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Chapter 6

"No," I shook my head not wanting to believe the words coming out of his mouth, "you got it wrong…it can't be," I whispered.

"Do you want to see?" Brian offered taking out a folded piece of paper from his pocket, "there's no doubt about it, the car is registered to a Samuel Green."

"I'm going to be sick," I said slapping a hand over my mouth, running upstairs to the bathroom and falling to the ground in front of the toilet as I emptied the contents of my stomach.

"Madison?" Leon called out from downstairs with a slight panic behind his voice until I heard Brian telling him I was upstairs. A few seconds later he was standing in the doorway as I flushed the toilet, "You alright?"

"I don't know," I admitted wiping my mouth with some toilet paper and pulling my knees up to my chest.

"We're not going to let anyone come near you, you know that, right?" he asked sitting next to me and throwing an arm around my shoulders, "no one's ever going to hurt you again."

Then

"You know you like it," James snickered as he had a hand around my neck during sex one night and I would be lying if I said I didn't like it rough but tonight was going too far.

"Ok, that's enough," I said trying to wiggle away but he slapped me across the face.

"I'm not done yet, sit still," he demanded squeezing his hand tighter as he moved himself in and out of me hard and fast.

"Can't…breathe…" I managed to choke out as struggled to get free again, "James, please…"

"I said stop," he yelled punching me in the face with such force that it whipped my head to the side.

When he finally finished and passed out on the bed next to me, I quickly and quietly got dressed before getting in my car and speeding home. I instantly felt at ease when I parked in front of the house but nearly jumped out of my skin when I heard a voice on the front porch.

"Morning," Leon nodded as he sat on the porch swing perfectly still.

"You lurk in the dark often?" I questioned walking over and taking a seat next to him making it move slightly.

"I don't know, do you normally sneak back in the house at three in the morning? Aren't you a little old for that?" he teased and I watched as he face turned completely serious, "Madison, what happened?"

"You know how those stairs jump right out in front of you," I said trying to laugh it off as I let my hair down hoping it would cover any marks that had started to form.

"Yeah, they can be sneaky fuckers," he agreed.

"Well, time for sleep, have fun out here creeper," I smirked bracing myself against his knee to get up.

"Hey firecracker," he called out as I put my hand on the door, "no one deserves it no matter what might have gone down."

"I don't know what you're talking about," I lied trying to force a smile as he got up to follow me inside.

I was just about to go upstairs to my room when he came up behind me and whispered in my ear, "stairs don't leave finger marks around your neck, you deserve so much more than him."

"Goodnight, Le," I sighed as I climbed the stairs.

I should have listened to him then and I could have saved myself a lot of heartache and a lot of money on concealer but James would apologize and I would take him back without a second thought at least until the next time things went too far. Leon was always there for me to talk to though, whether it was in the middle of the day at the garage or the middle of the night sitting in his car watching the stars. It wasn't long after my accident that we made it official, though he had my heart a long time before that.

Now

"You're always saving me," I said moving so my head rested on his shoulder.

"Someone has to," he smiled.

The front door open and I tensed up not hearing anyone at first until Vince made some stupid joke before yelling up the stairs, "Hey kid, someone's here to see you."

"Is he ever going to stop calling me that?" I groaned lifting my head.

"You know he does it because you called him scruffy bear in front of some girl he was trying to hook up with," he replied helping me off the ground.

"He is scruffy," I shrugged not seeing the problem as I walked out of the bathroom and started down the stairs, "V, who's…" I trailed off seeing Sam standing in our living room with his arms crossed.

"I should have known you would fuck up again someday," Sam started nastily.

"Let me ask you something, Samuel," I sneered quickly making my way into the living room, "where were you that day?"

"I wasn't even in town!" he exclaimed.

"No? So you don't have a black Mazda registered in your name?" I yelled and watched as the men in the room moved so they could step in if things got physical but Sam didn't answer so I continued, "you know the same car that killed your sister!"

"A car didn't kill my sister you did!" he shouted getting right in my face and I saw Vince and Leon take a step closer, "She didn't want to even do the job, she knew in her heart something wasn't right!"

"She did it for you!" I confessed telling him the truth for the first time, "God, Sam, she was hoping to pay off your debt to Johnny and Lance so you could be safe!"

He stood there silent for a minute before stating, "It should have been you."

"Ok, that's enough…" Leon started but I cut him off.

"Don't you think I know that?" I screamed with watery eyes, "You don't know how much I wish it was me that day! God, I wake up every day hoping it was all just some horrible nightmare and when I realize it's not it kills me a little more inside."

The room fell silent after my outburst, even Leon had never heard me say anything like that before and I had been screaming so loud I didn't hear Dom and Letty walk in.

"Sam, it's time to go," Letty spoke up and as he moved towards the front door she added, "And if I see you around her again I'll personally remove your manhood."

"Here," Brian said handing Dom the piece of paper that had the information on it trying to explain what had just happened.

I just stood in the same spot I had been in trying to hold in the tears that threatened to fall from my eyes.

"Babe," Leon said softly taking a tentative step forward and placing a hand gently on my back. Just that small amount of contact made me crumble to the floor with heart wrenching sobs, he knelt down next to me and cradled me in his arms, "Shh…it's going to be ok."

I don't know how long I sat like that for but I let out every tear I had held in for the last year, Leon never once loosening the hold he had on me. I saw Vince, Jesse, Letty and Dom watching with sad eyes as Brian left to get Mia from school. Letty started for the door when Dom stopped her.

"Where are you going?"

"To castrate him," she stated with such hate in her voice I thought he was going to let her leave but he just gave her a look as if to say 'I agree he will be punished but you're not leaving right now' and she sighed before walking back in the living room.

"Maddie," Dom said walking over and putting a hand on my shoulder, "come with me."

I reached my hand out and he easily pulled me to my feet and led me out to the garage where we kept daddy's charger.

"Get in," he said holding the driver's side door open for me.

I slid in and wiped away the few tears that were left with the back of my hand as he got in the passenger seat.

"Dad would come out here and work for hours on this car with me even after working all day at the garage and helping you and Mia with homework. I used to think the man never slept but as you got older you started helping us and I hated it at first. All the questions you would ask but dad sat there patiently and answered every single one of them but do you remember what he told you when you asked if he ever got scared when he raced?"

"I take life a quarter mile at a time and when I see you and Dominic waiting at the finish line it makes me smile from ear to ear," I answered hearing my father's words in my head.

Dom reached over and put the keys in the ignition, "Don't ever wish that it was you that day, take life a quarter mile at a time."

"I can't do this," I shook my head realizing he expected me to pull it out of the garage and onto the street.

"Yes, you can," he nodded having faith in me, "make daddy smile."