Chapter 23 Trouble in Paradise
The day before his birthday came. She thought Dom seemed distant to her that day at the garage. She came up behind him and hugged him around his waist and he undid her arms and pushed her away. He would normally have turned around and kissed her on the nose or mouth or well if no one was around things might go from there. But not today it seemed.
"What's wrong Dom?"
"Nothing Torrie I'm just busy is all. I've got a lot to get done." Dom grumbled.
"Too busy to give me a hug? Takes two seconds Dom so what's really up with you?"
"Nothing. I just don't want a hug right now. I am not in the mood to be touched so just go away and leave me alone ok?" Dom shouted at her. Vince, Leon and Jesse looked at them as Torrie just stood there in front of him in shock. She was obviously upset and showed no signs of moving out of his way like he asked her to do. She couldn't believe it, Dom had never even in his angriest moments yelled at her like that. He always treated her like glass, like she was delicate. Even thought she was as big a grease monkey as any of the guys he always treated her like a lady. But he had just rejected her in front of all the guys. Her bottom lip started to quiver and her eyes welled up. Dom shoved past her and he had pushed her hard enough that she fell down. She landed on her butt at least but she had the wind knocked out of her. Dom kept walking and slammed the office door shut.
She just sat there and just started to sob. Vince came over and picked her up. "God Torrie, stop crying please. I can't take it. I am going to go kill Dom for this. So help me. I can't believe he talked to you like that. But you know it's just stress and he'll apologise I know he will. He use to take moods with Letty like this he'll get over it." Vince realized he was babbling. He rubbed her back in a soothing motion and shushed her. She was sobbing into his shirt and she had two big fistfuls of his shirt, he was now all wet. He did not know what Dom had been thinking but Torrie was not Letty. She could not take the angry Dom act and come back for more.
"V, I don't know what I did. He shoved me and yelled at me and I don't know what I did. I know that woman is Letty and he is going to go back to her. I know he is and it's all my fault for putting all my time into that stupid car." This was accompanied by a fresh river of tears and sobs. Vince felt so helpless. He set her down on the couch beside Jesse, who had no idea what to do, and sat down on her other side.
"Torrie this isn't your fault. He's not going to leave you and it's not about the time you have been away from him. He is just in a black mood and he doesn't know how to deal without taking it out on someone else. He hasn't had many of these moods since you got here so you have never had to deal with it. We're all use to it. It'll be fine Torr, you'll see." She just looked at Vince like she knew it was not a simple mood, she knew it was more then that. "Leon, come here a minute man." Leon walked over to where Vince was pacing. "Take care of her for me man. I'm going to try to knock some sense into that thick skull of Dom's."
"No Vince man, don't get involved Dawg. You know Dom. He is going to feel like crap any minute and come get her. Then they will go do their thing and everything will be fine."
"No he ain't coming Leon or he would have come by now. Never took him this long to come for Let and she didn't cry. He watched her sob and walked away. I'm going to make him pay Leon. She is like a little sister to me and we all know what he would do to anyone who made Mia cry like that."
"Your right about that Dawg but I just don't know if getting involved is a great idea."
Torrie had snuck up on them to hear the last of what Vince had said.
"Vince no, it's my fault. Dom has never treated me like that before so it's something I did. I have been spending too much time on the surprise and he is suspicious of me or something. That's not his fault it's mine."
"No Torrie it's not and he had no right to treat you like that in front of us with no explanation. I am going to see what he was thinking." With that Vince stalked off to find Dom.
Leon sat Torrie down and sat with her. She was just like a little sister to them. Just like Mia. He pulled her against his side and held her while she sobbed her little heart out. He hoped Vince did teach Dom a lesson but none of them could ever fight Dom and win. They had tried before over different things.
Vince found him in the office.
"What the Fuck Dom? Do you know how my shirt got this wet man? You made Torrie cry. She is in the garage with Leon right now and that makes 20 minutes straight she has been bawling her head off over you and how you treated her. And blaming herself none the less for your bad mood."
