Chapter 25:
Bobbie was just heading home from visiting Jesse in the hospital. He'd finally woken up about a week ago and she'd been home for almost two weeks. Slowly but steadily things were starting to become routine and normal again. Bobbie was doing well with Miley and what she didn't quite get Han helped her with. It surprised her how great of a father he was. But it probably shouldn't because he was great at anything he set his mind to. He'd even told her he'd picked up drifting while in Tokyo.
Vince was released from the hospital a few days after Bilkins visit and the FBI still had nothing to charge him with. Jesse was looking to be released soon to and Bobbie had been right when Bilkins went to see him Jesse just said he had made a bet with Johnny Tran that he didn't stick to and Tran had shot him multiply times driving by the Toretto home.
Obviously Bilkins had not been pleased to hear that since they had let Tran go, again with no evidence of wrong doing on his part.
Max and Susan had opted to stay in LA for a while on vacation and visit with their daughters and their granddaughter. Miley slowly warmed up to them especially when she got toys from Susan, Max and Kaci.
Vince avoided being around Miley cause he wasn't the kid type, but Kaci told him that if he loved her he'd make an effort to be friendly with the little girl.
Vince grumbled. "Who says I love you?" He sneered. He'd been grouchy with her for a while now because of a stupid comment she had made about Brian being cute and that Mia should take a chance with him.
Kaci looked slightly hurt and stood up from the chair she was sitting in her apartment. "If that's how you're going to be after everything I've done for you since this shit went down than get the hell out of my apartment." Kaci was sick of taking his shit.
"Why is it always that way with you?" Vince snapped standing up and throwing is good arm about.
"What way Vince? I love you! That's why I lied to the cops for you, that's why I've done nothing but support you since that stupid day! And if you can't love me back or chose just to be a complete dick to me than you can leave!" Kaci yelled walking away and into her kitchen. She gripped the edge of the counter top with both hands and took a few calming breaths.
Kaci of course had known all along about the high jackings and Vince's roll. He was the idiot who jumped from the car to the rig. What an idiot? She had thought the moment she knew who did what it the grand scheme of things. It wasn't her fault she'd fallen in love with the moron of the group. She couldn't help that her heart had done all the talking and now she was stuck on something that was potential bad for her in the first place.
Max and Susan had asked her if she thought he might've been involved in what the FBI was saying and Kaci had even lied to her parents for him, claiming his innocence in the whole ordeal.
A single arm moved around her waist and masculine body pressed up against her back and Kaci sighed. "Vince I'm sick of this. We're on and off, we fight over stupid things and we never work them out we just have sex and that seems to settle things for a little while, but a relationship isn't all about sex."
Vince turned her around to face him and he looked as if he was making the biggest choice of his adult life. "I…"
"If you're just gonna break-up with me again and than come back when you need some just don't." Kaci said exasperated.
Vince shook his head and a deep growl came from his throat. "I'm trying to tell you I love you too." He bit out.
Kaci blinked a few times staring at him in shock. Vince had never claimed to love anyone, not even falsely when getting girls into bed. It was a big decision for him to say that and Kaci couldn't believe he'd just said it to her.
"Do you mean that?" She asked feeling stupid cause of course he had meant it. If the words 'I love you' came from him there was only one reason for it.
Vince nodded and looked in her eyes. "I realized something the minute we all tried talking Dom out of this last heist…"
"And what was that." Kaci asked softly the fingers of her left hand mindlessly running along the white gauze that covered his upper right arm, from where the wire had dug into his skin, painfully.
"We all thought it felt wrong, but Dom said it was the last time. As I was getting in the passenger seat…god this is going to sound so cheesy…" He muttered.
Kaci giggled softly. "I like cheesy." She smirked at him.
Vince sighed. "Your face flashed in my head. I should've taken that as a warning or…"
"Vince none of you could've known how wrong it was gonna go."
"But in that moment I realized I do care…love you and if it went wrong and something happened to me you'd never know. Cause you're right all we do is fight and have make-up sex all the time, but we can change that."
