Waking up

I woke up to the sound of beeping, the steady kind, that and there was a soft voice in the room, most likely a nurse's then the soft voice of Yaretzi, I smiled hearing her. I opened my eyes then I was blinded by the light. I coughed a bit as I sat up, my chest burned, as I did it. Yaretzi rushed over to me tears in her normally calm brown eyes. The nurse ran over trying to get me to lay down.

"back off." I told her my voice hoarse and dry. Finally she did and left the room.

"Thank god we thought we lost you." She cried looking at me as the tears fell, I smiled but as the memory of how I got here crashed back to me my heart jumped.

"How's Letty?" I asked looking at her coughing a little bit. Yaretzi smiled at me before leaning back and wiping her eyes.

"She has a concussion and a broken arm, some cuts and burses. She's been hiding out everyone thinks you two are dead, thanks to Brian." She told me, I sighed calming down she was okay, I'm not sure I could handle losing her again. Mia walked in the room minutes later. Her eyes were relived as she rushed over to me, Letty was a few feet behind her, her right arm was in a sling and cuts were over her face. She smiled at me as I waved at them.

"Hey." I greeted as Mia lightly gave me a hug, Letty sat at the end of my bed looking out the window. She looked distracted like something had happened.

"How long have I been out?" I asked looking at Mia, she rubbed her eyes.

"A week, the bullet almost hit your heart they thought you were a goner, you were luckily Letty was there." Mia told me and I heard Letty scoff at that. I looked over at her as she smiled sadly.

"You took a bullet meant for me, I was luckily you were there." She told me I smiled at her shaking my head at her.

"It's what I do." I told them, Yaretzi laughed before the room became quite.

"There's bad news your apartment was ran sacked your car gone, not to mention if they find out your alive." Mia started but I nodded cutting her off.

"I know, I'm a walking target." I mumbled, Letty nodded we both were. The fact we weren't dead was going to get back to Braga and his man, and when it did, I was dead.

"When can I leave?" I asked looking at them, Letty laughed as she stood up facing me.

"They said after you can walk, but there worried about that ticker of yours you almost died on the table twice." Letty told me bluntly.

"Ha they can't kill me." I joked earning a laugh from all the women in the room, I was tired of being a target everyone knew it.

"I have to go but call me." Yaretzi told me before giving me a hug and leaving.

"latter." I called as she left. The doctor came in and yelled at me for moving, I yelled back with the help of Letty and Mia. After an hour of fighting I checked myself out. I had stitches in the upper part of my chest and I knew it would scar. The fact was I didn't care, I was lucky to be alive and now, I wanted to take down Braga for the fucker he was. Mia drove as I sat in back of her car, they had given my pills, I refused to take them. Letty looked back at me, she had a question in her eyes.

"Why did you do that back there?" I looked at her like she was crazy, I would have given my life to save her.

"Because that's what I do." I told her smiling, she shook her head as we reached Mia's house, it was the first time I had been homeless in a long time. Letty helped me out as I coughed a little more, the doctor said my lungs had been beat up a little.

"So where do I sleep?" I joked as we made our way up the stairs.

"The floor." Letty joked, I laughed a bit my chest hurt again, but I could handle that much. Mai was up front she walked in and gasped. I looked up from the last step; Letty went still next to me before I saw what she did. I pushed her in a before me wobbling a bit but standing on my own. I walked in and closed the door just as Letty jumped to Dom who was standing in the front room. Mia had tears in her eyes as she walked over giving him a hug as well. I smiled leaning on the wall I hug sounded like more pain to me. I watched as Mia backed off as Letty gave Dom a tearful kiss.

"I thought you two were dead." Dom mumbled looking up at me then back at Letty. Letty smiled sadly as she looked back at me, I shook my head no. She was going to tell him I almost was, but by the look in his eyes he could tell, Letty was beaten pretty bad, and I looked like I crawled out of a whole.

"They almost were." Mia mumbled looking over at me, I sighed as I made my way to a chair and sat down, I was tired my chest throbbed and my head was getting that way two.

"Are you okay?" Mia asked, I nodded taking a deep breath, there was that look in Dom's eye it was the look of vengeance. Dom and Letty sat down as Mia went to the kitchen, Letty filled him in on what had happened, he was upset but more at himself. They agreed to call Brian tomorrow. Mia brought me a glass of water that I took, I looked at it before drinking it before I had fallen asleep.

Others

Letty looked over at Jiya she had passed out, Mia was worried about her as she looked around. Letty looked back at Dom with loving eyes, sure she was upset about him leaving her but at the same time she got it. He looked down at her then over at Jiya, she had been left behind to clean up the mess.

"How did you two manage to get away?" Dom asked again, Letty went over it again, until Jiya had pulled the corner and taking the shot for her. Dom looked back up at the sleeping girl that had been left clueless and alone. He knew they were in trouble if they were to be alive, he made his choice, you don't mess with his family and Fenix did he was a dead man when he found him.

"How did you get back?" Letty finally asked as Mia sat down next to Jiya.

"I called a friend, have you heard from Leon or Vince?" Dom asked Letty shook her head no, no one had, ever since Jessie died they were gone.

"Things were bad after you left I'm not surprised." Mia stated leaning back into the chair, she looked over at him sweetly.