Thanks for the reviews, i know it took me awhile but i've been having family drama. Anyways, enjoy.
Chapter 10
Letty walked out into the yard after having an eventful breakfast. Mia sat outside swinging herself on the hammock. She smiled softly at Letty as she made her way towards her. Letty sat with her in the hammock and they swung in silence for a couple of minutes.
"The other day at dinner, when we questioned you about James." Letty said eyeing Mia. "You said that you made him happy, what's up with that?"
In all their years of friendship Mia had always been the noisy one. Now it seem the tables had been turned and Letty wanted answers.
"It meant nothing, I just make him happy." She shrugged, but Letty studied her.
"You're lying to me." Letty sighed, "You know you can tell me anything."
"Yeah and man I need to get this out. But you have to promise to not let anyone know until I'm ready to tell." Mia pleaded looking at Letty who thought about it for a moment.
"Ok I promise I wont tell. But lets start from the beginning, what happen when you left Mexico?" Letty asked.
"Ok." Mia sighed, "Dominic and I arrived at the hospital that Leon had admitted you to, in Tijuana. I was mad with Dom for making me choose between him and Brian. I felt trapped you know, like Dom had always wanted to control my life and here he was doing it again only this time he'd majorly screwed us up. So when Leon decided to go back to LA to make sure Jesse was ok, I took off with him." she sat in silence for a moment. Remembering that day like it had just happened yesterday.
"Brian came around that night saying that he was taking off. He was wanted for letting Dominic go and he said that he was headed to Miami. I decided on impulse to go with him. We drove from state to state, racing for money and sleeping in beat out hotels. We ended up in Montana with my grandma and cousin. We stayed there for a couple of months, deciding that Brian should save some money before we headed to Miami. Everything was fine, but then he started acting weird distant and angry most of the time. We fought a lot, then I found out why he was acting that way. Actually I caught him and my cousin in bed together. That's when I left and went back to LA. A few months passed, I was finishing up medical school and he came around one day. Told me he was sorry and that he'd never do it again; I forgave him. At the same time James was my teacher and he made it known to me that he had a thing for me. A few months later Brian and I where having problems again, but this time it was different and he hit me."
"What?!" Letty asked in complete outrage. She wanted to go inside and kill him for that.
"Wait, it was the only time and it wasn't hard enough to cause a bruise or anything." Mia tired to explain.
"That don't matter Mia, he shouldn't have done it!" Letty told her.
"I know, but it happened. Anyways, he disappeared after that. I told James what happened between Brian and I, he helped me Letty. He was good to me, so two months later he asked me to marry him. Around the same time I found out I was pregnant so we married."
"So you married him cause you where pregnant?"
"No I married him because he loved me and I made him happy. Plus he helped me out with all the shit Dominic left behind. All the debt we were in, James paid it all off and he helped me sell everything except for the store. Vince decided that he would take over the store and turn it into a restaurant. I helped V financially courtesy of James. I felt like I owed him that much and so I married him."
"Is that why Vince and James don't like each other?" Letty asked her eyebrow cocked.
"No, Vince dislikes James cause V has always disliked any guy who looks my way." Mia put in.
"But Vince was married by then or at least he was with Cynthia." Letty said confused by all this.
"Yeah they where married when I got back and she had Cristina already."
"But isn't Christina V's kid?"
"Yeah but she found out she was pregnant and Vince failed to mention that to us."
"Oh." Letty frowned.
"Their relationship is complicated." Mia said.
"So keep going." Letty pushed wanting to know more.
"Ok." Mia chuckled a bit. "Vanessa and Jessabella were born. But here's the thing, the thing that you cannot tell anyone." Letty nodded.
"Vanessa and Jessabella are not James's daughters. Actually they're Brian's daughters."
Letty's jaw dropped, she was beyond surprised, "Mia!"
"I know, I made James believe that they belong to him and it was easy since he also has blue eyes, blond hair and he's white. I never told Brian, I didn't want to."
"But you do know that he has to know at some point right?"
"No he doesn't. The girls love James, he's been a father to them since the minute they where born."
"Anthony is his right?" Letty asked, her eyes searching Mia's.
"N..No."
"Mia! What the fuck?"
"Anthony belongs to Vince and he knows it."
Letty's breath caught in her throat. She didn't know wheatear to laugh or be angry or what to feel.
"Explain to me how you ended up pregnant with Vince's kid." Letty eyed her friend.
"As you know Vince has always had and thing for me. You also know that I had a thing for him when we were younger, but nothing ever happened between us." Letty nodded,
"Well, a year ago Vince and I started working late at the store and we began to spend so much time together that old feelings resurfaced. Then James took off to some Medical conference in Chicago and Vince started coming around the house. One thing led to another and we couldn't keep our hands off of each other. After James came back, Vince and I started seeing each other wherever and whenever we could. Then months later I found out I was pregnant, but since I hadn't been with James I knew it was Vince's and I told him. We decided to keep it to ourselves, in order to not destroy each others families. Anthony was born and James believes he belongs to him."
Letty sighed and stayed silent, she didn't know what to think. This was unlike Mia, but then again Mia had never been as innocents as she looks.
"You're such a wore." Letty laughed causing the younger girl to hit her arm and laugh with her.
"What are we going to do with him?" Brian asked, as all three man stood around in the dimly lit basement.
"Ask him some questions." Dom said, he proceeded to take the blind fold off of the kid.
His eyes were black and purple, a nice gift that Vince had left him. His head ached and his mind was disoriented. As he looked up, he made out blurry forms in front of him as his eyes adjusted to the light.
