Let's Take A Little Ride

Chapter 23 ✔️

Next day we realized that we were low on food supplies. Mia volunteered to go but was hit with a nasty bout of morning sickness. I gave her some crackers and water, sending her back to bed and changed my clothes to go food shopping.

"Are you sure about this?" Dom asked.

"Babe, I'll be fine, I'm just going to the market." I told him.

"Be careful."

"Always, I'll be back soon."

After a quick kiss I got into my car and drove off. The market was close but not really close, took me about 15 minutes to get there. I'll admit that I took my sweet time at the market, finally a little time to myself. I didn't really speak to anyone, just wandering through the aisles leisurely.

It was a nice day out, not to hot so my shorts felt just right until someone crashed into me and I stumbled into a wooden display. A pair of arms wrapped around me and started pushing me along. Panic coated my soul.

"What the . . ."

"Shh."

"Vince what the hell are you doing?" I asked when I realized who it was.

"Quiet! They've been tracking you." he muttered.

"What . . ."

He pointed over his shoulder where two black vans pulled up and the guy that was on the train hopped out. He was shooting out orders in Portuguese and sending his men into the market.

"Come on." Vince said, now pulling me along.

He grabbed my hand and pulled me out a side exit to the back, where my car was parked. I was absolutely terrified of what almost happened and when he held his hand out, I just gave Vince my keys. My heart was pounding in my chest out of pure fear and my palms were sweaty from sheer shock.

"How . . . how did you know?" I finally asked.

"I have some of the same sources that they do." Vince replied.

"Thank you." I managed to say.

"You're family." was all he said, squeezing my hand.

I gave him directions to where we were staying and didn't say much else. Dom told me to be careful and this is what happens. They almost caught me because I wanted to smell the goddamn roses!

Dom . . . he's not gonna let me out of his sight now, none of them are. We pulled up and for a second I sort of felt uncomfortable bringing him in but I got over it quickly. Vince followed me inside, something I really didn't think of until we arrived. I knew it would be touchy when Brian saw us and stormed our way.

"Hey, hey it's ok! Reyes' guys found me at the market. Vince saved my life, he brought me back." I told Brian.

"Thanks man." Brian said.

Vince just nodded his head while I looked for Dom, finding him at the table mapping something out with Han. I made my way over to him as he took in my shaky appearance. No one but me noticed the fire in his eyes that let out his anger.

"You hungry?" he asked Vince as he wrapped his arms around me.

"Yeah, sure." Vince replied.

"Good, because you're saying grace." Dom said, burying his head in my hair.

I let him squeeze me and pull me to our room. My hands were still shaking when he sat on the mattress and pulled me into his lap.

"What happened?" he asked, barely concealing his anger.