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Chapter 47

Dom told Jess to drop Brian off at Harry's and head home. He then slipped behind the wheel of the RX-7 and drove to check on Edwin. When he arrived he found Edwin leaned up against the front door to the house barely conscious. "Edwin man are you gonna make it or do I need to call 911."

"I'm alright. Just a little on the rough side. What ya doing here?"

"Heard you ran into a little trouble tonight and thought I'd come take a look."

"You know me. Shot my mouth off."

"I heard you had a deal with Tran and you didn't keep up your end of the bargain."

Edwin shook his head, "Let's cut to the chase. You wanna know the deal right? It's the deal you backed out of man. It was too good of an offer to refuse."

"If it was so good then why are you sitting here all busted up?"

"Problem is my cousin Dre got caught bringing the shit across the state line. He lost $500k worth of Tran's shit. Tran got him outta trouble, but he tacked on another $500k for gettin him out. So now I owe him a Mil and ain't got no idea how I'm gonna get it."

"Damn. I told you to stay the fuck away from him. When do you have to have the money by?"

"Got one month to get it together, if not he's taking everything I got including my legs."

Sky made her way to the behind the shop where her bike was kept under cover. It had been a while since she had a chance to ride it. A thought popped into her head to stay out all night to get back at Leon for leaving her at the shop and she knew just the place to lay low. Razor had left her the keys to his place. No one knew the address but her so she was sure not to be disturbed.

She grabbed a few bottles of water out of the fridge and slid them into her backpack. With her pack secured to the seat she moved onto the bike and let the engine roar to life. There was something about the wind all around her that made her feel free even when Simon made her world spin out of control the bike would be her freedom. Now that her problem was Leon's overprotective grasp she needed to escape once more into the air. She wasn't sure what made her angrier, his constant questioning or the fact that he thought she wasn't capable of handling herself. Her mind distracted by thoughts of him caused her to miss her turn. Like an amateur she looked back at the street. The handlebar slipped out of her grip and the bike went down.

"Shit." Thankfully she had been wearing her leather pants and had no injuries other than her bruised ego. The bike was not as fortunate. The left fairing was scraped and cracked beyond repair. It was too dark on the street to estimate further damage. She pushed the bike back around the corner and up the driveway. The house seemed to bring her bad luck. That was the second time she wrecked on the way there. The team was never going to let her live it down.

Eerie silence greeted her. It had been months since anyone had been in the place and it showed. A thin layer of dust covered most surfaces. No matter. The only room she wanted to be in was in the basement. She stripped off her jacket and wifebeater discarding them on the bed. With a band she found on the dresser she secured her hair in a messy bun. Her steps echoed through the house as she made her way to the basement. She flicked on the switch. The overhead lights stung her eyes. A black punching bag hung from a chain in the center of the room. Punch after punch her taped hands connected with the bag. Each punch was harder than the last.

Leon pulled into the driveway of the house. He pulled the emergency brake and reached to shut off the engine. Part of him wanted to race back to the garage to get her, but the other part couldn't handle her attitude any longer. Leon knew that he had made a mistake cheating on Sky. He just didn't want to pay for it for the rest of his life. Sky had turned into Dr. Jekyll and Miss Hyde. One minute she wanted to be in his arms the next she was jumping down his throat for being overprotective. Not wanting to deal with Letty and Mia's questions as to Sky's whereabouts Leon reversed the car and headed to a nearby hotel to spend the night.

Sweat rolled from her brow. Her arms were exhausted, yet she kept pounding the bag. A creak of the boards above her head caught her attention. Moving fast she went for the 9mm tucked under some newspapers in the corner. She cocked the gun and switched off the safety. Creeping up the stairs she caught a glimpse of a large man. With the lights off she couldn't make out any of his features. She decided to get a shot off before the guy had a chance to come at her. The man shined a flashlight into her eyes as she got the shot off. The light threw her aim off and the bullet missed the guy by a few inches.

"What the fuck are you doing?" The man growled as he switched on the lamp.

"Shit Dom what the fuck are you doing sneaking up on me like that?"

"You didn't come home."

"I'm a grown woman Dom. I don't have a curfew."

"Bullshit." Dom yelled with anger in his voice. "In case you forgot some of us care what the hell happens to you. Whether you like it or not I'll always check up on you. You're like a sister to me and I won't just let you go off without at least letting someone know where you are."

"Dom don't treat me like some little girl alright. I can handle myself. What the hell is up with you guys thinking you have to hold my hand? Don't want to let me go anywhere without an escort."

"Shut the fuck up. There's that attitude again." He walked over and grabbed her face in his hands. "Enough with the bad ass act. Sky I love you like a sister and I'm telling you for your own good that if you keep this shit up every person that cares about you will disappear from your life. Damn girl, you push everyone away."

"Who are you to tell me how to act?" She pushed his hands away and walked towards the living room.

"I know what happened in New York." His words caused Sky to pause. "Me and Leon had a talk a couple nights ago and he told me what happened."

"What are you talking about Dom?"

Dom swallowed hard fighting back tears, "The guy that came with you from New York."

"Razor?"

"Yeah. He told Leon what Simon did to you. Leon came to me cause he didn't know how to help you."

Sky turned and faced Dom, "What? Oh my God. Leon knows? Who else knows?"

"Just Leon and me, I told him to keep it just between us."

"That's why he has been so nice to me. He feels sorry for me. Poor little Sky got raped and she needs to be taken care of."

"It's not like that and you know it." Dom made his way to her side and put his hand on shoulder.

She brushed his hand away. "Get the fuck away from me. I don't need your pity." Struggling to hold back tears she shoved hard against his chest, but Dom was unmovable. Not matter how hard she pushed he stood strong until she collapsed into his arms sobbing. "Why?" was the only word to escape her lips.

Dom sat against the wall and held her until her crying stopped. "No more running away Sky. Let's get home before Letty thinks I'm screwing around."

Sky laughed thinking of Letty waiting at the door ready to take Dom's head off for being out all night.

"What you think that's funny? I'll show you funny." He flung her over his shoulder and slipped off her right boot. "If I remember right you are ticklish on your feet."

"No Dom don't. The last time you tickled my feet I wet myself."

"Exactly." He reached down and grabbed her foot holding it firmly with one hand and tickling with the other.

"Stop," Sky screamed in between howls of laughter. "I'm serious. You're gonna make me pee."

"I'll stop if you promise not to be such a bitch anymore."

"I promise, just please stop tickling my foot."

He flung her down on the couch and threw her boot at her, "You need to spray that thing. You're feet stink." He said waving his hand in front of his face.

"You've done it now." In one quick motion she pounced on him knocking him to the ground. "Watching wrestling with Jesse is really paying off."

"Oh yeah?" Before she could capitalize on her position he flipped her over and pinned her to the floor. "Better learn some new moves sweetheart."

"Fucker. Let me up. You win. Let's go home."

"Thought you'd see things my way."