"My daughter, she's my daughter?" Dom said.
"Yeah I haven't been with anyone but you Dom" Letty said as she motioned for Isabella to come to her.
"I was so afraid that you have moved on and forgot about me" Dom whispered as he hugged her close. Almost knocking Isabella down as she tried to get to Letty.
"I could never forget you Dom" Letty said as she picked the toddler up.
"Bella I want you to meet your daddy" Letty said placing Bella on her hip.
Bella looked at Dom and then at Leon who sat at the table with everyone else watching them.
"That not daddy, that daddy" she said pointing at Dom and then at Leon as she spoke.
"No baby Leon's not your daddy" Letty told the child softly.
Letty saw hurt flicker through Leon's face as she said that.
"Letty let me explain it to her" Leon said walking up to the pair. Letty nodded and Leon took Bella from her arms.
"We need to get a few things straight baby girl," Leon said holding the little girl up so that she was eye level with him. Bella giggled at him.
"I'm not your daddy, you see that big guy there with your mum that's your daddy, I'm just your uncle" Leon explained, the sadness Leon was feeling was evident in his voice. Leon handed the toddler to Dom and turned to walk away.
He had only walked three steps when Bella started to cry and call for him, using the name she always had, Papi. Leon paused as she repeatedly called out but kept walking thinking it was Dom's turn to soothe and calm Bella after all he was her father.
Leon walked into the house and straight into the kitchen. He grabbed a corona from the fridge and turned towards the window. The sight that greeted him almost broke his heart.
Dom was holding a hysterically crying Bella out at arms length yelling at Letty to do something. Letty quickly grabbed Bella off of Dom and cuddled her close trying to comfort the toddler. It was then that he heard the back door open and shut. Leon turned away from the window to see Vince and Mia walk in the door.
"You alright dawg?" Vince asked as he came closer and sat at the table.
Mia walked up behind Leon and wrapped her arms around him from behind.
"No I'm not," Leon said softly putting his hand on Mia's around his middle.
"Dawg you gotta realise that Bella and Letty belong with Dom, Bella's their kid and Letty's always been Dom's girl" Vince said, Leon realised that Vince was just trying to make him feel better but in reality his words hurt Leon more, because it was a truth that Leon did not want to admit.
"Yeah I know Vince but that doesn't make it easier V, When Letty first told me that she was pregnant I told her I was going to be the best dam uncle there ever was to the kid, I was going to take care of her and the baby until we could come back or Dom came to us, but then Bella was born." Leon said his voice drifting off at the end.
Vince got up and walked out of the house again, Leon didn't expect him to stick around chances were he was going to go and tell Dom exactly what he had said.
"But then you fell in love with Bella and wanted her to be yours" Mia said.
"You didn't just fall for Bella did you? You fell in love with Letty as well didn't you" Mia said moving to stand in front of him.
"I gotta go, tell Letty to call my cell if she needs me" Leon said as he began to make his way to the front door.
"Leon say goodbye to Jesse and Bella before you go alright" Mia said. Instantly Leon changed course and headed out the back door.
"Yeah I haven't been with anyone but you Dom" Letty said as she motioned for Isabella to come to her.
"I was so afraid that you have moved on and forgot about me" Dom whispered as he hugged her close. Almost knocking Isabella down as she tried to get to Letty.
"I could never forget you Dom" Letty said as she picked the toddler up.
"Bella I want you to meet your daddy" Letty said placing Bella on her hip.
Bella looked at Dom and then at Leon who sat at the table with everyone else watching them.
"That not daddy, that daddy" she said pointing at Dom and then at Leon as she spoke.
"No baby Leon's not your daddy" Letty told the child softly.
Letty saw hurt flicker through Leon's face as she said that.
"Letty let me explain it to her" Leon said walking up to the pair. Letty nodded and Leon took Bella from her arms.
"We need to get a few things straight baby girl," Leon said holding the little girl up so that she was eye level with him. Bella giggled at him.
"I'm not your daddy, you see that big guy there with your mum that's your daddy, I'm just your uncle" Leon explained, the sadness Leon was feeling was evident in his voice. Leon handed the toddler to Dom and turned to walk away.
He had only walked three steps when Bella started to cry and call for him, using the name she always had, Papi. Leon paused as she repeatedly called out but kept walking thinking it was Dom's turn to soothe and calm Bella after all he was her father.
Leon walked into the house and straight into the kitchen. He grabbed a corona from the fridge and turned towards the window. The sight that greeted him almost broke his heart.
Dom was holding a hysterically crying Bella out at arms length yelling at Letty to do something. Letty quickly grabbed Bella off of Dom and cuddled her close trying to comfort the toddler. It was then that he heard the back door open and shut. Leon turned away from the window to see Vince and Mia walk in the door.
"You alright dawg?" Vince asked as he came closer and sat at the table.
Mia walked up behind Leon and wrapped her arms around him from behind.
"No I'm not," Leon said softly putting his hand on Mia's around his middle.
"Dawg you gotta realise that Bella and Letty belong with Dom, Bella's their kid and Letty's always been Dom's girl" Vince said, Leon realised that Vince was just trying to make him feel better but in reality his words hurt Leon more, because it was a truth that Leon did not want to admit.
"Yeah I know Vince but that doesn't make it easier V, When Letty first told me that she was pregnant I told her I was going to be the best dam uncle there ever was to the kid, I was going to take care of her and the baby until we could come back or Dom came to us, but then Bella was born." Leon said his voice drifting off at the end.
Vince got up and walked out of the house again, Leon didn't expect him to stick around chances were he was going to go and tell Dom exactly what he had said.
"But then you fell in love with Bella and wanted her to be yours" Mia said.
"You didn't just fall for Bella did you? You fell in love with Letty as well didn't you" Mia said moving to stand in front of him.
"I gotta go, tell Letty to call my cell if she needs me" Leon said as he began to make his way to the front door.
"Leon say goodbye to Jesse and Bella before you go alright" Mia said. Instantly Leon changed course and headed out the back door.