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Mia and Jack are playing on the beach while Brian, Dom, Letty, Tej, Rome, Andrea, and Ramsey sit around watching and talking.
"Daddy! Come play!" Mia yells at Brian for Jack.
"Yeah," Brian says with a smile.
"Look at him. Look at him," Mia tells Jack as she points at Brian before Jack runs over to Brian.
"Yeah, buddy," Brian says as he picks Jack up.
"Duty calls," Andrea says with a smile.
"It does," Brian says in agreement.
"Hey, babe. Come on," Mia says as Brian gets up.
"Let's get Mama. Yeah!" Brian tells Jack as they make their way over to Mia. "Here we go!"
"Because the sun is out, I'm kind of medium rare, but I can get, like, well done. Like, really dark," Rome rambles as he talks to Tej, Andrea, and Ramsey. Andrea nudges Rome as she watches Brian, Mia, and Jack. "What you nudging me for?"
"Close your mouth for two seconds," Tej tells him before pointing at Mia, Brian, and Jack. "Just open your eyes, man." Brian picks up Jack with a smile on his face.
"Beautiful," Rome says as he watches before he slides his hand into Rome's.
"That's where he belongs," Letty says as she watches.
"Home," Andrea says in agreement with her.
"Where he's always belonged," Dom says in agreement with both of them. Letty looks over at Dom with a small smile before looking back at Brian and Mia.
"Things are gonna be different now," Rome says with a small smile as Andrea leans against Rome causing Tej to smile and nod in agreement. Brian picks Jack back up as Dom stands up.
"You aren't going to say goodbye?" Ramsey asks Dom as he starts walking away.
"It's never goodbye," Dom answers her as he watches Brian hold Jack and wrap an arm around Mia. Andrea watches her brother leave before looking around at her family with a smile.
"I used to believe that I lived my life a quarter-mile at a time," Andrea thinks with a smile. "And I think that's why we were family. Because you did too." Andrea knew it would be different with Brian and Mia leaving the life that they had all grown used to. But her sister and Brian deserve to have a simple life. She knows that she will miss them but it's for the best. "No matter where you all are, whether it's a quarter-mile away or halfway across the world. You all will always be with me. And you all will always be my family."

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