Mia frowned and looked over at Brian. She watched as the shock melted off his face and was replaced by a look of pure hate. His eyes clouded with his anger and his face started turning red.

"Junior," he said angrily. He looked art Mia. "This is the guy you were talking about?"

She nodded, "Yeah, this is Junior. Do you two know each other?" she looked back and forth to each of them.

"Hell yeah I know him," Brian shouted, his temper slowly rising. "He's a disgrace. I regret calling him my brother."

"Oh shit, another one," Vince muttered unhappily.

Mia's eyes widened and she looked at Junior. His gaze was locked on the floor. "Is it true, Junior?"

He nodded, "Yeah, Brian's my big brother."

"Not anymore, I haven't been your brother since you were locked up for theft and attempted murder." Brian shouted. The girl's appeared from the back after hearing the yelling. They looked around confused until they finally caught on.

"Brian, I -."

"Shut up!" he yelled. "I don't want to hear your shit. No excuses alright. It's too late for that now. You blew it out the window years ago. Now you come back and I find you with my girlfriend."

"I didn't know, Mia was your girlfriend, Brian. She was just a friend to me. I only came in to talk to her, we did nothing else."

"Then what the hell do you cal that kiss on the cheek and the hug you prick!"

Junior only nodded and moved away from Mia. "We weren't doing anything. I only gave her a hug to make her feel better after the shit you put her through. I listened to her while she talked…maybe you should try it too." He looked at Mia. "I guess I'll see you around."

She opened her mouth to argue but Brian gave her a look that shut her up quickly. She crossed her arms angrily and bit her lower lip.

Junior walked past Brian out the door, talking over his shoulder. "See you bro."

Brian lost the last thread of control he had then. He shoved Junior out the door. His brother turned around to face him and he hit him in the face, catching his jaw. Junior staggered and licked the blood off his lip. He looked up at his brother.

"All I did was come back to talk things through with you. To be friends again. Now we can do this the easy way or the hard way," he told him. Brian charged at him. "Guess you choose the hard way." He moved out of the way and tripped him from behind. Sending Brian to the asphalt. Brian kicked his foot out, catching Junior in the stomach. He doubled over and Brian was on him in a minute, hitting him in the face again. Junior recovered.

"I don't want to fight you, Bri," he told him. Brian swung, but Junior blocked it easily. He spun into him and elbowed Brian in the face, busting his nose. He brought his leg up and knocked him off his feet. Junior twisted his arm around his back and held him down on the sidewalk. Dom and the others had heard the commotion and came over to see what was going on.

"What the hell is going on here?" Dom asked, his voice booming over the others jibberish.

Junior ignored him and looked at his brother, "If I let you go, will you talk and hear me out?"

"I'm gonna kill you the minute I get loose," Brian threatened, spitting blood.

"Then I am going to hold you down while I speak," he said, pushing his brother harder against the concrete.

"Someone please tell me what's going on?" Dom asked again.

"Apparently, Brian has a brother," Leon answered.

"What?" Dom asked looking at Junior.

"Yeah, and he doesn't want to talk so Junior's holdin him down," Asher finished, wrapping his arm around Violet's waist.

Junior ignored it all. He was completely focused on his brother at the moment and getting his version of what happened out. "I didn't steal the car, Brian, and I didn't shoot that man."

"Bull shit, the cops caught you with the car. They pulled you over and arrested you on the spot," he yelled, still pinned.

"Doesn't mean I did it," Junior said, speaking louder to be heard over him. "Do you really think I would have pulled over if I did it, knowing I could have gotten away from them? I may not be the smartest man in the world but I'm not stupid. I borrowed that car from Kyle that day. He said he just bought when in truth he shot a man and stole it. I just happened to be driving it when the police caught me. I thought Kyle would come in and confess but he never did so I got pinned and I did the time for something I never fuckin did," Juniors voice started to become filled with anger. "I lost everything because of that. My education, my girlfriend, my job, my car, but you know what hurt me the most, Brian…losing my family. I thought they'd be there for me but you and dad abandoned me like the assholes you are. You left when I needed you because you and him were selfish fucking bastards. The thought of having a relative in jail and being a cop made you two sick, so you threw me out and left me to rot just so you could keep your perfect records."

He let Brian up and backed away, not because he was scared but because he didn't want to hurt his brother anymore than he already had. "I got out and I came back here looking for you, but you left the force. So I gave up. Then I met Mia and became friends with her. She talked about her problems and about her boyfriend. With all the shit she told me I don't know how she can stand your ass. You need to appreciate her more before you lose her." He shook his head. "Maybe I am the stupid one. I was stupid to think I could come back and change you by telling you the truth. I see that I can't. So you know what I'm gone, fuck you Brian, all right," Junior backed away to his red Honda Civic.

Brian let it sink in before he took a deep breath and called after his brother, "Junior!"

He turned his head and looked back. Brian licked his lip to get rid of the dried blood, "Maybe you can come over sometime…we can talk some more. Serena's birthday is coming up in two days. Why don't you stop by Sunday?"

Junior nodded, "Yeah, promise you ain't gonna jump me or anything?"

Brian smiled behind the blood, "Yeah."

Junior smiled and opened his car door. "Hey Junior!" Brian shouted again. Junior lifted his head up and looked at him. "I'm sorry…for everything."

"Me too, bro. Me too." He got in and drove off seconds later. Brian smiled and turned back to the others who stood dumbfounded.

"What?" he shrugged. "You've never seen two brothers fight before?"

They all shook their heads and went back to work while Brian went to clean off the blood on his face. Mia followed him into the bathroom and shut the door behind them, clicking the button on the knob to lock it. She turned and looked at Brian as he wiped the blood of his face with a cloth.

"Why didn't you tell me you had a brother," she asked, crossing her arms over her chest.

He stopped wiping the blood off and looked at her through the mirror before turning around and looking her in the face. He took a deep breath. "Like he said. My father and I felt he was a disgrace since we were both cops. I made a mistake, Mia. I admit to it. I should have given him a chance to explain instead of siding with my father and shutting him out like I did. I was wrong." He glanced at the floor before looking back at her. "But now I have a chance to fix it all. Now me and him can get back to the way things used to be when we were younger."

Mia nodded, "I hope you two can Brian. I think that that would be great."

He smiled at her and put an arm around her waist pulling her closer to him. He turned her face up to his. "I'm so sorry, Mia, for everything. I've been a shitty boyfriend lately and I'm so sorry. I'll make it up to you I promise." He sealed the deal with a kiss.

Mia smiled. Junior's suggestion was already becoming reality.







Next chapter will be up a.s.a.p. R&R in the meanwhile.