CHAPTER 2
Brian entered the maternity ward, and smiled at the faces that looked up, but it wasn't a convincing smile, and Dom stood.
"Brian, what's up."
"Later, I want to say hi to my nephew, and my wife." He approached the bed and slipped an arm round Mia.
"So how is the little fellow". Letty smiled back,
"Doing fine thank you." Brian picked the small bundle up and cradled him for a moment. He laughed as Mia made faces at little Jason over his shoulder.
"So when can we have one." She asked.
"Trust me girl, its more pain than you want." Letty grinned. Brian handed the baby back and turned to Dom.
"Ok, we need to talk Dom." They left the room together and sat on the chairs outside. Brian paused for a second, gathering his thoughts.
"We've got a big problem. Last night, someone hijacked a truck, using the same method you did. Three black cars, green glow, the driver couldn't identify the make, but I'm imagining that was the same. Everything matches."
"A year a ago, I covered your tracks, convinced the FBI it was Tran all along, and they bought it, provided you stayed off the road. But this is going to bring up all those old questions. Now we've got proof it wasn't you, the hospital has security cameras, and you and the rest of the team were here all night, but it could still cause problems." At that moment, Brian's cell rang, he answered it. Dom turned to see Leon coming up behind him.
"What's going on Dawg."
"Where neck deep in engine oil that's what. Someone's jacking trucks using the same gear we used, Brian says we could have the FBI up our asses again."
"You think we should prepare for a road trip."
"Maybe, but the Baby isn't ready yet, and I wouldn't be to happy about Letty going either, she's tough, but she had it pretty bad in there last night." Brian hung up and turned to Dom, grinning.
"How do you fancy dusting off the RX7 tonight."
"Brian?". Dom looked confused.
"Apparently, these guys did another truck a few nights back up north of here. The driver turned up dead. The FBI want to nail the guys responsible as fast as possible, before the morgue starts filling up. They want to know if your willing to give em a hand. Basically, we go back into the racing scene, and find out who's jacking these trucks for em, and in return, you get your records wiped." Dom looked round, he had a funny feeling, he would have given almost anything to feel the throb of a super powerful engine tearing up the tarmac again, but it almost seemed to good to be true. Besides he had a child to look after now. He grinned, one last adrenalin rush before he settled down to parenthood, they couldn't deny him that.
"Brian. You go talk to your boss, tell em we're on. Leon, Vince, go unwrap the ladies, we're taking them out on the town." From the ward they heard Jessie whoop. Vince grinned and slapped hands with Leon.
"Common boy, we've got work to do, their going to need some tuning." Leon, Vince and Jessie left, leaving Dom to explain things to Letty. He had a feeling she wasn't going to be happy, especially since she couldn't go with them. Brian grinned as he heard the shouting erupt, and made good his escape, fearing Mia's response would be similar.
Brian entered the maternity ward, and smiled at the faces that looked up, but it wasn't a convincing smile, and Dom stood.
"Brian, what's up."
"Later, I want to say hi to my nephew, and my wife." He approached the bed and slipped an arm round Mia.
"So how is the little fellow". Letty smiled back,
"Doing fine thank you." Brian picked the small bundle up and cradled him for a moment. He laughed as Mia made faces at little Jason over his shoulder.
"So when can we have one." She asked.
"Trust me girl, its more pain than you want." Letty grinned. Brian handed the baby back and turned to Dom.
"Ok, we need to talk Dom." They left the room together and sat on the chairs outside. Brian paused for a second, gathering his thoughts.
"We've got a big problem. Last night, someone hijacked a truck, using the same method you did. Three black cars, green glow, the driver couldn't identify the make, but I'm imagining that was the same. Everything matches."
"A year a ago, I covered your tracks, convinced the FBI it was Tran all along, and they bought it, provided you stayed off the road. But this is going to bring up all those old questions. Now we've got proof it wasn't you, the hospital has security cameras, and you and the rest of the team were here all night, but it could still cause problems." At that moment, Brian's cell rang, he answered it. Dom turned to see Leon coming up behind him.
"What's going on Dawg."
"Where neck deep in engine oil that's what. Someone's jacking trucks using the same gear we used, Brian says we could have the FBI up our asses again."
"You think we should prepare for a road trip."
"Maybe, but the Baby isn't ready yet, and I wouldn't be to happy about Letty going either, she's tough, but she had it pretty bad in there last night." Brian hung up and turned to Dom, grinning.
"How do you fancy dusting off the RX7 tonight."
"Brian?". Dom looked confused.
"Apparently, these guys did another truck a few nights back up north of here. The driver turned up dead. The FBI want to nail the guys responsible as fast as possible, before the morgue starts filling up. They want to know if your willing to give em a hand. Basically, we go back into the racing scene, and find out who's jacking these trucks for em, and in return, you get your records wiped." Dom looked round, he had a funny feeling, he would have given almost anything to feel the throb of a super powerful engine tearing up the tarmac again, but it almost seemed to good to be true. Besides he had a child to look after now. He grinned, one last adrenalin rush before he settled down to parenthood, they couldn't deny him that.
"Brian. You go talk to your boss, tell em we're on. Leon, Vince, go unwrap the ladies, we're taking them out on the town." From the ward they heard Jessie whoop. Vince grinned and slapped hands with Leon.
"Common boy, we've got work to do, their going to need some tuning." Leon, Vince and Jessie left, leaving Dom to explain things to Letty. He had a feeling she wasn't going to be happy, especially since she couldn't go with them. Brian grinned as he heard the shouting erupt, and made good his escape, fearing Mia's response would be similar.
