𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐎𝐟 𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐓𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐨

Mexico & Our New Home

Chapter Five- Mexico & Our New Home

Mia zipped up Nicole's burgundy sweat suit jacket, and stoops down to her level. "There you go Nicky." Nicole looked at her aunt with tears welling up in her eyes. Mia did her best to smile through her own emotions and held her own tears back. "Don't cry. It's going to be okay."

"But what about you?"

"I'll be okay too." Mia slowly nods. "This is not goodbye, you know that. Were going to see each other again real soon, and you'll still be my favorite niece."

Tears streamed down Nicole face. "I'm your only niece." Her voice cracks.

Mia smiles letting her own tears fall, she pulls Nicole in a tight hug. "That's right you are." She scoffs to herself with a cracked chuckle. "And that's why your my favorite."

"I love you, aunt Mia." Nicole holds on to her.

Mia pulls back. "I love you too." She brush the strands left out from Nicole's pony tail, behind her ear. "Be good, and listen to your mother. Okay?" Nicole nods her head. "I'll see you guys when you come back." She stands up.

Letty opens the front door, coming in. "Cars ready." 

Nicole worriedly looks back at Mia. 

"Go on Nicky." She nods her head to Letty. 

Nicole grabs her small backpack and walks over to her mother, Letty looks down and forces a smile.

"You ready baby girl?" Letty holds her hand out.

Nicole nods and takes her hand, Letty leads her outside and down the steps, to the car. Mia walks out on the porch to see them off. 

Letty puts Nicole in the backseat and starts to strap her in.

"Is daddy coming?" Nicole looks up at her.

Letty stops strapping her in, she slowly nods her head and looks up at Nicole. "Yeah, he is coming a little later." She rubs the side of her head. "Okay?"

Nicole nods her head but continues to look down. Letty pats her leg, once she was finished and closed the door, she looks back at Mia with a sad smile and waves. Nicole peaked out the window to see her aunt Mia waving them goodbye from the top of the steps, she sadly waves back at her. Mia made a heart with her hands and pointed to her making Nicole sadly smile at her.

Letty gets in the car and starts it up before quickly pulling off down the street.

Mia sighs, covering her mouth as the rest of her tears fell. "Bye you two."

Later...

Hours had passed since earlier, it was already 10:30 at night and there was still no sign or phone call from Dom.

The only phone call she received was from Mia a little while after they had left, and it wasn't a good call either. Mia had told her that Brian had came for Dom but that was held off when Tran and one of his guys had shot at the house, killing Jesse. Brian along with Dom had went after them and that's all she knew as she hadn't heard from her brother or Brian since that situation.

Letty sat on the couch with a sleeping Nicole who's head was in her lap. 

Everything was all packed up to go. Letty had put what she needed for herself and Nicole in a duffel bag, along with all the money that they had. It was everything that her and Dom made from street racing and doing jobs, so it was going to last them a long time.

Letting out a sigh, Letty lets her head fall back. She tucked her hair that was out behind her ear, and looks down at Nicole. Seeing her daughter's sleeping face had eased her nerves just a little bit, but knowing she was dragging her own child into all of this made a small guilt pain come to her. None of this was the life she wanted her to have, it was a life no mother wanted her kid to have but in a way she didn't have a choice. No matter what happened, she was still going to teach Nicole what she needed, especially when it came to school. Even though they were going to Mexico, she was still gonna celebrate Nicole birthday as Letty knew that she deserved that much.