"Well Vince maybe you should have stayed with her then, and offered her some comfort." Dom sneered at Vince.
"I tried man but she wants to know why the man she cares for told her off and shoved her down when she tried to show you some affection. She does that every day and this is the first time you ever treated her like that. You can't hand out shit to her like you did to Let man, she can't take it. She is not strong like Let. And thank god she is not. You know what Let went through at home that made her that way. What are you thinking? It was just over a month ago that she was well. you know what almost happened to her. Could you not go easy on her? She doesn't get off on the fighting like Letty did. We can all tell."
"Well I guess since he has been giving me her affection so little lately I have forgotten what to do with it."
"What are you talking about man, she is always here with you and she stays in your room every night. We all see her immerge in the morning. What is she doing there if not showing her affection Dom? If you don't go tell her you're sorry I'm out of here. I can't take it. I care for both of you and I will not watch you tear the girl apart in front of my eyes. But she won't leave you so I will just save my breath."
"Well she might leave with you, after all when she is missing most of the time so are you."
"What are you implying man?"
"Nothing just leave me alone Vince."
"No way man. We have been down for each other since third grade Dom. I think you are implying that I have been seeing Torrie behind your back."
"Well like I said. When I can't find her I can't find you either."
"That's it Dom I've had it. That girl is like a sister to me. I love her the way you love Mia. And I still only want Mia the way you are implying I want Torrie."
"Just go Vince and mind your own business."
"So you are not going to tell her you are sorry then?"
"No Vince go tell her whatever you want but I am not telling her anything." Vince took a swing at Dom. They fought for about 5 minutes and Dom got a black eye for his trouble. He was so upset he was not thinking clearly and Vince caught him in the head with a left hook. Dom could feel his eye swell up. He swung at Vince but missed. Vince looked at Dom with distain and the left. Leon looked at him expectantly.
"He was in no mood to talk. You know how he gets. Come on Torrie I'll take you home and you can take a nap. You'll feel better and Dom will come to his senses and tell you he is sorry at supper just see if he doesn't." She allowed herself to be lead back to the house without a word. As she lay in her bed trying to take that nap she thought about the whole situation.
And she got angry. And then she got livid. And then she decided to get even. What was wrong with her. This was not her. This lie down and take it, it must be your fault shit was not her. If this was what it was like to have a boyfriend then she would stick with cars. She thought about it. She had been tried and convicted by Dom and rather then talk about it or question her he just assumed the worst and treated her like crap. Well she was not going to have her first lover be that fickle she did not need the heartache. She knew what he thought even without him telling her. She was going to give him the car then leave. She did not need to take this. She got ready for supper and took careful pains with her appearance. She put on skin tight black hipster pants and a red tube top. She put on her boots with the 4 inch heal and did her makeup. Blood red lipstick and black eyeliner. Black eye shadow and two coats of black mascara. She had the stereo blaring in the room while she got ready. Another favorite of hers, Unfoolish, a remix of Foolish by Ashanti. She had always thought the woman in foolish was foolish for running back to the guy all them time. She thought the part that went
I think about my strength
to finally get up and leave
No more broken heart for me
No more tellin'
your lies to me
I'm lookin' like I got my head on right, so
now I see
No more givin' you everything
There's no more takin' my love from me.
About summed her situation up. She finally saw things for how they were. Dom was way messed up and she was not going to be the girl to straiten him out. She really didn't know how. She was finally ready. She perversely left her hair down long and everywhere because she knew he liked it like that and she headed downstairs. She made her hair look tosseled like she had just come from doing more then sleeping in her bed. If he thought she was sleeping with Vince then why not. Maybe she would go out with Lex tonight and pick up a couple guys and just lose it to them. Dom thought she was some sort of slut already. She was going to be strong. She would not let him know that he had hurt her.
