to me if Dom decides to go back to her but I am not scared of fighting Letty."
"Dom will not leave you to go back to Letty."
"How do you know that Mia? They were a couple for years and they do this all the time. My dad told me. They are always breaking up and getting back together after they have time to calm down. If she wants him back how do I know he won't want her back?"
"Because he told me he was done with her that's why. I mean he misses her and all but he does not want to date her. He wants to date you so you are in the clear there. Let might have changed her mind but Dom does not want her back."
"I hope not but I still don't know what will happen if he changes his mind."
"No need to think about it cause it won't happen."
"If you say so Mia. When do you close this joint up. I wanna do so shopping girl!"
They headed down to the mall and Torrie bought a dress to wear at the party. Mia thought it was shameful. Torrie thought Dom would not want to let her stay downstairs in front of other guys wearing it. It was red and short and strapless. The material was shear but lined in a flesh toned fabric. You could see her bra and panties through it though.
"I can't believe you are going to wear that in public."
"Why not?"
"Cause I can see through it!"
"Not really and I will have underwear on you know."
"Underwear is not meant to be seen but yours is always hanging out of your pants. Now you buy a dress that will show it all off."
"Well if you got it flaunt it right?"
"Ok but I would not be caught dead wearing that outside the bedroom."
"And Dom will likely want to send me back to mine when he sees me in it but unwrapping me can be his other birthday gift."
"That is an over share. We are talking about my brother here."
"I know but still you have to know what goes on."
"Stop it now. I might have ideas but I don't need them confirmed." Mia laughed.
They headed for home. Dom met them at the door.
"Where the fuck was you two? No one knew where you took off to."
"Shopping Dom, no big deal."
"Torrie I told you not to go anywhere alone. And you took off to go to the mall!"
"I was not alone I took Mia. So chill. What's for supper? I'm starving!"
"Mia does not count in this case Torrie. I want you to have me or one of the guys with you at all times. And supper is steak."
"Yummy. I can take care of myself Dom. I told you that. Let me put my stuff away and I will be right down to eat. And what kind of welcome home is this anyway?"
"Go put your stuff away." He kissed her nose and sent her upstairs to get ready for supper.
"Jesus Dom, should I be scared of her. Will she fight me over you? I thought she left you for crying out loud."
"She did but she likely thought I would just fuck around with the racer chasers for awhile then want her back. That's how it went in the past. I don't know what she will do when she finds out that you and I are involved. Hell it might not be her even but I don't want to take any chances till I know if it is her and if it is what she wants. I wonder what she did with the Nissan if it is her."
"Well if she tries to fight me for you she is in for a surprise. I will not take any threats lying down!"
"Torrie Letty is street. She had a rough childhood and a rough time in school. She learned how to street fight young and I don't want you fucking with her. Got it?"
"I get you Dom but I am not as weak as I look. I can fight Dom. I can take care of myself but this woman just creeps me out."
"I would still rather you did not go off on your own till we figure out who this is ok?"
"Sure Dom but find out soon cause I refuse to live my life looking over my shoulder."
"If it's her she'll let me know she's back."
Dom got all the others together that night and read the riot act. No one was to let Torrie go off on her own till it could be confirmed if the mystery lady was Letty or not. The guys did not think that Letty would do anything to Torrie and since they had missed her they hoped it was Letty. Brian on the other hand was worried just because Torrie was very perceptive and if she thought this woman had it in for her she likely did. Brian had not really gotten to know Letty before she took off so he had no idea what she was capable of. But she was one tough chick.
Torrie put it out of her mind by the next day. If the woman tried to fight her then Torrie would oblige her. She was good and was not scared of this Letty girl but she was worried about whether her relationship with Dom was strong enough to survive if it was Letty. What if Dom went back to the other girl? That won't happen she told herself and headed out to put a few hours into the charger. The next step in the charger project was to finish the suspension. She and Vince put it on the car together. That went off without a hitch, but still took awhile to do. They then got started on that monster engine. This was going to take forever, the engine was wrecked and would have to be taken out of the car and completely stripped down and rebuilt from scratch. They got to work on it. By the time the final hose was in place and the last wire was connected the engine rebuilt took them one month to the day. She spent more time on it then she had wanted to and really more then she should have but she wanted it done. It was almost there. Just the glass and paint and it was all set.
