Gabriella swung her legs in and out as she went higher and higher on the swing. She had been walking down the street when she saw the park and decided to swing. She looked up and smiled as Jesse approached her. She shook her head knowing that he had followed here there but she didn't care. She closed her eyes as she continued to swing.

"Catch me daddy!" Gabriella yelled as she climbed higher and higher into the sky.

"You better be careful, don't you fall out."

"I won't!" she giggled.

Gabriella's eyes opened just as Johnny and Jake approached her. Her hands went stiff as she began to slow down. She looked over at Jesse who was glaring at the two boys. She slowly came to a stop and stared straight ahead.

"Hello." Jake smiled walking up to her. Jesse jumped up from the swing and stood in front of her. "Oh, knight and shining armor. How sweet is this?" He looked over at Johnny who had his arms crossed over his chest. Gabriella looked over at him before turning her head back to Jake.

"Stop." She was calm. She moved Jesse out of the way as she stood up. "What do you want Jake?"

"I was just in the neighborhood…"

"Cut the shit please and just tell me."

"There is a race coming up this weekend, rumor has it your brother is racing. I don't want him to, I want you to."

"Why so you can put me in the wall again?"

He smiled at her taking a step closer. "What were you too scared that I was actually going to beat you that you had to put me in the wall?"

"I would watch it." Jake warned her. Jesse moved closer to Gabriella as Jake eyed him.

"How about you stop following me in your little black navigator. What you that obsessed with me?"

Jake began to laugh. "How about you race or I put your brother into the wall?"

Gabriella just stood there. "No?"

"Come on Gab let's just go." Jesse held out his hand.

"You aren't going anywhere. Answer the question Gabriella, you want me to put your brother in the wall the same way I did you?"

"No." She whispered. "Why are you doing this Jake? What did we do to you that was so bad?"

He didn't respond. Johnny moved closer to her as she stared down towards the ground.

"Dom hasn't told you?" Johnny asked.

"Dom told me a little bit." Gabriella looked up. "My father was a good man, he…"

"Your father fucked my father over and almost cost us our home!" Jake yelled. Gabriella sat back down in the swing. "They were best friends growing up. Your father started having troubles when your mom died, so my father decided to help him. He helped him, then he decided that once he got that help he was going to quit."

"He had a family."

"So did my father!" Jake yelled again. "You join Yakuza, you don't get out. They were brothers; they were supposed to protect each other. One night, your father never showed up to the spot. My father was attacked and beaten. He lost all the merchandise. He was done for. My father was ashamed of what happened, my mother wouldn't even look at him. He abandoned him because he was coward."

"I'm so sorry." Gabriella frowned. "You can't make me and my brother pay for what my father did. He is gone Jake. My father died. Why can't you just let this go?"

"Come on Jake, this is enough for one day." Johnny grabbed the guys arm.

"If I could take it back Jake, I would."

"No, but you will pay." Jake snarled.

She nodded her head. He ran his hand through his hair before speaking. "It's your choice on what happens this weekend."

"I'll do it." Gabriella moved around Jesse and walked towards him. "I'll race you."

"No!" Johnny and Jesse hissed.

"You play by the rules Jake. No putting anyone into the wall. I win, you leave us alone for good. I don't want to see…either of your faces on this side of town again. I don't want to breathe the name Hou or Tran for the rest of my life. I win, you do not exist." She glared over at Johnny who began shaking his head.

"And if I win?"

Gabriella looked over at Jesse. "Then I will join Yakuza."

"Gabby!" Jesse yelled. "No, Dom will not let you do that."

"Deal." Jake held out his hand. Gabriella refused to take it.

"Get out of here Jake, I don't want to see you again until Saturday." Gabriella moved from the swing set and began walking towards her car. Jesse was on her heel. "Don't say a word to Dom, I will talk to him. Just let me talk to him Jess."

Jesse nodded his head. "He is going to murder you."

Dom walked over to Letty who was standing next to a Honda 2000. He ran his hand down her back before turning towards her. "How she looking?"

"I have no idea what is wrong with it. I took her apart and she is fine."

"Here let me look at her." Dom moved around her with a smile before looking up just as Gabriella walked in. "Hold on, I'll be right back."

Gabriella took a deep breath as she walked over to her brother. "What are you doing here?"

"I…um…I needed to talk to you."

"Can it wait? We are kind of busy today."

"Dom…" Gabriella whispered. "Jake came by today."

Dom looked over at Jesse who was standing in the doorway. All eyes were on them. Gabriella took another deep breath. "Don't blame Jesse, he came to the park where I was at. I think he has been watching me for a couple of days. He told me about our father."

"What about our father?"

Gabriella shook her head. "He doesn't want you racing this weekend; he said he will put you in to the wall if you did."

"He can try."

"He wants me."

Dom threw down the towel nodding his head. "He wants me to race this weekend."

"No."

"Dom…" She whispered. She shook her hands trying to stay calm. She turned her head from him and stared at Vince who was standing next to Jesse. "Don't be mad please."

"What did you do?"

"I told him I would."

"No, it's not happening."

"I race and win he leaves us alone for good. He doesn't come around these parts ever again…"

"And if he wins?"

