Leila was extremely excited to have her best friend back in town; she had been around for about a week. Ashleigh had made arrangements to stay at The Sands; she wasn't exactly Geoffrey's biggest fan. And Geoffrey wasn't too fond of Ashleigh either, so Leila thought it would be for the best that Ashleigh didn't stay at the house.
Leila had arranged for her and Ashleigh to accompany Geoffrey to a cage fight. She thought it would be something Ashleigh enjoyed, not only that it had been a while since Leila had seen Brax and she had heard a rumour he would be there.
Ashleigh had arranged to meet Leila and Geoffrey at the fight. As Ashleigh walked to her seat she spotted an old friend "Oh my god Sully" she cried as she approached him.
"Ash" Sully said as he pulled Ashleigh into a hug "How the hell are ya?"
"Yeh I'm good thanks, just here visiting a friend of mine" Ashleigh explained as she pulled away. Sully noticed the way Ashleigh was looking at the men behind him.
"Oh sorry, Er…this is Heath and Darryl Braxton" Sully said as he pointed to each man.
"Hello again" Brax said as he looked at Ashleigh curiously.
"You've met?" Sully wondered.
"Yes, he knows Leila, my friend" Ashleigh explained "She's coming tonight by the way" Ashleigh added with a smile. She couldn't help but notice the smirk creeping across Brax's face. As she turned round she also noticed Heath was still staring at her.
"Heath come on, it's time" Brax said interrupting Heath's thoughts.
"I'll be sticking around after the fight if you wanna go for a drink?" Ashleigh said boldly causing Brax to laugh.
"Sure, I'll come find you" Heath was shocked; he had never met a woman as forward as this before.
-x-
When Heath made his way to the ring with Brax, Ashleigh went to find her seat. Leila and Geoffrey were already there, Leila was stood drinking champagne. Leila was wearing a pair of black skinny jeans and a cream frilly blouse which was tucked in. On her feet was a pair of gold peep toe stilettos, her hair was in a loose bun pinned to lower side of her head, with a sweeping fringe.
Ashleigh cringed as she watched Geoffrey resting his hand is the small of Leila's back, while he talked to some business associates. Ashleigh never could see what Leila saw in him, especially when she was attracting the attention of men like Darryl Braxton. Ashleigh had seen the way they looked at eachother, she wasn't stupid she had realised something had been going on the day she saw them on the beach.
Leila watched Brax's cage fight cautiously, she hated to see him getting hurt, especially when she knew the reason he was doing it to himself. After a few gruelling rounds Brax had finally gained the upper hand, that was until Leah came rushing to the front "Stop the fight!" she cried. Leila saw Heath grab Leah. She watched as Leah tried to get past him "Brax stop" Leah cried again causing Brax to turn.
Leila was horrified when she saw the other fighter hit him in the head knocking him to the floor "Brax" she yelled as she dropped her glass and ran towards the cage. Geoffrey looked furious as he watched his wife. Leila ran straight past Heath and stopped at the side of the cage, she could see Brax had been pinned and it seemed like he was losing consciousness "Brax" she yelled again. Leila banged on the side of the cage "Open it, Open it now" she demanded to one of the referees.
As the cage door opened Leila rushed in and towards Brax, Heath and Leah followed closely behind her "Brax" she said softly as she put her hand on his face. Brax had regained consciousness but was still groggy. "Leila" Brax exclaimed weakly. Leah couldn't believe what she was seeing. Brax put his hand up to Leila's face before looking to the left of her. In the distance her could see Geoffrey staring at him with a deathly glare.
"Hey you need to get up" Brax said as he saw the anger spreading across Geoffrey King's face. Leila just shook her head "Leila your being watched" Brax added.
"I don't care, I wanna know you are ok" Leila argued, Ashleigh had now rushed over to find out what was going on "Leila please" Brax pleaded.
Geoffrey had now gone closer to the cage to find out what was happening, Ashleigh also sensed he wasn't happy with Leila's public display of concern for this River Boy. "Lay, come on sweetie we'll come and see him later I promise" Ashleigh smiled as she helped Leila to her feet. Leila climbed out of the cage and followed Ashleigh back to where she had been sat. Geoffrey came over and grabbed her arm.
