I smiled as I maneuvered around all of the people. I had run into the kitchen to grab me and Jesse a Corona from my hidden stash. No one else in the garage drank it but Jesse, Han, and I so it was safe to say that during parties like this, a lot never went missing. I held the bottle out to Jesse, who accepted it with a smile on his face. He reached out and wrapped his arm around my shoulder, pulling me closer to him. I smiled wider when he placed a kiss to my temple.
"I love you." He whispered to me. I smiled and snuggled my head into his neck.
"I love you too Jess." I whispered back before I pulled away to look at the party going on around us. Since I'd been living in Tokyo, I haven't been a real partier and so, usually I would just sit these events out. On the other hand, this was Jesse's first real Tokyo party and so, I decided to stick it out with him. I felt my phone vibrate in my back pocket; I smiled at Jesse as I pulled it out. It read Caller Unknown… that was weird…
"Jess…" I got the blondes attention and showed him my phone. His brow furrowed before he motioned to the side door leading outside. I nodded before walking in that direction. Jesse followed me through the crowd, closing the door behind us. I hit the accept button before holding it to my ear.
"Hello?" I asked, waiting for someone to respond to me.
"Danni?" The voice asked and it took me a moment before I realized that it was Dom.
"Dom?" I asked, turning my head to look at Jesse, who looked just as surprised as I was.
"Yeah, how have you been?" He asked. I shrugged my shoulders lightly even though he couldn't see it.
"Can't complain." I answered. "So what about you?"
"That's why I'm calling you." I raised an eyebrow. "I need your help. I've already talked to Han and he agreed."
"What exactly would I be helping you with?" I asked looking up at Jesse.
"I really can't talk about it over the phone but we could get a big pay day out of it… we could really use that money, Danni. Especially with Mia and the baby." I paused and looked at the phone.
"Baby?" I asked; this caught Jesse's attention.
"Yeah, Mia's pregnant with Brian's baby." Dom said.
"Brian? As in cop O'Connor Brian?" I asked, not really believing him.
"Yeah, that Brian." He answered, his voice telling me he found it funny that I didn't believe him. "This would be our last job… ever. I could really use your help." I looked out at the Tokyo skyline before looking up at Jesse.
"Give me a location and I'll meet you there." I said before taking a pull from my beer.
"Thank you D." I nodded.
"No problem." I said before hanging up. Jesse took another sip of his beer.
"What was that about?" He asked. I looked down at the phone in my hand as it vibrated; an address was in the text.
"Dom needs my help to pull off this last job before they "disappear"." Jesse's blue eyes watched me as I put my phone back into my pocket, sighing as I ran my fingers through my hair.
"Then I'm going with you." Jesse said and I shook my head.
"No, no way in hell! You just came out of the coma."
"That was a year ago! I'm fine now."
"I'm not ready to take that chance."
"Please D, I can't lose you. I can help, whether it's actually driving or if it is just as a mechanic. I need you to trust me." I turned my dual eyes to look into his blue ones. "I'm not letting you leave without me." I sighed, he was hopeless.
"Fine. Go pack your shit, we're leaving ASAP." He smiled slightly before kissing me.
"Let's do this." He said before opening the door and heading back into the party to go to our shared room. I walked in and saw Han with his duffle bag. He walked over to me, munching on what looked like sour gummy worms.
"Are we taking the kid?" He asked. Since Jesse was younger than the both of us, that was often what Han decided to call him when they met.
"I can't talk him out of it." I said as I grabbed one of the worms from the bag. Han nodded his head, popping another one into his mouth.
"And you're okay with that?" He asked as he glanced at me. I shook my head.
"Hell no, but you look into those puppy dog eyes and tell him no." Han chuckled before motioning to the stairs.
"Go pack, we're leaving in a while." I nodded before walking towards the stairs. What were we getting ourselves into?
The plane ride was quiet and boring. Han munched on snacks the whole way and Jesse slept; I was busy looking for cars I could buy while in Rio since we couldn't very well bring my Mazda, the Mona Lisa, or Jesse's Nissan. I was pretty sure that we're going to need some.
"Alright, let's get a taxi and then head to where Dom told us to." I said as I looked at the address in my texts. Han made a noise of agreement while Jesse remained silent, looking at the city around us. I quickly hailed a taxi and we all hopped in, heading to the address I was given.
"Are you sure this is the place?" The Cab driver asked in Portuguese as he pulled up to an abandoned factory. I glanced at the address before nodding. I hoped my Portuguese wasn't as rusty as I thought it was.
"This is it. Thank you very much." I replied as I gently pushed Jesse out the door, handing the guy a thirty to cover the meter charge. Once he'd pulled away, I turned to the building.
"Well, this is a little different than I expected." Jesse said as he looked around. There were no signs of people being here.
"Come on." Han said before he popped a chip into his mouth. He walked towards the door; I glanced at Jesse before following the man.