Dom's P.O.V
I walk over to the living room with Sophia in my arms so I can set her down in her playpen. I turn on the television to Paw Patrol and set her down in her playpen. She instantly is attached to the tv and grab one of the baby monitor's.
"I should probably get Letty for this. Let's go talk in the office."
"Yeah that'll be fine."
As we walk out of the living room, Letty comes down the stairs with a basket of laundry when she sees us.
"Hobbs, hey you're surprisingly early. Where's Sam?"
"Her mom is bringing her over later. I came to talk to you both involving Cipher." Letty's face turns into worry and she drops the laundry at the end of the stairs.
"What do you know?"
"Let's talk in the office."
"Where's Sophia?"
"She's in the living room, I've the monitor on me." We step away from the foyer and into the office while everyone is outside and through the house. I don't know what news he has for me but I know that it has to be spoke about in private. I close the door behind us and sit in the two chairs in front of the desk while Letty stands next to my chair.
"So what's going on?" I ask him.
"Border Patrol in Texas caught footage of Cipher in disguise crossing the toll booth." He hands me a folder containing documents and some pictures in black and white. She's disguised in a bob wig and is in black shades. I can see her eyes through the lens and I feel a sense of familarity when looking at her.
"DON'T HURT THEM." I scream out.
"Please hurt them." Mia begs in tears as Cipher is standing behind her as she sits in a chair. She's tied up and her face is flushed and her forehead is bleeding.
I snap back into reality and look at the other documents in the file that include other recent crimes she's done in the last month.
"We have DSS agents around the north western region on alert. Her profile has been on high survailence territory. She can't stay hidden for too long."
"So what do we do next?"
"For now, it's best if you both go into hiding for the time being."
"We can't let her run us out of town. Why can't we go after her ourselves?"
"We don't what kind of calvary she has with her. We can't go in blind a second time."
"No we need to take care of this now because she is not coming anywhere near my house or my daughter." Letty is seriously ready to go to war with Cipher. There's still so much I don't know about the past but I know that this person is dangerous enough to take us out.
"He's right. This chick left me for dead Letty. Think of what she could do to the both or all of us?"
"So you just want us to run and hide?" She sounds really upset by my opinion but I'm thinking about Sophia right now. I don't want her to grow up without one or both her parents.
"I'm thinking about our family."
"So am I." She replies.
"We don't have to jump so fast. We need to figure out a plan. I know you both have a lot to think about and will give you guys an in or out. You can get back with me on Monday and we'll both go from there." He says knowing that we have a lot to risk going into this. As a father, he knows why I feel like we should go the escape route.
"Alright. We look into it." As we get up, the door opens and Brian walks in with Jack holding his hand.
"Tio Dom." He runs to me and I lift him in my arms.
"Hey Jack Jack. Where's your mama?"
"She's with Ava."
"We saw Sophia and she pointed to the office while she was watching TV. We're you guys in the middle of something?" Brian asks and we are hesitant to say anything.
"Just work stuff. Had to get it out of the way before the barbeque. Hey Jack, you wanna come play in my truck?" Hobbs says to clear the air.
"Heck yeah. I wanna steer the wheel." He works his way out of my arms as I ease him back down and he runs out the room.
"You're really trying to take my cool uncle title you know?' I say to him.
"I was already the cool uncle." He says walking out.
"This discussion isn't over." Letty says to me and she walks out as well.
"What was that all about?" Brian asks me.
"Cipher's back in the states and Letty wants to go find her."
"What do you want to do?"
"I would go but we can't just leave Sophia."
"That hasn't stop the two of you before."
"I find that hard to believe."
"Dom, you may not remember your life but trust me when I say your still the same guy who would jump across a bridge to save his wife."
"I did that?"
"You did and the some. You're the same dude that had faith in his wife going head to head with war criminal body guards while four months pregnant. Just don't underestimate her or yourself."
"Alright. I'll talk to her. Right now, let's just enjoy today with the family." I say to him. We walk out of the office and head outside to get the grill started.
Later That Night
"Don't hurt them. I did what you told me to do." I beg as the guards stood in front of me. Brian was on his knees and he's bleeding. Mia is strapped to a chair and crying while Cipher stands behind her.
