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Dom shot towards the bed in the middle of the room, his hands reaching his wife's shoulder, as he climbed onto the bed.

'Let? Letty! Letty! Wake up, wake up!' He shouted, shaking her shoulder frantically. He rolled her onto her back, seeing the right side of her face covered in blood. 'LET!'

'Wha- What? What?' Letty groaned, as her sleep was disturbed, her eyes heavy and slightly swollen.

'Let! What the hell have you done?' He yelled, staring at the dried blood on the side of her face.

'What?' Letty fingered the side of her face and then looked at her fingertips, the light blood stain making her groan.

'I slipped in the bathroom and hit my head on the mirror'

Dom didn't look convince but climbed from the bed and went for the first aid kit in the cupboard above the sink. He shut the cupboard frowning as he saw the crack in the mirror.

He walked back into the bedroom, seeing Letty sipping her bottle of Corona.

She stared at him from over the rim of her drink, watching as he unzipped the first aid kit and got the disinfectant out.

'You going to tell me what you did? I'm not buying that you slipped... the towels are dry' Dom told her, kneeling next to her and dousing some of the liquid onto a cotton wool ball and cleaning the blood from around the cut, that stopped an inch from her hairline, and from the side of her face.

'I told you... I slipped'

'Letty' Dom warned.

Letty sighed. 'I hit my head against the mirror, on purpose. I just wanted the words to stop going round in my head...'

'Just don't do it again, alright! You scared me, Let!'

'I wont' Letty winced and bit her lip as he pressed a fresh cotton wool against the cut. 'I promise'

Dom cleaned the cut and placed a small white bandage on the cut after making sure she didn't need stitches, knowing that she stubbornly would've refused to go to the hospital anyway.

He placed the first aid on the bedside table and motioned for Letty to stand, while he stripped the bed, throwing the bedding into a corner of the room, the big blood stain hidden.

He pulled her into his arms, once they had remade the bed, her drink clasped tightly in her hand.

'What took you so long?' Letty asked, her eyes fixed on the blank TV screen at the bottom of the bed.

Dom stayed silent for a few minutes, before speaking. 'She started to ask me questions...'

'About what?'

'Stuff... She asked me if I would've kept her, all them years ago, if it had been up to me'

He felt his wife tense under his touch before she sat up and looked at him. 'What... what was your answer?'

'I told her, I wanted to...' he glanced at Letty who was looking at him intently. 'I wanted to keep from the second I held her' he revealed.

'Why didn't you say anything?' Letty whispered, causing Dom to lean over and cup her face in his hands.

'Because it was the right choice, what we made. As much as I wanted to keep her, she deserved a better life'

'What else did she say to you? She said something to you, I can see it in your eyes...' Letty told him.

'She basically said that she doesn't want to us see again' Letty flinched at her husbands words and bluntness in which he said it. 'I'm sorry, baby' he told her, gently.

Letty shook her head. 'You don't have to be sorry. She made her desicion, we have to accept it...'

Dom sighed. He hated it when she shut out her emotions and acted like everything was fine. 'Baby... don't shut me out. Tell me what you're thinking'

Letty stayed silent for a few minutes, allowing her to gather her thoughts. 'I'm thinking that I wish we could back in time...'

'And?' Dom prompted.

Letty locked their eyes together. 'Do it all properly' She whispered.

Dom looked at her, their eyes never leaving each others. 'There might be a chance for us, Let. She's angry, she's confused. Just give her time...'

Letty broke eye contact, looking at the fresh bedding before looking back at her husband. 'Do you think that? That's there's still chance?'

'Maybe... when she's got her head round everything...' Dom said gently, his thumbs stroking her cheeks.

'That could be years, Dom...'

'Maybe we have to let her hate us for a bit, baby...'

Letty nodded in reluctant agreement and leaned her forehead against his shoulder. He curled his arms round his wife and settled back against the headboard.

'We're going to do it properly this time right?' She said, looking up at him.

Dom looked down at her and smiled. 'Of course we are...I promise' he cupped her cheek and kissed her gently, sealing the promise...

'You okay, girl?' Mia asked, gently.

Herself and Letty were sat on the beach, with Dom, Brian and Jack sat in the little cafe on the beach, a few yards away.

Letty looked over her shoulder at Dom, seeing him talking to Brian, before looking back at Mia, shaking her head.

'What's happened?'

