Chapter 15

"Parts are here!" Leon said when he saw the loaded truck pull up to the side of the garage. The guys all went over to the truck and began unloading the truck.

"Hey guys, look who I found!" Vince yelled stepping into the garage.

"Sup Jimmy?" Letty and the guys said.

"Sup guys?" Jimmy said. He went over to the truck and began helping to empty the truck.

"What brings you to L.A., cuz?" Rome asks after they finished unloading the truck. They were all standing around the pile of boxes grabbing parts they needed for the cars they were working on.

"You guys got trouble," he said, looking at Brian and Rome. Everyone stopped what they were doing and moved closer to hear.

"What do you mean?" Brian asked.

"See my face?" Jimmy said, pointing to the fading cuts and bruises. "Your boy Verone did this."

"Verone's in prison, cuz," Rome said.

"He's out," Jimmy said.

"What happened?" Brian asked. Jimmy told them about getting jumped outside of his apartment the previous Friday.

"Where's Suki and Tej?" Dom asked.

"Outside," Jimmy said, pointing to the street where he and Suki were parked.

"Why the hell are they out there?" Letty asked.

"Tej got hurt. I went to the garage after I was jumped to meet Suki and Tej. We decided not to go to races after we found out Verone was looking for you guys. We were heading over to Tej's place but he forgot to set the alarm on the garage so he went back to set it. When he was unlocking the door, the building exploded."

"How bad is it?" Dom asked.

"Broken arm and leg, some cracked ribs. Doctor said that he should stay in the hospital for a week or two but he wouldn't. He's been geeked up on pain pills since we left Miami."

By this time they were all making their way out to the Yukon. The rear driver side door was opened and they could see Tej lying down on the back seat. He was shirtless and bandages were wrapped around his chest. His right arm was in a cast from the elbow down. He had on a pair of baggy cargo shorts and they could see his left leg was in a Velcro boot from the knee down. His hair was unbraided and his face was covered in scabbed cuts. Suki had let the driver seat up as far as it would go and was sitting on the floor beside him.

"Sup fellas?" Tej said when they all crowded around the door.

"Sup?" they said.

"Yo Bri, Rome. Jimmy tell y'all what went down."

"He told us." Rome said.

"Sorry about the garage Tej," Brian said.

"Don't sweat it, cuz. Soon as I get right, I'll open another one."

"How you feeling?" Letty asked.

"I'm alive so I ain't go'n complain," Tej said. "Tired of laying in this damn truck though."

"Got a place to stay yet?" Dom asked.

"Naw, we just got in town a couple hours ago," Suki said.

"You staying with us then," Dom said. "We got some cars that gotta go out today so y'all can hang here or Letty can take you to the house."

"I think we should go to the house. Time for meds," Suki said. She gave Tej a kiss and got out the truck and Jimmy got in the drivers seat.

"Aight," Dom said. "Let, stop by and get them something to eat from Mia."

"Aight." Letty gave Dom a kiss and went to her car. After she saw Suki get into her car she drove in the direction of the store to get some sandwiches for the Miami crew.

"Brian. Rome. Let me see you guys in the office," Dom said, going toward the office. Leon, Jesse, and Vince went back to the cars they were working on.

Dom sat behind his desk and waited for Brian and Rome to enter. Rome sat on the couch and Brian sat in the chair in front of the desk after he shut the door.

"Who's Verone?" Dom asked leaning back in his seat.

"Bad cat from Miami. Drug trafficking, money laundering, you name it and he's into it," Rome said, sitting with his elbows on his knees.

"What's that got to do with you guys?" Dom asked leaning forward to rest his elbows on the desk.

"I got caught racing one night and they offered me a deal." Brian and Rome told him about how they infiltrated Verone's organization and how they took him down.

"But we didn't turn all the money over," Brian said.

"How much?" Dom asked.

"A mil apiece," Rome said.

Dom rubbed his hand over his bald head. "Shit. Not only did you go inside his organization, you stole his money and sent him to prison. So the chances that he's go'n find you guys are pretty good."

"Yeah, he'll find us," Brian said.

"I should kick yo' ass for bringing this shit to my family," Dom said, glaring at Brian.

"He was supposed to be in prison for 10 to 20," Brian said.

"We can't do shit about that now," Rome said seeing that Dom was about 2 seconds from tearing into Brian. "What the fuck are we go'n do Brian?"

"I don't know," Brian said. "I don't know."

"I'll call Hector and Edwin. Tell them to put the word out to keep a look out for anybody's that's asking too many questions," Dom said. "He probably had someone watching the Miami crew and they just led them right to you."

"So what are we go'n do?" Rome asked again.

"All we can do for now is keep a look out," Dom said, standing up from his desk chair. Rome and Brian stood up and they all headed back out to the garage. Dom told Jesse, Vince, and Leon to listen up and filled them in on what he had found out.