I Had A Life Before I Met You

TANGLED LOYALTIES

The next night Lindsey, is sitting at the bar in the Campos' club. Lindsey looks around before her eyes land on Brian, who is playing pool. Brian locks eyes with Lindsey before she raises her beer towards him with a smirk.

Dom walks in before walking towards the bar as he catches sight of Brian. Dom walks over to the bar before standing beside Lindsey, who gives him a smile.

"Nice, beer choice," Dom says after ordering his beer.

"Corona is the only way to go," Lindsey admits with a shrug before taking a drink of her beer.

"That's too bad about Dwight," Brian says as he sits on the other side of Lindsey while they share a smile. "Having the Feds raid your house the same night you make the team. So, unfortunate."

"I wish I could say I was surprised to see you here," Dom says as Lindsey stands up, realizing that they know each other. The last thing Lindsey hears as she walks away is... "What's to stop someone from telling them you're a cop?" Though it shocks Lindsey for a moment, she has to admit that she can see it.

"My beautiful Lindsey," Campos says with a smirk as he sees her. "Walk with me."

Lindsey nods as Campos wraps an arm around her waist before she walks with Campos over to Brian and Dom, causing Lindsey realize that she should have just stayed at the bar.

"What up, fellows?" Campos asks as he walks up between Dom and Brian before clapping Dom and Brian on the shoulders. "Come on, lets have a better time." Campos leads them over to the VIP section. "How's your car? It took a nasty bump."

"It'll be ready," Brian answers him as Lindsey sits beside Dom.

"I also heard you just got out of county," Campos tells Brian, causing Lindsey to raise her eyebrows as she looks at Brian, figuring she would play along instead of calling him out for what Dom said about him being a cop.

"Yeah?" Dom asks Brian with a raised eyebrow. "You know a guy named Jim Garcia?"

"Nah. Big place. Lots of names, lots of faces," Brian answers him with a shrug.

"And you, you're wanted by a lot of people," Campos says as he turns to Dom.

"Yeah, that kind of heat can't be good for business," Brian retorts with a smirk as he slightly shakes his head.

"Yeah, well, that depends on how you look at things," Dom tells him with a matching smirk. "I go down. I do time. I do real time." Dom looks over at Campos. "I don't know about your other drivers, but when I see flashing lights in my mirror, I don't stop."

"Do you two know each other?" Campos asks as he leans back in his chair to look at all of them.

"He used to date my sister," Dom responds with a shrug.

"I see," Campos says with a smile before looking over at Brian. "You're a lucky man."

"How's that?" Brian asks him with a confused look.

"You're still breathing," Campos replies, causing Lindsey to giggle as Campos hands a shot to her and Brian. "To the ladies and men, we've loved and the ladies and men we've lost. Salute."

"So, what's Braga about?" Brian asks after they take the shots.

"You know, he's just one of us. Came up from the streets. Down to el barrio. Now he's a shot caller. The boss of bosses," Campos explains with a slight shrug before pointing around the club. "See all these cats in here? Any one of them would die for Braga."

"Including you?" Brian asks him with a raised eyebrow.

"Especially me," Campos answers him, causing Lindsey to realize that maybe Campos is Braga. A man walks over before speaking in Campos' ear. "Enjoy the party, fellows and lady. Club's yours. Whatever you want, booze, broads, men, it's all good." Campos walks away as Lindsey gets up before fading into the crowd.

"Braga's mine. I'm taking the whole house down," Brian tells Dom before getting up to follow after Campos.

Brian stops at the corner of a hallway as he watches guards open a door for Campos while Lindsey follows after Brian, afraid that he might get caught. Brian goes to walk forward but the guards turn to face him before Lindsey lightly pushes him up against the wall.

Lindsey, knowing that the guards will be looking at them, quickly leans up to pretend as if she is kissing Brian's neck. From the corner of her eye, Lindsey sees the two guards follow after a random girl which causes her to quickly step away from Brian.

"Go," Lindsey tells Brian as she motions with her head towards where the guards had been before fading back into the crowd.

Later that night, once Lindsey has returned to her apartment, she stares at her phone contacts wondering whether she should press call or not. Lindsey gives in before pressing the button to call the number.

"Hey, babygirl," A man's voice sleepily answers the phone, causing her to smile. "What's up?"

"I didn't mean to wake you," Lindsey admits as she looks at the time before realizing what time it must be where the man is. "I miss you."

"I miss you too, babygirl," The man responds as he lightly smiles. "When are you coming home?"

"Hopefully soon," Lindsey replies with a defeated sigh since this job is taking her longer than she expected it would. "I plan on staying home after this job."

"What are you sayin'?" The man asks as he sits up in bed because of how intrigued he is.

"I'm saying, no more of me going off for months at a time," Lindsey explains as a smile toys on her lips. "I'm saying you and me forever, babe."

"I like the sound of that," The man admits as a smile graces his face. "Forever."

"Maybe settle down a little bit and work on having some kids," Lindsey shyly suggests since she and the man have yet to discuss the topic of kids.

"Music to my ears, babygirl," The man responds which causes Lindsey's smile to grow.

"I love you,"

"I love you most,"