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Mia rushed down the corridor, her clipboard clutched in her hands as she skidded to a stop outside of the room, before she pushed the door open. She gasped at the sight that greeted her eyes.

'Dom, what happened?' she rushed over to her brother, flinging her arms round him.

'I don't know. It was Ella who found her. I heard her screaming on the stairwell and then by the time I got to her, I found Letty. She was just lying there, blood just...' he trailed off, not wanting the mental image of the blood puddle that he knew haunt him for a while.

'Oh my god...' Mia kissed his head, before sat on the other chair next to him. 'How's Ella?' she asked

'Sedated' Dom answered her. 'She started to fight the nurses when they tried to send her back to her room...'

Mia sighed and dropped her head onto his shoulder, gazing at the unconscious form of her sister in law. A white gauze and stitches were luckily all she needed, however bruised ribs would be putting her out of the driving seat for a few weeks.

'She's going to be fine. It was the amount of blood that made it look so bad' Dom sighed and rubbed his hands over his face.

'When is she going wake up? Have they said?' Mia asked, reaching forward and stroking Letty's hand.

'Hopefully soon. I can't believe I've got both my daughter and my wife in the hospital' Mia giggled slightly at Dom disbelief

'At least this time, she won't get picked up by a military group threatening to destroy the country' Mia said, apologising when Dom shot her a look.

Just then, the door opened and Mariella walked in, her hand clamped to her left ribs. She shut the door behind her and let out a pained sigh, as she lowered herself into the other chair besides Letty's bed. 'Hi Papi, hi, Auntie Mia'

'I thought...' Mia glanced at Dom before back at her niece. 'you were sedated?'

'I was... About two and half hours ago'

'Two- Two hours ago?' Mia looked at Dom. 'My sister in law has been laying comatose for near three hours and you only called me half hour ago to tell me?'

Dom sighed. 'Mia, you were starting your shift anyway.'

'I don't give a bloody- OW!' she snatched her hand back from Letty, who had pinched the back of her hand as she slowly awoke.

'Mami! Mami, how are you feeling?' Mariella asked, grabbing her hand in hers.

Letty groaned and winced as pain as her ribs protested to her breathing. 'Jesus, my ribs' she hissed, her eyes slowly filling pain.

'I'll get your nurse. See if you can have some morphine...' Mia said, before she quickly disappeared from the room.

Dom leaned closer to his wife and kissed her head lightly. 'How are you feeling?'

'Like someone shoved me down a flight of stairs' Letty joked, although Mariella and Dom didn't find it amusing.

'Please don't joke, Mami. The amount of blood that you lost, we thought it was worse than it was...' Mariella felt a tear splash down her cheek. 'I thought I was going to be burying you' she quoted Letty's words back at her from the previous night.

'Hey, come on... Calm down. It'll take more that a flight of stairs to get rid of me' Letty reached out and wiped away her daughters tears. Dom rounded the bed and motioned for Mariella to get to her feet, before he sat down and pulled her onto his lap, allowing her to cuddle into his chest. Letty's heart melted in her chest at the sight and she smiled, forgetting about her pain for the moment. 'My two most favourite people' she whispered, reaching out a hand for Dom to take, which he did.

'Papi...' Mariella waited till Dom's attention was on her before she continued. 'Me and Mami were talking last night... About me... Maybe... Coming to live with you both? Permanently...'

Dom glanced at Letty, who smiled sheepishly. 'I said to wait till she was off the morphine...' she offered as an explanation. He nodded once in understanding and smiled down at his daughter.

'Let's just wait until you're both better before we start talking about any... moves' he told them both, pressing a kiss to his daughter's head as he looked down at her. Mariella pouted slightly and nodded, tucking her head under her Dad's chin, her eyes fluttering shut.

'She wants to live with us?' Dom asked Letty, after he made sure Mariella had fallen asleep in his arms.

Letty nodded. 'She told me last night. She's adamant she's not moving to Canada'

'You know Darcy will never go for that, Let.' Dom studied Letty for a few minutes, before he noticed her twiddling her thumbs and biting her lips. 'What's wrong?'Letty mumbled something, glancing up at Dom when he didn't respond. 'I didn't catch that...'

'Did you know that you could reverse an adoption?'

Dom blinked. 'Erm... No...' he frowned confusedly at Letty. 'Can you?' he inquired.

Letty nodded. 'Apparently, you have to through court. She can file a petition or we can...'

Dom's eyebrows rose, before he shook his head. 'Can we just... Focus on getting you two back to health before we decide what to do'

'Yeah... But I'd be willing to go through court for her' Letty admitted, her eyes transfixed on her daughter. She reached out for a curl and twisted it gently round her finger...

Evening was settling over Los Angeles and Dom stepped into his apartment, shutting the door behind him. He sighed at the emptiness of the flat, heading for the fridge and pulling out a bottle of Corona. Unclipping the lid, he took a long swig from it before his phone blasted to life.

'Brian, what's up?'

'I looked over the CCTV footage that the hospital gave me after you called the police...'

'And?' Dom prompted when Brian stayed silent on the other end.

'Dom... Does Ella have a sister or cousin?' Dom's head shot up from where it was staring at the floor, anger slowly spreading across his face...

