- Ages, Dom 13, Letty 13, Vince 13, Mia 11.

3rd Person Overview

It was a whole two years before they saw Letty again and when they did it wasn't on good terms either. Instead of working with Mr Toretto Vince and Dom now worked on their own customers cars, asking him occasionally what to do or how to do it best, Mia was now deemed old enough to stay at home in the afternoons after school to do her homework. They heard a whimper and all looked up from what they were doing to see an older Letty wiping her face and looking down at the ground, Vince and Dom exchanged looks but didn't move. Mr T on the other hand dropped his tools and rushed over, recognising the girl he had been worrying about since she left two years ago. He saw her hands shaking and grabbed them earning a sob of pain from her, she pulled away and he grabbed them a little more gently this time, moving them so he could see them in the light. He swallowed slowly, they were a mess. The skin was torn, if not completely gone over her palms and deep cuts were scattered over them, broken glass still in them he suspected. He walked away from her headed for his office when she growled.

"Don't you dare call the police."

"Who did this to you, Letty?" He asked quietly "I can make it stop if you give me a name."

"I can't say." She said, eyes and jaw set in defiance

He sighed, he knew it wasn't his place so he walked back towards her "Why didn't you come back, I could have helped you out Letty."

"Because I'm not a charity case," She growled, her eyes blazing "I have managed just fine so far, I don't need your pity."

Dominic's Pov

"Because I'm not a charity case," She growled, her eyes blazing "I have managed just fine so far, I don't need your pity." I watched the girl I remembered to be Letty, it had been years ago and in all honesty I had forgotten about her until dad said her name. I watched blood drip off her fingers and onto the floor, I wondered what she had done to them or rather who had done that to her. I did feel the pity she just said for her, no one deserved that to happen to her, much less a girl. I could tell Vince was angry, he never said much about his pop but I knew enough to know that he was abusive until he moved in with Mia and I so I knew naturally he would be pissed.

"We aren't offering you charity or pity here, Letty," Dad said softly "If you thought we were, why did you come here?"

She looked at the ground nervously at the question and shook her hands nervously, making more blood splatter onto the ground at the action.

"Because you are the only person I had ever known to be good to me." She said softly, I looked at the bags under her eyes before I realised it was old bruising, more pity rushed out of me for her

Dad sighed and ushered her into his office where the first aid kit was located, Vince sent me a look and I could tell that we were both on the same wavelength. We both set our tools down and pressed our ears against the door, trying to hear what they were saying.

For a while it was silent and then dad just said the usual, this will hurt or sting a little. But then after a while longer he said to her sternly, almost fatherly;

"You know I am only doing this on one condition."

"What's that?" She asked tiredly

"That you drop into the garage at least once a week so I can see how you are doing, it isn't healthy not having from what I can tell more people around." Dad muttered, I imagine him squinting at her with those demanding eyes

"Fine," She sighed "And if I don't come in once a week?"

"I promise you I will call the cops and tell that what I suspect is happening." I looked a Vince surprised, he looked just the same. Dad may have come across as a hard arse but honestly once you got to know him he did it for your own good probably 99% of the time and was actually pretty soft.

"I don't really have a choice anyway do I?" She muttered

"No," Dad replied, I could hear his chair creak, he would be leaning back with his hands on his head "But for now I do advise you to come in every two days so I can see your hands and dress them because if you leave them too long the wound will dry out and stick to the bandage and I can tell you now it won't be pleasant to remove."

"I'll see you in two days then." Spoke slowly, I looked at Vince and he pulled a sleepy face before pointing in to Letty, indicating the reason she spoke like that was because she was tired

Vince and I scrambled away back towards our workstations and we had both picked a tool up the second the door opened, I smirked, we hadn't been caught ears dropping. She walked out of the office giving me and Vince a faint smile but when she reached the door she said over her shoulder;

"By the way, you two would make rubbish spy's. You both breathe as loud as dogs."

My smirk fell and I could see Vince's ear turning a cherry red, they always did that when he was either pissed or embarrassed. We sighed shouting bye as we both went back to working.

Weeks dragged on and true to her and dad's ultimatum she came every second day until her hands healed and then once or sometimes more depending how she felt for the weeks following. She was a pain in the ass! Honestly I didn't know how a girl could be so annoying, the questions she asked were endless!She seemed to get on better with Vince than me but I found myself slightly jealous, of them being friends and me being excluded or not even asked things anymore.

She walked into the garage and went straight over to Vince, saying to 'Hi' to dad and that was it, there was only the sounds we were making as we worked on the vehicles. I sighed and put my tools down, this Chev truck was being a pain and I didn't have the patience for it today. I looked at her and she looked at me, neither of us looking away. I waved her over and she walked over silently, her hands in her pockets.

"What's up?" She asked, looking down at the engine

"Why don't you come over here anymore?" I asked snappily, wiping my hands on the rag jerkily

She looked embarrassed now and looked down at her feet when she said "Because whenever I ask questions I ask too many and you get pissy with me… so I figured you would work better if I left you alone."

I was somehow touched by that thoughtfulness in weird way, which was pretty cool that she did that so I didn't get grumpy.

"You should come over for tea tonight if you aren't doing anything." I said, knowing dad would be over the roof as would Mia, getting to have some girl talk with Letty

She narrowed her eyes at me and opened her mouth to say "I'm not a-"

"A charity case," Vince smirked at her "We know but you aren't giving you charity, this is what friends do, they have people over for tea and hang out."

"Fine." She huffed

"TONY!" Vince shouted so he would hear him in his office

"What?" He asked walking out of his office

"Letty's coming for tea." I answered

"Cool," He grinned "I hope you like barbecue chicken because we are having a ton of it."

We worked a while and, Letty alternating between Vince and I, I growled and threw a rag at the engine, scowling at it.

"What's the problem?" She asked looking down at it

"Well there's a whole lot of crud in the engine and it isn't to do with the carbie because I have worked on that and I have done everything else I can think of." I shrugged, fingers a little sore from the work I had been putting them through

"Tried the air filter?" she asked grabbing a Allan key, undoing the air box case and as she pulled it back I groaned, it was so old that it was hardly more than a few threads left on the bracket which would be allowing all the crud into the engine

She grinned triumphantly at me and I looked at her shocked, where had she learnt that? Vince had apparently been listening because he roared out in laugher and I felt myself flush in anger, why the hell hadn't I thought of that? She was making me look bad in front of my own family, that didn't sit well with me.

"Oh shut up, Vince." I snapped looking at him irritated

"Whoooooooooh." He laughed, further angering me "Somebody's angry."

I was about to say something rude right back, falling into the trap Vince knew I would just so he could tease me more when Letty snapped at Vince;

"Vince, leave him alone."

Vince nodded at her and stopped, Dom was shocked, Vince never listened to anyone hardly, much less a girl unless it was Mia. I shrugged, turning back to the air filter, removing it before going to the back store to find a replacement one. We finished up with dinner that night and Letty came home with us, all three of us sitting in the back seat. I was surprised to see how well she fitted in with our family, she tolerated Mia and talked to her even if we could tell she didn't particularly liked the topic, she didn't say a word and collected our plates to help wash up and at the end of the night she thanked us before walking out the door to walk home before dad could offer to drop her home.


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