A couple weeks and not alot had changed it was late and Leon, Vince and Mia where watching T.V. and Leon's cell rang. "one sec" He got up and went into the kitchen."hello?"
"Hey Le," she sounded exahusted,hurt, if Dom had hurt her it'd be hell.
"Letty? what's goin' on you don't sound so good. "
She laughed softly and then grunted in pain. "listen Le, I didn't get the chance to go to the doc after I flipped and I think I mighta hurt somethin'."
"Letty it's been 6 months what the hell have you been doin'?"
"Me and Dom split up after we got to Florida, he went on down to Mexico to take care of buisness, I flipped tryin' to get back to Cali."
"Why didn't chu call me Let I woulda came and got ya,"
"I was afraid... you'd hate me for not comin' back after gettin' cleared".
"Letty where are you I'll come and getchu,"
"Is V okay?"
"Yeah he took a hit but he's fine,"
"What about Jes?"
"Letty! tell me where the fuck you are!"
"I'm in New Mexico, rember the place you n me went too after Tony died?"
"How can I forget?"
"I'm there, same hotel too."
"I'll be there as soon as I can Let,I promise."
"I know Leon, bye."
"Hang in there Let, I'll see you soon." He didn't wanna hang up, but he knew he had too, he went back into the living room and looked at Vince and Mia, all of the rage against Dom making his blood boil and he threw his phone oh the ground causing Mia to jump.
"The damned bastard left her alone! She tried to get home and she fell asleep and flipped her car!' Because he was once again too selfish to keep her around!" He put his head in his hands and leaned against the wall.
"Le calm down,tell me what happened," She heard him trying to control his breathing and rage, something told her he wasn't ready for the reasponsibilty of being alone and taking care of the three of them too.
"Easy brotha,it's gonna be okay what's goin' on?"
" Dom and Letty went ahead and headed down for mexico, and when Letty wanted to come home he took her as far as Florida and left her, after the last heists she flipped her car over and she didn't go to the doctor,she was tryin' to get home when she flipped the car again in New Mexico. and she's really messed up guys or she wouldn't of called."
"Well then you gotta go get her brotha, Let's our gurl we can't just leave her hangin'"
" You two gonna be okay by yourselves?"
" Leon we're adults we can handle it now go get Letty!"
"What she said"
" Okay, I'll call when I know somethin'" He got his bag that he and Mia had decided to keep packed incase they had to run and hadn't had the chance to unpack he was glad about it now.
"Jesse can come home a week from now, don't forget about him okay?"
" Bro, we ain't gonna leave Jes high and dry,we promise."
"Leon if I have to tell you to get outta here one more time you'll be the one driving with a concussion!"
" I'm out Mi," He ran to the skyline threw his bag in the backseat. He ran his fingers through his hair and sighed,it was gonna be a long night. He started the car and sped out of the driveway.
"Doesn't he need instructions?"
"Nah Mia, Le knows exactly where he's goin'."
"How?"
"I betchu he's goin' to the place he and Letty ran off too after Tony passed away,"
"When they disappeared after papi's funeral?"
"Yep,"
"Did he tell you what happened where he and Let were goin'"
"He told me when they got back, it was just us two in the garage, you know how gets when he gets goin'"
"Well,what'd he say?"
" Let was way messed up after Tony passed away, after the funeral she had a fight with Dominic and he told her that he didn't want anything to do with her,"
"Oh my gosh"
"Yeah, so she was in the closet cryin' and Leon went to throw his jacket up and he found her there just crying her eyes out."
"Let cryin'?"
"yeah,hard to picture huh?"
" I've only see Letty cry once in the 9 years I've known her and that was when her papi died and she got those tags that she wears,"
"She got those from her dad?"
"Yeah, he told her to wear them and he'd always be with her"
" Wish my dad had done somethin' like that for me, closest thing I had to a father was Tony"
" He loved you like a son too V,"
" I know,"
Leon was driving 120 down an empty free way. He had to get there as soon as he could. He just hoped he would find her in better condition than the last time he was down in New Mexico. He inhaled deeply and let it out as he sunk deeper into his memories.
FLASHBACK
We are here today to mourn the passing of Anthony Dominic Toretto, beloved husband and father. Respected member of the community...That was all Leon rembered of the ceremony, he had one hell of a hang over that day from the previous night that he and Jesse had drowned their sorrows in several bottles of Smirnoff and Coronas. He could hear Mia and Letty, who were infront of him, softly wimpering trying not to cry. He got a closer look at Letty,she was holding on to her tags for dear life. He always wondered about those. He was interrupted by Vince and Dominic, talking about the race to cover the funeral bill. Vince told Dominic he was sorry. Dominic said he was too.
The party afterwards were full of Dominic and Mia's 'family' who said what a great man Tony had been and that Dominic looked exactly like him, he picked up on Dominic's frustration, he decided to check on Letty who he hadn't seen since the funeral. He looked all over the fort and couldn't find her. He asked V and he had told him that She and Dom had a huge fight and she was probably driving some of the frustration off.. He went upstairs to throw his jacket into the upstairs closet and that's where he found her,Letty, crying.
"Let baby, what's the matter:
" My last papi died today Leon, I'm sad" He knelt down to her and was caressing her arm.
"Me too Letty,"
"Guys get sad?"
"Yeah,we get sad like when beautiful girls cry,"
" Yeah? Where's she at?"
"Infront of me"
"You're just telling me that to get me to shut-up"
" No Letty,I mean it. Why don't you come outta there" She crawled out.
"Thanks Leon, for everything."
"What'd I do?"
"Reminded me that there's more to life than Dom," She wiped away the tears and went into her room. He went back downstairs and 'mingled' with some of the Toretto family and he noticed Letty come down in her usual tight leather pants and wife beater headed for the door with car keys in hand. He stopped her before she got to the door.
"Where you goin' Letty?"
" Anywhere but here,"
"Lemme go wit you,"
" No,"
" Letty,"
"Leon you can't come with me, I need to be alone"
" My cars faster."
"No it's not,"
" Yes it is, 7 seconds"
"Fine hurry up and change" She said shortly. He got changed in record time and they headed out to the skyline.
" I'm driving"
"I wouldn't have it any other way." They headed down the same freeway Leon was on and just kept driving.
"Where we goin'?"
" I told you, anywhere but here" She turned the radio on and the rest of the drive out of California was silent.
END OF FLASHBACK.
His cellphone started ringing. "hello?"
" Hey Leon where's Jesse's laptop?"
" In my room, long dresser bottom drawer."
" Okay, thanks"
"Hey Mia?"
"Yeah?"
"Don't take this the wrong way but don't call me unless it's a emergency."
"Okay Le, I get it, be careful"
" I will" He hung up the phone. "Jesus Christ this is gonna be a long night."
Alright ya'll, I just spent 2 hours typing these past 2 chapters and I'm gonna get some sleep before I start slacking off. so until then.
