So... A little secret, I had this chapter ready before I went on holiday, but the reviews were so good I had to leave you in suspence a little longer!

Enjoy! X

Previously

'So, what do you want to talk about?' Letty asked gently, as the waves softly crashed together in the Dominican Republic sea...

The soft wind blew as they sat on the rocks, waiting for Mariella to talk.

'Who was that who gave you away?' Mariella asked, tucking a piece of stray hair behind her ear, as she looked at her Mom.

'Jack. He's my nephew' Letty answered, softly, not wanting to offend her daughter.

'He looked cute. Although I did wonder where he was going when he was running up the isle'

'I think we all did' Dom laughed gently, pressing a kiss to Letty's head.

Mariella smiled at the action. 'After everything you've been through, you're still together...'

'And we always be' Dom said, looking straight at Letty, who smiled and turned her head, kissing him softly.

Mariella looked away at the precious moment, not wanting them to see her tears. She quickly wiped them away and set her face into a smile.

Letty looked concerned. 'What's wrong?' She asked gently, seeing right through her facade.

Mariella shook her head and turned away, unable to hold the tears at bay and let them slowly slip down her cheeks.

'Mariella?' Letty asked, quickly moving to the other side of her daughter and gently pulling to her hands away from her face. 'Hey, what's wrong?' She asked gently, her hands wiping away the waterfall of tears.

Dom wrapped a strong arm round his daughters shoulder, leaning round, so him and Letty were both in her eye view.

'I don't know... I just... I've been so horrible to the both of you, more so to you...' Mariella sobbed to Letty, before continuing. 'And you're just acting like I haven't even done anything'

'Because you haven't...' Dom told her, causing her attention to go to him. 'Whatever you said to us back then... you weren't in your right mind set, you had a lot of emotions running through you...'

'Yeah... plus, I said somethings which could have been worded differently... but look, what's been said, has been said... we can't change that, but right now, right here... we can turn over a blank page, if that's what you want...' Letty asked, gently.

Mariella sniffled and nodding frantically. 'I didn't... I didn't mean what I said, when I said what I said... honestly'

'It doesn't matter. Honestly, I would've probably reacted in the exact same way'

'You've got your mother's temper anyway...' Dom told Mariella, who smiled and laughed as Letty agreed, before realising what her husband had said.

'Oi!' Letty scowled at Dom, before laughing slightly. 'Well... he does have a point there actually...'

Mariella laughed, wiping her eyes with her thumbs. 'Sorry I've made you late to the party... You should go. Celebrate'

'You're not coming?' Letty asked, her voice sounding slightly disappointed.

'Well... I thought you wouldn't want...' Mariella trailed off, not needing to finish her sentence.

Dom and Letty looked at each other, before looking back at Mariella.

'Can we tell you something? Just don't tell your Aunt Mia' Dom said, softly.

'Don't tell her what?'

'Me and your Dad... We've been married nearly five years already' Letty finished, watching her daughters eyebrows shoot up in surprise.

'But then why...' She trialed off as she realised why. 'You did it behind their backs?'

Letty nodded. 'Even after your Dad left me in D.R, I never told anyone. We were going to tell Mia together... but life got in the way...'

'So... this more like a vow renewal?'

'Got it in one' Letty smiled, before looking out to the ocean, which had been getting closer and closer as they had been talking. 'Do you want to come in with us? Or we can drop you back at the hotel... if you want'

'Can... can I come in? With you guys?' Mariella stuttered, relief swimming through her as her parents nodded.

'Course you can...'

'C'mon Mia, who was it?'

'She's basically a mini version of Letty!'

'Since when does she have a sister? She's never mentioned anything!'

Mia swallowed a glass of water in one gulp, her eyes darting for the champagne she wished she could have.

The boys -mainly Roman and excluding Brian- were doing her head in about the mini Letty that had appeared suddenly.

'Guys! It's not my place to tell! It's Letty's!' Mia whined, heading for the buffet where Jack was.

'Oh c'mon Mia! Is she at least-' Tej elbowed Roman in the ribs as the door opened and Letty stepped in, with a frown, at the sudden silence.

'What?' She questioned, walking into the room with Dom and Mariella following her.

Roman straightened out his jacket and tie, heading for Mariella, who was gazing round the room.

'Hello, pretty lady!' Roman greeted, picking up her hand and kissing the back of it. 'May I say you're looking gorgeous tonight?'

Mariella brought her hand back to her side, clearly not interested, but Roman pushed on, not seeing Dom's expression or body language slowly changing.

'And I suggest you check with the young girls parents before you try and make a move on their fifteen year old daughter' he eventually said, as Roman took Mariella's hand again.

Roman frowned at Dom and looked round the room, in confusion. 'Who are her parents?'

Mariella looked from her Dad to her Mom. 'Does he really not see the resemblance?'

'Well you look like Letty, but we'd know if she had a kid...' Roman said, with a slight laugh. Letty raised an eyebrow and stood next to her daughter.

'Okay... let me rephrase something Dom said... Maybe you should check with us' Letty pointed to herself and Dom before continuing. 'Before you hit on our daughter!'

Roman's eyebrows almost shot off his head in surprise and he quickly dropped Mariella's hand. 'Daughter?!'

'Yes'

'As you two created her?'

'Well it does take two to tango!'

'Mariella!'

'What? It does' Mariella said to her mother, before eyeing the drink table. 'Anyone for a drink?'...

