12. Hot-wire a briefcase

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"Sometimes you have to lose what you have to understand how precious it is"

"Sometimes you have to lose what you have to understand how precious it is"

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"Discipline. That's what you need to learn" Diego said to Stan as they were walking through the hotel hallways "When I was your age, I was up at dawn, all right? I was training, honing my skills. The biggest thing" Diego said before he stopped in the middle of the hallway, turning Stan to him "I was becoming a real man" he said "Right. Is that why you wear those tight pants?" Stan asked.

Then the door to the bathroom opened and Lila stepped out "Lila" Diego said as he walked over to her "Hmm?" Lila asked "You need to take this kid with you" he said as he pointed back at Stan.

But then Five walked out of the bathroom with a briefcase in each hand.

"The hell were you doing in there?" Diego asked him "Bathing" Lila answered "Together?" Diego asked as he glanced between Five and Lila a few times before looking at Five "You do know that you have a pregnant wife, right? And I don't think she is gonna like this" he said "Oh, okay" Five said as he rolled his eyes "I'm well aware and I couldn't be more happy. And no we were not doing that. Beside Diego, we don't have time for this. Lila and I have got some important shit to do" he said before he walked passed Stan and Lila followed after him "Wait. What's more important than family?" Diego asked as he walked after the two with Stan behind him "End of the world, genius" Five said as they walked down the hall.

Five stopped in front of the elevator and he sat the briefcases down for a moment to press the button "Lila?" Diego asked as he grabbed her arm "What's more important than us?" he asked "There is no us, Diego" she said before the sound of the elevator bell dinged and Five picked up the briefcases as the door to the elevator opened before he stepped into the elevator.

"Come here" Diego said dragging Lila closer to him "What do you mean?" Diego asked her "Look, for you, it's been a couple days. For me, it has been over a decade. I've moved on. I've slept with many, many people. Many. The only relationship we have left is the one with our child. So you better not screw that up" she said before she turned around and walked into the elevator where Five was waiting.

"Wait! What am I supposed to do with him, huh? I got important shit going on too!" Diego shouted "I doubt that. Figure it out, Diego. Be a dad" Lila said before the elevator's doors closed.

"How many is 'many people'?" Diego asked "Way more than you, Papi" Stan said and Diego glanced at Stan causing Stan to let out a gasp before he bolted off down the hallway as Diego chased after him.

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"Good skills you used back there" Lila said to Five, breaking the silence that was in the elevator "Thanks" Five said "Let me guess, it was those skills you and Y/n taught each other, right?" she asked "Yeah" he said with a nod.

"How is it going between you two, still together?" she asked "Of course" he said "Impressed, I thought she would have left you" she said "Why did you think that?" Five asked "Have you met you? She can do better" she said "Yeah, she can. I still not understand why she chose me, I mean of all people in time and the world, she chose me" he said "I don't understand it either, you are a little annoying shit" she said and he rolled his eyes.

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