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CHAPTER ELEVEN: Old Photos

James looked at me, he'd been crying for at least the time where I was walking to his room from outside.

"What are you talking about?" I asked. No way. No fucking way.

"Monica said that my dad was Mari's dad too. Is that true, Letty?"

"Honey, I doubt it. Your Aunt Monica has a thing for lying." I said to him, trying to figure out why the hell she would say that to him.

"Well, do you know who my dad is?" He questioned. I frowned and looked at his pillow.

"Your mother told me, before you were left with me, that she loved your father very much. She wouldn't tell me who though. She couldn't let anybody know because the guy was engaged and she didn't want any trouble." I looked at my hands and then at James.

"Did she say that she loved me lots? You know, like you tell me all the time?" I sniffed.

"Honey, I don't think she did. In my opinion, if she did, she wouldn't have left you."

"Why?"

"Why what?"

"Why did she leave me?"

"She said she couldn't take care of you anymore. She ran off with some drug dealer and I haven't heard from her since."

"She didn't want me no more?" He asked sobbing a little.

"I don't think she did, babe. Like, if she cares, she wouldn't have left. You know?"

"What does she look like?" I thought for a minute then stood up.

"Come on." I said moving toward the door. "I wanna show you something." He got off his bed and followed behind me. He followed me to my room and I told him to sit on my bed.

"What do you want to show me Letty?" I reached into the top of my closet and pulled down a photo album. I carried it over and dropped it on my bed. James looked at it and I sat down in front of him and he smiled. I opened the cover and flipped to the fifth page. I turned the album toward him and pointed to the photo in the center. "Who's that?"

"This was taken the day you were born. Look, there's your mom and look, she's holding this sexy little boy. That boy is you." He blushed and I smiled at him. I turned the page and pointed to another picture. He leaned in to look closer. "There's you, you were about two, your mom, your stepdad, and then me." He sighed when I mentioned his stepdad. No wonder.

"Who's that?" He asked pointing to another picture on the opposite page. I looked at it closely and nodded.

"My old family. There's Mari's dad, and her aunt Mia and then just some friends of the family."

"You two knew each other long time?" He was asking about Dom and I.

"Since I was about fifteen, sixteen years old." He nodded and started flipping though the album. He stopped on the last page then closed it quickly, hoping I wouldn't notice. "What?"

"Nothing."

"Yes huh. Now, what?" I reached for the album but he pulled it away.

"You don't wanna see it." He said softly. I grabbed it out of his hand and set it on the bed. I opened to the last page and glanced over them. Two people dressed nicely in black clothes kissing. What's so bad about that? I looked at the next picture and it was the same two people in bed together. The next two or three were of them wearing no clothes. Huh. James reached over to close it but I slammed his hand. He whimpered but I ignored him. "Aunt Letty." He cried. I took the pictures out of the album and closed it.

"I'll be right back, James." He frowned as I walked out of the room. I walked to the back yard. There were two chairs in the middle of the yard. One was faced the opposite direction and Dom and Mari occupied the other chair. Mari was sitting on his lap. I heard a voice less deep than Dom's. I walked toward the them and put my hand on the back of the chair. They guy sitting there looked up at me.

"Hey Letty." He said. I ignored him.

"Dom." I started. He looked at me. "We need to talk."

"Can it wait?" He asked. I shook my head and gritted my teeth.

"Now!" I shouted. He stood and sat Mari down and followed behind me. We walked around to the front of the house. "Tell me something."

"Something?" He questioned. I held up a picture and he reached for it. "Where'd you get this?"

"My little sister's photo album. Want to explain?" I questioned. He looked at the picture. It was him and my little sister kissing.

"Um..."

"Yeah Dom?"

"Letty." He started.

"You can't explain these either then, huh?" I asked holding up the rest of the pictures. He reached for them but I pulled them away.

"Letty."

"Forget everything that was said earlier." I turned and walked away from him. I walked into the back yard and the guy sitting there was now standing next to Mari. I went to walk in the back door and I heard Dom shouting my name. I slammed the door and locked it.

"Letty!" He said pounding on the door. "Come on, open the door."

"No. Go home!"

"Let, baby, I'm sorry."

"Bullshit, Dom, go home!" I heard him sigh and I shook my head. He walked away from the door and I unlocked it. I turned and walked back to my bedroom. James was still sitting on my bed. "Go to your room. Go take a nap or something." He slid off the bed and walked out of the room. I closed the door behind him and I heard voices from the back door. I layed down on my stomach and flipped through the pictures in my hands. There was a knock on the door. "Go away, Dominic!"

"It's me." It was the other guy from outside.

"Come in." The door opened and he looked at me. "What do you want?"

"I wanted to make sure you were okay." He walked in and closed the door behind him.

"Joe, I'm fine." He walked over and sat on my bed next to me.

Gawd... I'm so happi. I'm out of school until September. :Dances: So, how'd you guys like that, huh? There's going to be an explaination... I swear it. It just might not be in the next chapter. Oh and I LOVE everybody who's been giving me replies. You guys (and girls) have no idea how much that encourages me to continue. Thanks. 3 B