Hey guys, sorry for the long wait. Here's a new chapter, hope you like it. I don't have school today so I've decided to deem this writing day. Hope to have more soon. Love you all :)
~ Hanna West
Vince's wife Rosa made us a traditional Mexican meal. It tasted so good, but in all honesty anything would have tasted good right about now. I couldn't remember the last time any of us had eaten a good meal. All three of us wolfed down our food, not even bothering to breath in-between bites. After dinner, Mia and I helped Rosa with the dishes, well Mia did, I just cuddled with baby Nico. He was the cutest, little thing ever.
My eyes flickered to Mia's stomach, I had taken her to a small clinic a weak ago because she was feeling sick. Turns out I'm going to be an aunt. Mia dried her hands and I passed her Nico causing her smile to grow as she bobbed him on her hip.
"Time for bed little one." Rosa smiled, looking lovingly at her son.
"Can I take him?" Mia asked, as Rosa finished up the dishes. She nodded and led us towards Nico's crib, Mia carefully laid him down and smiled at him. I watched as Nico waved his cubby hand at us and laughed. Mia excused herself and ran towards the bathroom. I sighed knowing what was going on and followed her. I leaned against the door frame as me splashed her face with water.
"He needs to know." I stated when she turned around to face me. "You got to tell him."
Mia sighed and braced herself on the sink. "I know Katie, it's just with everything going on..." I cut her off by moving closer and grabbing her hands.
"You're making excuses." I said, with a slight smile. "You're going to be a mom. That is amazing and Brian is going to be an awesome dad. Plus the kids got me and I'm pretty badass."
A smile appeared on Mia's face and she laughed. "That you are." She paused for a second then looked up at me. "Are you going to tell someone about your nightmares?"
I paused before letting go of her hands and crossed my arms over my chest. "I don't know what you're talking about?"
Mia gave me a knowing look, I hated that damn look. "I've know you for years, I can tell me something is pledging you. Is it Letty?"
It was nice to hear her name, it almost felt like everyone was avoiding the topic of her but that wasn't what was haunting me. Not at the moment anyway. Shaking my head I looked down briefly. "I've been having dreams about my dad. The life I had before you guys."
Mia's eyes saddened, I hadn't told her everything about what he had done to me but she knew enough to know why they were nightmares instead of happy memories. She pulled me into a hug and I let out a breath. It felt good to tell someone about it, but that didn't mean I was going to broadcast it to everyone. Rosa stuck her head in to make sure Mia was alright, she smiled at us when we broke apart. We headed back towards the living room, where the boys were. I sat down next to Vince and Mia took the open seat near Brian.
"So, listen." Vince spoke after checking that Rosa was no where to be seen. "There's a job coming up." My head snapped up. "I was hoping Dom was going to be here by now but this ones clean enough that we can do it without him. It's a good gig. A couple of high end cars, easy targets. A guy I know is putting together a team to swipe them. Just need a few more willing bodies."
I ran my fingers though my hair and let out a long breath. "I don't know Vince."
"Look, the way the car scene is down here we can unload them quick and get top dollar. It's easy money." I grabbed Vince's beer and took a swig. "From where I'm sitting, it looks like all three of you could use the pay day."
The next morning Brian, Mia and I were sitting on a passenger train heading to God knows where. Last night we'd gone over the plans for the job and we decided it was worth doing. Plus, Vince is a very convincing person. I was flicking though one of those trashy tabloid magazines while Mia read a travel guide. Brian was up getting us some water so I decided to comfort Mia.
"Are you sure this is a good idea?" I asked, leaning forward and lowing my voice. "With my God kid in there." I pointed to her stomach and she smiled. "I mean if this goes wrong..."
"It wont." Mia assured. "I'll be fine." Sometimes I hated her optimism, but she alway got me to break. Mia turned her body to face me and nodded, giving me extra assurance.
I laughed, shaking my head at her. "You better." I demanded jokingly. "Otherwise Dom will kill me for ever letting you on this train."
"Speaking of Dom, when do you guys plan on starting a family." She asked. "I'd love to have a little playmate for my son of daughter and you're so good with Nico. You and Dom would be an awesome parents."
I shook my head and scoffed, leaning my head against the seat. "Could you image me being a mother?" I let out a slight laugh. "Because I can't."
Mia frowned, narrowing her eyes at me. I shifted uncomfortably under her gaze, she has a way with looks. "So you don't want kids? Ever?"
I hesitated and looked down, taking a calming breath. "It's not that I don't want them, it's that I wouldn't be any good as a mom. I mean look at my role models growing up, a drunk and a junkie, not exactly parents of the year."
Mia shook her head, grabbing her hands. "Katie you're not..."
She was cut off my Brian when he slid into the booth, smiling at both of us. "What's going on?" He questioned, his smiling dropping once he had a chance to take in our serious expressions.
I smiled back at him and picked up my discarded magazine. "Nothing." I said. "Everything's fine." Nothing was fine but I was going to act like it and maybe one day I'll start to believe it.
"What are you reading?" Brian asked, leaning over the table towards Mia.
Mia glanced up and smiled, guesting to the book. "Tavel guide." She answered. Brian took the book from her and scanned the page she was on.
"Tokyo, Moscow, Goa..." Brian read, glancing up.
"You want to know what all these places have it common?" Mia asked, smirking. Brian nodded and put down the book. "No extradition."
Brian's smile widened and he pulled her into a kiss. I laughed but soon noticed the train officer enter our cabin. I cleared my throat and nodded in his direction "Here we go." I said standing up and walking towards the officer. I purposely bumped into him, grabbing his arm and looking up with my best doe eyes. "Oh, my God. I'm so sorry."
"It's no problem miss." The officer smiled. Mia and Brian passed behind him, making an electronic copy of his badge. "Are you okay, miss?" He asked, concern in his words.
"I'm good." I nodded, moving away from him and following Brian and Mia. We got to the car lock-up and used the guards copied badge to get through the door. I pulled out my phone as Brain smashed though the glass and grabbed the keys.
"Hey, it's me. We found them. Second to the last rigger." I hung up the phone and looked over at Brian, who had a concerned look on his face. "What is it? What's wrong?"
"DEA tags." He said holding up the keys. "These cars have been seized." I silently cursed and hung my head. Damn it, V. I decided not to think about it too much, there wasn't anything we could do now. We were already in to deep. I waved Brian over and he helped me pull off the car covers.
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