Chapter Six

Brian woke up to the sound of his cell phone ringing. He groggily reached over to his bedside table, where his cell was.

"Yeah," he answered, halfway asleep.

"Morning, Sunshine," a male's voice replied.

It was his boss. Today was not a good day to hear his voice and it was not the right time.

"What's up," he tried to keep the frustration out of his voice.

"How are things going in Boston?" They knew that Madison was in Boston and it was all a plot to take down Jacob Steele and his group.

Brian hated this assignment. He knew that if Madison found out he was here after her, she would likely try to kill him. Things were so fucked up in this situation. He wished he could change it.

"Things are okay," he said vaguely.

"Seen Steele?" There was that stinging question. It was definitely too early to ask.

"Yeah, I've run into her."

"Any progress?"

"None yet," Brian was starting to get pissed. "Is there a point to this conversation? Because if not, I need to fully wake up and get on with my day."

Brian's boss was silent for a moment. He knew he had said the wrong thing from what his boss said next.

"Don't let her destroy this mission. Keep a level head, O'Connor."

With that, the phone line went dead. Brian was pissed. Now his day had been ruined.

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Across town, Dom had now awoken with a slight headache. He wasn't sure why, he hadn't drank much last night.

He rolled over to see Kyra next to him. Shit, he thought, hoping nothing had happened. What the hell had he done.

She seemed to sense that he was awake, because when he stirred, she woke. He looked at her with an inquisitive look and, knowing exactly what he was thinking, she shook her head.

He breathed a deep sigh of relief. This was the last thing he had needed. He had fucked up enough lives in the past, he didn't need to bring Kyra into his shit.

As if she knew he was still thinking about it, she made the comment.

"Nothing happened, Dom. I just couldn't sleep by myself. So I came in here. Didn't think you would mind," she sounded apologetic.

"Sorry," he turned to her. He didn't want her to feel bad. "I just didn't want you to get dragged into the shit that my life is. It wouldn't be fair to you."

Kyra had to smile to herself. Dom was constantly thinking of others. She grabbed his arm, and he turned around to look at her. She had pain in her eyes and at the moment he could see how much she cared about him.

"Dom, screw it. I'm here on my own accord. You're not forcing me to be here and I know that if I wanted to, you would let me walk out right now without thinking twice. Don't ever be sorry."

Dom loved Kyra like a sister. She would always stand by him, no matter what, he knew that for a fact. He didn't have to hold anything back from her and knew that she would know if he ever did.

He got out of bed, walked to the shower, turned on the water, and stepped in. This was going to be his day.

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Madison hadn't slept well all night. She kept thinking about Jacob. Something in the back of her mind was telling her that her intuition was right. Some shit was going to go down and it was going to be today. She didn't know when it was going to go down, but she wasn't really sure that she wanted to know.

Her cell rang and she looked at the caller ID. It was Marcus. Her face lit up. This must be good news. Marcus was Jacob's partner and one of Madison's closest contacts into the group.

"Hey, girl, what's goin' on?"

Madison laughed. Marcus always knew how to brighten her day.

"Not much, handsome. What's up wit you?"

"Running the games, that's all. Run into Spilner yet?"

She cringed at the mention of the name. She was trying to forget their meeting last night.

Marcus took her pause as an answer.

"What happened?" It was uncommon for Madison to be silent.

"Nothing," she answered, almost too quickly.

"C'mon Maddie…you can tell me. What's going on?"

"He's just a prick, that's all. A prick who just happens to be a cop."

"What?" It was obvious that Marcus didn't know. She could hear extreme shock in his voice as he responded. "Shit."

"Yeah," she agreed. "Found out myself from Toretto. He thinks I know Brian. I…kinda started some shit with him last night."

"Damn, Maddie. We need Toretto on our side. He's the key. Without him, this operation won't go down. Especially if Santiago finds out."

Marcus was referring to Jose´ Santiago, Jacob's arch enemy. That had had an ongoing battle over territory for five years. Madison had gotten involved six months ago when Jose´ had taken her hostage to get something from Jacob. In the battle, Jose's younger brother, Carlos, had gotten killed. Jose´ never forgave Madison or Jacob for that.

"Don't worry. I'll straighten everything out with Dom."

"Aight."

She hung up the phone, walked into the kitchen and began to fix some breakfast.