Leila winced; she was worried how her husband would react to Alex's outburst. Victoria's mouth was still open.
"Why would you do that?" Geoffrey finally said as he stared at his son.
"Geoffrey" Leila said softly as she squeezed her husband's leg. Geoffrey stood up and walked towards Alex.
"Leila could have died in there" He yelled.
"Dad, I'm sorry I didn't mean to…Mum said" Alex tried to explain, Leila's eyes widened as soon as she heard him mention his mother.
"Your mother is behind this" Geoffrey did want to hear any more, he grabbed his car keys and headed outside.
"Geoffrey wait" Leila called as she hurried after him, Geoffrey had already pulled out of the drive way. Victoria had joined her step-mum at the door, "Can I borrow your keys?"
Victoria handed Leila her car keys. Leila quickly rushed to the car and followed Geoffrey; she had a good idea where he was heading
-x-
Brax had started to feel bad about yelling at Leila, he knew she had made a valid point. That's what had annoyed him so much. He picked up his phone and dialled Leila's number, he hoped she would answer.
-x-
Leila was shocked when her phone staring ringing in her pocket she took it out and answered it
"Hey it's Brax" a voice echoed around the car.
"I'm a bit busy right now, can I call you back" Leila said loudly, she had put the phone on loud speaker to make it easier to drive.
"Nah, coz I might not be able to say this later. I'm sorry about what I said before, I shouldn't have snapped at you" Brax's apology sounded sincere, although it was hard to tell over the phone.
"Ok, is that it?" Leila's main focus was on getting to Geoffrey before he did anything stupid.
"I'm trying to apologise and all you can say is that it?" Brax replied.
"Like I said, I'm a bit busy right now" Leila said as she pulled up Outside Elizabeth's house, Geoffrey's car was parked outside. Leila hung up her phone; she heard raised voices coming from inside the house. She entered slowly.
"She is my wife and I love her, the sooner you get that into your head the better" she heard Geoffrey yell.
"She's a home wrecking whore" Elizabeth spat. Leila was cautious about entering the room; she wasn't sure if she would get something thrown at her. "She destroyed our marriage"
"Our marriage was over a long time before Leila arrived, you know that Liz" Geoffrey was trying to calm the situation, but he was failing miserably.
"What the hell are you doing here, get the hell out of my house" Elizabeth launched herself as Leila, Geoffrey stopped her. Leila stepped backwards.
"Honey go back home, Victoria and Alex will want to know what's happened, I won't be long?" Geoffrey suggested, Leila nodded and headed to the car. She started the engine and drove back home.
Home might have been where she was heading but it wasn't where she had ended up. She scanned the driveway as she pulled up outside the Braxton's house, she could see Brax's Ute. There was no sign of Heath's car, Leila took her phone out of her pocket and dialled Brax's number. There was no answer so she text him instead.
-x-
Brax's phone vibrated on the sofa next to him, he picked it up and read the message, Are you alone? LK. Brax smiled to himself as he read the message.
He quickly tapped a reply and hit the send button. Within a few minutes there was a gentle knock at the door, Brax grinned widely as he opened it and saw Leila standing in front of him. "I thought I must have seemed a little rude earlier so I wanted to explain" Leila smiled as she walked into the house. Brax was still grinning at this beautiful blond woman.
"You could have done that over the phone" he teased; Leila moved closer to him, their bodies were now touching.
"Yeah I could have, but I couldn't have given you this over the phone" Leila grabbed Brax's face and pulled him towards her for a kiss. He grabbed he hips and pulled her even closer. Leila pulled Brax's shirt off as they headed into his bedroom, slamming the door shut behind them.
-X-
Geoffrey was a bit worried when he arrived home and realised Leila wasn't there. He thought maybe what Elizabeth had said to her had upset her more than she let on.
Geoffrey walked into the kitchen and saw Vikki and Alex sat at the table. Victoria walked into the lounge and left her dad and Alex alone.
"I'm sorry Dad I didn't know they were in there" Alex pleaded; Geoffrey just looked at his son.
"You should have come to talk to me if that's how you were feeling" Geoffrey's mood had softened now.
"I know, but I wasn't sure what to say. It's not that I'm jealous of Leila or don't like her because I do. It's just the way mum thinks she has stolen her life" Alex was trying to put the way he felt into words.
-X-
Leila's heart pounded as she kissed Brax at his front door before getting back into her car. Brax was just stood in his shorts. He stood and waited for her to pull off the drive before going back inside.
Leila didn't have a clue how she ended up at the Braxton house, or why she kept running to Brax when things got bad. All she knew was he gave her something Geoffrey didn't and right now that was the only thing she craved. Her phone beeped loudly as she drove back to her house as she looked at the screen she realised she had a voicemail, she listened to it.