They sat down to eat and it was the quietest meal she had ever experienced at the Torreto house. You could not normally shut them up at supper. But everyone had heard about 'What Dom Did' and was waiting for the shit to hit the fan. Either Torrie was going to flip out or Dom was, take your pick. Torrie tried to be sweet and happy to everyone to spite him but she was having a hard time with it. But she was doing a good job outwardly. Dom looked at her sitting there looking like a beautiful pale goddess and was so angry by the thought of her with Vince he spoke without thinking.
"Torrie who are you seeing behind my back?" He dropped this little bombshell in front of the whole team at supper, she could not believe it. She had sort of seen it coming after the event in the garage of course but how dare he say it here. Dom could not believe he had just said that in front of everyone. Of course Vince had also gotten the preview of this argument.
"Who are you screwing that gave you the black eye Dominic. She must be quite a tiger. Cause it sure as hell ain't me you are giving it to." See if he liked having his own accusations thrown back at him. A collective gasp went up around the table. No one talked to Dom like that and everyone just assumed they were sleeping together in every sense of the word.
"No one. Your boyfriend Vince gave me this black eye."
"I'm not seeing anyone else let alone V of all people, Dominic what the hell are you talking about?"
"You sneak off every chance you get and no one knows where you go. I asked the whole team. They all say that they notice you going but they have no idea where or what you do. Why have you never told anyone what you are doing if you are not sneaking? And why is Vince always missing in action at the same time. I know you two had a thing going when you first came here. Are you seeing Vince?"
"No I am not seeing Vince. That's like asking me if I am sleeping with my brother. Cause we were working on a surprise for you and I did not trust that the others would be able to keep it from you if you asked. Brian knew but he knew how important the surprise was to me so he would not have said anything. No I am not seeing Vince. Vince and I are just friends. I can't believe you would think this of me." Yep give him the car and leave. She did not think she could stay with him now. She could not believe how angry she was and how much this hurt. She had not thought anything would hurt worse then losing her parents but she was wrong. This was infinitely worse since now she truly had no one. Even Vince would forgive Dom in the long run. But she would be long gone and out of their lives. She tried to stay strong.
"Well what is this surprise that took you months to work on?" He could see she was tearing up but he thought it was cause he caught her not cause she was hurt by his accusations. He did not believe there would be a surprise. He thought she was seeing Vince. He could not believe it. He was so mad. She was crying now. He could tell she had tried to be strong and not cry. She was not sobbing this time the tears just trickled down her cheek. A muscle was ticking in Vince's. Dom was scared that Vince was going to hit him again. He was starting to get worried. Everyone was looking at him with anger. He could not blame them because he had handled this very badly but he was not going to admit to it. He was very afraid he had made a big mistake here.
She had tried to be strong and not cry but man to say this stuff in front of the whole team was too much. Vince was ready to get in a fight with him. Again. He was red and angry. She thought based on the look on Leon's face he would have V's back in that fight. She wanted to diffuse the situation and leave without a fuss. It was time. She should have known she was not the kind of woman that could keep Dom happy. But this on top of the fact that she had almost been assaulted just over a month ago was a little much to take.
"Dom I want to see you in the kitchen now." For the first time ever they were seeing a livid Torrie. That would be easier to deal with then a livid crying Torrie but that is what they had. Dom followed her out of the room into the kitchen.
"You had to say that in front of the whole fucking Team Dom. Was this not something you could have asked me in private. Like any night or morning considering I sleep with you every night."
"It just makes no sense Torrie. What could you have been working on for a whole month? And for Vince to always be gone at the same time. It just makes no sense. I am not stupid Torrie. I know what is going on."
"Really? Vince is like a brother to me. I can not even imagine doing the things we have done with Vince. With anyone but you for that matter especially not while we were together but you think I am some sort of slut." She decided to try to hurt him like he had hurt her.
Dom did not look convinced. He was not sure what to believe. Did not want to believe her at this point because it would mean he was so wrong he did not know how they would recover from it. He knew that he will have broken her heart if there really turned out to be a fabulous surprise.
