Speedy Love

32.5

"They're going to be looking for the four of us together now," Dom says as they exit the tunnel. "We need to split up. You, Zoe, and Mia head south, I'll lead them away."

"No," Zoe says as she shakes her head.

"Dom is right," Brian says as he looks at Zoe. "Look how lucky we just got. What happens next time? We have no choice but to split up."

"I didn't want to tell you like this but I'm pregnant," Zoe says causing Brian and Dom to freeze. Zoe looks between Brian and Dom. "I already lost my family once. I'm not going through that again."

"Plus my son is here," Mia adds causing Zoe to nod.

"Are you kidding me?" Brian asks as he grabs Zoe's arm.

"No," Zoe answers him with a smile before he kisses her then hugs her.

"I'm not going anywhere. Okay?" Brian tells her causing her to smile before he wraps an arm around her waist.

"Dom? Promise me we stick together," Zoe says as they turn to face him.

"I promise," Dom tells her before walking over and pulling all three of them in a hug. "Our family just got bigger."

Dom picks them up some beer and food before finding them a place to stay for the night. Zoe lays on Mia's chest as they sleep on the only cushioned chair in the room. Brian stands in the doorway as he watches Zoe sleep. He is still adjusting to the fact that she is pregnant with his kid. It's all he could have dreamed of except for the fact that they are wanted criminals.

"Hey, Dom, what do you remember about your father?" Brian asks as he sits in a chair out on the balcony.

"My father," Dom says thoughtfully as he leans against the table that's on the balcony. "He used to... He used to have a barbecue every Sunday after church with Zoe's father. For anybody in the neighborhood. If you didn't go to church, you didn't get any barbecue. Every single day he was in the shop, and every single night, he was at the kitchen table with Mia and sometimes Zoe, helping them with their homework. Even after Mia went to sleep, he'd stay up a few more hours so he could learn the next chapter and help her the next day. I remember everything about my father. Everything."

"That's just it," Brian says as he looks down. "I don't remember shit about my dad. I don't remember him yelling. I don't remember him smiling. To be honest with you, I don't even remember what the hell he looked like. I don't remember. He just... he was just never there."

"You ain't going to be like that, Brian," Dom tells him before walking over to the window and looking at Mia and Zoe. Brian goes back to looking at Zoe, knowing they can't keep living the life that they are living.

"We can't keep running, Dom," Brian says as he looks over at Dom. "We got to get out. We got to get out now."

"You're right. Here's how we're going to do it," Dom says as he holds up the chip. "We're going to use this. We're going to do one last job. We're going to take all of Reyes' money. Every dime of it, and disappear. Forever." Dom sits the chip down in front of Brian.

"New passports. New lives with no more looking over our shoulder. And we're just going to buy our freedom," Brian explains in agreement.

"That's right," Dom agrees.

"You realize we're talking about going up against the most powerful guy in all of Rio?" Brian asks Dom, making sure he didn't want to back out.

"Yes, we are," Dom answers him.

"Then we're going to need a team," Brian says with a smile.