Hold On
By: Sarah McLachlan
The next day my fit of the night before was forgotten. Vince had left me once I fell asleep, and I had put the entire thing out of my mind. I dressed in the outfit Mia and I had chosen for my seduction. It was revealing, but didn�t show any of my stomach. I didn�t want to remind Dom of my little �incident� and I figured that seeing the bandages would make him think of nothing else. There was a knock at my door, and upon opening it, I discovered it to be Mia, here to help my �prep�.
She pushed me back into the room, and shoved me into the desk chair. I had picked out the desk and vanity too. Mia didn�t come in here much, Dom didn�t like her to. He�d only been in here once himself. He kind of felt threatened by the place, because it�s where I run when he makes me mad. It�s like my second home, and he doesn�t like the idea of me having a home besides his.
�I forgot how pretty this place is.� Mia murmured to herself as she rifled through the makeup bag she had brought with her. She came back to the vanity, her arms filled with what she deemed �necessary makeup�. After what felt like an eternity, but was actually only about 15 minutes, she announced my makeup was done, and turned me back to the mirror. I was impressed to say the least. I didn�t look all prissy or anything, just nice.
�You sure this is gonna work.� I was still unsure. �I look kind of silly don�t you think?�
�Letty, you look beautiful. My brother�s not gonna know what hit him; he�ll fall in love with you all over again. And I�m not even done yet!�
�What?�
After another 30 minutes I could finally say my torture had ended. Mia had insisted on fixing my hair. I told her I thought I looked like I had lost a fight with a curling iron. My hair was pulled back into a ponytail, and Mia had curled the ponytail into spiraling ringlets. Then she had curled two pieces in the front of my face. If truth be told, I thought I looked okay, but I was worried about what Dom would think. After all, I would look silly at the garage like this without a reason. That�s when Mia revealed the second part of her master plan.
*Hold on
Hold on to yourself
For this is gonna hurt like hell.*
I walked into the garage and all of a sudden everyone�s eyes were on me. It was a Saturday, so everyone was working. After Mia had left, I had waited 40 minutes before coming in, as to make it look unsuspicious. I tried to casually walk to the office but I didn�t make it. I had felt all eyes on me since I had walked in, but then Vince called me.
�What are you dressed like that for chica?� he asked confused.
I turned around to find I had everyone�s attention, including Dom, who looked like he was undressing me with his eyes. As much as I liked the feeling, I had to remember to stick to the plan. I answered Vince, but stared at Dom while I said the words. �I have a date.�
Dom�s eyes filled with unwavering anger.
�With who?� Vince asked.
�One of Hector�s friends.� I replied coolly. Mia had talked Hector into helping us out.
I could tell Dom was about to comment, or yell, but there was an unexpected disturbance in his anger, at least in his anger towards me. Brian�s orange supra had just pulled into the shop. Dom�s eyes flashed in the direction of the office, where Mia was. He turned to me with an angry, protective look. �Keep her in there.� He ordered me. �I don�t want her to know he�s here, do whatever it takes to keep her in there, chain her to the fucking chair if you have to.�
�Good.� I faked. �He seemed really jealous.� I quickly sat, hoping she�d stay interested in the conversation, and not want to go out into the shop, but we could hear loud voices coming from the garage, and she got up to find out what was going on. I quickly jumped from my seat to try and casually block the door. �It�s prolly just the boys, you know how they are. We should stay in here, you know how Dom is.� She looked strangely at me, and tried again to get to the door. I held my ground. �You can�t go out there Mia.�
�And why not?�
Next thing we hear is a loud male voice yelling. �Let me see her Dom!�
�Oh my god, it�s Brian.� Mia yelped.
�Mia you can�t go out there.� I said again.
�Letty please, Dom will kill him.� She looked at me with such a horrified and worried look. I couldn�t help but to feel bad, and consequently let her to the door. She ran into the garage and pushed her way between them. �Back off him Dom.� She yelled and pushed her brother away from Brian. Dom had a shocked, hurt look on his face.
�Mia, I�m your brother! This ass lied to you; he�s a cop for god�s sake. He never really cared, he was undercover. Don�t you get it?�
