Chapter 2
Letty sat up again, her suspicions confirmed. "Shit..." she muttered and pulled off her belt. "Move," she said to Leon hurriedly, who became confused as to why she was pushing him and where she was pushing him to.
"What…where?" he said.
"Get out of the car, dammit, now!" she told him and he did so, and let the front seat forward for her to get out also. Before he could ask why, she was running over to where Cassie was and wrapping her arms around her.
Leon hung back, his eyes furrowed deep within his forehead. "Cassie, huh?" he muttered to Dom, squinting because the sun was shining so brightly into his eyes.
Cassie spun around at the sound of the door opening behind her before she was embraced by Letty's arms. Slightly stunned she stood there not knowing what to do, before Letty's smell filled her nostrils - that light smell of sweat and a sweet flavoured deodorant mixed in. Cassie smiled and hugged Letty back. "Hey. What's up?" She chuckled.
Dom stared into the shop and then back to Leon, and squinted as the sun reflected off the hood straight into his eyes. "Yup, it's Cassie alright." Dom stood for a second and watched Leon's reaction for a bit longer, before he closed the car door again and stood quietly, not knowing what to do next.
Letty could feel her drenched cheeks already; she couldn't believe what her eyes were telling her. She pulled away, realising Cassie must've been a little blown away by being tackled immediately by a stranger. Her pain got the better of her and she winced, and clutched her stomach, the waves of pain not letting up. She looked into Cassie's eyes and tried a smile. "How you livin' gurl?"
Leon scratched his forehead and moved around the bonnet of the car, then rested against it. "Daym..." he said to himself, then clucked his tongue. "Still hot."
"Dawg..." Dom followed Leon and slung his arm across his shoulders, "I think she got hotter." He laughed out loud and punched Leon playfully on the arm.
Cassie noticed Letty's pain and raised a brow, curious, "I'm living good, how about you? You don't look so good, babe. Are you ok?" She stepped forward and automatically put her hand under Letty's chin and forced her to look up a little. She grabbed a stool and forced Letty to sit, "you want a painkiller? Or a doctor?" She smirked and then looked up at Dom and Leon, sighing to herself - but then something hit her as she looked back to Letty, "are you guys runnin' from something?"
Leon pulled forward the ring pull to his Coke, and sighed as he leant upon the counter. His eyes scanned over the other three bodies in the room, as sullen and still as they had been since they left LA. He listened to what Dom had been saying to Cassie, about everything that had landed them here, the heist, the cop, the trouble. They all knew too well that they could trust Cassie, that she would always be there for them. And as he watched her, he knew that she would always be there for him.
Dom finished the 'story' with a long defeated sigh. He ran his hands over his head and shook it defiantly. "I never meant for this to happen. It was just ... I ... I dunno. I think I have the worst luck in the world." He chuckled and let out another sigh.
Cassie pulled out a bottle of water from the fridge and skulled half of the bottle. She listened quietly, nodding every so often. They had been through so much and she hated that she hadn't been there for them like she should have been. When Dom finished, she bit down on her bottom lip carefully, "and then ... you landed here?" She raised her brows in a 'wow - that's some story' sort of way and placed the bottle on the floor and crossed her arms.
"Now we got cops on our asses left, right and centre it seems the only option we have left is to get outta here," Leon told her, watching at how her eyes gravitated to him as he spoke.
"We're screwed," Letty said defeated, and relaxed into her chair.
Cassie nodded and took in everything they said. She wished she could offer them a place to stay, but she didn't have a place of her own. But she had an idea. "Gimme a sec." She stood and disappeared into the other room, and shut the door behind her.
Dom looked over to Letty and Leon and shrugged. He tried to hear what Cassie was mumbling in the other room, but had no luck. Suddenly Cassie appeared with a huge grin on her face, "ok, listen. I have a friend I met here, and she's given me a place to stay, and seeing as you guys are looking for somewhere to stay, she's got a big place and has plenty of room! She's totally trustworthy, and you'll all really get along." She finished with another big grin and looked around the room at everybody.
Dom blinked a few times and then shook his head, "No ... we can't do that! We can just find a hotel or something to stay in until we find something else." He looked over at Letty and Leon again, "Unless you guys have any objections?"
Leon shook his head. "Staying in a hotel means it's only a matter of time till someone finds us, you saw how all that other shit went down they knew fuckin' everything about us." He raised a hand to Cassie. "We know what we're doin' with Cass, she's not about to screw us over." He looked over at her and offered a gentle smile.
"I second that. Girl's got her head screwed on and when has she ever done the dirty on us?" Letty said.
Cassie smirked as she looked at Dom, hopeful he'll accept her offer.
Dom shrugged, "I guess I'm outnumbered. Are you sure it's ok for us to stay with..."
Cassie nodded, "Faith. Her name's Faith. And it's fine. Really."
"Ok ... well then. What now?"
Cassie laughed, "Now, I quit." She disappeared into the other room again, and when she emerged she held a box full of junk. "I've been meaning to do this for a few weeks, so don't think you're the reason for it." She nodded her head to their car, "I've got my car in the garage, I need just a few more minutes to get 'er up and runnin' again, and then ... I guess you guys can follow me."
Leon looked over at Dom, who seemed content that they were headed somewhere for definite now. He turned his focus to Letty, who was smiling gently, and touched her arm, to which she looked at him and nodded. No words needed to be exchanged. They were all thinking the same thing.
Cassie headed towards the garage where her car sat and dumped the box of junk in the back seat. The other guys followed her there and sat on the seats at the side and watched as she worked on her car. She slipped under the chassis again and quickly fixed what she needed to do earlier, then slipped back out and wiped her hands. "All done."
"Wouldn't think you'd keep the Skyline, Cass." Dom chuckled as she hunted for her keys.
Cassie feigned shock and put a hand to her chest, over her heart, "You hurt me Dom. How could you say such a thing?" She said playfully and threw the rag at him. He caught it and laughed. "Y'all ready?" She asked as she quickly locked up the station and hid the keys where her boss had told her to, and then she slipped into her car and watched as the others did the same in the car that was still sitting by the pumps.
Leon licked over his lips subconsciously and relaxed back into his seat. He grabbed hold of the car door and glanced back at Letty, who offered him a gentle smile. As the engine started and they moved away, he sighed. They were finally getting out of there.
