After he's had his bath and brushed his teeth, 9-year old Jack O'Conner got into his pajamas and is on his way to his bedroom where his loving father, Brian, is sitting on his bed waiting to tuck him in. Once Jack is tucked, he asks his father, "Dad, will you tell me a story?"
"Well, what kind of story do you want?" Brian quietly asked.
"I want you to tell me about all the adventures you, Mom, Uncle Dom, Auntie Letty, and everybody else had together," Jack answered as he eyes go into curiosity.
"Are you sure, buddy? Most of them are pretty scary," Brian once again asked his son as these adventures mostly have elements that seem inappropriate for kids his age.
"Dad, I'm nine years old. I am very brave," Jack said with such confidence that made his father laugh.
"All right. If you're sure," Brian finally gave in while he's still laughing in his head about what his son just said. "Well, it all started when I was a policeman," he then began.
"You were a policeman?" Jack asked as he never heard that part about his father before.
"I was. Anyway, a bunch of electric stuff was stolen from trucks like DVD players and cellphones. So, I was sent undercover to find out what happened. That's how I met your mom, Uncle Dom, and Auntie Letty. When I saw your mom, I had a huge crush on her but so did your Uncle Vince. Remember Uncle Vince?"
"Yeah," Jack answered. Even though he didn't get a chance to really know most of his family members because they're dead, the rest of his family would show him pictures. It took him a while to identify who they are, but now, he could tell which is which.
"Uncle Vince was so mad about my crush on your mom that he started to fight me," Brian said which widened Jack's eyes a little. He didn't intend to somewhat trash Vince but he intended to be perfectly honest with his son who is starting to grow up. "Then, Uncle Dom stopped him, but told me to stay away. Later that night, there was this street race that I decided to do because Uncle Dom challenged me to it. So, we raced and Uncle Dom wins, but then the police came although I didn't know about it. Uncle Dom was trapped, so I saved his butt and returned him home, so we became best friends instantly, though Uncle Vince didn't like it. As I spent more time with the others, I have come to love them like my family that I sort of forgot my duties as a policeman".
"That sounds nice," Jack smiled at the thought.
"It was. Anyway, I was able to spend more time with your mom. We went on our first date where we talked all night and then we...cuddled," Brian said sugarcoating the part where he and Mia had sex for the first time. "Back to the stolen electric stuff, I thought that a guy named Johnny Tran and his gang were guilty. Has Uncle Dom ever told you about Johnny?"
"No".
"Well, he and Uncle Dom were enemies and hated each other. So, I thought that Johnny stole all that electric stuff, so I sneaked inside his garage and found all this electric stuff, so I called the police. But, it turns out that it wasn't Johnny who stole all that stuff".
"Well, who did?" Jack asked really curious about how this story goes.
"It was Uncle Dom, Auntie Letty, Uncle Vince, Uncle Jesse, and Uncle Leon," Brian answered which got Jack's mouth wide open.
"And Mom too?" Jack curiously asked.
"She knew about this, but no, she wasn't part of this. She wished they stopped," Brian explained about Mia's part in that adventure. "But the day after my first date with your mom, everybody went to this big racing competition called Race Wars. Uncle Jesse stupidly bet on his dad's car against Johnny and lost the race against him, so he ran away with the car. In order to pay off Johnny before something bad happened to Uncle Jesse, Uncle Dom and everybody else went to steal more electric stuff from another truck, but then something went wrong".
"What?" Jack asked as this story was getting to be more and more interesting.
"I heard from other police officers that the truck drivers are now protecting themselves with big guns, so I told your mom that I was a policeman and together, we tried to stop Uncle Dom and everybody else so that they won't be killed by those truck drivers. Uncle Leon and Auntie Letty managed to get away from the truck, but Uncle Vince was on the edge of the truck and his arm was hurt, so with Uncle Dom's and your mom's help, I helped Uncle Vince get away from the truck. Because I have to call an ambulance for Uncle Vince, I had to tell the truth that I was a policeman. Uncle Dom was angry, but because I saved Uncle Vince's life, he just walked away without saying anything".
"So, did you come back to say sorry?" Jack naively asked.
"I'm afraid not. I remembered that I was a policeman, so I went back home to arrest Uncle Dom and put him in jail. But, Uncle Jesse came back and soon after, Johnny started shooting and Uncle Jesse died. I was angry at Johnny for that, so I went after him and Uncle Dom joined me. After chasing him for a while, I shot Johnny and he died, so he can't hurt anyone again. When I hear the police coming after Uncle Dom, I just couldn't see him go to jail because he has become like a brother to me and I felt like I'd be betraying your mom, so I let him go and he escaped to Mexico".
"What about you? Did you get in trouble for letting Uncle Dom go?" Jack asked.
"I knew I would be in trouble, so I escaped myself," Brian answered. "You must now think I'm a coward, don't you, buddy?"
"No, Dad. I thought you were very brave to let Uncle Dom go," Jack reassured of his father as he gave him a hug. What they didn't notice is that Dom was leaning on the bedroom doorway and he obviously heard that last part which made him smile.
"So, where did you escape to?" Jack asked Brian to continue the story.
"I escaped to Miami and that part is for tomorrow night. It's getting late," Brian reminded Jack who groaned but agreed. "Have a good night's sleep. I love you, bud," Brian then said as he kissed Jack's head.
"I love you too, Dad. Good night," Jack said back as Brian turned off the lights and then he fell asleep despite him being excited to hear about the next part of his family's adventures the next night.