Sʜᴇ Dᴏɴ'ᴛ - Eʟʟᴀ Mᴀɪ

Dᴜᴄʜᴇss
Lᴏs Aɴɢᴇʟᴇs, Cᴀʟɪғᴏʀɴɪᴀ

The sound of the room door opening and closing awoke me, making me shoot out of bed.

I put my Meadow and Adeya down in their car seat and sat them on the floor, sliding them beside the bed.

I pulled my gun and walked out of the room, cornering myself and I came around the corner only seeing Brian.

I let a feared breath out and put down my gun, walked over to him, sliding my Glock back into its holster.

He sat and said, "We have to talk."

"Yeah. No shit." I rebutted, sitting beside him.

"Brian-"

"It's Han and Gisele..." he said slowly, cutting me off.

"Okay. What's wrong with Han and Gisele?"

"They um..they had an accident in Tokyo and they didn't make it," he said hesitantly

My expression grew hard as tears began to fall from my eyes.

As I began to cry harder, Brian wrapped his arms around me and I buried my face into his neck letting the tears run.

A few minutes later, I pulled away wiping my eyes. "Let's move out, we have to get our kids the fuck out of here," I announced walking to the room in the back, getting a few things I still had of theirs, that wasn't destroyed.

Mᴏɴᴛᴇ Cʀɪsᴛɪ, Dᴏᴍɪɴɪᴄᴀɴ Rᴇᴘᴜʙʟɪᴄ

We finally landed in the Dominican Republic and were at the family's close friend Mandos' mansion.

He runs the Dominican Republic, so it's the safest place for the kids. Suki and Mia are going to take care of my babies and Jack, while me and the rest of the team is handling this situation.

"Thank you so much for letting us stay, Mando," I said while we walked around the backyard of his mansion.

"I hope it's not a problem," Mia added

"Listen, Dom needed a safe delivered to Rio in two days. That was a problem. 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." Mando reassured us

Mando picked up the phone and said "Yeah, yeah, they're here. I picked them up myself at the airport...Hold on. Your brother..." he finished handing me the phone

I grabbed it and put it on speaker, beginning to walk away with Mia "Dom...?" I said

"Yeah, Diana, it's me. How's it going there?" he asked

"We're at Mando's. This place is like a fortress. You should see Brian. He's in full FBI mode. He built a surveillance hub in Mandos garage and everything." I said

"What about you? Did you find out who's after us?" Mia asked

"Looks like the sins of London have followed us home. What's up with you and the buster?"

"I made a mistake, but we're fine. We need to focus on the plan though. And with all that's going on, we need to be focused." I said not up for the conversation about me and Brian

"Just watch out for them, Dom. Keep them safe. And you all come home together." Mia said

"I will meet you and Brian in two days," Dom said to me

"Where are you going?" I asked

"Tokyo...I'm bringing Han home." Dom answered

I laid my babies down in their bassinet and looked at their little faces that slept peacefully.

I smiled and headed straight towards the bathroom ready to take a long shower, I heard the water running and saw Brian behind the glass door of the shower.

I started taking my clothes off and walked into the large walk-in shower, staying on the opposite side.

I am fighting the urge to say sorry when I know I was wrong. And with everything going to hell, me and Brian need to be there for each other.

I just wish I could redo how things went down, I wish I could take back what I said.

Before I could say anything, Brian walked out of the shower and wrapping a towel around him, leaving the bathroom closing the door behind him.

I stood in the shower feeling stupid and alone, as I began to cry once again letting the hot water run the tears away.

Bʀɪᴀɴ
Mᴏɴᴛᴇ Cʀɪsᴛɪ, Dᴏᴍɪɴɪᴄᴀɴ Rᴇᴘᴜʙʟɪᴄ

I laid in bed thinking about my daughters and my wife.

I know I shouldn't have said what I said about leaving Diana, but she makes it so hard to get my point across, especially if it's valid.

I heard sniffles as the bathroom door opened and I saw Diana's eyes were pale and red from crying.

I leaned up on the bed and she rushed over to me, sliding onto my lap, and cried "I'm so sorry. I didn't mean anything that I said...just please don't leave."

I hugged her and promised "I'm not leaving. It was something I just said and didn't mean. To be honest it's something I should've never said."

"Yeah, but in Brazil, you made me promise you that I'd never leave you..and then you say to me we're over." She sobbed in my arms

"You're the mother of our beautiful kids. I love you and I promise I'm never going to leave you." I said kissing her forehead to calm her down

"Can we talk?" She asked after, as I wiped her eyes

"Of course." I nodded

"I understand what you meant about me putting myself in danger. It was reckless."

I leaned my forehead against hers and said "You just scared the hell out of me, I thought you weren't going to make it back."

"I'll always come back." She said, holding me softly.

She then laid her hands on my cheeks and said, "And I'm so sorry for the comment about you hitting me, I know you'd never...it's just you've never gotten that upset with me and it scared me."

"I don't care how upset I get with you, I'd never put my hands on you...It's not what a real man does and I've seen a so-called man do it for years." I said rubbing her back

"Brian...what happened? I know you didn't want to tell me but it'll help me help you." She said

"Look all through my childhood...my dad used to...he used to hit my mom for no reason. Mainly because she was protecting me and her protecting me caused her so much hell and pain." I sighed

"And when the asshole got drunk, he'd force himself on her. I remember waking up in the middle of the night to her screaming in terror...telling him to stop and how he was hurting her." I said feeling tears flow down my eyes

"When I was like 14, I stood up to him and I'd maybe get a black eye or bruises. But when I was like 16, I had gotten a lot bigger than him and I came home one day from school and uh..." I paused as I thought about what he had done to my mom that day.

Diana began to wipe my eyes as I continued "I found my mom bleeding everywhere and passed out, and when I found him I just remember punching him until I had broken my hand and he tried to kill me...so my mother sent me away to my grandma in Miami."

"Baby...I-i am so sorry." She said with sorrow laced through her words as she hugged me tightly.

She then touched the scar I had on my ribs and said "Is that how you got this?"

I nodded slowly, not thinking she'd ever noticed it.

I then sighed and said, "That's why it hurt me so much when you said you thought I was going to hit you."

"I shouldn't have said that I knew your situation with your father was bad, but I never thought it was like that...I should've just shut the hell up."

I then kissed her lips softly and said "We both said some things we shouldn't have."

She nodded and leaned her head on my shoulder.

"That's because we're young and married with 2 babies...we've got the rest of our lives together," I said smiling at her

"I love you so much." She said lowly with a laugh

"I love you more," I replied before looking into her amber eyes smiling.

"I could never leave you. You're my light at the end of the tunnel and you gave me two beautiful daughters. Being with you makes my world go round, even though you drive me crazy...Plus I love a girl who can drive a stick shift." I ranted making her smile.

She leaned in and began kissing me before one of the babies began to cry, making us begin to laugh.

"See, they're cock-blocking me already." I teased as Diana got up to check on them.

A/N: Diana and Brian had a major argument and makeup...Did you like the fact they talked things out? A lot of you guys were saying Diana needed to grow up and admit she was wrong so did you guys enjoy her response? Also, I revealed a bit more about Brian's childhood, so how do you guys feel about that? Remember to vote, comment, share and add to your library!! Love yaa🖤🖤🖤