Miguel didn't know how to respond after hearing Haley. He knew from the series that Haley's relationships were all like a rocky boat. She had broken up and reconciled with Dylan a lot of times. So, he didn't know for sure what was going on now.

"Sigh… Haley…do you want to talk about it?" Miguel asked the girl.

They sat in silence for a moment, unsure of what to say next. Haley was starting to wonder if she was making a mistake by telling Miguel about Dylan.

Finally, Haley broke the silence. "I'm not sure what I'm going to do about Dylan," she said. "I'm so confused."

Miguel reached out and placed a hand on Haley's arm. "You don't have to decide anything right now," he said. "Just take your time and figure out what's best for you."

Haley looked up at Miguel with her big, brown eyes in surprise and other mix of emotions. She just sighed and just smiled at Miguel. Their gazes locked and they just stayed like that for a long moment. Miguel knew that something was starting to bud inside him and he was not exactly sure what it was. Was it love? Or just fondness towards a friend? He was conflicted.

Suddenly the lunch bell rang, breaking their moment. " Oh... I gotta go...uh an assignment to look at." Haley just gave a hurried excuse that had a tint of shyness. Miguel too just smiled a bit awkwardly and just stood up fast and started to walk to his class after a quick farewell. His mind was full of confusion when he reached the class. He wanted to acknowledge that he is attracted to Haley, but he was not sure if it was just another infatuation that would go away like it came. But unknown to him, Haley too was going through the same condition as him. She too was confused, even when this was not her first rodeo at romance.

After the classes, Miguel was back home and after completing whatever he was supposed to complete for the next day's classes, he waited for Dom's call. Through his AI surveillance, he knew they are muling the products today and he had to take out Braga the next day. And sometime towards the midnight, the expected call came.

But instead of Dom, it was Mia who made the call. "Miguel, Dom's back. He's okay for most of the part…He says he wants to meet you. Can you make it?" He heard Mia ask him while sounding a bit laboured as if she was walking.

"Yeah… I will be there by 11" Miguel cut the call and just checked on his parents. They were fast asleep. He just wore his hoodie and just slipped outside without alerting his parents. He walked a few meters and summoned his car from his space and just drove it while commanding the AI to keep him off the grid. His driving had improved leaps and bounds after his experience transfer session that he reached Dom's residence within minutes. He saw that instead of the Chevelle there was a Subaru Impreza WRX STI on the driveway. 'Wow…the plot remained pretty much the same, I guess.' Miguel walked towards the house and rang the bell.

Mia answered the door and smiled when she saw Miguel. "Dom's waiting inside." She just led him to Dom where he saw Dom with some bandages to cover a bullet wound in his shoulder. And as he expected, he saw Brian, leaning to the wall, watching Miguel arrive. He had a confused look on his face as he hasn't seen Miguel without the disguise.

"I see that you two have kissed and made up." Miguel told in a joking manner that made Mia crack up. Brian just raised his eyebrows and Dom just shook his head.

"Brian, meet Miguel. He's a friend" Dom just introduced the teenager to Brian.

"Wait, I know you. You were the one who held the gun against me at Park's house. You are just a kid. Why are you in this?" Brian was really uncomfortable seeing a teenager getting into the problems in a man's world.

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"Don't think of him as a teenager, O'Connor. He might surprise you" Dom just stood up and put on his t-shirt.

Miguel just smiled at the comments directed towards him. "You can leave my age and my identity out of this Brian. I am invested in this as deep as you guys are. Now let's get to the matters at hand." Miguel said as he pulled a chair for himself and sat down.

Brian was still sceptical of Miguel, but decided to take Dom's words into account and began to speak.

"Well, to be clear, I am still not sure if he should be in this Dom, but if you are cool with it, I am cool with it." Brian was still objected about having a teenager in this mess. "We can arrange a meeting with Braga's men tomorrow and handover the heroin as we planned. Now we just insist that Braga will be coming in person for the handover and we nab him there. I am sure I can talk to my superiors and give you a deal Dom. So, its an easy play." Brian sounded very confident with his plan.

Miguel just kept quiet for a while. But soon he spoke up. "Well Brian, your plan is a good one. But are you sure that Dom will walk after that? I won't be too optimistic about that man. Feds will just take it as a two for one opportunity. Plus, we don't know what Braga's armada will look like. They might outnumber us and even if we get federal support, he's gonna escape with Fenix if gets the chance. So, we need to make sure that if he arrives at the place, there won't be any surprises for us."

Brian was surprised to hear this analysis from a boy who probably was way younger than he was. He knew that what Miguel was saying a real concern. But he didn't have any other option than to make the deal with his superiors for Dom and hope that they keep their end of the deal. That was the least he could do for his friend for the loss that he caused his family that once was his too.

"For starters we need to make sure that we have the right Braga. Not the proxy." Miguel continued ignoring Brian's confused and zoned out expression. The last part of Miguel's speech got Brian's attention.

"Well, that is gonna take some time. Our best are all looking into his identity. But it takes some time before we hear from international agencies. So, we might have to improvise on the go." Miguel felt proud of his AI's capability as he outperformed a federal agency in finding what they have been trying for years. He just looked at Dom and nodded. Dom looked at Mia, who on cue, brought the files that Miguel handed over to Dom before. Brian was confused about what was going on but his eyes widened and looked at Miguel and Dom after seeing what was in the files.

It was the entire data about Braga that he and his agency was yet to acquire. But what shocked him more was the fact that Braga was always just in his reach but he didn't even know.

" That mother**#$%, he was in front of us all this goddamn time." Brian had a wave of emotions that oscillated between anger and despair. "You knew this the whole time, Dom… why didn't you tell me? We could have taken him out way before." Brian was venting and Dom just looked at him calmly.

" I didn't trust you enough O'Connor. If it weren't for the fact that I decided to put our past behind us, we wouldn't be even having this talk" Dom said to Brian.

Brian cringed at this comment and just sighed. "Alright, so tomorrow Braga will arrive for the handover thinking we don't know his cover and we blow it right up in his face and we take him in. but Dom seriously, this is some shit that only the ones who know the proper channels can get their hands on? How did you even get this?" Brian was apparently excited as his job got a lot easier. Seeing that Dom didn't answer his last question and just stare at Miguel with a slight smile, Brian finally got it. What the boy's part in this plan was. But the question was why help them do this and how the hell did he even managed to get this data.

"So, you are the brains behind this op. How did you even manage this kid? This is some protected data that even FBI needs some begging to get. Who the hell are you kid?" Brian asked Miguel.

"Don't blow any fuse in your brain over thinking Brian. I am just another regular boy who is just trying to keep his people safe. As for how I found these, a magician never reveals his tricks." With that obscure comment and a smile to match Miguel just got up. "I have to run, Dom. I have to make a pitstop for tomorrow's events."

After that he just walked out with Dom, Brian and Mia following. "Oh, one more thing, if you make a deal, make sure that the meeting is after ten in the night." Both Brian and Dom were confused about Miguel's strange request.

"Whoa… I knew you had a good taste in cars kid. But are you really supposed to drive this?" Dom asked with a smile when he saw Miguel's car. Miguel just laughed lightly as he got in and started the car. "See you tomorrow gentlemen…and lady" with that comment he reversed his car and drove away into darkness with the roar of the engine resonating in the streets.