"Hello darling, I know you must be upset by what Liz said, I just want you to know how much I love you. Please come home" Leila couldn't help but feel bad about what she had just done.
-x-
The next morning came a little too quick for Leila, she climbed out of bed grabbed her silk dressing gown and headed into the kitchen. She was surprised to see Victoria sat at the table in her black leggings and baggy jumper; she was sipping a cup of coffee.
"Are you going to get ready?" Victoria asked, Leila frowned she was a bit confused.
"You've forgotten haven't you? Look don't worry its fine" Leila could see the disappointment in her face; she suddenly remembered a promise she had made.
"No it's fine, I'll go and get dressed" Leila smiled as she headed back into the bedroom and got changed into her dance clothes.
-x-
Leila and Victoria had been working on a new dance routine for a school project Victoria had to do. They were just finishing up when they heard a clapping sound behind them "Congratulation's Leila not only have you stole my husband now you have taken my daughter too" The clapping was coming from Elizabeth.
"It's not like that" Leila said calmly. Victoria started to look worried; she had never seen her mum like this before. It was obvious she had had too much to drink.
"Tell you what Leila why don't I just die, then you can take it all" Elizabeth slurred.
"MUM" Victoria exclaimed.
"Come on Victoria we are leaving" Elizabeth grabbed Victoria's arm and started to walk out.
"Mum please Leila's helping me" Victoria protested
"Rubbish, Grace is your teacher not her" Victoria spat. "You have improved so much since she has been giving you the extra tuition" Elizabeth said smugly.
"No mum, I haven't been getting tuition from Grace, Leila's being teaching me that's why I have improved" Elizabeth just scoffed; she grabbed her daughters hand and headed towards the top of the stairs. Leila followed them and grabbed Elizabeth's arm
"Please, look I know you hate me, but please don't make Victoria's career suffer. She needs my help" Leila pleaded, but Elizabeth ignored her. Leila tried to catch up with Elizabeth but as Elizabeth and Victoria were heading out of the door Leila was running down the stairs, she somehow managed to misjudge her footing and fell. "OH MY GOD LEILA" Victoria cried. Elizabeth paused for a moment before grabbing Victoria and dragging her out of the door and into her car.
-x-
Brax was shocked when he arrived at Leila's dance studio and saw Elizabeth and Victoria practically running out of the door. He didn't think this looked good so he parked up quickly and headed inside. As he opened the door of the studio he was shocked to see Leila laid at the bottom of the stairs she was unconscious. Brax knelt down and shook her gently "Leila" he said softly.
Leila's eyes opened slowly, she looked at Brax "Why are you always the one who saves me?" Leila smiled. Brax helped her to her feet and then sat on the stairs with her as they waited for an ambulance to arrive. Leila didn't really want to go to hospital, but from what Brax had said she knew she didn't really have any choice.
Brax waited with her for the doctor. She hadn't rung Geoffrey yet, she knew he would only worry.
Leila sat up when she saw the doctor come him, Brax was going to leave but Leila made him stay. The doctor took a deep breath "Ok so everything seems fine, you just have concussion so I think it would be best if we kept you in over night" The doctor said. Leila sighed, she thought the doctor had finished, but unfortunately he hadn't "We did pick something on your tests though" Leila frowned she had a rough idea where this was going. The doctor looked at Brax.
"No its fine I'd like him to stay, I want somebody here when you give me whatever news it is" Leila said firmly. The doctor took another deep breath "Well the tests show you are pregnant Mrs King" Brax almost fell of his chair and Leila was stunned to silence.
"Are you sure?" Leila asked in disbelief, this couldn't be happening she thought to herself as she watched Brax's expression, he seemed equally as stunned.
After the doctor had confirmed the pregnancy again he left the room, leaving Brax and Leila to talk "Wow, I guess you're going to need some time to think about this" Brax finally spoke.
"Nah, there's nothing to think about I'm not having this baby" Leila's simple and calm reply shocked Brax.
"Aren't you even going to speak to Geoffrey about it?" Brax asked curiously, Leila had now turned to face Brax.
"There's no point it's not his baby" Leila said. Brax looked confused "The baby's yours"
Brax slumped back into the chair he had been sitting on "It's my baby?" Brax repeated Leila's last words. Leila just replied with a nod "And there is no way it could be Geoffrey's?"
"I doubt it" Leila sighed "Geoffrey had a vasectomy 12 years ago, you're the father"
Please let me know what you thought of this chapter.
Also for all the readers of Gypsies, tramps and thieves I am hoping to update again tomorrow, but I have to say I am a little disappointed with the lack of reviews for the last chapter. So please if you have read it and not reviewed please do. It's your lovely comments that encourage me to write.
Next time-
Will Brax let Leila have a termination?
Leila sticks up for Victoria at a dance competition.
Elizabeth reveals a secret to Leila that could ruin her relationship with Geoffrey, what is he hiding?