Author's Notes: Thank you guys so much for the constant love and support for my stories. I'm getting back into the swing of things and will be updating for frequently then in the past. On the character side, I'm basing some of them seen on a couple of my favorite shows. The character of Letty's mom, Marianna, is the actress who play Rafael's mom Elena on Jane the Virgin. Val, Letty's little sister, is played by Gina Rodriguez of course. Mateo is little Mateo from the show as well. But for Ryan, I choose Ryan from Quantico.
Brian's supposed date or birth is a plot hole asked by many fans. If Elena found out she was pregnant after Dom had left, that would put her due date around late March or early April and Baby Brian would be thirteen months or a year old. In the movie he's in a car seat and appears to look ten to eleven months old. I know from being a Biology major that it takes a week for a baby to conceive after an egg is fertilized so there's a somewhat gap in the baby's conception. Which would put his actual birthdate in early May.
Also, how do you guys feel about a sequel for this story? Leave comments down below.
Enjoy and remember, R&R
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Dom is driving his red Camero while Letty was in the passenger seat. They were on their way to church to meet Letty's mom, Val, Ryan, Mateo, and Brian. The ride there was filled with silence. Letty stared out the passenger window not saying a word. Dom kept his eyes on the road while glancing over to look at her. He just wanted to hold her in her arms but right now she couldn't look him in the eye.
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Two hours ago
"Letty please open the door."
Dom is standing outside the bathroom door in their bedroom. After he had told her the truth, she went straight into the bathroom. Dom spent ten minutes at the door asking her to open it. He could hear the shower running but he continued to sit by the door. When she finally did open it, she had on her lilac bath robe and her hair was in a ponytail. Her eyes are puffy from crying in the shower and she had her notable sad and angry frown on her face.
"Please say something."
"What do you want me say Dom? That I'm relived? That I'm upset? Because having a bomb dropped on you when your five months pregnant and getting married in two weeks makes your emotions a little stir crazy."
She keeps herself calm for the sake of the baby. She walks over to the bed. She sits down and puts her face in her hands. She pulls herself up and looks at him as he kneels in front of her.
"I'm mad, I'm upset. I can't wrap my head around as to why Elena could've lied to you." She runs her hand through her hair.
"I know. I asked myself the same thing."
"Have you looked already?"
"No I wanted to tell you first."
"How the hell did Mia even get the test done without you? Don't you need blood or hair from the both of you or something?"
"She got some of my blood when I cut my hand on my birthday and she used some of Brian's blood they took at his last check up."
"Isn't that breaking some privacy rules?"
"She has some people how were able to get it done under the table."
Letty stood up and starts to pace the room. Her hands are on her hips and looking up at the ceiling.
"I know all of this is insane. But I want you to know that whatever you wanna do."
"No. Don't do that. You don't put the decision on me. Not after everything." She turns to him as she looks furious.
"You know this wasn't on purpose."
"Dom, answer this question for me. Was there any part of you that thought "Maybe I should get a test first before I believe that this baby is mine". She says before walking into her side of the closet to grab clothes.
"The whole timeline and age made sense at the time."
"And that's what you went on. Just faith instead rather than logical." She says as she walks out of the closet with an off the shoulders olive green dress that goes to her knees in one hand and a pair of nude wedges in the other.
"Letty, I was all he had. Cipher had Elena and she was going to kill him. What was I supposed to do?"
"Oh don't try to turn this around. You were the one that messed up."
"I messed up?"
"Yes. Ten years of sleeping with the same person and you didn't think about wrapping it up with the first chick you hooked up with after your wife died."
"We were thinking about what if's. She was just-"
"Just what? A consilation prize? Someone to fill the void because I have heard that excuse far too many times from you." She gets her dress on and undoes her hair. She goes back to the bathroom to fix her hair.
"Letty please. I didn't mean to say it like-"He walks toward the open door but she steps in front of him before he could come in.
"I went on the run, went undercover in the cartel, jumped out of planes and got chased by a submarine willingly because of love. You asked me to love a child that isn't mine. I have fallen in love with that little boy and we have this twisted family but it makes senses because it's our family. Now you're telling me that all of this. All the hurt, the heartbreak, and the tears I cried from the emotional rollercoaster you've put me through the past four months were all on a lie."
"Letty I didn't mean to let this all happen."
"Well it did. And you need to own up to it. I'll wait in the car."
