Betrayal

Chapter 14 Taylor's POV

"How's Mia?" Brian asked as soon as we made it back to the end of the pier.

"She's fine. I talked to her briefly and aside from the fact that she's tied to a steel pipe, she appears unharmed. But I swear if I had seen one single bruise on her, I would have stormed right up in the middle of their 20 man party!" I replied as I slid back through the small opening in the gate.

"So what now? We just wait for the meeting tomorrow night? We can't just leave her here when we're so close!" Brian exclaimed.

"Would you shut up and breathe." I stated with a glare then continued, "Before, we had no choice but to wait until the meeting because we didn't know where she was but now we do. I'm calling Lopez to see what the hell is going on. Mia said she saw Cole here this afternoon which means they already knew where she was and didn't tell me." I explained as I pulled my phone out of my pocket.

As I dialed the number I looked up at Dom and he looked as if he was about to snap, "Dom, she's fine." I reassured him as I put the phone to my ear. After only two rings Lopez picked up. He must have been waiting by the phone.

"Vaughn, where the fuck are you? We have an Asian guy in the ER with a severe concussion, four missing tricked out race cars and six missing street racers which I was informed were removed from county lock up by a hot chick with long brown hair and a body to kill for, claiming to be an agent sent my me. Imagine my surprise!" Lopez bellowed into the phone and I had to fight the urge to giggle at tonight's accomplishments.

"Sorry Captain, but there is a method to my madness." I replied still fighting back laughter.

For some reason I always found it amusing when I got him all worked up. No one else could do it quite like me.

"Where are you?" He asked again, seeming to have calmed down a tiny bit.

"Uh, Cap, I'm at the marina." I stated and waited for his reaction.

"Why the hell are you at the marina? You have a job to do and you don't have time for water sports!" Lopez stated and it sounded as if he truly had no clue why I was here.

"You mean you don't know why I'm at the marina?" I asked, confused.

"If I knew then I wouldn't be asking Taylor! What the hell is going on?" Lopez demanded and I stopped for a second to think… 'He doesn't know why I'm at the marina! How could he not know when Cole was just down here this afternoon?' I asked myself then suddenly it him me, "FUCK!" I exclaimed out loud.

"What?" Lopez shouted back.

"Where's Walker?" I asked immediately.

"He just walked through the door. Why?" Lopez responded.

"Just put him on the phone!" I stated as my shock quickly turned to anger.

"What's up Vaughn?" I head Cole's voice come through the receiver.

"Let me ask you something Cole. See, the Captain has no idea but I have a feeling you do." I stated as I set my jaw.

"What's that babe?" He asked.

"Lopez wants to know why I'm at the marina. I bet you could enlighten him, couldn't you…babe?" I asked with a hiss and it suddenly fell quiet on the other end. I saw a look of pure hatred shoot across Dom's face as it hit him like a ton of bricks.

"What's wrong Cole? It's unlike you to be at a loss for words." I stated with a touch of pleasure in my tone.

"Walker, what is it?" I heard the Captain ask in the background.

"She needs a team to meet her at the marina; Benny's there." I heard Cole tell Lopez as he tried to cover the mouthpiece.

"I'm anxious to see how you 'try' to cover your ass this time, you fucking piece of shit! You've done betrayed the wrong fucking Agent this time big boy! The only way you're getting away from this fuck up is in a body bag! I promise you that!" I exclaimed.

"Alright, well we'll be there in 15." Cole replied trying not to make anything obvious to Lopez.

"Well then I guess that gives you 15 minutes to repent mother fucker!" I stated then abruptly ended the call and threw the phone at the driver side window of my truck causing it to shatter.

"WHOA! Tay, you almost took my damn head off! What the hell was that about?" Roman asked standing barely over a foot away from the now shattered window.

"I knew he was a dirty agent but I thought he was just taking a little money on the sly to look the other way; pretending not to see the drugs and other illegal imports coming in. I never thought in a million years that he'd do something like this." I stated with pure disgust. Not only was Cole helping a kidnapper, he was endangering by best friend and not to mention hurting my brother and the man I love in the process.

'Wait, did I really just say that, well, think that?' I asked myself then quickly shook it off. Not like it would actually matter come tomorrow anyway.

I pushed past Dom and Brian, ignoring them as they asked me what I was doing as I headed to the back of the Escalade. I opened the back hatch and grabbed the bags and the blanket that were lying on the floor. I threw them to the ground and reached back in and lifted the floor panel. I heard the gasps of shock come from behind me, "Damn Girl! You own your own armory or something? Look at all that shit Brian!" Roman exclaimed as he picked up a sawed off shotgun and a military assault rifle.

"My dad was a Colonel in the Marine Corp. I have quiet the collection and this ain't even the half of it. But this one is mine." I stated as I took the sawed off shotgun out of his hand.

After displaying all the guns and giving the guys time to choose what they wanted to replace the police issued handguns I already gave them, I turned to Brian, "The feds will be here in less then five minutes; why don't you and Roman run up to the clearing at the edge of the trees and direct them to where we are." I told him and they quickly made their way through the trees.

After the guys left I realized Dom hadn't said a word since I made that call to Lopez and Walker. I looked over at him as he leaned against the truck with his arms crossed firmly over his chest, "Dom, what is it?" I asked.

He took a deep, ragged breath but didn't turn to face me, "There's just so much going on and so many mixed emotions; I don't know how to explain it." He stated as he continued to stare out over the water.

"I know we weren't expecting this to go down tonight but I really think we have the upper hand with the element of surprise." I replied.

"I know Taylor but the fact that this is going down tonight is the reason I have mixed emotions. On one hand it's great. It means Mia will be out of harms way and safe at home where she belongs. But on the other hand…" He paused and finally turned to face me as he dropped his hands from his chest then continued, "On the other hand it means I have one less day with you. This will all be over in a matter of hours and one way or another you and I are gonna have to part ways."

I stood there listening and staring into his deep, dark eyes and for the first time I truly understood Dom and his way of thinking. He was right. In a matter of hours, this will all be over and Dominic Toretto will be gone….Forever!

More to come….