A/N: Hey all, I want to thank everyone who reviewed. Sorry that I have not thanked you individually yet. This chapter is significantly shorter than the last. It was hard to write because it gets so emotional. Therefore, you should prep in advance.

Dom rushed Letty to the hospital driving at full speed. Letty continued to wipe the tears from her face as they continued to pour out of her eye sockets.

"We're almost there Letty." Dom said gently rubbing her thigh. He was attempting to be as supportive as possible.

"Mhm", was all Letty could muster out. She believed if she attempted to speak all that would escape her body were the screams she was harboring within.

When they arrived to the hospital they met with Milo and the attending physician, who had first seen Ana when she first came in. "Hello Mr. and Mrs. Toretto. I am Dr. Narpas. I regret to meet you under these circumstances." The young doctor introduced himself.

"Where is she?" Letty blurted out.

"In surgery"

"In surgery? So there's still a good chance for her right?" There was a pitch in her voice. It was full of hope as her red eyes gleamed in hearing of such news.

"Unfortunatley as I was informing your brother, chances are slim." Letty's heart sank. Dom put a comforting arm around his wife well aware she needed him then more than ever.

"What? Why? Can't you save her? What's the point of having her in there?" Letty rambled.

"There is always a chance, but it is not my practice to deliver false hope. Mrs. Santana received most of the impact in the accident. The car was hit from the passenger side by a drunk driver. She wasn't in the vehicle when authorities found her. She's suffering from severe internal hemorrhaging. She wasn't conscious when she arrived and is in pretty rough shape. I'm afraid if we can't stop the bleeding there is nothing more to be done."

"But there has to be…" Letty practically begged.

"I'm afraid all we can do now is pray." Dr. Narpas told her consolingly. "Feel free wait here. Mr. Santana is still in the ICU, and until all is cleared he too cannot have visitors." Letty felt a sudden onset of panic. She felt the sudden need to claw herself out of her own skin. She wanted to be someone else who was somewhere else, someone who was not going through this, someone who did not have to feel pain. Letty locked eyes on the sliding doors she had just entered from and bolted. She ran as fast as she could. Dom watched her with little surprise, and politely excused himself from Milo side.

"Sorry man. We'll be right back. I promise. She's just having a tough time."

"I know. I almost did the same thing." Milo said attempting to give him a half smile.

"Not many people told me this when I lost my mom, but it's okay to cry. It's okay to feel. Be proud of being a Mama's boy."

"Always will be" Dom gave the young man a soft pat on the back.

"I'll be back in ten."

"Sure thing" Milo said as the older man walked away to hunt down his wife.

"Getting slow in your old age." Dominic lightly jabbed as he found Letty leaning against their car.

"I need some air."

"There's plenty of air in there."

"I can't do it. I can't be in there Dominic." She told him stubbornly creating space between them.

"Yes you can." He said closing the distance she was trying to create.

"I can't just sit there and wait for my mom to die."

"You don't know she's going to die."

"Are you deaf?" She yelled at her husband. "The man basically gave her a death sentence."

"You can't lose hope until you know. Think about Milo. He may lose both his parents tonight. He needs you Let. I'll be here for you. Whatever you need I got it."

"Can you get me my mom?" Letty challenged as she choked up. "Because that's the only thing I want Dominic."

"Let I know what you're going through."

"Do you? Do you really?"

"I know I only had sixteen years with my mom and it doesn't compare to the 43 you've had with yours, but I still think about her everyday." Dom said grabbing her by the arms forcefully. "I'm going to tell you something you already know. I know that pain you're feeling, that pain that isn't letting you breath or think. I know the anger you're feeling, and you just want to take it out on anyone and everyone. It doesn't matter what I tell you. As much as I want to, I can't take the pain away. I just can't. No one can. I'm going to try, but it's always going to hurt. But you can't runaway baby. There's always going to be a little girl inside you that wants to, but you can't. You have your own little girl whose heart is about to break when she finds out about this. How do you think the boys are going to feel? This is more than just you. As much as I want to give you the space and the time, there is no such thing. " Letty broke down at the sight of a single tear roll down his face.