"You mean it?"
"Yeah I do."
Kaci smiled. "So what does this change include?"
"Taking you out to dinner maybe instead of taking you to bed all the time." Vince joked lamely.
"I'd like that." Kaci said and gave him a deeply passionate kiss.
Bobbie couldn't believe that Vince had told Kaci he loved her, but Vince didn't just through that word around and so she knew he meant it.
Bobbie's new cell rang and she reached over to the left side passenger seat, still trying to get use to the right hand drive again after her parents got her a new car. She snatched up the phone and hit send bringing it to her ear. "You've got Bobbie!" She said brightly.
"Oh my god!" Someone squealed and Bobbie laughed realizing who the voice belonged to.
"Hey Mia." She said smiling.
"Bobbie."
"Hey Letty, chica how's it going?" Bobbie said laughing softly.
"Girl you have no idea." Letty said calmly but Bobbie could picture the smile on her face. "How was your nap? By the way Mia is running to get Dom and Leon."
"It was a little more than and nap and I don't really know cause I don't remember it. I woke up confused and scared so I ran from the hospital and well I ended up in Tokyo…anyways that's a long story I'll tell you later. So how are you?"
"A little banged up, but Dom's making up for it here in Mexico."
"Will you guys be coming back soon?" Bobbie asked.
"Dom said in a few months when the heat is off us. How is Vince and Jesse?"
"Vince was released from the hospital as he'd doing really well. Jesse is still in said hospital, but he's awake and expected to make a full recovery."
"The minute Dom told us about Jesse I wanted to go back you have to…"
"Letty it's fine really. I understand. Besides that cop O'Connor or whatever his name was he ran taking any and all eye witness evidence with him. The feds have nothing on any of you, there fishing at this point."
"Good to know. Look Han got us this number by sending it to a mutual friend he and Dom have here so we'll be calling to check up."
"Cool." Bobbie smiled. "Mia back yet?"
"Hey Bo!" Mia said brightly.
"Hey chica. I'll start with yes I'm awake and I'm perfectly fine."
Mia giggled softly. "I'm sorry we aren't there for you or Vince and Jesse."
"It's ok we're taking good care of them and Han is taking good care of me." Bobbie told her. "How you are you holding up?"
"Ok I guess. I miss the house and the café." Mia told her. "But Dom promises just a couple months and than we can come home."
"Well duh my daughter can grow up without her honorary aunts now can she?" Bobbie teased.
"Han sends pictures regularly she's beautiful. A spitting image of you." Mia told her.
Bobbie laughed softly. "Yeah. I'm really starting to get the hang of the mothering thing."
"I have to go, Lee wants to talk to you, but I'm so happy to hear your ok." Mia said happily.
"By Mia."
"Hey Girl!"
"Lee!" Bobbie laughed. "What's up?"
"Nothing just wanted to say hey and thanks for waking up, don't know what we would've done with out our Bo."
"Thanks Lee." Bobbie pulled into her driveway and shut the engine off on her new 2006 mustang. She sat in the driver's seat talking with Leon for a few minutes before he put Dom on the phone. "Big D!" She teased.
"Bo. Good to have you back to the word of the living."
"I wasn't dead." Bobbie commented.
"Sometimes it felt like it." Dom replied gravely. "Listen I need you and Han to keep up the shop for me. And if Vince is up for it him too."
"What about the mad scientist?" Bobbie asked smirking.
Dom sighed. "The kids gonna need lots of recovery time, don't be to hard on him. And would you tell him I'm sorry about yelling at him before."
"Dom Jesse looks up to you, he knows you only yelled because you were trying to…"
"Yeah I know, but I should've been watching out for him better at race wars. He would never have gotten into that mess with Tran if I had been paying attention."
"Ok. Listen that cop he took off so the feds have no proof of any of your guys' involvement in the heist why don't you just come back now, you'll look more guilty if you stay."
"I know I do, but I can't risk it. I'm giving it a couple months time to see what Brian does."
"The cop?"
