059 - don't be mad

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MONTE CRISTI, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.

What Julianna thought would be an amazing getaway for a vacation. Instead, it was a hideout. A place where her family could move without putting themselves in further jeopardy.

She held Jack, resting him on her hip as Mia walked beside her along the path outside the home. "Thank you so much for letting us stay, Mando. I hope it's not a problem." Mia said, looking at the man who guided them.

"Listen, Dom needed a safe delivered to Rio in two days. That was a problem." He joked. "Hosting his family in the Dominican Republic, that is vacation. Anyone messes with you here, they mess with the entire country. You'll be safe."

Jules had no doubt about that. Everywhere she looked, there were guards with rifles strapped to them. They were stoic and alert.

Mando's phone rang, and Jules placed Jackson down only for him to wrap his little arms around her leg. Mando turned around, holding the phone out to Jules. "Your brother." He told her.

Jules nodded, taking the phone and stepping away with only Jack following her. "Dominic." She called.

"Yeah, Jules, it's me. How's it going there?" he asked, with the faint sound of doors closing in the background.

"We made it to Mando's. I'd say it'd be hard to get inside here." She muttered. "I think Brian's forgotten about it, though. He's all over the place, building surveillance from Mando's garage, cameras in Jack's room; he really thought of everything."

"But what about you? Anything about the guy after us, something I can possibly fill Brian out on before he fully loses it?" She asked.

Even though Brian had missed the action and fights, so did Jules. Something about it brought adrenaline. But now she had a kid and another one coming. She had to fight the urge to have a repeat of her last pregnancy and go out and fight.

"Looks like the sins of London have followed us home. How did the Buster take the news?" He asked, referring to the biggest secret she had.

"I haven't told him yet." She confessed. "If I tell him, he won't leave. Not that I don't want him to, it's just–whatever this is, he's going to need to be by your side. But promise me you'll look out for him. Make sure he comes home to me."

"Tell Brian I'll see him in LA in two days." Dom told her.

Jules furrowed her eyebrows in confusion. "What? Where are you going?"

"Tokyo. I'm bringing Han home." Dom hung up the phone before Jules could ask any further questions.

She didn't know about the state of Han's well-being, and for months she believed he was off the grid, but the way Dom put it made it sound serious.

Jules walked back to her sister and son, handing the phone back to Mando. "I have to go talk to Brian. Can you watch him for a sec?" She asked her sister.

Mia nodded, looking down at her nephew who was busy with his toy car. "Yeah, we'll be out here."

Jules gave her sister a tight-lipped smile before walking off to the garage where Brian kept himself for most of the day. She had found him glued to the laptop that had been playing the same channel for hours...the news.

He was hunched over the desk, tense. Jules walked up, running her hand up and down his back before resting her chin on his shoulder. "Starting to think I'm losing you to the news." She tried to joke. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah," he sighed out, keeping his eyes glued to the screen. "This guy's just relentless."

Jules sighed, somehow changing her mind from all previous thoughts. "Dom needs you. You two gotta find this guy and stop him before he does more damage to us or anyone else."

"I know, I just..." He paused, looking at his wife. "I've screwed up so many things. I couldn't live with myself if I screwed this up, too."

"I've known you for so long, Brian. You always find a way." She gave him a soft smile. "I never doubted you from the day you fought Vince outside the old family shop. I believe in you. I believe in us. That's all that matters."

Jules' hand traveled upwards, resting on the back of Brian's neck and her fingers caressing his short hair. "I love you more than anything. I always will."

Brian smiled, leaning close to his wife, allowing their lips to meet. His tongue slipped inside right away, savoring every taste and moment. Brian pulled back first, resting his forehead against hers. "Love you, baby."

"The only thing I need is your word. Because after this, we're done. No more fighting, tragedy, or anything else. Just us; your family," Jules said softly.

"I won't let you down, Julianna." He told her.

"Good, because you're about to get really mad for a second." She said, feeling her cheeks burn. "I'm going to Tokyo."

"You're?"

"Mhm, me and Dom." She stated.

"Julianna," he warned. The last time Brian fought with Jules about going somewhere, especially when they're in danger, she got hurt. It had practically become a ritual.

"Nope," she shook her head. "No fighting."

"Our son—"

"Has Mia and you." She cut him off. "She's taken care of him before. But I'm only going to Tokyo; from there I'll be back in the D.R. with all of you before anything else happens"

"Only Tokyo?"

Jules nodded. "Only Tokyo."

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