Letty looked at Mia and sighed. 'Mariella doesn't want anything to with us... she came by the house the other day, wanting some answers...'

'What happened?' Mia asked gently

'She asked if Dom didn't go to prison, would I have kept her... and I said no'

Mia blinked. 'What? Let, things could've-'

'Mia, please don't. I was fifteen. I couldn't even look after myself, let alone a kid...'

'But we could've helped, Let! Why didn't you tell us? Me, Leon, Vince, Jesse... we could've helped you...'

Letty stared out at the ocean, her arms wrapped round her knees. 'I didn't tell you because burdening you with a child while you were still in school, just loosing your dad a few month prior-'

'What's that got to-'

'I didn't finish!' Letty shot at her, 'You were a school kid. Do you think having a baby in that house would've been the right thing to do? The screaming waking everyone up? The puke staining everything? Your assignments getting drawn on? Come on, Mia! If you were put in my position with Brian, at fifteen, would you have kept the baby?'

Mia opened her mouth, but closed it, after thinking about what Letty said.

'I thought so' Letty told her.

They stared at the ocean, both of them consumed in their thoughts.

'But I still don't understand why you didn't tell us? There's more to it, Letty... Were you ashamed?'

'WHAT? No!' She exclaimed. 'Jesus, Mia! I wasn't ashamed, I was... I was a young girl with a mother who was never there, in love with a guy who was two years older than me. Your Dad was the father I've never had... when I was pregnant, I kept thinking about what he would've said... pregnant at fifteen, no qualifications... I felt like I let him down...'

'Let...'

'I'm sorry, Mia, it's the way I felt... But I promise... this time it's going to be different'

Mia gasped in delight. 'You're... You're pregnant? OH MY GOD!' She squealed, throwing her arms round Letty, causing her to fall backwards into the sand.

'No! Mia, I'm not, I'm not... I'm just saying!' Letty said quickly, crushing Mia's squeals of happiness, as she sat up and pouted.

'Damn!'

'Sorry, Mia' Letty apologised, brushing the sand off her as she sat up. 'I named her after you, you know. Mariella Lucia'

Mia smiled and it was obvious from her expression that, in her shock and anger at discovering she had a niece, she had overlooked the fact that her niece was named after her.

'Even though you didn't know about her, I always knew you'd be a fantastic Aunt...' Letty praised, rubbing her sister in law's arm in comfort.

A small hand tapping her on the back had Letty turning face her nephew. 'What's up, buddy?' She asked

'Tio Dom got an ice cream sundae... and I'm not allowed any...' Jack pouted. Letty hid a smile and played along.

'Oh really? Well, I think we should tell him off... what do you think?'

'Let's go!' Jack announced, pulling Letty to her feet and pulling her to the cafe, Mia laughing behind them, as she followed...

'So... A daughter, huh?' Brian said to Letty as they waited for Dom and Mia to get back from the toilets.

Letty let out a frustrated sigh. She starting to get tired of repeating herself. 'Yes, me and Dom have a daughter-'

'Calm down, girl!' Brian told her, quickly putting an end to her tirade. 'I was going to say, I don't blame you... I don't know how I would've cope if I was you. Must have been hard?'

'I carried her for nine months... and then two hours after she was born, she was gone...'

'Just give her time, Let. I'm sure once she got her head sorted, and her emotions in check, she'll realise... Trust me on that...' Brian told her, rubbing her arm gently.

'Thanks Brian... but I think I blew my chances of getting to know-'

'Let, you made the desicion to give her a better life. No one can blame you for that. You were thinking of your daughter and the most heartbreaking thing a parent could do is give their child away. But you had your reasons, Letty, now it's up to Mariella to realise that you did the right thing for her, for her life... like I said, no one can ever blame you for giving your child a better life...'

Letty was silent. Unshed tears burning her eyes.

This is why she liked Brian. He never forced anything out of anyone, unless you were the baddie, and he was always there to comfort people if they deserved it, no questions asked.

'Thanks, Brian' Letty said, honestly, and pulled him in for hug.

Jack pouted and folded his arms. 'What about me?' Letty laughed at her nephews whine and scooped him into her arms, letting him join the hug.

'Love you!' Jack singsonged into Letty's ear, sensing she needed some comfort.

Letty chuckled. 'Love you too, buddy!' She said, setting him back on his feet and holding her hand out for the little hand to clasp round her fingers tightly, a small smile forming on her face at the little gesture...

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