They put the glass in and then Torrie masked it off and painted it. She sanded and primed and sanded and primed then sanded some more. It took forever but when she was done the paint was a deep glossy black again and you could count the hairs at your scalp in the reflection. Black paint was so damn hard to get perfect and this car had to be perfect. There were over 500 hours in the paintjob when she was done and it took her a month of steady work. And at every race night in that time she saw the dark woman and she felt creeped out. But she could never get a chance to point her out to any of the team. She could feel the hate from this woman and it scared her while making her long to fight her. Torrie just wanted it over and done with. If the girl wanted Dom then let her come and claim him.
The car was finally done and Dom's birthday was just two days away. She knew he was suspicious of what was taking up so much of her time but she thought she was home free. He seemed to believe her story that the store was taking up more of her time then it had in the past because of training the new manager and she hoped to have it all caught up and back to normal soon. It was so close now that she figured that all would be forgiven when he saw the car.
Two days before his birthday her and Vince both stayed home from the garage and took the charger on a test run. Dom didn't keep tabs on Vince so that was no big deal for V. Vince did his own thing. If he wanted to work with Dom that day he did. Everyone figured he had something else going on the side. Torrie on the other hand was supposed to go to the garage that day. She and Dom had a fight over her missing more time and she was going to give in and go with him to work when he told her to forget it and go the hell to the store if that is what she wanted. So her and V to the charger to the track as planned. The thing ran like a beast. But it ran like new as well. Everything worked perfect and Vince assured her it looked just like it did before anything happened to it.
She took it to the track and posted a decent but careful quarter mile. She was happy with the project and thought since it was only two days till the big day she was in the clear. They put the car away and spent the rest of the day with Dom working on customer's cars. She took off on them at supper and went to hang with Mia in the diner. They talked and made plans for the party they were throwing Dom. It was going to be quite the bash. Everyone who was anyone in the race scene had been invited. Torrie planned on going shopping that night for a new outfit. Mia told her Dom had given them instructions not to let her go anywhere on her own.
"Well that's fine you'll just have to come with me then Mia."
"Sure sounds like fun."
"I think this whole thing is funny. I can fight with the best of them. I have beaten guys three times my size in competition."
"What do you mean competition?"
"I kick box and I am good at it. I am not scared of Letty. No matter how much street fighting she has done. I am scared of what will happen to me if Dom decides to go back to her but I am not scared of fighting Letty."
"Dom will not leave you to go back to Letty."
"How do you know that Mia? They were a couple for years and they do this all the time. My dad told me. They are always breaking up and getting back together after they have time to calm down. If she wants him back how do I know he won't want her back?"
"Because he told me he was done with her that's why. I mean he misses her and all but he does not want to date her. He wants to date you so you are in the clear there. Let might have changed her mind but Dom does not want her back."
"I hope not but I still don't know what will happen if he changes his mind."
"No need to think about it cause it won't happen."
"If you say so Mia. When do you close this joint up. I wanna do so shopping girl!"
They headed down to the mall and Torrie bought a dress to wear at the party. Mia thought it was shameful. Torrie thought Dom would not want to let her stay downstairs in front of other guys wearing it. It was red and short and strapless. The material was shear but lined in a flesh toned fabric. You could see her bra and panties through it though.
"I can't believe you are going to wear that in public."
"Why not?"
"Cause I can see through it!"
"Not really and I will have underwear on you know."
"Underwear is not meant to be seen but yours is always hanging out of your pants. Now you buy a dress that will show it all off."
"Well if you got it flaunt it right?"
"Ok but I would not be caught dead wearing that outside the bedroom."
"And Dom will likely want to send me back to mine when he sees me in it but unwrapping me can be his other birthday gift."
"That is an over share. We are talking about my brother here."
"I know but still you have to know what goes on."
"Stop it now. I might have ideas but I don't need them confirmed." Mia laughed.
They headed for home. Dom met them at the door.
"Where the fuck was you two? No one knew where you took off to."
"Shopping Dom, no big deal."
"Torrie I told you not to go anywhere alone. And you took off to go to the mall!"
"I was not alone I took Mia. So chill. What's for supper? I'm starving!"
"Mia does not count in this case Torrie. I want you to have me or one of the guys with you at all times. And supper is steak."
"Yummy. I can take care of myself Dom. I told you that. Let me put my stuff away and I will be right down to eat. And what kind of welcome home is this anyway?"
"Go put your stuff away." He kissed her nose and sent her upstairs to get ready for supper.