'How much has she had?' Letty asked, two hours later, as she sat with Dom and Brian at a table, a bottle of Corona in their hands.

Mariella was currently dancing with Mia, who had practically stolen her away from her parents, for most of the night, and had a Corona bottle swinging from her fingers.

'About two... I hope' Dom said, keeping a close eye on her.

'Oh, come on... let her live a little. You two were the same I bet' Brian said, taking a swig from his own bottle.

Letty and Dom glanced at each other, both agreeing silently.

'Well we were... slightly more crazy-'

'We?' Dom spluttered out before laughing. 'I seem to remember you drinking a lot and me having to take you home...'

Letty rolled her eyes. 'Fine! But Brian's right... We'd be hypocritical if we-' Letty cut herself off as Mia suddenly turned to face her, her face looking like she was ten seconds away from exploding.

Letty saw Mariella clamp a hand to mouth before rushing out of the room, as Mia stomped forward.

'You can deal with her!' Letty said, as quickly as possible before running or after her daughter, leaving a confused Brian and Dom sat in their seats...

'You okay?'

Mariella groaned at the sound of her mother's voice and slumped against the wall of the bathroom, after flushing the toilet. 'Do I look okay?' She managed to bite out, her head spinning.

Letty raised her eyebrows at her daughters tone. 'No, in fact... you look like shit...' She commented, before grabbing a glass of water and handing it her.

Mariella took a small sips, glancing up guiltily at her Mom. 'Sorry for ruining the party'

'Don't worry about it. I was your age once, done lot worse' Letty told her, as she reached for a flannel that was resting against the sink and wetting it with cold water.

Mariella looked at her mother curiously, eager to know. 'Like what?'

Letty sighed and squatted down in front of her, dabbing the cool wet cloth onto her daughters head. 'Me and your Aunt gate crashed a wedding reception once... by accident'

'Anyone famous?'

Letty snorted slightly. 'No! Me, Dom and some of the others were staying overnight near the desert for Race Wars, me and Mia got bored and went exploring... a drink into about twenty and then we found this like outside marquee and been the nosy teenagers we were, decided to check it out'

'Did you catch the bouquet?'

'Nah! I shoved Mia infront of me for that bit!'

Mariella laughed. 'I can't believe you gatecrashed a wedding reception.'

Letty laughed. 'Your dad did worse... he and the boys once gatecrashed a funeral wake... the widower got so mad he ended literally grabbing them and throwing them out'

Mariella clamped a hand over her mouth as she laughed. Once she had managed to calm down, she grabbing the toilet seat to pull herself to her feet. 'I don't feel too good'

'Have you mixed your drinks?' Letty asked, getting to her own feet and cupping her daughters face in her hands.

'Maybe... I had a few shots of vodka to steady my nerves before I got to the beach...'

Letty groaned. A few shots... she had to heard that a lot over the years. 'Come on, let's get you to bed...' She said, wrapping one of her daughters arms round her neck and leading her from the bathroom.

'LETTY!' Dom thundered, as he caught sight of his wife and daughter emerging from the bathroom.

Letty jumped at unexpected voice and turned her head, her mouth dropping at the visible handprint on his face. 'What the hell did Mia do to you?' She asked, as Dom quickened his steps to help with Mariella.

Swinging his daughters other arm round his neck, Dom spoke. 'She found out that we got married behind her back'

Letty gasped. 'But how did she-' Letty groaned as the answer hit her. 'Mariella...'

'Sorry! I didnt mean to... she was talking about wedding plans and how perfect this one was... I was caught up in moment...' Mariella groaned as a bright light hit her eyes.

Dom and Letty led her to a spare room, with an ensuite. 'You brought anything to change into?' Letty asked softly.

'Sleep in this...' Mariella murmured, the alcohol she had consumed making her sleepy.

Letty looked as though she was going to argue, but Dom nudged her as they reached the bed.

They lifted their daughters arms from around their necks and gently lowered her onto the bed, Letty removing the heels from her feet, before tugging the bed covers over her.

'Didn't think I'd be doing this tonight...' Dom whispered to Letty, who smiled and grabbed the bucket from the opposite end of the room, placing it at the side of the bed.

'Me neither' She whispered back, stroking a piece of hair from Mariella's damp forehead.

Dom smiled at his wife and headed round to side of the bed, wrapping his arms round her shoulders. 'She's perfect, Let...' he whispered to her, as they looked down at the sleeping figure of their daughter.

Letty smiled. 'Can't take all the credit, you did help...' She joked, causing Dom to chuckle.

'I mean it, Let... Thank you for giving me her...' he said, kissing the side of his wife's head.

They stood in silence for a few minutes, just watching over Mariella before they headed for the door, intending to go back downstairs, when a voice spoke.

'G'night Mami, G'night Papi'

Dom froze and it took a few minutes to look over his shoulder at his daughter, who stared back at him and had an innocent but genuine smile on her sleepy face.

'Goodnight, sweetie' Dom looked down at Letty, as she spoke, and saw she was trying her hardest to keep her emotions in check.

She quickly turned away from her daughter and slipped out of the room, Dom following after giving Mariella a reassuring smile. He gently closed the door behind him and grabbed Letty in his arms, as her tears escaped.

He thought having his family witness his and Letty's vows to each other were the best gift of the night, but he was wrong.

Their daughter had just given them the best gift of them all...

R&R X