Chapter 24

"Vince, Leon, come in here!" Dom demanded from the couch. After some groaning, the fridge door was slammed shut, and the guys came into the living room. Vince sat on the chair while Leon opted for the floor. "What's up Dom?" they asked as if in pain. "Me and Brian need your help. With Tyler" he told them. Vince and Leon put down their beers and stared at Brian and Dom. Then they looked at each other. "What with?" Leon asked, not knowing if he wanted to hear Dom's reply. "We gotta sort him out, before he tries to kill anyone else", Dom answered after a pause. He clenched his fists and softly punched them into the palm of his hands. "I know, but what can we do?" Leon stated. "You heard what Chris said, if he wants to hurt you he can!" he reminded Dom. "We should just get down there and kill the mother-fucker right now!!!" Vince screamed at the others. Dom nodded in agreement. "V, there's four of us and about six of them". Leon argued. "Make that five of us!" Everyone turned to see Letty standing in the doorway with her arms crossed over the front of her chest. "Letty! How long you been standing there?" Dom asked walking over to her. "Long enough for you to know that I'm in. I wanna punish that bastard for what he did to Mia!" She answered quickly. Dom knew by the tone of her voice, the way she narrowed her eyes, and the way she was licking her top lip, that he wasn't gonna change her mind. He nodded his approval, turned, and went back to the couch. "So what we gonna do then?" Letty brought them back to the conversation. "I think we should cause that crew some damage!" Vince persisted, his voice oozing anger. "That'll only cause some un-necessary madness and mayhem Vince" Brian said. "Man, our life ain't been nothing but madness and mayhem since you came!" Vince threw back. At that moment, Dom launched himself off the sofa, and pinned Vince against the wall. "IN CASE YOU DIDN'T NOTICE V, BRIAN SAVED YOUR LIFE REMEMBER, AND HE SAVED MY ASS!!!" he hollered at the top of his deep voice. "OK" Vince choked out. Dom released him from his grasp and stood by Brian. "Guys, let's get this sorted out!" Letty stepped in. Everyone looked at the floor, surprised at the way Dom had defended Brian. "Do we know where the pick-up is?" asked Brian. "Nah, only he knows" Leon informed him. Brian nodded his head.

For the next hour, Brian, Dom, Letty, Leon and Vince sat and thought up various ways of dealing with Tyler. Brian had tried to listen to everyone but they were all talking and shouting at the same time. Finally they reached an agreement. "So were all agreed?" Dom asked looking at everyone in turn. There were nods and 'yeah's' from everyone. "OK", Brian concluded. "Tomorrow it is then!" Dom slapped his leg, got off the couch, saying nothing and made his way to the stairs. They watched him go. "Dom?" Letty asked. "Where you goin'?" Dom turned at the stairs with a big grin on his face. "Well are we gonna race or not?" he shouted excitedly back at them. Letty looked at her watch. "Shit, we've only got 15 minutes", she jumped off the sofa and raced up the stairs by Dom. He followed her up. Leon left for his room. It was only Brian and Vince left in the room, alone with an awkward silence. Vince spoke. "Brian. I'm sorry man!" "What the fuck's your problem with me? Doesn't saving your life make you trust me or somethin'?" he swore at V. "It ain't that I don't trust you Brian." Vince replied getting angry. "It's Mia. I just cant get used to seeing you two together, when all I can think is that it should've been me!" he explained. "It's tears me to bits!" "Well get used to it" Brian shouted back. "Were together and that's that." He walked out of the room. Vince rubbed his eyes and went to get ready for the night's races