A Place to Stay

A the Fast and the Furious story

Disclaimer: I bought the DVD...

Chapter 1

Harry's is quiet when Hector walks in, like most Mondays. The few people in the store are looking, rather than buying. Harry waves at him from the office, phone seemingly attached to his ear. There's a white guy serving another customer, neither of them familiar until Harry's guy turns to point out some part. Spilner (O'Conner) is paler than the last time Hector saw him, pale even for a snowman. There are deep shadows under his eyes, and he's thinner. He's tired too.

"He came in last week. Needed a place to stay."

Harry's leaning on the counter, watching Hector watch O'Conner.

"He's a fucking cop Harry! How'd you hire him, after what he did to Dom and the others?" Hector glared at O'Conner and at Harry.

"He's not a cop any more. They busted him out cause he gave Dom his car. The Feds wanted to send him to Lompoc for letting Dom go. "

Hector stared at him. It's been nearly a year since Race Wars and while there were a lot of rumours about what happened, enough people had seen Dom's car for Hector to know someone had had to have helped him. Hadn't expected it to be the cop.

"So what's he doing back? Got to know he there's people gunning for him."

"Doctors are better out here." Harry sighed, "You want anything, better get it now. I'm closing up tomorrow. Docs won't discharge him without a lift. The chemo screws with you almost worst than the cancer."

End.

Please forgive the lack of cars. I know how to change a tyre, top up the water, check the oil and that auto's are easier to drive than manuals. Oh, and I can read street maps.