The Cop And The Criminal

68.7

"Come on, Dom, Kass. So where are you taking me?" Letty asks from the back seat as Dom drives along a road in the desert.
"They say an open road helps you think about where you've been, where you're going," Dom answer her as he looks over at Kassidy with a smile.
"So you don't remember any of this yet?" Kassidy asks her with a slightly hopeful look.
"That's not fair. You know I don't," Letty tells her causing Kassidy to let out a sad sigh. Dom grabs her hand giving it a comforting squeeze. "So what is it exactly that you're trying to show me?"
"That," Dom says as he points to the numerous tents and cars in front of them. "Race wars."
"We used to come here?" Letty asks them with an excited smile.
"Come here?" Kassidy asks her back with a smirk. "Y'all invented it."

Letty looks around in amazement before turning to Kassidy with an excited smile as Dom drives through the crowds. Dom pulls up near the starting line before letting Letty get into the driver's seat. Dom looks over at the other driver as the driver revs his engine.
"Keep it under 9,000 RPMs," Dom says as he leans in the window. "Kid's gonna fry his pistons after the first 200."
"You know that's not my style. I gotta ride or die, right?" Letty says as she glances at the other driver.
"He's right. How about you just ride on this one?" Kassidy asks her as a woman walks between the cars. The woman motions for both drivers to pull to the starting line.
"Are you ready?" The woman asks as she points to the other driver before she points at Letty. "I know you're ready." Letty revs the engine as the woman waves flags in the air. "Go!" The woman drops her arms as the drivers take off. Letty stays right beside the other driver as she watches her RPMs to make sure she doesn't go over 9,000. The driver's pistons fry causing him to slow down before Letty wins the race. Letty smiles and shakes her head as she realizes that Dom and Kassidy were right. Letty is surrounded by people congratulating her as she gets out of the car.
"Hey! That's the girl I heard so much about," A woman says as she shakes hands with Letty. "Where you been at, ghost girl?" The crowd starts to cheer as 'ghost girl' repeats in Letty's head before she gets a flash of the wreck. Letty gets a flash of her in a hospital before someone picks her up from behind. Letty gets a flash of the explosion as she is set down before she instinctively turns and punches the man in the face.
"Letty, what the hell?" Hector, the man, asks her as he holds his busted lip. Kassidy tries to get to Letty before she gets into the car and drives off. "Damn dawg! That girl still got that swing, homie."
"You never could take a punch," Kassidy tells Hector with a slight smile as she worries about Letty.
"Right, right," Hector says with a chuckle as he hugs Kassidy. "Hey, man. I'm glad you're back, man. It's good to see you!"
"Good to see you, Hector," Dom says as they bro hug.

Dom and Kassidy are out looking for Letty, when they find her in the cemetery where her headstone is.
"First time I saw this, I thought it was kind of funny," Letty says as she hears Kassidy and Dom walking up behind her. "I guess now the joke's on me." Letty turns to Kassidy and Dom, who rests a sledge hammer on his shoulder. "What are you doing?"
"What we should've done a long time ago," Kassidy answers her.
"Stop it!" Letty yells as she stops Dom from smashing the headstone. "Look at it. It's the truth. That's the date that I lost my memory. That's the date that Letty died and I was born."
"No. You never died," Kassidy says as she looks at her.
"Do you know how hard it is for me when you both look at me and he sees me through 15 years of memories and you through 5 years of memories?" Letty asks them. "Every crazy moment we've ever had. I see it in your eyes. I can't give that to you. I got nothing."
"You got us," Kassidy tells her.
"And you've got only a piece of me," Letty says as she fights back tears. "I have to find myself. For me." Letty pulls Kassidy into a hug. "Goodbye, Kass." Letty walks away leaving Kassidy and Dom standing there as Kassidy cries causing Dom to pull her into a hug.