"Dom I thought that the most painful thing I would ever go through had already happened to me and was behind me. I thought that burying my dad was the worst thing I would ever have to live through. But you being this close to me and still thinking I am some sort of slut is ten times worse." Dom had the grace to look ashamed and like he was starting to doubt himself. "Ok that's it Dom. I'm out of here. I can't believe what an ass you are. See ya around." She left the kitchen and headed up the stairs. Dom followed her up and watched as she hauled out her suitcase and started throwing stuff in it.
"Where are you going?"
"Away, Dom. I'm leaving. I don't care if I owe you shit; I'm taking my fucking car too. I can't take this shit anymore. You are heartless and cruel and I hate you. If this is typical Dom it is no fucking wonder Letty left you. I'm leaving too, you must be getting use to it." Dom almost hit her for that. Only the fact that he could not stand men who hit women made him hold back. She could feel the anger and knew how close he came to hauling off and slapping her just then.
"That's real nice Torrie. And why are you running if you did nothing wrong?"
"Cause you as much as called me a slut in front of everyone. Forgive me if that doesn't make me want to hug and kiss you. I love Vince alright. Like a brother, like I love my cousins. Not like I felt for you. But oh well you wanted to make a scene rather then believe me so like I said before Go to hell Dominic Torreto. Take your garage and car and shine it up real nice and shove it sideways up your ass. I hate you." She was crying but the tears just sort of leaked out, not the broken sobs of before.
"Well if you really were working on something special what was it?"
"None of your business. I don't care to tell you anymore. It is totally ruined and I don't think you deserve to know. So you can just go on telling yourself that I made the whole thing up. I don't care."
"Tell me or I will go beat it out of Brian or Vince."
"No you won't, for crying out loud Dom, ya you are real good at fighting Vince. You're the one with the black eye not Vince. Plus you are not going to beat on your friends over something you don't even believe exists."
"Yes I will. If you leave that means you have been sleeping with Vince and I will beat it out of him I swear."
"You know what Dom. I will show you. Cause it is only going to make you look like a big stupid fool. Like more of an ass then you look already. And once I show everyone what you did I will leave and never look back."
The day before his birthday came. She thought Dom seemed distant to her that day at the garage. She came up behind him and hugged him around his waist and he undid her arms and pushed her away. He would normally have turned around and kissed her on the nose or mouth or well if no one was around things might go from there. But not today it seemed.
"What's wrong Dom?"
"Nothing Torrie I'm just busy is all. I've got a lot to get done." Dom grumbled.
"Too busy to give me a hug? Takes two seconds Dom so what's really up with you?"
"Nothing. I just don't want a hug right now. I am not in the mood to be touched so just go away and leave me alone ok?" Dom shouted at her. Vince, Leon and Jesse looked at them as Torrie just stood there in front of him in shock. She was obviously upset and showed no signs of moving out of his way like he asked her to do. She couldn't believe it, Dom had never even in his angriest moments yelled at her like that. He always treated her like glass, like she was delicate. Even thought she was as big a grease monkey as any of the guys he always treated her like a lady. But he had just rejected her in front of all the guys. Her bottom lip started to quiver and her eyes welled up. Dom shoved past her and he had pushed her hard enough that she fell down. She landed on her butt at least but she had the wind knocked out of her. Dom kept walking and slammed the office door shut.
She just sat there and just started to sob. Vince came over and picked her up. "God Torrie, stop crying please. I can't take it. I am going to go kill Dom for this. So help me. I can't believe he talked to you like that. But you know it's just stress and he'll apologise I know he will. He use to take moods with Letty like this he'll get over it." Vince realized he was babbling. He rubbed her back in a soothing motion and shushed her. She was sobbing into his shirt and she had two big fistfuls of his shirt, he was now all wet. He did not know what Dom had been thinking but Torrie was not Letty. She could not take the angry Dom act and come back for more.
"V, I don't know what I did. He shoved me and yelled at me and I don't know what I did. I know that woman is Letty and he is going to go back to her. I know he is and it's all my fault for putting all my time into that stupid car." This was accompanied by a fresh river of tears and sobs. Vince felt so helpless. He set her down on the couch beside Jesse, who had no idea what to do, and sat down on her other side.
