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"Roberto and Enrique are following us," Ally tells Brian as she glances in the side mirror. Brian nods before taking them to his friend Tej's.

"Man, Tej's garage is ridiculous. He's got the best of everything. Snap-on tools. All these lifts are brand-new. They're only maybe a couple months old," Brian explains to Rome and Ally as they walk over to the garage. "Hey, yo, Jimmy. What's up, man?"

"What up, Bullet?" Jimmy asks as they shake hands.

"That's Rome right there. And this is Ally. When you get a second, I want you to check out the Evo and the Spyder and make sure everything's copacetic," Brian tells Jimmy while motioning to Rome and Ally.

"Evo? Where'd you get an Evo from?" Jimmy questions as he looks Ally up and down. "And hangin with a chick way out of your league."

"Well, it's a long story," Ally answers him with a smile.

"I got you," Jimmy says in understanding.

"All right, thanks, Jimmy," Brian says before Jimmy walks away.

"Come on, check this out." Brian leads the way to the back.

"You're making me lose money. Don't do that to me right now. I cannot take that right... Come on, Ray! Do it!" A man announces into a speaker as he hosts a jet ski race.

"Hey, Tej Parker, Roman Pearce," Brian introduces the man before they fist bump. "Also this is Allison Shaw." Tej looks Ally up and down before sending her a wink. "Basically, he's the man to know in Miami. He's got his finger in absolutely everything. It's just the way it is." Brian then gives the girl beside Tej a hug. "What's goin' on, Suki?"

"What's up, baby?" Suki asks as she kisses Brian on the cheek, causing Ally to get slightly jealous.

"How you doing?" Brian asks her.

"I'm good," Suki answers him with a smile.

"What's this? What's the latest?" Brian questions as he sees Suki's drawing.

"It's a work in progress. It's not finished yet," Suki explains as she shows them the design for a car she is working on.

"That's some artistic shit. You got talent, girl," Rome says before they shake hands.

"He's not lying," Ally tells her with a smile.

"Yeah, she's good. She's the best," Brian tells him.

"Do or die. Bring it home, Ray. Bring it home, Ray. Bring it home. Bring it home. Yeah, baby! Pay up! Pay up! Pay up!" Tej says into the speaker.

"That's how they do it out here, man?" Rome asks Brian.

"Every day," Brian answers him.

"That's crazy," Rome states.

"Not to bad," Brian says with a smile as Tej walks over with the money he won.

"I'll see you about your money, homey. You race too?" Rome asks.

"No, man. I hit a wall doin', like, a buck 20 couple years ago, you know? Ever since then, I just been organizing and collecting, man," Tej answers him.

"Tej, check it out. He's gonna be in town for a while. Is there anyway he could use that cot?" Brian explains.

"What's wrong with your place, man?" Tej asks him.

"No, I don't wanna stay with him. Knowing him, he's got bad habits," Rome says as he looks at Brian.

"A'ight, man. Whatever, man. Show him around real quick, a'ight? I'll be up there in a minute," Tej says before they start walking back to the front.

"What's up, Jimmy? So you ever seen anything like this before?" Brian asks as they walk over to the evo.

"No. Both of them are wired up like I never seen before," Jimmy answers him.

"Yeah, man. They got us wired with G.P.S. That's why Markham knew we were gonna be at that impound lot," Brian explains causing Ally to roll her eyes. She honestly doesn't like or trust Markham.

"Yo, you the master mechanic. Why don't you just yank that shit up out of there?" Rome asks.

"I'll try, but this ain't LoJack. The D.I.S. Box, the engine management system, hell, the main harness... The G.P.S. Is spidered into all of that," Jimmy explains as Suki and Tej walk over.

"Hey, tell me somethin', man. Do I even want to know where the Skyline is, dawg? Or where you have been the past couple of days? Or where the hell you got these rides from?" Tej questions.

"They're hot," Suki adds.

"Yeah, they hot. They wired so hot that whoever's trackin' these things will know every time you don't wear your seat belt," Jimmy explains.

"All right, Jimmy, just do what you can do, bro," Brian tells him.

"I got ya," Jimmy says.

"Thanks, man," Brian says before he, Rome, and Ally walk away from the cars.

"Hey, bro, check it out. You see that Cadillac across the street over there?" Brian asks Rome.

"Yeah," Rome answers as he notices Roberto and Enrique.

"Yeah, well, they've been on us since we left Verone's house," Ally tells him. Rome nods before Ally and Brian walk over to get the evo ready.

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