"I don't know what to do." She heaved. "How do you live without your mom? No one can replace her."

"I wish I had an answer for you, but I don't. I just know it isn't right to run away. I tried it, and it doesn't work. It just hurts the people around you who are already hurting."

"I'm sorry." Letty apologized. "I'm being selfish."

"Don't sweat it. You're allowed to." He said giving her a gentle kiss and using his shirt to clean the snot off her face.

"I would give up anything to not feel this way."

"I'd give up anything to make you feel better." Dom walked Letty back inside and noticed Milo was standing outside a patient's room crying to himself as Dr. Narpas stepped away. Letty immediately knew what that meant. She threw her arms on her brother.

"I'm so sorry Milo." She said hugging her baby brother tightly as he cried into her neck. "I'm so sorry."

"She's gone."

"They said that?" Letty said pulling away and grabbing the young man's face.

"She bled out. They tried to stop it, but they couldn't. Mami's dead." Letty shut her eyes and attempted to take several deep breaths.

"At least we have each other now."

"What if I lose my dad too?" The young man broke down. "I can't lose both of them."

"Don't talk like that. Lute's gonna make it. You hear me?"

"You don't know that."

"Yes I do."

"No you don't."

"Yes I do. We need to be strong for him too." Letty said staring into his eyes. He gave her a small nod

"They wanted me to identify the body, but I can't. I can't go in there."

"We'll go together." She said holding him tightly. "Okay?"

"I don't know."

"I'm sorry to interrupt." Dr. Narpas said walking up behind them. "I know this is difficult news for your family. I would like to offer my condolences. I'm sure she was a great woman."

"Yes, she was." Letty answered attempting to smile, but the anguish would not let her.

"I was telling your brother that it is part of a formality to have an immediate family member identify the body. If you'd like, you could all go, but we only would need one person." The siblings nodded their heads as they continued to cry. "I know this is difficult. It doesn't have to be today."

"No, it's okay. We can do it." Letty said taking a hold of both Dom and Milos hands.

"Please follow me." The physician said softly. He took them down several floors and hallways. The last hallway was eerie. Letty felt haunted by the bare white walls and florescent lights. The doctor brought them to an open window where they could see a lifeless body laying on a gurney that was covered with a single white sheet. "You can step in if you'd like. I can give you some time alone."

"Thank you." She whispered as the physician let them in. Letty prayed that when they unveiled the body it would not be Ana. She shut her eyes as tightly as she could and prayed the hardest she ever did as they slowly slipped off the blanket. She did not want to believe it, but when she opened her eyes there she lay. A new wave of pain washed over her, stronger than she ever imagined. It almost knocked her down to her knees. All the will left Letty's body. She held on to both men tightly in fear that her legs would give out. "That's her." She exhaled. "That's her…that's her..." Milo let go of her and began touching Ana's bruised face.

"Te vez bella Mami." (You look beautiful Mami.)He cried as he leaned down to give her a soft kiss on her cheek. "Siempre estarás conmigo. Siempre." (You'll always be with me, always.) He broke down completely laying his head on his mom's chest. Letty refused to accept what was happening. It did not make sense to her. As much as she tried not to, she let go of Dom and fell over her mother's lifeless body.

"Mami no me dejes. No me dejes. Yo te necesito." (Mami don't leave me. Don't leave me. I still need you.) She sobbed over the cold corpse. "No me dejes. Solo necesito que me hables."(Don't leave me. I need you to talk to me.) She kept crying as she rocked her back and forth.

"Letty you have to get up." Dom told her grief ridden himself. Never in his life did he think he would see the day Ana would go.

"She's too young to die. She was supposed to outlive us all." Letty told him blinded by her tears as denial washed over her. "Mami despierta. Yo se que me oyes. No me hagas esto. Por favor regresa a mi." (Mami wake up. I know you can hear me. Don't do this to me. Just come back. Please.)

Up next...Funeral and some dotty turbulence