Chapter 7

Roman spoke to Nina for a little bit and decided to tell her about Han and Gisele.

"Nina, I have to tell you something about Han." Roman started to say but Nina quickly cut him off.

"Roman please let him tell me himself. I just want to sleep right now and talk to him when you all get home again." Nina told him before yawning.

"Alright Nina, get some rest and I'll call you tomorrow." He told her.

"Night Roman." Nina said and hung up her phone, laying down to sleep before her daughter woke to eat.

Once he was sure that Nina was asleep Malachi took a quick photo of Keiko and sent it to Han.

-Rio-

"So who's Nina?" Gisele questioned after they all settled down to drink and celebrate the news of the new baby.

"She's my sister, because she was seven months pregnant almost eight months she stayed behind in Chicago." Brian told her, looking to Han to explain the rest if he chose to.

"We were together before we came here to do this and she got pregnant. I should have said something earlier." Han confessed to Gisele and Roman looked away from them in disgust.

Han's phone pinged to let him know that he had gotten a text, upon opening it he found the picture of his newborn daughter. He passed the phone around and couldn't help but notice the hurt look on Gisele's face.

"Why didn't you tell me that you were going to be a father?" Gisele asked him quietly.

"I'm not sure, I guess that it would make it more real that I would always have Nina in my life, she is in love with me but I can't say the same. I know that I have an attachment to her as well as an attraction but I don't love her and I didn't know how to tell her that before we left to come here." Han confessed, Gisele sighed and walked away from him to find someplace to think about everything.

Roman grabbed some beers and started to pass them around. When he went to hand Mia one Brian shook his head.

"She can't" He remarked and started to rub her belly at Roman's confused look.

"Are you serious right now?" Roman started to laugh and congratulated them.

Dom smiled at his family, only Nina and her daughter were missing from the group.

-Chicago-

"Hey guess what? It's time to spring you both!" Malachi smiled at Nina and Keiko as he walked into the room two days later with her release papers.

"Awesome I am so tired of looking at these walls you have no idea." Nina smiled up at him before handing him her daughter so she could stand. "I'll be right back, I want to get ready to leave."

"Take your time, no rush." Nina laughed and gathered her things for a shower and a change of clothes from her bag. She had left her phone on the stand next to the bed so when it rang Malachi quickly grabbed it. He placed the sleeping Keiko into the bassinet and quietly left the room.

"Hello?"

"Malachi, is my sister awake?"

"She's getting a shower before I bring her and Keiko home, what's wrong what happened?"

"We're coming home but Vince didn't make it. He was killed during the fight and I don't know how to tell my sister." Brian confessed to Malachi.

"Don't worry I'll tell her. You just come back in one piece so that Nina doesn't have anything to worry about aside from her daughter and niece or nephew." Brian agreed they would come back safe and they ended the call. Nina walked back into the room and glanced over at Malachi.

"Hey Kai, were you joking when you said that you knew about Roman having feelings for me?"

"Nina remember I may not have been close to your brother or Roman but when we were all growing up in Barstow Roman always had a thing for you, no matter what he was always there for you and with you. Don't you remember?" Malachi watched Nina's face for a giveaway that she had finally figured it out.

"I remember him always around but I figured he only did that because I was his best friends little sister and he knew that if I got hurt somehow that Brian would have his head. I didn't think anything else about it, it never occurred to me that he would have feelings for me that were romantic."

"He would be crazy if he didn't, you are beautiful Nina and you don't even realize it." Malachi told her as he handed over her phone.

"Did anyone call?"

"Brian, I've got some bad news Ni…..Brian said that Vince didn't make it and that they are all on their way home."

"They promised me that they would all come back safe! That meant Vince too!" Nina sunk to the floor in tears, pulling her knees up to her chest and wrapping her arms around them.

"Everyone else is coming back, Vince died helping his family, that's the best way to go out and you know that is the way he would've wanted it."

Nina looked up and tried to give Malachi a smile before he helped her up and she settled Keiko into the car seat.