Speedy Love

82.9

Dom is released from prison early for good behavior before he goes looking for his brother. Jesse, Vince, Letty, Zoe, and Mia look in shock as Dom pulls up beside them at a street race.

"Hey," Letty says as she makes her way over to Dom before shoving him against his car. "You had another eight months."

"Good behavior," Dom tells her with a shrug before she pulls him into a kiss.

"Oh, Dom," Mia says as he makes his way over to her, pulling his sister into a hug. "You didn't call. I would have picked you up."

"I'm here now," Dom says with a smile as they pull apart.

"Welcome home, brother," Vince says as he and Dom share a quick hug.

"Come here," Jesse says excitedly as he and Dom hug while he pats Dom's back.

"Zoe," Dom says sadly as he pulls her into a hug, knowing how badly everything that has happened has affected her. From losing her father and godfather on the same day to losing Dom, since he went to prison for nearly killing Linder. "Where's Jack?" Dom frowns as he sees Zoe flinch at the mention of the name.

"He left the day after you were arrested," Zoe answers him as tears form in her eyes. "I'm just glad you're home safe."

Dom pulls Zoe into another hug as the crowd begins to cheer before Jakob gets out of his car, soaking in the cheers from the crowd.

"Who wants next? I said, who wants next?!" Jakob questions as he looks around at all of the racers.

"I got next," Dom announces as he looks over at his brother, causing Zoe to look at Dom suspiciously.

"Dom," Jakob says as he looks at his brother in shock while Mia looks up at Dom confused. "Well, when'd you get out, man?"

"I said I got next," Dom says as he walks closer to his brother, causing Zoe to wonder if Dom knew something that they didn't since Dom's tone held vengeance in it.

"Come on, Dom. You don't want to race me in Buddy's old Charger," Jakob says as he steps forward while motioning to Dom's car. "No, it won't even be close." Jakob points over at his car. "My mustang? With all the mods that I put in it?"

"Car don't make the driver," Dom says as he slightly rolls his eyes while he walks over to his brother before speaking in a whisper so that only Jakob will hear. "Here's how this goes. You win... you come back home. You lose... you keep driving, you don't stop, you don't ever come back. Ever."

"What do you mean, Dom?" Jakob asks as he looks at his brother confused.

"I know what you did," Dom answers him, causing Jakob to frown which confirms Zoe's suspicions but makes her wonder what they were talking about. "The day we lost him, Dad kept talking about a misfire. Remember? You were the last one under his hood that day. A minute later, he and Chris were gone."

Jakob's face turns to one of shock before he glances at Zoe with slight tears in his eyes.

"Tell me why you killed Dad." Jakob thickly swallows because he doesn't know what to say. "Now let's race."

An all clear of cops is given as Dom and Jakob move their cars to the on ramp that leads to the bridge where they will be racing. Letty looks at the two cars worriedly as she walks between them with a flashlight in hand.

"Ready?" Letty asks as she looks between the two cars before moving the flashlight to rest on her shoulder. "Set." Each brother revs their engine before Letty turns the flashlight on. "Go."

Jakob and Dom both take off in wheelies before Dom takes the lead. Jakob quickly accelerates, getting beside Dom as they move onto the bridge. Jakob panics as he drives while Dom is calm behind the wheel of his car.

Jakob glances over at Dom, who twists the knob on his NOS bottle to get it ready. Jakob flips a switch to get his NOS ready as they near the end of the bridge where a crowd is waiting. Jesse runs across, spray painting a finish line as the crowd clears out of the way. Dom starts to get in front of Jakob, causing him to hit his NOS before speeding ahead of Dom.

"Too soon," Dom says as Jakob has trouble controlling his car because of the new speed. Dom hits his NOS before speeding in front of Jakob.

"No!" Jakob yells as Dom crosses the finish line before him. Dom comes to a stop while Jakob continues to drive, causing tears to form in Mia's eyes while Zoe watches in confusion.