Chapter 40
Dominic wiped the tears away from her cheeks. "Yeah Mi, its me. Mia why?" he asked her, she turned away from him in shame. "Mia look at me. I need you to explain it to me. I'm not mad at you. Just tell me why." She looked at him and nodded sniffing.
"Well I guess it all started when Jeremy died. I guess I should tell you about him. I met him when I first got here. Remember I wrote to you about him and I told you about him." "Yeah I remember." "Well I fell in love with him and I kinda had sex with him. I started drinking because he introduced me to alcohol. We were tight and we talked about kids and marriage. I loved him Dominic and I know that he loved me." she cried some more and Dominic held her hand and wiped at the tears. "Then some fucking drunk asshole hit him with his car. He died instantly. Dominic I didn't get to say bye to him or that I loved him. The pain was so unbearable I wanted to kill myself. Not only that but everything that had happened to us was starting to become unbearable. I mean not having a mother hurt so much. I remember how all the other girls use to talk about their moms and I always wished that I had one. Then dad died and that hurt so bad, I started thinking about the things that I would never get to do with him. That he would never get to walk me down the aisle or how he wont get to see my children. It hurt me so bad. Then you left me, you left when I needed you. You only thought about yourself and not how your actions would effect me, Vince or Letty. I don't blame you for what you did, but it hurt me so much that the only person that I had left also left me. All of that pain was stabbing at me and I wanted a way out. So a friend of mine introduce me to acid. It felt wonderful, I felt like I was flying I felt free the pain was gone. Everything was in different colors, shapes and sizes. I remember the feeling was wonderful and I wanted to feel like that everyday. Then she introduced me to other drugs and I loved it all. But a few months later the amount I was taking was no longer getting me the high that I wanted. I guess when grandma found me I had over done it. But Dominic I am sorry and I promise you that I'll never do it again. I just wanna go home, please take me home." she cried as she told Dom everything that she felt. In some ways Dominic felt guilty for what Mia had felt. He did leave her, he didn't think about the consequences. Yet it doesn't justify what Mia did.
"Mia I can't take you home with me. I'm going back to L.A, I need to find Letty." He told her. "I want to go with you, I promise you that I will never do that again. Please just take me with you." she began to sob. "I can't, you need to stay here and get some help. The doctors are going to help you put your life back in order. They will help you figure out your feelings and stuff." Dominic caressed her hand. "I want to go with you or at least stay here with me." "I can't, you got to stay here on your own so that you can get better. I got to go find Letty, I need to see her." Mia's face grew red with anger, "You're going to leave me for that bitch. I can't believe you!" she screamed at Dom. He looked at her with anger. "Do not call Letty a bitch!" he yelled back at her. "I am going to go now. I wont be able to visit you for two months and you will be admitted to a rehab center for more then six months. I am not going to take you out until the doctors tells me that you are ready. I love you a lot Mia. I'll see you later. Bye." he kissed her goodbye and walked out the door. "Dominic!" he could here Mia crying out his name and it hurt him a lot to have to leave his little sister behind in a hospital with no one.
He walked out the room and to the waiting room where his grandma awaited. "How was she? Did she say anything to you?" Dom nodded and sat down next to her. "Yeah she did. She explained what she did and why. My plans now are to admit her to a rehab center in Los Angeles. I was going to leave her here but I decided that maybe I should take her back with me." Georgia looked at her grandson caressing his cheek. "I think maybe you should leave her here. It will be better and I'll be here for her if she needs me. You go back and prepare the house and start working, so that when she goes back home everything is in order." Dominic rubbed at his forehead stressed out in what to do.
The doctor walked into the waiting area and explained to Dominic what would happen now. Dominic made the choice of leaving Mia in Montana, he signed the papers admitting her to the rehab center. The doctor explained that she would be transferred there tonight. The doctor then asked Dominic if he could stay for a week so that the psychiatric could interview him and he could give some background information of Mia's life. Dominic hesitantly agreed and spend the week in Montana.
Letty and Leon worked the streets trying to sell the merchandise to make more money. Somehow they had gotten themselves into a lot of debt with all the wrong people. If money wasn't paid they would pay it with there lives.
Letty finished selling her part then began to walk back to the park, when she heard her name.
"Letty!" someone yelled. She turned around and saw Hector running towards her. "Hey wuz up man? Long time no see." they hit their fists together then hugged. "Nothing much going on muchacha. girl Where is Dominic at?" Letty looked at him like he had gone crazy. "In jail don't you remember." she drawled out. "Oh, I thought maybe he was out or something. So how come we haven't seen any of you at the races?" Letty didn't want to explain the situation to him. She trusted him, but he wasn't part of the team therefore what goes on in the team stays in the team. "We've been busy." she lied. "Oh well come by anytime. The races are getting good, you should see Johnny Tran is the king of the streets, but we still have some fun." Letty frowned at the mention of Johnny's name. "Look Hector I gots to go. I'll see ya around." "Ok bye." They hugged one last time and Letty walked away as quickly as possible.
She was about to cross the street when a black car pulled up in front of her. "Asshole!" she yelled angrily at the car that was about to run her over. The window rolled down and she saw her ugly nightmare. "What do you want?" she spat out. "Now now Leticia be nice." he teased her, she rolled her eyes at him. "I have another job for you. Get in the car." she opened the door and got in. "So what do you want?" He smirked at her. "I need you to help me kidnap someone." "No!" He looked over at her, "Yes you will. Her name is Brandy. All you got to do is befriend her and get her to me. I'll take care of the rest." Letty growled lowly, "No I'm not going to kidnap no one!" He smirked and pulled into his warehouse. "Get out." she did as told, she followed him to the warehouse and as he opened the garage door her eyes went wide at what she saw. "I knew you would say no, so I did the only thing I could and I took Coney here to use as blackmail. Now are you going to do what I am asking you to do or will my men have more fun with her?" Letty shook in anger she wanted to kill him. She saw the one person she considered her sister crying and in a pool of blood. Letty saw red and went after him. "I'm going to kill you Johnny Tran!" she screamed as she pounded on him. Two men came and got her, they tied her down to a chair and sat her there. "You bitch, you're going to pay for that. Have your fun with her boys." he pointed at Coney. Letty began to scream no as Coney began to scream for help. Letty watched as man after man raped her young sister and cried. When they finished they took Coney to another room.
"So Leticia will you help me or not?" Johnny asked her. "Yes." she whispered. "Good I knew you would see it my way." he laughed and grabbed her, he dragged her out the door and left her. She cried out in heartache, she wanted to kill all those guys for raping her sister, but she couldn't she needed help. Rain began to pour down hard, soon she was socked. She walked and walked for miles finally getting to were she wanted to be at. She went up the stairs and sat on the porch. She brought her legs close to her, resting her chin on top of her knees. She began to sob loudly for her young sister, the thunder was blocking out the sound that left her lips.
She saw a cab pull up in front of the house. She dismissed it and rested her forehead against her knees looking down at nothing. She heard doors closing and footsteps walking towards her. She looked up to see who was coming towards her. Her eyes went wide as she saw who stood in front of her.
"Dominic?" she whispered.