˚₊‧꒰ა 𝐋𝐀𝐏 𝟎𝟒𝟎 ໒꒱ ‧₊˚

Lʏɪɴ Kɪɴɢ - Jʜᴇɴᴇ̀ Aɪᴋᴏ

Bʀɪᴀɴ
Lᴏs Aɴɢᴇʟᴇs, Cᴀʟɪғᴏʀɴɪᴀ

I woke up to the sound of my door opening causing me to pull my gun seeing it was just my mom.

"Boy put that thing away before you scare your grandmother!" She nagged

"I'm sorry, mommy," I replied lowly putting the gun away

I then laid back down in bed as she said, "It reeks in here! It smells just like a bar."

I then rolled my eyes before she yelled, "Brian you better not be drinking that shit again!"

"I'm not. I'm not." I answered rubbing my eyes adjusting them to the newfound light blaring into my bedroom due to my mom opening my curtains

She then touched my arm and said, "You're so cold." causing me to nod unfazed before she asked, "You don't have to work do you?"

"No." I replied

"Alright good." She then looked over at the picture of me and Diana on my nightstand and sighed, "Brian..."

"Mom don't" I replied cutting her off

"It's been 5 years Brian. You broke that girl's heart, now your sitting here broken. I'm only telling you this because I'm your mom, but think about this...when you did what you did to Diana, she felt all of what you've been going through at once, not day by day, it all hit her in the face."

"I know." I nodded, my emotions getting the best of me as I caught that urge to cry again

My grandma then walked through the door and she said "Are you okay?"

"Better than ever," I replied

"Yeah, yeah, smart ass. It was a simple question." She nagged leaving the room with her thick Irish accent now coming back

"I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I've just been up all night. I'm drained and hurting mentally." I remonstrated causing my grandma to walk back into my bedroom sitting next to me

My grandmother then said while hugging me, "You're colder than the antarctic! I'm going to go cook breakfast and make some coffee for you."

I nodded and said "Thanks." as my grandma smiled lowly making her way out of the room

"We just don't ever want to see you like you were anymore." My mom said as I held my head down

"I can't even sleep at night without thinking about her and it just hurts...so fucking much" I cried as my mom pulled me into her arms beginning to break down about the situation for the millionth time

Although I promised that I wasn't going to drink to that level anymore it was my escape from a lot of the pain I'd feel.

ʚ𝐅𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐇𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊 1 𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑 𝐀𝐆𝐎ɞ

I woke up in a hospital having little to no recollection of why I was here.

I then looked to the side seeing my grandmother asleep before my mother walked into the room and rushed to me putting down a breakfast tray.

She then slapped me causing me to groan, "Ah. What the hell?"

"You, Brian! What the hell is wrong with you? You almost drunk yourself into your death bed." She whisper yelled

She then wrapped her arms around me hugging me while saying, "You know for a smart man you're quite the dumbass when you want to be."

"What happened?" I asked confused by this whole ordeal

"You got alcohol poisoning and you've been in a coma for 2 days!" She said beginning to cry

"What were you thinking?! You are lucky I found you early because if I found you any later you would've had a bad case of amnesia." She cried

"Momma, I'm sorry." I said lowly

"You know how scary it is for a mom to see her child like that?!" She exclaimed

"Mom calm down...my head is killing me." I said feeling a headache begin to overwhelm my senses

She then took a few deep breaths and said "Brian promise me you won't ever drink like this again?"

"I promise."

She then hugged me again and said "Brian. Me and your grandma are going to move in until you can prove to both of us that you are not a drunken mess."

I then nodded before she wiped her eyes and said, "I should kick your ass."

What the hell is wrong with me? I did nothing but look at my mom in front of me crying causing my heart to break more.

ʚ𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐓ɞ

As I ate my breakfast my cell phone began to ring causing me to pick it up seeing it was my boss.

"O'Connor, you've got to come in. Your informant Letty Ortiz was murdered." Penning said

"Shit...I'm on my way." I replied feeling more sadness consume me

I then got up from the table and said with a sigh, "I have to go to work."

Dᴜᴄʜᴇss
Lᴏs Aɴɢᴇʟᴇs, Cᴀʟɪғᴏʀɴɪᴀ

Letty's funeral rolled around faster than expected but just as expected it was hard on everyone.

Especially, my brother, who was supposed to be here and riding over to the funeral with us. But he didn't show at the house this morning and initially when we got to the funeral I asked the Pastor to wait a bit for him. Until I saw all of the FBI Agents surrounding the funeral which gave an answer to why Dom wasn't on time.

Mia then walked up to the Pastor and said "You can get started, sir."

He nodded giving us a small smile as she sat down next to me.

Tears rolled down my eyes as the preacher finished his sermon and went on to do the Benediction.

I then walked up to the closed casket and did a cross-motion with her chain wrapped around my hand and as I whispered, "Te amo Letty. Encontro você no céu e prometo que sua Morte não será em vão." (Love you Letty. Meet you in heaven and I promise your death will not be in vain.)

I then sat roses on the casket and walked back to my seat next to Mia wrapping the necklace around my neck before I turned seeing Brian amongst the FBI Agents.

My expression grew hard as I began to walk over to him causing Mia to grab my arm and say lowly, "Come on, not here."

I nodded angrily as the Pastor began to finish the Benediction closing the funeral.

They then began lowering the casket into the grave causing Mia to lean over and say, "Duch, I can't take this. I have to go home."

I then nodded and hugged her while replying lowly, "Be safe. Tell me if you hear from Dom."

She nodded in response and began to make her exit along with others.

I found myself watching as the casket was lowered into the grave farther. I could've left earlier but it was like something was keeping me here and I'm pretty sure it had a lot to deal with the fact I still couldn't believe it.

I then turned beginning to walk away before bumping into someone not bothering to look up.

"My bad," I muttered

"Diana" His voice said lowly causing me to look up, looking Brian in his eyes

He looked completely different. The long blonde locks were gone, he had low-cut facial hair and still had those beautiful blue eyes.

"Move," I said coldly

"Look, I'm sorry about Letty." He said

"Alright" I replied simply trying to walk away

He then grabbed me softly and said, "You look different."

I rolled my eyes before chuckling lowly as I said, "I cut my hair and got more tattoos and piercings, I don't look that damn different. Now get out of my face."

He frowned lowly and said "You look good. And I see you still have the necklace I gave you."

I sarcastically laughed and took the necklace off and threw it at his chest "Are you done?"

I then snatched my arm away from his hold and saw his FBI friends looking over at us causing me to look over and say, "I'm so glad you guys find this so interesting with your nosey asses. You motherfuckers are so fucking disrespectful to come here in hopes you'll find my brother. Fuck all of you, Brian you included!" I then flicked them off before putting on my sunglasses walking away.

A/N: There is your background on what Brian has been going through and what his mom thought! And this is both Duchess' and Brian's first time seeing each other in 5 years. Duchess told his Fed friends off😭 And do you guys feel like she was too harsh to Brian or Nah? Remember to vote, comment, share and add to your library!! love yaa🖤🖤🖤🖤