She grabs her shoes from the bed and storms out the room. Dom sat down on the bed and held his hands to his face. He realized that his world is starting to fall apart and his marriage is the first thing to take the hit.
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Present
"So are we just gonna ignore each other the whole day?"
"We don't. We can just fake face. You have that skill down to a "T"."
"How any more times do I have to say I'm sorry."
"Sorry doesn't even help this a little."
"I haven't even looked at the test yet."
"You are still not fathoming this at all aren't you?"
"Letty I haven't even looked at the test yet."
"It's not just about the test Dom. It feels like I'm the only one who's actually in this marriage."
"I'm a good husband."
"You're a husband that shuts out his wife and thinks that he has to be the alpha ale and takeover everything without thinking about how I would feel."
"You know everything I've done was for you."
Their car pulls up to the church and he parellel parks the car by the sidewalk. Letty sees her mom down the street holding Brian in her arms. Her emotions flowed as she looked at him in his little blue dress shirt and little kahki pants. She looked at him and thought of all the moments she has had with him. She has loved this baby with all her heart. Then she thought back to Dom and everything happening. She turned to him and tried not to cry.
"You want to do something for me? Be the man that I thought I married."
That moment, she got out of the car. Dom held back the tears in his eyes and saw his wife walks towards her mom and sister. He wishes he could take the pain away but he can't. He got out of the car and walked down the sidewalk to where the church is. Letty is holding Brian in her arms and had walked in with her mom. Val and Ryan were with Mateo and she tugged at my forearm.
"Hey, is Let okay?"
"Yeah. The baby is driving her a little crazy and we got in a little fight."
"It's normal. Hormones can make a girl stir crazy. Just talk to her and tell she's a super hero."
"Works every time." Ryan says and Val responds by hitting his chest playfully.
Dom walked in with them thinking about what Letty had said. He hasn't been the same man he was for her. So much has changed between him and he's always expected her to be a soldier and be strong. He wanted to make things right and he has to start with her.
He sat down next to Letty who had Brian on her lap. He held Brian's little hand as the mass began to start.
"The book of second Corithians goes as this, no one prepares you for what comes at you in life. God instills his plan for us whether we agree with it or not. But we must remember that those chapters to our story are put into our live for a reason. For growth, self exploration, or forgiveness. For the betterment our ourselves as his children."
The priest's words struck a cord with the two of them. Dom and Letty thought about themselves and their history. Dom thought about how much he and Letty have grown together while Letty thought about how much they had survived. They both wanted to save what they have.
When the service was over, the family unit got up and mingled with the congregation. Letty and Val were talking with some of the members when she noticed Dom walk out of the church after speaking with Father Ortega. She pulled Val to the hallway to where it was private.
"What's going on?"
"I know it's asking a lot but do you mind taking care of Brian until the party today."
"Yeah, absolutely. Are you two alright?"
"Just a lot of stuff we gotta work out. We won't be late to the party."
"Just be back at the house by one."
"Thank you."
Letty kissed Brian's cheek and handed him off to Val. She sped out of the church in search of Dom but it was hard to see in the midst of the crowd. She finally was able to get a view of Dom heading towards the car. She ran to the car and got into the passenger seat. Dom is shocked that she had gotten in. He didn't know what she wanted to say or what to say to her.
"Can we go somewhere to talk?"
He nods at her and he starts the car. He doesn't know where they're going but if it meant that they could somehow resolve what they have then he'll let her be the navigator.
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Santa Monica Beach
Letty had made him drive to the beach where they would use to go to. He parked by the boardwalk and he Letty sat in silence for a minute. She got out of the car and walked over to the sand. Dom gave her a few minutes to herself. She needed to let her head clear up before they would talk. An alarm starts to go off on Letty's phone. He gets it out of the cup holder and he pauses. The alarm was set on an app notify them of every week of her pregnancy starting. They have been doing videos for the baby every week so they could make a little movie for him or her. He goes on his phone and searches through his gallery to look at a video he took a week ago. He's walking into their bedroom and Letty is asleep on the bed cuddling with her pillow while holding her bump.
"Hey baby. So we are at twenty weeks today. You're about as big as a banana. I want to show you something here. You see this beautiful girl right here."
He faces he camera at Letty.
"That's your momma. She's a real fighter. And me and her are going to love you so much."
In that moment, Letty opens her eyes to see him and she's smiling.
"There's she is. Say hi to our daughter baby."
"Hehe, Hi. And it's gonna be a boy."
