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One week later

Laughter filled the Toretto's house as Dom carried Letty over the threshold of the house, kicking the door shut.

'Dom, seriously... put me down!' Letty laughed, as he headed for their bedroom.

'Nope'. He kicked open the door gently, allowing Letty to swing it shut, before he dropped her gently on the bed, before climbing on top of her, kissing her deeply.

Letty responded, wrapping her arms round his round his shoulders tightly. However, he flipped them over, so she was top. His hands slipped up her body roughly, before gripping her hair tightly.

He felt her hips moving against his, as her hands quickly worked on his shirt. He sat up, ridding himself of it. He tugged at Letty's shirt, refraining himself from tearing it. He tugged it down her shoulder, his lips moving down her jaw and to her shoulder, her arms wrapping round his neck, as her head slowly tipped back.

'MAMI? PAPI?'

Dom lifted his head, a frown on his face as he stared at the bedroom door. Letty looked over her shoulder, before lifting herself from Dom's lap, making him groan quietly, knowing the moment was over.

Letty quickly made herself presentable, straightening out her shirt and opened the door, seeing her daughter stood at the kitchen counter, with her arms folded. 'Ella? What's wrong?'

Mariella hid her smirk at what she had interupted. 'Good honeymoon? Brazil looked like it treated you well'

'Yeah, it was good thanks. You sounded a little bit wound up when you entered...'

Mariella looked down at the floor, causing Letty to become concerned.

'Ella, what's happened?'

'Darcy's put the house up for sale... she wants to move'

Letty straightened up and her eyes widened. 'What?'

'She's had an offer and she's considering it... But I don't want to move'

Letty was silent. Her gut was slightly churning at the thought of loosing her child again. Dom stepped from the bedroom and out into the kitchen, eyeing the two girls closely.

'What's wrong?' He asked, glancing between the two of them.

Mariella glanced at her Mom, who didn't look at her. 'Darcy wants to move... she's got an offer on the house already...'

Dom looked at Letty, who had put her emotional walls back up, before looking back to his daughter. 'And when was all this planned?'

'She's hinted that she's wanted to move for years, before I found you guys... but-'

'But, now that you've found us... you don't want to move?' Dom finished softly.

Mariella shook her head. 'I want to stay here. In L.A'

Letty sniffled before she spoke. 'Where abouts is she wanting to move to?'

'She's got a sister in Canada. She says she'll put us up until we get somewhere sorted'

Letty blinked at couple of times, trying to process the news. 'Have you talked to Darcy?'

Mariella shook her head. 'She barely has time for me at the moment, or Keira for that matter. But she's on her moms side, she wants to move because she loves Canada'

Dom and Letty stayed silent. They had just got their daughter back and now there was a chance that they would be separated again.

'Well, what about your school? She can't uproot you in the middle of the term!' Dom told his daughter, watching as a sheepish expression appeared on her face.

'Well... actually, about that...' her sentence faded away as she thought about how to word her next sentence.

'You got kicked out?' Letty guessed, watching as Mariella nodded. She sighed and shook her lightly, a small smile on her face. 'Like mother, like father'

'It was when I was considering coming for the wedding, I didn't go and I was already on my last strike anyway...' Mariella shrugged her shoulders, 'Oh well... I'll just get a job and work. Save up'

'It's not as easy as that. You need qualifications to get a job, and to get qualifications, you need grades' Letty said, watching as Mariella frowned at her.

'What are saying?'

'I'm not saying anything. I'm just saying you'll find it hard to get one without any qualifications' Letty told her, as she headed for the fridge and pulled out a small bottle of water.

'It sounds like to me, you want me to go Canada! Is that what you want? To rid your hands of me again?' A famous Toretto temper tantrum was on its way and Dom silently groaned.

'NO! But Mariella... You're only fifteen. You're not an adult for another three years, you can't make desicions-'

'Why not? I should be allowed to! I've never felt a true part of that family! And the second you guys almost crash into my life, I feel different. Like, like everything just slipped into place'

The room fell silent and Letty sighed, dropping her heads into her hands. She felt Dom come up behind her and kiss the back of her head.

'Why don't we all go see Darcy together, and talk about this?' he said, gently.

Mariella snorted and Letty lifted her head to look at her. 'She won't let you guys into the house!'

'Well, then talk to her. You won't get anywhere unless you do' Letty almost demanded. Dom rubbed his wife's back in comfort, before looking at Mariella.

'Okay, listen... go and talk to her and then come back to us. Just tell her how you feel...' he told his daughter, softly.

'But mom just insinuated I'm a kid. Darcy won't listen me!'

'Right!' Letty's exclaimation had both the younger Toretto and her father jumping slightly. 'I'll go, stay here' Letty grabbed her keys and headed for the door, the slam almost vibrating through the house.

Dom and Mariella looked at each other, both thinking the same thing...

Letty skidded to stop and climbed from the car, slamming the car door shut. She knew exactly why Darcy wanted to move. She hammered on the door with her fist, until she heard movement from inside the house.

'What the hell? Are you trying to break my mother's door down?' Letty ignored the younger girl, who she presumed was Keira.

'Where's your mom? I've got a few little bones to pick with her' Letty demanded, not in mood to deal with Keira.

Keira gave her the once over, not liking her, before calling for her mother. Darcy appeared behind her daughter and sighed.

'Keira, go to your room' She told her daughter, who scowled, but did as she was told. 'What do you want?'

Letty raised an eyebrow. 'Really? Here? Outside?'

'You're not coming in. We can do it here' Darcy said, leaning against the doorframe.

'Fine. What's this about suddenly wanting to move?' Letty asked, folding her arms.

'Suddenly? I've been talking about it for years... before you came back into the picture'

'How many offers have you had on the house?'