"Torrie this isn't your fault. He's not going to leave you and it's not about the time you have been away from him. He is just in a black mood and he doesn't know how to deal without taking it out on someone else. He hasn't had many of these moods since you got here so you have never had to deal with it. We're all use to it. It'll be fine Torr, you'll see." She just looked at Vince like she knew it was not a simple mood, she knew it was more then that. "Leon, come here a minute man." Leon walked over to where Vince was pacing. "Take care of her for me man. I'm going to try to knock some sense into that thick skull of Dom's."
"No Vince man, don't get involved Dawg. You know Dom. He is going to feel like crap any minute and come get her. Then they will go do their thing and everything will be fine."
"No he ain't coming Leon or he would have come by now. Never took him this long to come for Let and she didn't cry. He watched her sob and walked away. I'm going to make him pay Leon. She is like a little sister to me and we all know what he would do to anyone who made Mia cry like that."
"Your right about that Dawg but I just don't know if getting involved is a great idea."
Torrie had snuck up on them to hear the last of what Vince had said.
"Vince no, it's my fault. Dom has never treated me like that before so it's something I did. I have been spending too much time on the surprise and he is suspicious of me or something. That's not his fault it's mine."
"No Torrie it's not and he had no right to treat you like that in front of us with no explanation. I am going to see what he was thinking." With that Vince stalked off to find Dom.
Leon sat Torrie down and sat with her. She was just like a little sister to them. Just like Mia. He pulled her against his side and held her while she sobbed her little heart out. He hoped Vince did teach Dom a lesson but none of them could ever fight Dom and win. They had tried before over different things.
Vince found him in the office.
"What the Fuck Dom? Do you know how my shirt got this wet man? You made Torrie cry. She is in the garage with Leon right now and that makes 20 minutes straight she has been bawling her head off over you and how you treated her. And blaming herself none the less for your bad mood."
"Well Vince maybe you should have stayed with her then, and offered her some comfort." Dom sneered at Vince.
"I tried man but she wants to know why the man she cares for told her off and shoved her down when she tried to show you some affection. She does that every day and this is the first time you ever treated her like that. You can't hand out shit to her like you did to Let man, she can't take it. She is not strong like Let. And thank god she is not. You know what Let went through at home that made her that way. What are you thinking? It was just over a month ago that she was well. you know what almost happened to her. Could you not go easy on her? She doesn't get off on the fighting like Letty did. We can all tell."
"Well I guess since he has been giving me her affection so little lately I have forgotten what to do with it."
"What are you talking about man, she is always here with you and she stays in your room every night. We all see her immerge in the morning. What is she doing there if not showing her affection Dom? If you don't go tell her you're sorry I'm out of here. I can't take it. I care for both of you and I will not watch you tear the girl apart in front of my eyes. But she won't leave you so I will just save my breath."
"Well she might leave with you, after all when she is missing most of the time so are you."
"What are you implying man?"
"Nothing just leave me alone Vince."
"No way man. We have been down for each other since third grade Dom. I think you are implying that I have been seeing Torrie behind your back."
"Well like I said. When I can't find her I can't find you either."
"That's it Dom I've had it. That girl is like a sister to me. I love her the way you love Mia. And I still only want Mia the way you are implying I want Torrie."
"Just go Vince and mind your own business."
"So you are not going to tell her you are sorry then?"
"No Vince go tell her whatever you want but I am not telling her anything." Vince took a swing at Dom. They fought for about 5 minutes and Dom got a black eye for his trouble. He was so upset he was not thinking clearly and Vince caught him in the head with a left hook. Dom could feel his eye swell up. He swung at Vince but missed. Vince looked at Dom with distain and the left. Leon looked at him expectantly.
"He was in no mood to talk. You know how he gets. Come on Torrie I'll take you home and you can take a nap. You'll feel better and Dom will come to his senses and tell you he is sorry at supper just see if he doesn't." She allowed herself to be lead back to the house without a word. As she lay in her bed trying to take that nap she thought about the whole situation.
