~~~ A few days later ~~~

I am walking through the car park to the supermarket with groceries in my arms when I am stopped by some idiot in a cheap-looking suit before I reach my car.

"Miss O'Conner? Want to come with me?" I just look at him before walking around him and over to my car where I pop my boot and put my groceries inside before closing it, that is when I feel a hand on my arm so I react instantly, lifting my hand and placing it on his wrist before turning too quickly for him to stop.

I flip his body over and slam him into the ground face first before kneeling on his head while holding his arm up in the perfect position to break.

"Didn't your mother ever teach you not to grab a woman without her permission, I'm pretty sure I heard your nose break," I smirk as he is crying in pain underneath me.

"Marley... Let him up," I hear my brother call out and I sigh before letting the idiot go and standing, turning to face my brother.

"Hi big bother," I smirk.

Brian is standing before me in a semi-expensive suit and tie with his hands in his pockets as he looks at me. I look my brother over and notice that he has cut his hair to a shorter length and he has grown a slight bit of stubble in the time since I last saw him.

"Hey little sis, that is Special Agent Stasisk," Brain points to the guy that I through to the ground as he stands up with blood pouring from his nose.

"I didn't even throw him that hard, you've broken his nose in the past haven't you?" I ask Brian who nods and I laugh before shaking my head, I then walk over to the driver's side of my car before opening the door and turning back to my brother.

"I am just going to save you time okay big brother? I haven't seen Dom, not since he left L.A, I only got in a few days ago, I missed Letty's funeral, Brian, her damn funeral," I start to cry but I quickly brush my tears away before climbing into my car and starting the engine.

I pump the gas, reviving the engine to let my brother and the idiot know to get out of my way before I pull out and speed off towards the house.

"Okay, I've got the things we need to survive for the next week... what's wrong?" I look over at Dom who has been quiet since I walked in the front door.

"Dominic, what is going on?" I finally get him to look over at me since I rarely use his full name.

"I found where the race is being held, it is tonight," he tells me and I can see the guilty look on his face.

"You were going to go to the race without me weren't you?" I close my eyes and sigh as I feel him come closer to me.

"You need to stay here Marley, with our twins, and with Mia, I can handle this on my own," Dom speaks but I quickly stop him.

"I have already told you that I am coming with you, you are going to need some backup when it gets rocky, just like we have always done since we met... we watch each other's backs, and as I said the other day, Mia can watch the kids while we handle business, then we can come home to our children, okay?" I open my eyes while talking and look over at Dom who has finally given up.

"Okay," he moves over to me silently before placing a soft kiss on my lips right before Rosa and Luca come running through the front door, dropping their school bags and running into our arms.

"MAMA! PAPA!" They scream and both Dom and I laugh at their excitement of being home.

"¿Se divirtieron ustedes dos pequeños bribones en la escuela hoy?" I ask and they both nod.

"Sí mamá, pintamos un poco antes de jugar en el patio de recreo durante el recreo y la hora del almuerzo," Luca responds, shocking Dom with how close to perfect his Spanish is.

"How?" Dom wonders and I laugh as we put down Luka and Rosa, causing them to run into the lounge room and start to watch their daily cartoons.

"They had a babysitter in Miami that was Puerto Rican and she didn't really speak English that well, so I used the Spanish that you taught me and everything I learned from her to communicate, that's when I decided to teach the kids because I would be gone every day so they needed to be able to talk to her," I explain and Dom nods before wrapping his arms around my waist so I reach up to his neck and interlock my hands behind him.

"You... are an amazing woman," he smiles at me before pulling my body closer to his.

"EWWW!" We hear Luka and Rosa call out so we pull apart to see them laughing their 8-year-old butts off in the doorway of the lounge room.

"Come here you little rascals!" Dom and I run towards them, causing them to scream and run away from us and around the couch, we finally catch them and quickly fall back onto the couch with them in our arms, laughing up a storm.

All of a sudden there is a knock on the door and we all go quiet, Dom and I look over at the door as my brother's voice comes flowing through the cracks.

"Marley?" He calls out and both Dom and I quickly let go of the twins before rushing Dom out of the house through the back door and into the garage as Rosa and Luka open the front door, greeting Brian.

"TÍO BRIAN!" They scream and I walk into the lounge room from the kitchen and see that Brian and the twins are hugging.

"Rosa, Luka, ¿podrían darnos un poco de espacio a tu tío y a mí algo de espacio, por favor?" My children groan before running up the stairs to their bedroom.

"Why are you here Brian? You are so damn lucky that Mia isn't home," I tell him and he nods, sighing before rubbing his short hair.

"I came to warn you to stay away from Dom, we have the entire force looking for him," Brian says and that is when I glare at him.

"Get out," I point at the doorway behind him but he doesn't move.

"Brian, I swear to god, if you don't get out right now, you will end up bleeding out on the doorstep," I growl and he finally turns to leave but stops halfway through the doorway.

"Just listen—" I slam the door in his face, cutting him off mid-sentence as Rosa and Luka come down the stairs.

"Mama, what did Tío Brian want?" Luka asks me and I turn around, sitting on the couch before running my hand across my forehead as Dom walks in the back door after Brian takes off.

"Don't worry mi pequeño hombre, he wasn't meant to be here," I explain to Luka who nods as Dom sits down next to me and the twins wedge themselves in between us, pulling a laugh from my lips.

"Let's watch a movie," Dom suggests and I nod, changing the channel from the cartoons that the twins were watching earlier.

~~~~ A few hours later ~~~~

"Are you going to be okay watching the twins while we get this done?" I ask Mia as I am standing at the door of my car.

"Yeah, should be alright, I will ring you if something happens, okay?" Mia informs me and I nod, sighing.

"I just hate leaving them, I know Dom feels the same way," I tell her and she nods.

"Yeah he does," Mia then pulls me in for a hug and I sigh, hugging her back.

"I'm going to head off now, watch them like a hawk, you know how they are," I joke before climbing into the driver's seat of my 1970 Dodge Charger R/T and speeding off towards the location of the race.

Hope you guys enjoy this chapter!

Translations are below

¿Se divirtieron ustedes dos pequeños bribones en la escuela hoy? - did you two little rascals have fun at school today?

Sí mamá, pintamos un poco antes de jugar en el patio de recreo durante el recreo y la hora del almuerzo. - Yes Mom, we did some painting before playing on the playground during both recess and lunchtime

Rosa, Luka, ¿podrían darnos un poco de espacio a tu tío y a mí, por favor? - Rosa, Luka, can you give your uncle and I some space, please?

Tío - Uncle