Dom laughs in the background as Letty gets up off the bed.
As the video ended, something clicked in his heart. The video on the phone woke up something for him. He realized why she was upset. He understood now what she had been feeling.
He steps out of the car and walks towards her. She's sitting on the sands of the beach watch the tides roll in. Her legs are close to her chest and she's resting her head on her knees, her arms wrapped around her legs. She wanted a minute just to breathe. He takes off his shoes and walks on the sand. He eases down and sits next to her. She doesn't look at him but her eyes are stained with dry tears.
"I get it now."
"Get what?" Her eyes were shut to stop the tears from coming out. She didn't want to look at him.
"I took something away from you. The chance for you to give me my first kid. I asked so much of you and I barely made up for it in return. You said that it hurt you but you hid the real pain. You weren't mad at Brian but you were mad at me for taking that away from you."
"I never thought about being a mother because we never thought we would ever have a chance to have that. Brian..he's..when you saw him, you were so happy because you had this little boy, your son. When I found out I was pregnant, I was so happy but there was a trickle in the back of my mind that it wasn't going to be the same."
He crawls over and he's now kneeling in front of her. He puts his hands on her cheeks and she looks up at him with tired eyes.
"Letty, look at me. You are the love of my life. We still have those moments together. This baby is our baby. No one can take that from us. I will love all our children the same because we made them together."
Letty let the tears fall from her eyes and moved onto her knees. She lunged and kissed him. She wrapped her arms around his waist. They let their lips take hold of each other and let their emotions run free. Dom kissed his wife with tenderness and compassion. He didn't want to let her go. When they pulled apart from each other, they let their foreheads lay against each other. They simple had their eyes closed and took in the moment of vulnerability.
"What do you want to do?" She whispers to him.
"We're all he has. If it's true and he's not mine, the system will take him."
"Dom, you know what'll happen to him if he's put in the system."
"I know that. But if I'm not biologically him, the state will take him."
"Then we'll adopt him."
"Letty."
"I mean it. Dom, he's family. Blood or not, we love him as our own. We'll pull every connection and string we have to make sure we don't lose him."
"You really want to?"
"I almost lost one of the most important men in my life and I'm not gonna lose the other one."
Dom smiled at him as he felt the dry tears forming on his eyes. He hugged his wife and she rested her head on his shoulder. They stayed in their hold as the sun shined and the ocean water flows onto the shore.
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Meanwhile back at The House
Val is left in charge of arranging the house for the party. She has several aunts and cousins helping out to make it happen before all their family and friends get there. Her mom and some of the aunts are setting up food while a few of male cousins start up the grill. Val and her younger cousins are cleaning the living room and brining in flowers. Val sees her cousin Dana coming down the stairs.
"Val, mom's asking if there are any more pictures of Dom and Letty to put on the board for him." She says as she motions her hand over the pull up board filled with different pictures of Dom and Letty individually and together throughout the years.
"I know they both have some in their cars. I'll go look."
She heads out the front door to head to the garage. She walks over to the door on the side of the sliding garage door. She finds the key under the mat and unlocks in. She turns on the light and walks in to find Dom's red challenger and black classic Dodge Charger. She knows that her sister always has pictures in the car with her. She walks to the red car first and looks in the glove compartment.
She found pictures of few pictures of Letty and Dom at Race Wars, at their spot on the hill, the two of them in Cuba together. She smiled seeing her sister so happy and in love. She turns around and opens the door of the Charger. She climbs over the seat and opens the glove compartment door to have a bunch of stuff flow out.
"Oh shoot."
She puts the pictures she had on the seat in front of her and tried to clean it up. She saw so more pictures on the car floor and put them with the others. She scotched down off her seat and started to put stuff back neatly when something caught her eye.
"Oh my god."
She saw an envelope with Dom's name on it from the DNA clinic. She was shocked to find it in the car. She instantly thought about Letty and if she knew he had done this. She knows her sister wouldn't cheat on Dom. That only left one explanation for it. Brian.
"Hey Val, did you find any?"
She looks up to find Dana standing in the door frame of where she came in. She hides the letter behind her back as she climbed out of the car.
"Yeah. I'll bring them in. I'm just fixing something real quick."
"Be careful in there. That's practically Dom's baby." Dana says as she walks outside.
"I'm not so sure." She says to herself as she looked at the sealed envelope.
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Coming Up: Family Barbeque: Let the drama begin
