Loving the Buster//Brian O'Conner

Sixteen

Brian drives for a while before pulling off under an overpass. I notice Dom is bleeding.

"Dom, you're bleeding," I tell him.

"I'm fine," Dom insists.

"You're obviously not, Dom, this is serious," I tell him.

"I'm fine," Dom repeats.

I watch as Dom goes into the trunk of the Hummer. He pulls out one of the cases. Brian walks over to us.

"So this is what $60 million looks like," Dom remarks.

"Yeah, we got to get you to a doctor," Brian states.

Dom points to the case. "We got to find a place to hide this."

"I got a spot," Brian tells him.

We take the Hummer to the police impound lot.

Brian holds his badge up to the guard. "502, wet reckless. I need a 48-hour hold."

"Out back. Any spot you can find," the guy tells him.

We park the car where the man told us to.

"You sure about this?" Dom asks.

"Yeah. The last place they'll check, their own impound yard. Trust me," Brian assures. "You know, I've been thinking, when you blew up your car back there, you blew up mine, too."

"Yeah?" Dom asks.

Brian nods. "Yeah. So now you owe me a 10-second car."

Dom smiles slightly. "Is that right?"

"Yeah," Brian tells him.

Dom breaks the window of a 2009 Subaru Impreza. "Now we're even."

We head to the house Dom has been staying in. Brian calls Mia to stitch up the bullet wound on Dom's shoulder. Jason comes along as well.

"The bullet's not in there. I'm gonna clean it and stitch it up. It's going to hurt," Mia explains.

"l bet you're gonna enjoy this," Dom teases.

"A little," Mia tells him.

After Mia stitches Dom up we order Chinese food.

"Want some of this?" Mia asks.

Dom nods. "Yeah."

"It's spicy," Mia tells him.

"I like it hot," Dom says.

"Dom, what are you doing?" Mia asks. Dom looks at her confused. "You reached first, you have to say grace."

Dom smiles. "Thank you, Lord, for blessing this table."

"With food, family and friendship," Mia adds.

Mia, Jason, and Brian are in the other room as I find a box with Letty's name on it. Dom watches me as I go through it. I find an envelope marked evidence.

I turn to Dom. "What is this?"

He shakes his head. "I don't know."

I hand the envelope over to him. He opens it and pulls out a cell phone. He calls the last number that Letty did. A phone starts to ring in the other room. I stand up and look at Brian.

Brian stands up. "Shit. Hey, Dom."

"When were you gonna tell me?" Dom asks.

"Dom, what are you doing?" Mia asks.

"When were you gonna tell me you were running Letty?" Dom asks.

"Let me explain..." Brian starts.

"When were you gonna..." Dom starts as he grabs Brian. He throws Brian into a bookshelf. He picks Brian up and shoves him into a wall.