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" Your cousin?" Brian asked out of shock. He pulled over and parked on the side of the road and faced Joey.

" Yes, my cousin. I knew about what happened, but Mia never told me your name." Joey explained, as she thought back to Mia's letters and the fact that she didn't piece two and two together but she never thought about it before but now that she had it all fits.

" How much do you know?" Brian asked when he heard Mia's name. If Joey is Dom's cousin she's also Mia's, Brian thought.

" Everything. You and Mia had a thing. You let Dom go and saved Vince." Joey explained, shacking her head as she thought it all out.

" Vince lived?" Brian asked, he left as soon as he let Dom go, he never found out what happened to Vince or Jesse.

" You don't know what happened?" Joey asked. Seeing the look in his eye, she almost felt bad for him.

" No, I left the same day."

" Vince lived and they saved his arm. Jesse also lived, they got him to the hospital in time. Dom, Letty and Leon went to Mexico but since the cops couldn't find you and had no evidence, no charges were filed. Mia was very upset, pretty pissed but now she's okay. Letty, Dom and Leon came back. Everyone is in LA, living life." Joey explained, quoting a lot from Mia's letters.

" Wow. How do you know all of this?" Brian asked after he let what Joey said sink in.

" Mia writes all the time. I grew up right next to Dom and Mia. Our mom's are sisters and they are very close. When I was 17 my dad got a promotion in New Jersey so we moved. I stayed in contact with everyone, we were all best friends. I went Back to L.A and told everyone that I was going to be a cop, Dom didn't take it very well.

Because of the two years he spent in prison, he didn't trust or like cops. He look it as a slap in the face when I told him. So he didn't want to have anything to do with me and still doesn't as long as I'm a cop. Mia writes and keeps me informed on everything that's happening back home." Joey explained, but it was hard because she misses her family. Her, Dom, Mia, Letty, Vince and Leon were very close sine they were kids.

" I can't believe this. Is everyone okay? Or is everyone still pissed at me?" Brian asked, he always wondered what happened and how everyone was doing.

"Everyone's moved on. But you really hurt Mia, she opened up to you. I can't believe she never told me your name. I have about five letters that are just about you." Joey explained as she looked into Brian's eyes.

" I never meant to hurt her, I never meant to fall for her." Brian said as he stared back into her green eyes.

" Things are looking up since all that's happened. Dom and Letty are getting married." Joey said hoping some good news would lift some of the tension in the car.

" That's good news, they're made for each other. We should get back to Tej's." Brian said as he turned the car back on, he couldn't be around Joey any more.

The rest of the ride, they were both silent. " I guess I'll see you tomorrow." Brain said as he pulled up to her shop. The drive was short because when Brian stopped they were almost there.

" Are you okay? I know what I told you was a surprise, and maybe was the last thing you expected to find out about me." Joey explained as she opened the car door.

" I'm fine, thanks." Brian bluntly said as he looked out his side mirror.

" All right, see you." Joey said, then walked to her car.

Brian stayed behind the wheel of his car for a couple of minutes. He watched Joey drive off. " See you." Brian said in a low voice as he watched her car disappear.

Brian got out off his car and walked to the back of Tej's garage, where he saw Suki, Jimmy, Rome, and Tej sitting around drinking beers and talking about their days.

" Hey man. What's up? You look like you've been hit with a truck." Rome pointed out as Brian sat at the same table with his friends.

" Yeah. What's up?" Suki asked.

" I just found out that Joey is Dom and Mia's cousin." Brian said, sighing as he settled in his seat.

" That dude from Miami?" Tej asked as he remembered Brian explained everything to them.

" Yeah." Brian answered as he lowered his head.

" Wait a minute. Didn't you date Mia?" Rome asked as he remember just liker Tej was doing.

" Yeah." Brian answered again.

Joey threw her keys down on the table next to her bed. As she sat down on her bed the phone rang.

" Hello." Joey bluntly said, she's not in the mood to talk to anyone because she felt bad for the way everything unfolded in the car with Brian.

" Joey?" The person on the other line asked.

" Oh my God! Mia." Joey screamed over the phone.

" Hi! I've been calling you for the last hour." Mia explained.

"I had some business to take care of. How are you? This is new, you usually write." Joey pointed out.

" I'm okay. Dom's not around and I really wanted to talk to you."

" Okay. What's up?"

" I need to see you."

" You know that would only piss Dom off and you have to live with him." Joey explained as she ran her hand through her hair. Tonight was just filled with surprises.

" I have a plan. I told Dom and everyone else that we should take a trip, they said ok. I told them we should go to Miami since no one knows you were transferred. I miss you and I want to see you. And I think it's time Dom and you talk and become friends again. It's stupid, were family and it's time Dom sees that." Mia explained, hoping Joey would agree.

" Ok. If you think it will work and if not I still get to see you." Joey said, forgetting the fact that Brian was in Miami and had a past with Mia.

" Okay. Tomorrow is our flight. I'll call you when we land." Mia explained.

" All right. I can't wait to see you. Bye."

" Me too, bye."

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Isabelle