Chapter 2

As she let the warm water from the shower run over her body Sariah thought back to the last row she had with Dom before she left to live in Sanfransisco with Conner.

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'I don't care if she called you that! You don't grab someone from behind and start a fight with them.'

' Yeah well you would say that seeing as your sooooo experienced at fighting' she spat back at him

'Sariah, how dare you speak to Dom like that!' Mia yelled 'He's your brother, listen to him and do as your told'

This time Sariah did as she was told. She slammed the kitchen door hard enough behind her to make two glass panels smash.

'That's coming out of you allowance' Dom roared

'FUCK OFF' Sariah screamed as she ran upstairs with tears streaming down her face. She never cried in front of Dom and Mia and she wasn't about to start now!

She was bought out of these memories by a tap on the Bathroom door.

'Sariah, are you nearly done in there? Conner is waiting for you down stairs.' Maria said firmly.

Maria was like a sister to her, well WHEN Conner finally get round to proposing to her she will be!

'I'll be two minutes. Ok?'

There was no answer; Conner had probably sent Maria up to make her hurry up.

That was the kind of relationship she and Maria had. They respected and listened to each other and would do whatever the other would ask.

As Sariah washed the soapsuds out of her hair she thought back to this SERIOUS QUESTION Conner had gone on about.

'Oh well better hurry up so I can put my mind at rest' She thought to her self.

As she walked down stairs she could smell pancakes cooking, 'her favourite' she thought. He can't be angry with me.

Conner was sat at the large Oak kitchen table with his arms folded across his chest tapping his foot on the floor. Her brother was an intimidating sight at the best of times but this morning something was different about him, he seemed almost scared.

'Finally!' Conner said

' Oh give me a break it can't be that serious can it?'

She was beginning to get a bit worried now, Conner never had SERIOUS chats with her, and they always kept everything out in the open.

' Sit down eat your breakfast and I'll explain'

'Ok' she said, sitting down slowly.

Maria sat down opposite Conner and gave Sariah her plate of pancakes.

' Please Let me explain everything first and then you can have your say' Conner looked at her pleadingly, he was fidgeting far too much for her liking.

'Conner just spit it out for gods sake!' she said nervously

' Well you know I had the accountant round last week to go over the books?'

She nodded

' He found, ummmm how shall I put it? Several tax returns that I hadn't paid over the last three years' ' they amount to A LOT of money and you know that business at the garage has been pretty non existent the last 6 months?'

' Yeah but you said that was just a blip.' 'How much money do you owe?' she could feel herself tighten up waiting for the answer

'You don't need to know that, all you need to know is that we are going to have to sell the house and the garage to pay the tax'

' Where are we going to live? What are you going to do for work?' she could feel everything crashing down around her.

'That's the next thing I was coming to. I have spoken to Dom and explained all this to him'

Dom that was all she could hear, what has he got to do with this. He was in another lifetime of hers; she hadn't seen him in three years and only spoken to him a handful of times.

' What has Dom got to do with this?' she asked him desperate for the answer of nothing.

' Well he has said that we can move back to LA and stay with him permanently or whilst we look for something else and has offered me a 50/50 partnership in the garage'

'WHAT' she yelled

' The whole point we moved here was to get away from him, too start a fresh on our own' she cried

'No Sariah you wanted to get away from him, Maria and me wanted to start a fresh. That hasn't worked and we are swallowing our pride and moving back with Dom, Mia and the rest of the gang.

'That was the most hurtful thing Conner had ever said to him.

'I need some fresh air' and with that she grabbed her car keys off of the coffee table, bolted down the garden path and sped off down the road.

' Well that went well!' Maria whispered sympathetically in canners ear as she hugged him tightly.