"I join Yakuza."

In an instant everything on the table behind him was on the floor. It echoed through the garage as everyone stopped what they were doing. She looked down at the ground afraid to look into his eyes. He was pissed, she knew that. She breathed in and out as he stormed past her and outside. She didn't move as Vince followed him. She bowed her head as Letty walked over to her wrapping her arms around the girls next. "Let, I didn't know what else to do. He was…"

"You need to go find Dom."

"He is so mad right now."

"Go find him, tell him we got the garage."

"Will you stop?" Vince yelled. "Jesus Dom, can we just talk about this?" Vince blocked him from getting into his car as Gabriella came walking around the corner.

"What are you doing?" Gabriella asked running over to them.

"Stop!" Vince yelled.

"You need to move or I will move you myself." Dom threatened.

"Dom! What is going on?" Gabriella yelled. "Where are you going?"

"Tokyo, he's trying to go to Tokyo."

Dom stopped what he was doing glaring at Vince. "You need to go inside and don't come back out here." He pointed to the house while still staring at Vince. Vince leaned back against the car with his arms crossed over his chest. This was how it was always had been. Even when they were kids. Vince wasn't scared of Dom, not even the slightest. They were best friends and always fought about something. This time seemed different, it seemed like the inevitable was about to happen.

"Dom!" Gabriella yelled. "This is my fault okay."

"Gabby, just go inside." Vince told her. She turned away shaking her head.

"Fine, but this is stupid." She spat before turning around and walking towards the house.

"So this is how it is now huh? She listens to you?" Dom glared.

"Dom, just let it go please."

"No, I leave for a while and you become her big brother huh?"

"I'm not doing this with you Dom, you are upset. I understand that."

"Do you Vince? Do you because I don't think that you do. I go to prison for two years and I come back and my sister has been in the hospital for being run into a wall. She was racing and you didn't even know about it. She looks up to you Vince, she really does. She loves you but I will be damned if some son of a bitch comes into my life and tries to take it from me…"

"I never…"

"Jake Hou will die before that happens do you understand?" He poked his finger in Vince's chest. "My sister should never know about what my father did, and I blame you for that. She doesn't deserve this life but you gave it to her…"

"Me?" Vince yelled. "I took care of her while your ass was in prison. I was here for her. I was there for the birthdays that you missed the graduation you missed. I was there Dom, not you."

Dom got in Vince's face. Gabriella came running out shoving Dom aside. "How dare you!" She screamed shoving him again. He grabbed her arms stopping her from fighting him. "You have no right Dom! No right!"

"Stop." He whispered softly.

"No! Vince has done the best that he could and you are jealous of that? He stepped up Dom and he did a damn good job of it too. It's my fault all of this happened to me, not his. So don't you dare blame him for that. As for my father, I have no idea who he was. I remember a man who loved me, and would do anything for me and that's how I am going to remember him now. He was my life, now you two are my life. This whole family is my life so please don't fight. If you want to be angry with someone then be angry with me. I got myself into this mess. I should have listened to you about Johnny, I know that now. But it's too late and this is happening. So we are in this together or we aren't, but I am racing Jake this weekend and I am going to win. You can either help me or you can get the hell out of my way." She took a deep breath in trying to catch her breath. Dom nodded his head at her as she threw his arm off of her and stormed into the house. She wiped her face from the tears that had escaped and stared out the window. Dom put his hand on Vince's shoulder bringing him into a hug. They fought, of course they did, but they will forever be brothers no matter what.

Gabriella stood in the garage later that night looking around remembering all the times she spent there. She tried to remember the good times, but all that came to mind was what Dom and Jake told her. Her father was a part of the Yakuza. The one thing she hated the most. She shook her head as she looked around the room. This was the place where she spent most of her time as a child. This was the place where the memories were clearer than any other.

"Gabby…" Dom walked up behind her.

"I'm fine Dom."

"What are you doing in here?"

"Remembering." She bit her bottom lip as the tears stung her eyes. "You know I look at this place that I grew up in; I spent almost every night here with our father. I can't seem to remember anything right now because all I keep thinking about is the damn shit he got himself in to."

"Gab…" Dom whispered putting his hand on her shoulder. She moved forward knocking his hand away.

"He was perfect to me Dom, he did no wrong. He made me smile and laugh…" The tears fell down her face. "Was it a lie Dom? Was it all just some joke or something?"

"He loved you more than anyone in this world Gabriella. He really did. There were just some things that he got himself in to that he couldn't get out of. He wanted out he really did. Don't you think for one minute that anything he ever did for you…for us was a lie. He loved his family."

"Am I forgetting him?"

"You are upset right now, I understand that. I wish more than anything that I never would have to tell you what he did."

She nodded her head. "You do whatever you have to do to keep this place Dom. We rob a bank, we steal it, I don't care. You do what you have to do, I will not let Jake take this from me."

Dom nodded his head. "We are coming up with something."

"And if you ever become jealous of Vince again I will slap you so hard. Don't ever think that you have been replaced. No one could replace you. You are my brother and you always will be."

He nodded his head bringing her into his arms. She squeezed him tight.

"We need to get you ready for this weekend if you are going to win."