And she got angry. And then she got livid. And then she decided to get even. What was wrong with her. This was not her. This lie down and take it, it must be your fault shit was not her. If this was what it was like to have a boyfriend then she would stick with cars. She thought about it. She had been tried and convicted by Dom and rather then talk about it or question her he just assumed the worst and treated her like crap. Well she was not going to have her first lover be that fickle she did not need the heartache. She knew what he thought even without him telling her. She was going to give him the car then leave. She did not need to take this. She got ready for supper and took careful pains with her appearance. She put on skin tight black hipster pants and a red tube top. She put on her boots with the 4 inch heal and did her makeup. Blood red lipstick and black eyeliner. Black eye shadow and two coats of black mascara. She had the stereo blaring in the room while she got ready. Another favorite of hers, Unfoolish, a remix of Foolish by Ashanti. She had always thought the woman in foolish was foolish for running back to the guy all them time. She thought the part that went
I think about my strength
to finally get up and leave
No more broken heart for me
No more tellin'
your lies to me
I'm lookin' like I got my head on right, so
now I see
No more givin' you everything
There's no more takin' my love from me.
About summed her situation up. She finally saw things for how they were. Dom was way messed up and she was not going to be the girl to straiten him out. She really didn't know how. She was finally ready. She perversely left her hair down long and everywhere because she knew he liked it like that and she headed downstairs. She made her hair look tosseled like she had just come from doing more then sleeping in her bed. If he thought she was sleeping with Vince then why not. Maybe she would go out with Lex tonight and pick up a couple guys and just lose it to them. Dom thought she was some sort of slut already. She was going to be strong. She would not let him know that he had hurt her.
They sat down to eat and it was the quietest meal she had ever experienced at the Torreto house. You could not normally shut them up at supper. But everyone had heard about 'What Dom Did' and was waiting for the shit to hit the fan. Either Torrie was going to flip out or Dom was, take your pick. Torrie tried to be sweet and happy to everyone to spite him but she was having a hard time with it. But she was doing a good job outwardly. Dom looked at her sitting there looking like a beautiful pale goddess and was so angry by the thought of her with Vince he spoke without thinking.
"Torrie who are you seeing behind my back?" He dropped this little bombshell in front of the whole team at supper, she could not believe it. She had sort of seen it coming after the event in the garage of course but how dare he say it here. Dom could not believe he had just said that in front of everyone. Of course Vince had also gotten the preview of this argument.
"Who are you screwing that gave you the black eye Dominic. She must be quite a tiger. Cause it sure as hell ain't me you are giving it to." See if he liked having his own accusations thrown back at him. A collective gasp went up around the table. No one talked to Dom like that and everyone just assumed they were sleeping together in every sense of the word.
"No one. Your boyfriend Vince gave me this black eye."
"I'm not seeing anyone else let alone V of all people, Dominic what the hell are you talking about?"
"You sneak off every chance you get and no one knows where you go. I asked the whole team. They all say that they notice you going but they have no idea where or what you do. Why have you never told anyone what you are doing if you are not sneaking? And why is Vince always missing in action at the same time. I know you two had a thing going when you first came here. Are you seeing Vince?"
"No I am not seeing Vince. That's like asking me if I am sleeping with my brother. Cause we were working on a surprise for you and I did not trust that the others would be able to keep it from you if you asked. Brian knew but he knew how important the surprise was to me so he would not have said anything. No I am not seeing Vince. Vince and I are just friends. I can't believe you would think this of me." Yep give him the car and leave. She did not think she could stay with him now. She could not believe how angry she was and how much this hurt. She had not thought anything would hurt worse then losing her parents but she was wrong. This was infinitely worse since now she truly had no one. Even Vince would forgive Dom in the long run. But she would be long gone and out of their lives. She tried to stay strong.