"Yeah. Who knows he might turn himself and all his information in."
"A cop on the run I doubt it. But ok. Whatever you think is best."
"We'll call."
"Later."
"Bye."
Bobbie hung up the phone and slipped it into her purse along with her keys and got out of the car and headed for her front door. "I'm home!" She called walking in. She grabbed the mail off the stand next to the door and scrolled through the it for a minute before stopping on a letter addressed to her from J Michaels.
"Momma!" Miley came running over to her from the hall grabbing her legs in a hug. Bobbie snapped out of her stupor and put the mail back, but held on to the letter.
"Hey baby where's daddy?" She asked looking down at the big brown eyes of her daughter.
"Sweepin'." Miley told her. She released her legs and led Bobbie down the hall stopping at her bedroom door. The room still wasn't decorated for the little girl, but they had plans to do that this weekend. She pointed to her bed where Han lay book open and face down on his chest, him lying on his back, asleep.
Bobbie grinned. "I'll wake daddy." She said to her little girl and Miley giggled softly. Bobbie snuck over to the bed and waved her daughter onward snatching her up and holding her at her side. "One, two, three…" Billy counted and than her and Miley let loose. "DADDY!!!!!!"
Han startled awake sat bolt upright and Bobbie and Miley rolled on the bed in laughter holding there stomachs. Han looked at them and saw that they had schemed against him and he smirked. "That was quite mean." He said to Bobbie. Bobbie held Miley on her torso both laughing uncontrollably.
Bobbie sat up with her daughter still laughing. "But it was funny."
"It was mean." Han replied.
"Funny though." Bobbie laughed softly.
"But mean." Han said again.
Bobbie smiled and leaned in kissing his cheek softly. "But it was funny."
"Fine you girls win this time." Han said sarcastically.
Bobbie grinned. "We out number you." She teased. "Isn't that right baby girl?" She asked her smiling daughter who was seated now quietly in her lap. Miley nodded and looked up at her mother with her brown eyes before looking to Han.
"Daddy angawery?" (Daddy angry) Miley asked giving him and innocent smile.
Bobbie looked at Han and smiled. "Yeah daddy are you angry?" She asked.
Han set the book he had previously been reading to his daughter before falling asleep and reached slipping his hands under her arms and picked her up form Bobbie's lap. "No daddy's not angry." He kissed Miley's forehead and held her in his arms.
Miley put her arms around Han's neck loosely. "I hungry." She said.
Han and Bobbie both laughed softly. "I'm hungry to." Bobbie said. "Let's go get some food?" She asked Han.
Han nodded and they all headed out for dinner.
Diner:
Bobbie and Han sat at a booth one on either side and Miley in a wooden highchair at the end of the table. "They called." Bobbie said discreetly.
"And?"
"Couple months to see what happens and than they'll be home."
Han nodded. "So how was the doctor visit and the visit to see Jesse?"
"Doctor says I'm still doing fine all though he'd prefer me in the hospital to look after. And Jesse is doing really well actually. We talked for about forty-five minutes before he fell asleep on me."
"That all?"
Bobbie opened her purse and slipped the folded envelope from it and handed it to Han. "This came in the mail today." She told him.
"J Michaels. Well that could be your uncle too babe you don't know." Han told her kindly.
Bobbie nodded. "That's the only reason I didn't through it out yet. Uncle J might've heard about Jesse and is writing to find out what happened."
"You want me to open it first and see the name at the bottom?"
Bobbie sighed. "I hate to say it, but would you when we get home. If it's from him I don't want to read it, but if it has to do with Uncle J than I'll write back and let him now Jesse's ok."
Han nodded and handed her back the letter. Their food soon came and Bobbie had a fruit salad while Han had ordered himself a massive burger and gotten Miley fries to gnaw on.
Bobbie couldn't help but think about the letter while they talked at ate like a family would. Occasionally she wiped ketchup from Miley's face and Han would make a comment about her being a good mother that she would half-heartedly catch and nod to because her head was stuck on the letter.
But all would be well later on, she hoped.