Fast Cars & Love

23.7

The team retreats to a secluded dock on a lake, where they wait for Ramsey to wake up.

"Hello Kitty is awake," Letty says as Ramsey lets out a groan.

"She don't look like a hacker to me," Roman attempts to whisper as he looks over at Tej.

"Oh yeah? And what do hackers look like?" Tej asks slightly offended since he considered himself a skilled hacker.

"They don't supposed to look like that," Roman answers as he goes back to checking Ramsey out. "I'm just saying, like, you know how they normally wear them little, weird glasses that's all crooked, and pimples all over their face from drinking soda? I mean, trust me, with a body like that, you ain't gonna park it behind a computer."

Though Tej is now fully offended by the hacker description, he can't help but nod his head in agreement about Ramsey's body. Brian walks over to Ramsey before squatting down to her height.

"How are you feeling? Did you hit your head?" Brian questions her before she nods. "Feeling nauseous? Ears ringing?" Ramsey shakes her head no.

"Where's my shoe?" Ramsey asks him, seeing that she is missing a shoe.

"Oh, it flew off when you crashed," Brian answers her with a slight smile. "You start experiencing any of those things, let me know, okay?"

"I don't know whether to thank you for rescuing me or kick your ass for throwing me off a cliff," Ramsey responds as Brian walks away from her to stand beside Damon.

"Thank us or kick our ass, huh?" Dom asks her as he turns to face her with a smirk. "How about you tell us where that device is?"

"I mailed it to a friend," Ramsey simply answers him with a shrug. "In Abu Dhabi."

"That was pretty easy," Damon admits as he watches her to see if she is lying to them. "That other team would have tortured you for that information and yet you just give it to us."

"I didn't trust them," Ramsey explains as she looks over at him. "You immediately gave me your name. I trust you."

"Now, why would you trust us? You barely know us," Letty asks with a sarcastic smirk, thinking that the girl is jacking with them.

"I know enough," Ramsey retorts before she starts to profile the team, starting with Damon since she has been around him the most. "Ex-cop. Military, something like that. The way you took out them guys shows training."

Damon looks down with an impressed smile, since very few know of his military background, while Ramsey glances over to Brian.

"Brother." Ramsey motions from Damon to Brian then she glances over at Tej since she had caught his offended tone.

"Tech guy, offended by the hacker remark, naturally." Ramsey moves on to Dom. "Alpha." Then to Letty. "Mrs. Alpha." Then lastly to Roman. "Joker."

"Wrong," Roman tells her as he stands up, clearly offended. "Double alpha. Man candy. You know what I'm saying."

"Man, sit your candy ass down," Tej orders him with a chuckle while Damon shoves Roman with a smile.

"The disrespect is real around here," Roman complains as he sits back down.

"Life is binary. Zeroes and ones. Only two things keep a group like this together," Ramsey explains as she looks around at the team. "Fear or loyalty. And I don't see a drop of fear among you guys."

"Very impressive," Tej tells her with a smile. "Just one thing." Tej points to Dom and Letty. "They're not married." Letty looks down as she thinks about the flash of a memory she had and the call she had received from the clinic she was at in Mexico.

"She's so off, it's crazy. You just gonna roll with it?" Roman continues to complain as he looks at Tej. "You're telling me there can't be a double alpha in one group?"

"You work for the US government?" Ramsey asks which causes Letty to laugh as she looks over at Dom.

"We got similar interests," Dom answers her as he glances over at Brian and Damon. "Tej, call it in. We're going to the Middle East!"

ON THE PLANE

"Hey," Damon says as he and Brian walk over to Dom, who puts his jacket over a sleeping Letty. "Hey, Dom. It was pretty wild on that mountain, huh?"

"No, it was too close," Dom answers him honestly as Letty wakes up before listening in to their conversation. "But we got the job done."

"You know what the crazy thing is, is..." Brian trails off as he shakes his head.

"You miss the bullets," Dom finishes for him, remembering his conversation with Trixie and Mia.

"Yeah, that's messed up, huh?" Brian asks with a chuckle, causing Dom to smile.

"Brian, I've seen you jump from trains, dive from planes," Dom tells him with a small smirk. "Hell, I saw your courage the day I met you and you showed interest in Trixie."

"Right," Brian says with a smile.

"Want to know the bravest thing I ever saw either of you do?" Dom asks as he looks from Brian to Damon. "Be good men to Mia and Trixie, because both of my sisters deserve that. Being a great father to my nephew, Vince and my niece, Lexi. And I know that, Damon, you are still trying figure who you were and who you are now. Everyone's looking for the thrill, but what's real is family. Your families. Hold on to that."