'One-'

Letty laughed. 'Oh! And you think accepting the first offer is going to make everything just disappear? News flash... my daughter doesn't want to move! And maybe if you listened to her, rather than fucking every guy you lay your eyes on, you might be able salvage some of that precious relationship'

Darcy looked floored, before she scowled. 'Who are you to tell me what to do? This is coming from a woman, who fifteen years ago, didn't even want the poor kid!'

'Who am I? I'm her biological mother and I swear to you, the second she turns eighteen, she is going for the hills. But right now, she thinks all you have time for is men. Not her, not Keira...' Letty paused to breath. 'Why do all these men get your attention and not them? Just tell me why..'

Darcy was silent for a few minutes before she spoke. 'Because it helps fill a void... Jon was the one who wanted to adopt and once I got my head round it, so did I... but then when he passed, the kids became everything for a while and then I started to get lonely. I'd been with him since I was thirteen, the only man I'd ever been with...'

Letty looked sympathetic at Darcy. 'Look, Darcy... Loosing someone, it doesn't get any easier. My husband thought he'd lost me-'

'Yeah, but you were-'

'My husband thought he'd lost me.' Letty repeated firmly. 'He had another 'relationship', trying to full the void that I left, well... what he created, but my point is... even I was dead, I'd want him to meet someone else, move on... You lost Jon and that's heartbreaking, but do you think he'd want you screwing around with random guys and neglecting the kids? Moving house at the first opportunity you can get?'

'You don't understand-'

'You want to move because you feel like me and Dom are a threat. A threat to pull the family, that you and husband built together... Darcy, I would never do that... She's your daughter by law, and she's mine by blood, so please... I'm begging you, and I don't beg... just listen to what she has to say, please'

Darcy seemed to consider Letty's statement and eventually, reluctantly, nodded, making Letty smile. 'Thankyou! I'll bring her back in about an hour. Give way for the teatime traffic!'

Darcy nodded tightly. 'Fine. One hour' She said, before she shut the door. Letty rolled her eyes and headed back to her car, calculating which route to take home to avoid the rush hour...

'I don't know how, but you're cheating!'

'Am not, papi! You just suck!'

'Excuse me! I was doing perfectly fine until you crashed into me!'

'Well... you deserved it after doing the same to me!'

Letty stood besides the kitchen counter, speechless. She had arrived home to find an argument brewing between the father and daughter duo. She pushe doff the kitchen counter, a glass of water in her hand, and headed over to the sofa, watching the duo play Mario Kart Racing.

She leant down to her daughters ear. 'Whose winning?'

'YES!'

'MAMI!' Mariella screeched, as her mothers unexpected voice made her loose concentration... and the game.

Letty laughed. 'I'm sorry, sweetie! But your Dad would be insufferable if he lost... him and Brian are worse!'

Mariella pouted, before turning her full attention to her mother. 'Did you speak to her?'

'Yeah. Not quite what I was expecting but she's willing to talk to you... she's promised me!'

Mariella smiled and hugged her mom, before pulling back. 'Thanks Mami, now...' She broke off as she reached for another remote. 'You have to join'

'That's not a good idea' Dom interjected, his eyes wide, as he remembered all the times when himself, Letty and Jesse played together on the games console. It was brutal.

'Why not?' Asked the two Toretto women at the same time.

Dom raised his eyebrow at Letty, before looking at Mariella. 'She's way too competitive... she's worse than me and Brian put together!'

Mariella looked between her parents and patted the space in between her and Dom for Letty to sit down. She handed her the remote and waited for the controller to load.

'You ready lose, both of you?' Letty asked, as she sorted out her character and her car.

'Like that's going to happen again!' Mariella said, her fingers hovering over the buttons of the remote.

'Get ready... GO!'

It was a family BBQ as always on the Sunday, and the Toretto house was as busy as always, especially with the arrival of Tej and Roman.

'So, what's cooking on here today then? anything different' Roman asked Dom, who was checking the chicken.

'The same as always, Rome!' Dom answered with a laugh, taking a swig of his Corona.

The best thing about having no neighbours, was that they could be as loud as they want they wanted to be. Jack was squealing and splashing about in the pool with Mia, Tej was watching them, while nursing a Corona and Brian and Letty were inside, making a salad... or so he thought.

'Why isn't she answering? It's been two days!' Letty dropped her phone onto the kitchen worktop, her hand against her mouth as she held back a scream.

'Let, calm down... it's probably nothing!' Brian hissed, knowing Letty wouldn't want the others overhearing.

Letty considered something before speaking. 'Can you come with me, to her house? Just to make sure she's okay?'

Brian sighed and looked at Letty, noting that she was a little more frantic that usual, especially now with her daughter back in her life. 'Okay, grab your coat. We'll take my car'

Letty smiled. 'Thankyou' She said, quickly hugging him and running to get her jacket.

Brian poked his head outside. 'Guys, me and let are running to the store. Do you need anything?'

A chorus of no's echoed round the group and Brian quickly made his escape, joining Letty outside near his car.

'Right, you're going to have to show me directions' he said, watching as Letty nodded. He reversed out of the drive way and pulled out onto the main road.

The car was filled with light chatter and Letty pointing out directions to Brian, before they pulled onto the street where Mariella lived.

'My god, is it always this busy?' Brian questioned, seeing cars lined up on either side of the road.

'No, not normally. Try down at the bottom' Letty told him. Brian nodded and shifted back to first gear before driving down the street, switching through the gears.

He blinked and Letty's screams filled the small space of the car as something hit the car. He did an emergency stop, the seatbelt throwing himself and Letty backwards in their seats. Letty grunted and scrambled with her belt before opening the car door and almost falling out.

Brian's breathing stopped.

'ELLA!'

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