"Well what is this surprise that took you months to work on?" He could see she was tearing up but he thought it was cause he caught her not cause she was hurt by his accusations. He did not believe there would be a surprise. He thought she was seeing Vince. He could not believe it. He was so mad. She was crying now. He could tell she had tried to be strong and not cry. She was not sobbing this time the tears just trickled down her cheek. A muscle was ticking in Vince's. Dom was scared that Vince was going to hit him again. He was starting to get worried. Everyone was looking at him with anger. He could not blame them because he had handled this very badly but he was not going to admit to it. He was very afraid he had made a big mistake here.
She had tried to be strong and not cry but man to say this stuff in front of the whole team was too much. Vince was ready to get in a fight with him. Again. He was red and angry. She thought based on the look on Leon's face he would have V's back in that fight. She wanted to diffuse the situation and leave without a fuss. It was time. She should have known she was not the kind of woman that could keep Dom happy. But this on top of the fact that she had almost been assaulted just over a month ago was a little much to take.
"Dom I want to see you in the kitchen now." For the first time ever they were seeing a livid Torrie. That would be easier to deal with then a livid crying Torrie but that is what they had. Dom followed her out of the room into the kitchen.
"You had to say that in front of the whole fucking Team Dom. Was this not something you could have asked me in private. Like any night or morning considering I sleep with you every night."
"It just makes no sense Torrie. What could you have been working on for a whole month? And for Vince to always be gone at the same time. It just makes no sense. I am not stupid Torrie. I know what is going on."
"Really? Vince is like a brother to me. I can not even imagine doing the things we have done with Vince. With anyone but you for that matter especially not while we were together but you think I am some sort of slut." She decided to try to hurt him like he had hurt her.
Dom did not look convinced. He was not sure what to believe. Did not want to believe her at this point because it would mean he was so wrong he did not know how they would recover from it. He knew that he will have broken her heart if there really turned out to be a fabulous surprise.
"Dom I thought that the most painful thing I would ever go through had already happened to me and was behind me. I thought that burying my dad was the worst thing I would ever have to live through. But you being this close to me and still thinking I am some sort of slut is ten times worse." Dom had the grace to look ashamed and like he was starting to doubt himself. "Ok that's it Dom. I'm out of here. I can't believe what an ass you are. See ya around." She left the kitchen and headed up the stairs. Dom followed her up and watched as she hauled out her suitcase and started throwing stuff in it.
"Where are you going?"
"Away, Dom. I'm leaving. I don't care if I owe you shit; I'm taking my fucking car too. I can't take this shit anymore. You are heartless and cruel and I hate you. If this is typical Dom it is no fucking wonder Letty left you. I'm leaving too, you must be getting use to it." Dom almost hit her for that. Only the fact that he could not stand men who hit women made him hold back. She could feel the anger and knew how close he came to hauling off and slapping her just then.
"That's real nice Torrie. And why are you running if you did nothing wrong?"
"Cause you as much as called me a slut in front of everyone. Forgive me if that doesn't make me want to hug and kiss you. I love Vince alright. Like a brother, like I love my cousins. Not like I felt for you. But oh well you wanted to make a scene rather then believe me so like I said before Go to hell Dominic Torreto. Take your garage and car and shine it up real nice and shove it sideways up your ass. I hate you." She was crying but the tears just sort of leaked out, not the broken sobs of before.
"Well if you really were working on something special what was it?"
"None of your business. I don't care to tell you anymore. It is totally ruined and I don't think you deserve to know. So you can just go on telling yourself that I made the whole thing up. I don't care."
"Tell me or I will go beat it out of Brian or Vince."
"No you won't, for crying out loud Dom, ya you are real good at fighting Vince. You're the one with the black eye not Vince. Plus you are not going to beat on your friends over something you don't even believe exists."
"Yes I will. If you leave that means you have been sleeping with Vince and I will beat it out of him I swear."
"You know what Dom. I will show you. Cause it is only going to make you look like a big stupid fool. Like more of an ass then you look already. And once I show everyone what you did I will leave and never look back."