What ever Darcy was expecting the knock at the door to be, Dom knew it wasn't two police officers and himself.

'What are you doing here?' she asked, her eyes narrowing at Dom, before flickering over to the police officers.

'Is a Miss Kiera Williams here?'

Darcy straightened her posture. 'Why do you want to know?'

'There's been evidence of altercation between Miss Williams and Mrs Toretto. We need Miss Williams to answer us a few questions about her part in the altercation down at the station...'

Darcy slowly nodded. 'But why is he here?' she asked, motioning to Dom.

'I'm here to pick up some of my daughter's stuff. She wants to be closer to her mother while she gets better' Dom told her. Darcy's jaw twitched, but she reluctantly stood aside and allowed them in. One of the police officers stayed with Darcy while she called Kiera down.

She passed Dom on the stairs and tensed up as she passed him. She could feel his eyes boring into her as she descended the stairs in confusion. Dom stopped outside Mariella's room, breathing in before he opened the door, stepping into the room where his daughter had grown up. His eyes scanned the white walls, with pastel coloured paintings, a large balcony window, vanity makeup dresser. He scanned the room for her wardrobe before heading towards it and opening it up.

'Bloody hell!' he uttered in surprise, seeing more clothes than he, Letty and Mia ever had combined. He grabbed a duffle and grabbed a few pairs of jeans, sweatpants and tops and jumpers, placing them in duffle bag, along with a few pairs of converses. Straightening up, he nodded to himself, before something caught his eye.

A shoebox.

He crouched down and pulled it towards him. He bit his lip, wondering if he was invading his daughters privacy. He shook his head and slid it back where he found it and stepped from the wardrobe and left the room. He stepped into the hallway and headed for the stairs, hearing Darcy protesting to Kiera being taken to the station. He slipped from the house and headed for his car, popping the boot and placing Mariella's bag in. Slamming it down, Dom slipped into his car and started up the engine, before he drove off back to the hospital...

Dom entered Letty's room, shaking his head fondly when he spotted Mariella curled up in the chair next to her. 'You ever going to go back to your room?'

Mariella peeked up at her Dad, with a soft smile. 'Nope'

Dom nodded and placed her bag on the floor, before glancing at his girls. 'There's something I need to tell you both, but I'm going to you...' he looked at Letty, who frowned 'a chance to tell Ella before I do...'

'What?' Letty asked, confused

'Who pushed you, Letty?' Dom asked, watching as she realized what he was on about.

Letty winced and grabbed her daughters hand, holding it tightly. She glanced up at Dom, who nodded at her, before she flicked her eyes to Mariella. 'It was your sister...'

The room was silent apart from their breathing. Letty watched as shock and disbelief etched across her face.

'What?' she eventually uttered, staring at her mother.

'Your sister pushed me. She was hanging around outside your room when I was coming back from the canteen. She wanted to talk to me, which should have set alarm bells ringing. She led me into the stairwell and she said some things...'

'What things?'

'She told me some things you told her when you went through your 'I hate you' stage...' She watched Mariella's eyes fill with tears at that statement. 'It's okay, I promise. It's in the past' she reassured her, 'but she brought them up and I argued with her that she didn't know anything. We started arguing and she hit me. I walked away but she didn't like that, so she went for me, like proper went for me, so I defended myself against her, but she caught me off guard when she went to retaliate...'

'What happened?' Dom asked.

'I had shoved her away from me, so I could get out of there... She retaliated and I bounced off the wall, she took a chance...'

'Hang on, she pushed you down the steps for an argument about me?' Mariella asked, before a thought struck her. 'Was she manic?'

'What do you mean 'was she manic?' She shoved your mother down a flight of steps!' Dom's voice showed protectiveness for his wife. Mariella blinked and turned to look at him, looking scarily like a younger Letty at that moment.

'I meant...' she started 'Was she talking fast? Like so fast you couldn't understand her?'

Letty thought for a moment, before she raised an eyebrow. 'You think she's off her meds? She was talking fast, but she seemed... Irritable, agitated even...'

Mariella let out a shrill cry and burst into tears. 'Hey, hey... Look at me, it'll be okay...'

'No, it's not! My sister nearly killed my mother! What kind of sister does that?'

'Ella-'

'I swear, when I'm better-'

'ELLA' Dom yelled, making the girls jump. 'The police are already questioning her. They have CCTV from the staircase with them-'

Mariella wiped her tears away. 'Mami, I'm sorry!'

'What are you sorry for, you silly girl? Come here!' Letty opened her arms for her daughter to crawl into, tucking her head under her mother's chin, being careful of her ribs. 'You have nothing to be sorry for! Do you hear me?'

'But... She's supposed to be my sister. She's supposed to support me in my decisions, not try and kill them!' She sobbed harshly against Letty's chest, her tears soaking her shirt.

Letty glanced up at Dom, who was mirroring her emotions. Feeling her daughter shake in her arms wasn't something Letty ever wanted to experience again. 'Dom?'

'Yeah?'

'Get for ready for court. We're getting our daughter back!' Letty told him firmly, dropping kisses to her daughter's hair to try and calm her down...

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