"Your actions come with consequences." She echos to me. The man is throws his baton down at Brian again and he falls to the ground.
"NO!" I shout as I'm held back.
I wake up in a cold sweat from the bed and and catch my breathe. I move my hand and find that Letty's side empty. I get out of bed and walk outside into the hallway. I peek open the door to Sophia's room and she's fast asleep in her crib cuddling with her toy giraffe. I hear some sounds from the kitchen and make my way down the stairs. I grab the bat from the closet and tip toe down the stairs before whoever's there could know I was awake. I see a light in the kitchen and the sound keeps a little louder. I creep in closer and peek my head to see Letty sitting at the counter eating a pint of M&M Icecream.
"You really think that bat is gonna help you?" She says to me as I lay he bat against the wall.
"I thought someone broke in."
"The only thing I broke into was the icecream stash in the freezer from the garage."
"How come it's a stash?"
"Cause we hide it from Sophia so she won't go sugar crazy."
"You mind if have some?"
"Go at it." She hands me a spoon from the dry rack and I start eating the icecream with her. "So are we still in a fight?"
"We're not fighting, we're just in disagreement."
"I just don't want us risking it so quickly. We have so much to lose now."
"You don't think I know that. Dom, I've almost lost you so many times. Cipher has been terrorizing our lives for almost a decade."
"What do you mean?" She sighs when I ask her to explain. "Tell me."
"When we were on the run, the cops were getting hot on our trail and you didn't want me to be dragged with you so you left me in the DR. I wanted to clear your name so Brian had me go under cover and if I got information on this drug lord, it would mean you could come home scott free. But what we didn't know that Braga was working under Shaw ans Shaw was working under Cipher." Shit! I had no idea how Cipher was so tied into our lives.
"So what happened?"
"I went in got my cover blown. My car blew up and everyone thought I was dead but I really survived the crash but lost my memory. Shaw came down there to kill me but when he found out about my amensia, he took me into his team and was his second in command. For three years, I ha no idea who I was or who you were until Hobbs found me."
"And I came to find you?"
'Not exactly. You thought I died and you were with somebody else and made the choice to follow me and leave her."
"What about the other woman if you don't mind me asking?"
"As far as I know, you told me you were both grieving losses and took comfort in each other. You chose me over her, even when I told you that you didn't have to but you said you wanted to."
"When did you get your memories back?"
"Three years ago. It didn't come back until I thought I lost you again in a car crash. Everything changed after that. We got married again, got pregnant a month later, moved into our dream house, and now here we are."
"What happened with Cipher the first time? What did she do?"
"She threatened to kill Brian and Mia if you didn't become her henchmen that did her dirty work. You were apparently the only who could do the job. Family is your strength and weakness and she used it against you. She didn't hurt them as that bad but she got away.
"So if I never left the DR, Cipher wouldn't have came after us?"
"If you didn't, we would both be in prison and our daughter wouldn't be here. I would do it all over again only I would get my ass out the hospital faster and find you." She rubs my neck and I look down at the table. I had no idea how much Letty had sacrificed for me and our family and how far she would go to protect us.
"Letty, I had a dream or a flashback. It was Cipher and Mia and Brian. They were tied up and beaten right in front of me."
"That was when Cipher had you guys held hostage by her goons. You had no choice and we saved them together."
"Letty, I want to fight but I'm scared. I know I'm this tough and muncho guy but I don't think I'm strong enough."
"It's okay to be scared. You don't have to be tough guy all the time but you don't let it stop you from fighting for the people you love. We don't have to go, we can go into hiding. We can contact Nobody and get it all set up. Whatever you want, it's okay." She wraps her arms around my neck and rests her forehead against mine. I haven't felt this vulnerable since I came home and I feel this sense of relief by opening up.
"Thank you. I know you've been holding down for me and the family."
"It's okay. You've done it for so long, now it's my turn." She kisses me softly on the lips. "I love you Toretto."
"I love you too." I kiss her back and I lift her off the chair. She wraps her legs around me as I carry her upstairs back to bed.