The Fast And The Furious Girl

22.2

(Alex P.O.V.)

"We need to check in," I say. We head to go check in after Brian and I change. We walk inside to find Bilkins and Markham waiting.

"Nice shirt, Bilkins," I say. Bilkins is wearing a bright colored shirt.
"It's my day off," Bilkins explains.
"Yeah. Well, anyhow, this is the deal." I say.
"Last night, Verone threatened a cop into giving us a window. We're driving to an airstrip, in the Keys, off Nallwood Avenue. Verone has a plane waiting there, and he's taking off for good." Brian explains.

"Wait a minute. How do you know this?" Markham asks.
"Monica," I answer.
"She's doin' her job. She warned us." Rome adds.
"She warned you about what?" Bilkins asks.
"Verone plans to kill us after we give him the money," I answer.
"Driving into an ambush was never part of the deal. I'm calling this off." Bilkins says.

"Like hell you are. This is a Customs case, Bilkins. No one's calling this off unless I do. Look. This is real simple. You make the run. You get Verone and his cash together so I can move in for the bust. All right? You don't and I will find enough charges on three of you to make sure you disappear and make sure that you will never be a cop again." Markham explains to us. "Take these. We're gonna have G.P.S. on you the whole time to make sure you don't get any cute ideas." Markham says handing us walkie-talkies.

"And to make sure nothing happens to them, right?" Bilkins asks.
"Yeah, right," Markham says to make Bilkins happy. We walk outside and head towards the cars.

"The guy's a dick man," Rome says talking about Markham.
"Yep," I say.
"Let me get this right. If we don't do this, then we go to jail. But if we do it, then Verone's gonna kill us." Rome says.
"It's a hell of a deal, huh?" I ask.
"Yeah. Maybe it is. But I know this guy's got an ass full of loot that he's ready to dump in our cars. And I can think of two reasons why Verone doesn't need that money anymore." Brian explains.

"Ah, here we go," I say getting excited.
"You and me. Just like the old days. Plus homegirl here. What do you think?" Rome says.
"I think they messed with the wrong people," Brian says.
"That's what I think," Rome says.
"Hell yeah." I agree making them smile at me. Brian calls Tej.

"Yo, Tej. What's up, bro?" Brian says. "Hey, man, how quickly can you organize?" Brian asks. We meet up with Tej at a storage unit for cars.
"Look, folk, if y'all really wanna carry out this plan, it's definitely the best place to do it. What do y'all think, man?" Tej says.
"I think it's perfect," Brian says and I nod my head in agreement.
"What do they store here?" Rome asks. We all just smile at him. We head back to the garage to work on the other two cars. We have the cars on the lifts so we can just walk underneath and work. Brian and I are working on the blue one when I get an idea.

"Hey, Jimmy," I say.
"Yeah. What up?" He asks as he walks over.
"We have any half-empty bottles of nitrous laying around?" I ask him, making everybody look at me confused.
"Sure, but I already loaded y'all with spray," Jimmy says confused.
"No. I'm just thinkin' we may need it for somethin' else," I explain and everybody is still confused. "Cause our cars may get a little crowded, you know?" I explain making everybody get it.

"Ejector seats," Rome says getting it. I nod my head.
"Brilliant," Brian says before kissing me. We wire the seats and doors to where they would eject. After we finish the cars, Brian and I walk to the pier to watch the sunset. Brian has an arm wrapped around my waist and I'm leaning my head on his shoulder. We stand there just enjoying the silence and not worrying about what might happen tomorrow. Then Rome comes over eating something.

"Man, when you start eatin' so much?" Brian asks turning us to face Rome.
"I was in jail, brah. I know how shitty the grub is on the inside. With the way things is shappin' up out here right now, it'll be a matter of time before I'm back in there or dead. So I'm tryin' to eat all I can while I can. Plus the doctor tell me I got a high metabolism." Rome explains. Brian and I nod our heads, but Brian seems lost in thought, then he speaks.