"Brian!" Mia called from the house.

I raised my head from where I was examining my engine. Dom looked up too and grinned.

"Looks like food prep is on you tonight," he laughed.

"I'll talk my way out of it like I always do," I waved my wrench at him.

I jogged up the stairs and into the house to greet Mia. She seemed to be settling into our new life well enough. I knew that she missed her and Dom's old house and garage and family though. I hated that she had to uproot her whole life because of my actions. I guess it was partly Dom's actions too. But it didn't seem fair to Mia.

"Mia?" I called out.

"In the kitchen," she replied.

"What's up?" I asked, going to her side and kissing her playfully on the cheek.

"Dinner's almost ready," she said. "Do you want to go for a drive after?"

I put my arms around her waist and pulled her up against me. She put down the spoon she had been using to stir and leaned into my arms.

"Sounds good to me," I smiled.

"Go tell Dom and the guys to wash up and come to the table," she said, pushing me away a little bit.

"Is Tej back yet?" I asked.

"Yep, he's downstairs working with some of the equipment he picked up."

I gave her one more kiss and then went off to find everyone. Tej and Roman had been lifesavers, giving us a place to lay low in Spain until we figured everything out. They'd slowly been adopted into Dom's family just as I had been. As for the others, Vince we had to leave in the hospital to recover and last Mia had heard, he was in Mexico jacking cars and selling them. Jesse had recovered well enough from his bout with Tran and had escaped with us. No one had heard from Leon since he escaped after the last attempted heist. And Letty, as usual, was attached to Dom's hip. She'd become more quiet and moody since we'd gone on the run. Mia was the only one who could get her to talk, ever.

Mia was setting out dishes on the table as we all gathered. As soon as I sat down, Mia settled into my lap and smiled at me. I rested a hand on her hip and gazed around as the rest of them sat down. Letty brought out two beers for her and Dom before sitting next to him at the end of the table.

No one wanted to be the first one to reach for food. Dom looked around with a half smile on his face.

"I'll say grace," he said finally. "God, we thank you for the food we have before us, and for what family we have right now. May we always remember to be thankful for what we have. Amen."

We chorused our agreement and immediately reached for food.

"It's good food, Mia. Thank you," Tej said as he dug in.

"Any word on jobs coming up?" Dom asked, directing the question towards Rome and Tej.

"I might have something," Tej replied between bites. "I have to do some checking to make sure it's legit."

"Dom, you promised we would lay low," Mia protested. "We have enough money. Leave it be."

"We'll talk about this later," he said firmly. "I have my reasons."

Mia looked unhappy but she remained silent. I gave her hand a squeeze to reassure her. She handed me an open beer and then grabbed a roll from the table and started eating. The rest of the meal we all kept pretty silent. There was some talk about the cars that we were tuning up at the moment.

Jesse and Mia started clearing away dishes as soon as the food was gone. Letty and Dom led the rest of them out onto the porch to finish their beers. I stood in the front room, gazing out the window at the slowly setting sun. Minutes later, Mia joined me, wrapping her arms around me from behind and resting her head on my back.

"You ready?" she asked after a few moments.

"I'm driving," I said as we walked out to the street.

"What? Is my driving too rough for you?" she teased.

I released her hand as she climbed into my Skyline. I followed the street winding down to the beach and parked just where the concrete was overrun by sand. We both unbuckled our seatbelts and leaned back. Mia put a hand on the back of my neck, massaging gently. I leaned across and kissed her, but my heart wasn't in it.

"Brian, what's wrong?" she asked. "I can tell something's bothering you."

"I'm just still settling in," I said. "I need some time to get used to this."

"You threw away your whole life in LA to help my brother escape, and now you're a fugitive. If they ever catch you, you'll spend a lot of time in jail," Mia said. "I can't find a way to thank you for everything you've done and I hate seeing you unhappy."

"You don't need to thank me," I protested. "I lied to all of you. I'm surprised any of you can stand to have me around. I tore apart your family and it's my fault that you all have to be living on the run."

"Maybe Dom won't admit it outright, but it's his actions that got us all in this mess, including you," Mia replied firmly. "And you are part of our family now."

She was leaning in to kiss me when someone started shooting at us. Almost instinctively, I ducked and pulled her down with me.

"Brian, get us out of here!" she screamed.

"Stay down!" I yelled.

Keeping my head low, I put the car in reverse and ripped out of there. I kept looking in my rearview mirror, waiting for a posse of cars to be following us. But none appeared. Mia was still bent over in her seat, staring at me with wide eyes.

"Are you okay?" I asked.

She just kept staring.

"Are you okay?" I said louder.

She managed to nod. I screeched to a halt in front of our house and practically had to carry Mia in with me. She was shaking and nearly hyperventilating. I burst in the house yelling for Dom.

He came running. Letty was right behind him.

"Dom, we have a problem."