Chapter 3

Brian was just as shocked as Dani. He didn't know that she was Dom's sister when he had first seen her or was talking to her.

"You know him?" Mia asked confused.

"Yes, you do too?" Dani looked at everyone who nodded.

"How?" Mia wandered.

"While in foster care I always went to the Boys and Girls club all the time. They had cops sit and talk to us and hang out that volunteered. Brian was one of them. He helped me out a lot." She smiled at Brian wbo turned a slight shade of red from acknowledgement.

"You never told me that you met her." Mia was a little mad, had he used her sister to get ahold of Dom?

"I didn't know I had met her. She used a different last name." Brian knew what was going on, Dom would be pissed if he used his little sister for information about him. But that wasn't the case. He really did not know that Dani was a Toretto.

Dom and Mia looked back at their sister who could see some tension. "I used a different last name, no one would talk to me if they found out what I was, plus it was suggested by my foster parents at the time. Seriously." She strengthened the last word to let Dom know she wasn't covering for Brian. "So, Brian, I hear you aren't a cop anymore." She changed the subject and yawned, the drugs were kicking in again.

"Yeah, cars are my thing now." He said as Dani nodded and yawned again.

"Well, hey I think you have had enough fun for today bambino, we are going to leave and let you sleep, I'll be back later ok?" No answer, she had already closed her eyes.

Dom and Mia kissed her goodbye and then left with the tea.

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"I can't believe you didn't say anything. I can't believe you knew her and didn't say anything." Mia was yelling at Brian in the car on the way back to the house.

"Mia, I didn't know. Do you realize that she is blonde and blue eyed, the only thing that remotely is like you and Dom is the tanned skin. I didn't know, I would have said something if I did know." Brian said as he stared out the window.

"She is only a half sister. Her mother was German or something to that affect." Mia looked forward.

"How come you never told me about her. There is no pictures in the house of her. Why did you keep her locked away like that?" He questioned.

"It hurt Dom too much to think about her. Though he keeps a picture of her with him at all times. It's complicated Brian. When my father died, and Dom went to jail, I couldn't take care of her. And my stepmother was too drunk to notice Dani wasn't coping well at all. Dani was there the day my father died Brian. She saw it, she was only 9 and she attempted suicide after Dom was sent to prison. My mother was to blame b/c she was too drunk to notice that her own daughter was depressed." Mia looked down.

"Did Dom know?" Brian asked.

"No, he knew she was sent away, but didn't know why. I told him it was because of our stepmom, nothing was said about what happened." She said quietly.

And that was that. Nothing else was said. There was nothing else, Brian didn't want to tell Mia that he had always wandered why Dani had those scars on her arms, but didn't believe it should be something said outloud.

As soon as the team got back they wanted to celebrate. Baby Toretto was finally coming home. Meanwhile Dom and Mia went on their way back to the hospital. But not before they went to the park to talk. It had been a while since it was just the two of them having a conversation.

"Do you think this is going to be okay?" Dom said, turning off the ignition.

"What Dani? Yeah, I think it will be okay. You practically raised me and I turned out okay." Mia smiled as she grabbed his hand.

"Do you think Brian is telling the truth? Or do you think he used her?" This was new for Dom, he would normally assume things before thinking clearly on them. After everything in the last four months he decided to keep out of going back to prison he was going to have to calm down a little.

"Yes, I know it is hard to trust him now Dom, but I believe now that he has no reason to lie to us. He isn't a cop anymore. I think it is good that she already knows him, because you know how she would react if she knew that we let a cop into our house." Mia looked at her brother.

"Like me?" He smirked.

"Pretty much. I think this will be good for her Dom. We just have to be careful with her. It has been 3 years and she has been through a lot. Especially recently. Give it time, it won't take long for things to go back to normal, okay?" She smiled. Dom nodded, glad that he wasn't in this alone and that he had someone as strong and as smart as Mia to help him out.