Chapter Fifty-Six

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“Okay, are we ready to go?” Mia asked almost before the game was over.

“Damn, girl,” Letty laughed. “Are you that anxious to see Wes again?”

“Who’s Wes?” Jamie asked, looking confused.

“A new waiter at Jerry’s,” Amber explained. “And Mia’s obsessed with him.”

“I am not!” Mia protested, smacking Amber’s arm lightly.

“Okay, yeah, whatever,” Amber laughed.

“Would you guys come on already!” Mia shouted as she walked towards the door.

Amber sighed loudly before ruffling her hand through Leon’s hair and standing up. “One of these days I’m gonna have to kill your sister, you know,” she said, looking over at me.

“Yeah, I know,” I laughed. “I’ll make sure to back up your alibi for ya.”

“Okay nerd boy,” she said, looking down at Leon. “I’ll see ya when we get back…whenever that is!”

“’Kay,” he answered, absently running his hand against her leg. “I’m gonna head over to the garage after a while…mom wanted me to change her oil for her. I should be back before you guys, though.”

“Yeah, knowing Mia, you’ll be back hours before us,” Letty laughed.

“Hey, Let,” I said, just before she followed Amber and Jamie out the door. “Come here for a second, I need to talk to you real quick about that car we were working on…”

“O-kay…” Letty said slowly as she walked over to me. “What car?”

I checked to make sure Jamie and Amber were outside before answering her. “So…any idea when you’ll be back?”

“Not really,” she said slowly. “You know how it is… Why?”

“Eh, I was just wondering…” I said, smirking at her. “Hey, is Jamie coming back over here after, do you know?”

“I have no idea…I think she is…”

“Oh,” I said, a little disappointed. Not that I didn’t like Jamie - I did. I just wanted to spend some time with Letty before she had to go back to school on Monday. But instead, she was going out with the girls, drooling over guys, and even when she got back we still wouldn't be able to just be ourselves....

“Don’t worry,” she said, like she was reading my mind. “We can have Vince hang out with her for a while or something…right V?”

“Huh?” he asked, looking up from the tv. “What’d you say, Letty?”

“Never mind…” she laughed, just as a horn honked outside.

“You’d better go,” I said, quickly leaning down and kissing the top of her head. “Don’t want them to leave you…”

“Bye Dom…” Letty said, wrapping her arms around me for a quick second before she turned to walk out the door. “Bye Leon, V!” she called out behind her, almost as an afterthought.

“So…” I sighed, looking over at Leon and Vince. “What are we gonna do now?”