"Listen and listen good, we know who you are and what you've done. If you value your life you'll do as I say and answer whatever question I ask you. Make one threatening move and V here will be more then glad to use you as a punching bag again." Dom spoke up, his voice was gruff and threatening, his arms crossed over his chest and his eyes menacing.
The kid nodded vigorously, he wasn't sure what he got himself into. Actually this was all his cousins fault.
"Where are the three girls that where kidnapped?"
"I don't know…."
"You don't know!?" Dom lowered his face mere inches from the kid, "Are you sure about that answer?"
"I-I only k-know about the woman and the child. I-I don't k-know about the other g-girl." he stuttered, his voice shaky and filled with fear.
"Then were are the woman and the child at?"
"In a warehouse…"
"What warehouse?" Vince put in, when the kid didn't responded Vince got closer to him. "What warehouse?" he growled out through clenched teeth.
"I-It's in Hawthorne."
"Hawthorne" Dom thought about this for a moment, scratching his chin. "Who's behind all this?"
"Uh….my…I mean…uh…I don't know."
"You don't know?"
"No."
Dom hit him square in the jaw, a cracking sound resounded around the small space, just as blood rushed out of the kids mouth. He looked horrified.
"Lets go." Dom said walking away.
"W-wait!" the kid called out, but was ignored.
Letty sat in the living room, while Madeline and Mia put the boys down for a nap upstairs.
The girls however refused to take a nap, claiming that they where to old for naps. So Letty agreed to watched them, while trying to put Ethan to sleep. Mackenzie seemed to be getting a long a little better with the girls, which in her case was major improvement then before.
"Nessa ill have the blue one." Jessabella commanded as she handed out the barbies.
"An Jessica you can have this one."
"I want thwat one." Mackenzie pointed at the Barbie that was handed to Jessica.
"No it for Jessica!" Jessabella shook her head, her pigtails bouncing around.
"But I wan it." Mackenzie yelled and grabbed it from Jessica, who decided that she also wanted the Barbie and pulled back. The girls played tag-o-war with the brown haired Barbie, until Mackenzie let go and launched herself at the blond girl.
A wide-eyed Letty got up quickly with a now crying Ethan and went over to the girls. Unable to stop them with the baby in her arms she resorted to yell at them.
"Mackenzie stop it." she shouted, but she ignored her mom.
Mia and Madeline rushed down the stairs at hearing all the commotion that was going on. After seeing both girls on the floor fighting, Madeline proceeded to stop them while Mia took Ethan from Letty.
After pulling both girls apart, it was obvious that Jessica got the worst part out of it. The timid girl had bloody scratches on her cheeks and neck and several teeth marks on her arm. Mackenzie had small scratches on her arms but nothing noticeable enough.
"I'm so sorry." Letty told Madeline, feeling somewhat embarrassed at her daughters behavior.
"It's okay Let it happens." Madeline responded with a small smile and then got up taking Jessica upstairs to clean her up.
Letty sighed in frustration and looked at her daughter shaking her head in disapproval.
"Go upstairs to the room and do not come out." Letty's voice was a near whisper. Mackenzie didn't argue and headed upstairs.
"Ugh, what am I supposed to do with her?" Letty asked Mia who sat next to her.
"They're kids it does happen believe me. I've had to deal with twins who love to fight for just about everything. Mackenzie will grow out of it." Mia advised.
After putting Ethan to sleep in the crib upstairs and lecturing and spanking Mackenzie for what she did Letty decided to go out for a walk.
"Yo Mia I'm going outside."
"Ok." Mia responded from the kitchen, where she was busy washing dishes. Madeline, Jesse, and Dom went to visit Leon at the hospital. Where he had not waken yet.
She felt him before she saw him and instantly his arms where around her waist and his lips caressed the nape of her neck.
"Mmmm…." he groan in deep satisfaction. She let him kiss her, it felt good, it felt right and yet so wrong.
"Where's James?" he asked as he turned her around to face him. The rushing water and soapy dishes forgotten.
"Upstairs, everyone else is gone. Letty's outside though."
"Doing what?"
Mia shrugged as she brought her lips closer to his.
"We cant do this." she finally pulled away, but he caught her.
"Why?"
"Because my brother might walk in or someone else."
"We're grown adults Dominic cant tell you what to do anymore. When will you stop letting him control your life?"
"Your one to talk." she scoffed.
"He stopped controlling mine long ago."
"He's not a bad guy."
"No his not, I know better then anyone else that he's not. But you put him first and he puts Letty first then you."
"He loves her and I love him and he's the only family I have that I can trust."
"You have me too." He kissed her, this time with more passion then the last.
"But it's different Vince." Mia replied pulling away from him.
As evening dawned and the sun settled to the west, Mia, Vince, and the kids watched TV while waiting for the rest of the family to get home.
"How's Leon?" Mia asked as Dom, Jesse, and Madeline walked in.
"The same." Jesse responded in a somber mood. "I'm going upstairs."
"Where's Letty?" Dom asked.
"She isn't outside?" Mia asked a little uneasy.
"No, why?"
"She said she'd be outside. She hasn't come in we've been seating here since she went outside." Mia responded getting a little worried now.
"Maybe she went for a walk." Vince suggested, Dom looked worried and grabbed the car keys.
"I'm going to look for her."
"I'll go with you."
Two hours later she had yet to appear. Dom and Vince finally got back to the house.
"Is she back?" Dom asked right when he got into the house.
"No, you guys didn't find her?"
"No" Vince responded.
"Oh no." Mia gasped on the verge of tears as Dominic stalked towards the basement door and Vince followed quickly after him.