Chapter Seventeen - Accidents Happen
Dominic and Letti slept for an hour, waking to the sound of people yelling outside.
"What in God's name is goin' on out there?" Dominic grumbled.
"I don't know, but we'd better go check it out before someone gets hurts," Letti replied.
Dominic nodded in response and then they both got up and exited the room.
When they got downstairs, they heard the yelling coming from the back door in the kitchen.
They both walked back curiously. They saw Mia standing on the doorstep her back turned to them, yelling at something or someone.
"Mia what the fuck are you yelling about?" Dominic asked coming up behind her.
Mia jumped, gave him a look, and pointed to the kitchen floor. Dominic looked to where she was pointing. There were footprints going back and across the floor.
"Someone stepped in grease and decided to walk across my newly cleaned floor," Mia stated angrily.
Dominic turned his head and looked at the two suspects standing outside.
"How were we supposed to know we stepped in it?" Leon said.
"That's why you take your God damn shoes off before you come in the house," Mia yelled back at him.
"Stop yelling at each other. Settle this nicely," Dominic said.
"How can we settle…"
Dominic put a finger up to silence her.
"So…do you know who did it?" he asked.
"We both did. We both went in to get a drink," Jesse replied.
"And you didn't know you stepped in grease?"
They both shook their heads.
Dominic sighed, "Well since you both did, you'll both be cleaning the floor."
"Awe!" they both let out.
"Well it's what you get for going across my floor with your shoes on," Mia exclaimed, then she turned and went into the house.
Dominic looked at the both of them and shook his head.
"Well get to work," she said, then turned and went in the house as well.
Dominic walked into the living room and plunked down in the couch.
"Does the drama ever stop?" he asked himself.
"Not in this family it doesn't," Letti replied, surprising Dominic.
Dominic raised he eyebrows in agreement, and then made a confused face.
"Mia!" he yelled.
"Yes, Dominic?" she replied, coming down the stairs.
"Are Kesia and Vince back yet?" he asked.
"No,' she replied.
"Letti hand me the phone, please,' he said.
Letti went across the room, picked up the phone off its receiver, and handed it to Dominic.
Dominic hit the 'talk' button and dialed Vince's cell number.
After about five rings, Vince picked up.
"Hey!" he answered.
"You've been gone for and hour. Where are you?" Dominic asked curiously.
"We were hungry. We stopped for and ice cream," Vince replied.
"Oh, so when are you coming home?" Dominic asked.
"When we're done, but Kesia's nagging at me to go to a movie," Vince replied.
"Fine," Dom mumbled. "Whatever you do don't over spoil her," he teased.
"It's impossible to over spoil her," Vince teased.
Dominic laughed. "Yeah, yeah, well bring her home in one piece."
"She'll be a brand new woman once I'm done with her."
"What?" Dominic asked, but Vince had hung up.
"Where are they?" Mia asked.
"They're getting ice cream and then going to a movie," he replied still looking confused.
"Dom, what's wrong?" Letti asked.
"Vince said 'She'll be a new woman once I'm done with her'," he replied
"He's only joking, Dom," Letti replied.
"Yeah, but I have a feeling something's up," he replied
"You always do," Mia said, shaking her head and heading back upstairs.
Dominic looked at Letti, she shrug her shoulders.
"She's growing up too fast, Letti. I'm gonna lose her soon," he stated.
Letti sat down beside him. "Yeah, she's turning into a woman, but Dom, you're the one who raised her and taught her things. You'll never lose her. She'll always come back to you."
Dom looked at her with worried eyes. "Even if she does come back, I don't think I'll ever be able to let her go," he replied.
"You're just scared of her growing up and her learning things on her own. She has to make her own mistakes and learn things from it."
"But hopefully they won't be mistakes she'll regret for the rest of her life."