Chapter 14

The five of us sat haphazardly at the front of the shop. Jason, Derek and Bruno took a seat at the stools at the counter, Leon leant up against the small bar fridge near the office, while I sat close to him on top of the counter.

We sat in an awkward silence for a while before Jason finally spoke, "Ok. I'm not gonna beat around the bush. We know about the money. Everybody knows about the money."

"What are you talking about?" I blurted out, trying to act dumb. There was no way news could travel that fast in two days.

Jason stared blankly at me and blew out a frustrated sigh, "you know exactly what I'm talking about. And you guys could be in some serious trouble."

"And what's it to you?" Leon barked suddenly as he leaned back a little bit.

Jason and his boys all looked over at Leon with narrowed eyes. He didn't even flinch. "It's nothing to me. I just thought I should warn you."

I scoffed louder than I had intended to and blushed when eight pairs of eyes turned to face me. "Cut the bullshit, Jason. How much do you want?"

He smirked and leaned forward on his elbows, clasping his hands together. "We help. Then we talk."

I narrowed my eyes at him and shook my head. "No. Fucking. Way. It's none of your business."

"Fine." Jason slammed his hands against the counter and stood. Derek and Bruno followed. "Good luck then," he scowled and stormed out with his two friends close behind.

When the door slammed shut behind them, I dropped my head to my hands and blew out a long sigh. I heard Leon's light footsteps coming towards me before he rest his hands against my thighs. We stayed quiet while we listened to the cars outside start up and quickly speed off. I looked up at Leon and he gave me an apologetic smile as he placed his forehead to mine.

"We have to tell Dom."

Leon nodded slowly before he placed a gentle kiss to my forehead; he took my hand and helped me off the bench before we exited the shop and drove back to the fort.

Back at the house, Leon and I called a meeting and sat everybody down in the living room. We felt bad for not having Jesse there amongst us, but we had to let everybody know what was going on. Once Vince and Mia were filled in on the details, we retold what had happened with Jason; Dom ran a hand over his scalp and looked over at Letty, clenching his jaw.

Letty averted her eyes and took her bottom lip into her mouth nervously.

"Who did you tell?" Dom kept his voice calm, but his eyes were filled with fire as he stared at her. She looked down at the floor and stayed quiet. "Who did you tell, Letty?" His voice rose slightly, but we could see he was trying hard to keep his cool.

Letty mumbled something quietly before she cleared her throat and spoke again, "Edwin. And Hector."

Dom dropped back into the couch and shook his head as he searched for the words to say. Vince and Mia stayed quiet, and the four of us just watched Dom and Letty.

"I'm sorry, Dom. I thought I could trust them—" Letty tried to defend herself, but Dom quickly put his hand up to stop her.

The muscles in his jaw tightened and he sat up again. "You know very well we can't trust them. We can't trust anybody, Let. How could you do this?"

"I don't know." Letty dropped her head and I saw her bite her lip again.

Dom stood and paced the room. His mind ticked and we were all too scared to say anything. "Cass, you think you can talk to Jason? Get some more info out of him?" He looked at me and I was afraid to say no, so I just nodded quietly. "Good."

"I'll go with you," Leon looked over at me, but I kept looking up at Dom.

"No, she has to go on her own. He won't trust her with you there, Le." Dom said forcefully as he continued pacing.

"But, Dom—"

"No buts about it, Le. She's going on her own." Dom cut Leon off and gave him a stern look.

I glanced quickly at Leon from the corner of my eye and saw him narrow his eyes at Dom. He finally blew out a defeated sigh and collapsed back into the pillows.

"Fuck," Dom mumbled before finally walking out of the room. There was a moment's silence before we heard a crash and another loud "fuck!"

Everybody jumped as the back door slammed shut and none of us dared to move until we heard Dom's car start up and drive off. Mia was the first to move; she stood and walked into the kitchen and we heard her picking up the pieces of a glass that Dom had shattered. The boys looked at each other and then at Letty who stood and stormed up the stairs. She slammed her bedroom door as she closed it, causing me to jump again.

Leon placed his hand on my knee and I quickly stood; I could feel his eyes watching me. "I should go see if she's ok." I didn't look at either of the boys as I walked slowly upstairs. I reached her door and took a deep breath as I knocked.

She didn't answer, but I opened the door and walked in anyway. She was lying on her stomach, with her hands under the pillow and staring away from the door at the wall. I closed the door carefully behind me and sat on the bed next to her.

My hand automatically went to the small of her back and I was glad when she didn't pull away.

"I really didn't mean to tell them, Cass." She mumbled through her pillow.

"I know."

"I only went to see Harry for some new parts, and Edwin and Hector happened to be there," she took a jagged breath and dug her face into the pillow more, "they asked me what I'd been up to, and I just blurted it out."

I didn't know what to say so I just stayed quiet and rubbed her back soothingly.

She sniffled and finally turned to look at me; she hadn't been crying, but her eyes were red from fighting back tears. She turned around and sat up, bringing her knees up close to her to rest her chin on.

I smoothed my hand through her hair and smiled softly. She dropped her forehead to her knees and sighed. "This is so fucked up."

I nodded, "yeah. But it'll be fine. We always get through it."

"Dom hates me," she mumbled and let out a groan.

"He'll get over it."

"I don't think he will this time. I royally fucked up." She hugged her knees tighter before grumbling out a string of curses.

Letty finally looked up at me when I didn't respond. I shrugged and looked down at the floor, "I don't know what to say, chica." From the corner of my eye I saw her nod before she lay back down on the bed and stared at the ceiling.

"Look. It will be ok. I promise," I looked her in the eye and assured her. She smiled apologetically with another nod. "For now, I need to go and I need your help." She furrowed her brows curiously and I cringed slightly, "can you keep Leon here – make sure he doesn't follow me while I go see Jason."

Letty cringed as well with a knowing look. "I'll do my best."

"Thanks."

She sat up and hugged me before we both stood and headed back downstairs. Leon and Vince were still in the living room and hadn't moved from their seats, only now they were lost in a conversation of their own. I grabbed my keys from the hook by the door and kissed Letty on the cheek before I grabbed my jacket and wished the boys goodbye and ran out the door.

I heard Letty inside trying to calm somebody down and assumed it was Leon. I got in my car and started it; as I put it in gear, I looked up at the house and saw Leon heading my way. Not giving him a chance to reach me, I quickly sped off; in my rear-view mirror I saw him throw his arms in the air in defeat and look over at Vince and Letty as they joined him on the footpath.