"What the hell was that?" He spat furiously "You have made a fool out of me"
Leila looked at the ground before finally looking up to answer him "I'm so sorry honey it's just it brought back so many memories for me" Leila explained quietly.
"Oh god Leila I'm sorry I didn't think" Geoffrey realised what Leila meant and felt terrible for questioning her.
"Its ok, I don't expect you to remember, you weren't there" Leila smiled as she kissed Geoffrey's cheek "I know this is an extremely unreasonable thing for me to ask but I'd really like to make sure he is ok"
Geoffrey nodded "Ok I'll come with you"
"NO…No, I don't think you would be welcomed, I'm sure Ashleigh wouldn't mind coming with me" Leila smiled, Geoffrey nodded.
"Ok, I'll wait in the car" He said as he gave her a kiss and disappeared out of sight. Leila waited for a few moments before quickly heading to the medical room with Ashleigh, Heath was waiting outside.
"How is he?" Leila asked eagerly, Heath was a little surprised.
"Er Yeh he's ok, you can go in if you want" Heath smiled, Leila opened the door and went inside.
-x-
Brax was sat on a bed, his head shot up when he saw Leila enter, he grinned widely as she approached him "Hey you" he smiled.
"Hey, r u ok?" Leila said as she stood in between Brax's legs, Brax could see the tears in Leila's eyes; he put his hand up to gently wipe them away.
"I'm fine, got a head like steel me" he teased. Leila started to cry.
"I'm sorry it's just you really scared me back there" Leila cried, Brax pulled her towards him.
-x-
Ashleigh was sat outside in the corridor flirting with Heath when Leah arrived, she seemed worried "Where's Brax?" she snapped. Heath pointed towards the door.
"He doesn't need you in there he's fine" Heath said firmly, Leah frowned
"I'll be the judge of that" Leah said as she opened the door and walked in, she was stunned to see Leila stood between Brax's legs wrapped tightly in his arms.
"I'm sorry" she exclaimed as she closed the door and hurried back down the corridor.
"Like I said he has someone taking care of him" Heath called after her with a grin on his face.
-x-
Leila headed outside to the car and got in; Geoffrey had been waiting for her. Ashleigh had gone for a drink with Heath like she promised.
"Was he ok?" Geoffrey asked, he didn't really care either way but thought it would make a conversation.
"Yeh, he's fine now. Thank you so much for waiting sweetie" Leila replied as she took Geoffrey's hand.
"I'm sorry about getting angry before. I didn't think about what you went through with Harry" Geoffrey said softly.
"Its fine, I didn't mean to freak out it's just when I saw him fall like that. It reminded me of Harry's fight. I don't know Brax all that well but when I was helping you with Angelo's I got to know a bit about him and his family and I couldn't bare for them to go through what I did" Leila explained, Geoffrey just squeezed Leila's hand "Please forgive me" she added as she looked at her husband.
"Of course I forgive you, I just hope you can forgive me for being so insensitive" Geoffrey replied as he pulled up on the drive of their home.
Leila stepped out of the car and headed into the house, she headed straight to the bedroom Geoffrey followed.
-x-
The next morning Leila was surprised to see Geoffrey had already got up, she slipped on her red silk dressing gown and headed into the lounge, she saw Geoffrey putting a few things into a holdall, it was then she noticed the suitcase in the hall near the front door.
"Morning Darling, I was just about to wake you. I have got to go on a business trip for a few days to Europe" Geoffrey explained.
"Ok" Leila nodded as she poured herself some coffee "When will you get back?" Leila wondered.
"Next Friday" Geoffrey replied, Leila glance at the calendar and saw it was only Tuesday. That meant she had the house to herself for 10 days.
Geoffrey finished gathering his things before saying goodbye to Leila and heading to the airport. Leila quickly headed into the shower after Geoffrey had gone. She got changed into a black and red maxi dress with black thong sandals. She grabbed her handbag and headed towards the car.
-x-
Brax was still sore from the night before, he had gone into the kitchen for some more painkillers when he heard the knock at the door. When Brax opened it he was shocked to see who it was "Leila Hi" Brax smiled he opened the door a little wider so Leila could go in.
"Hi, I just came to see if you were ok" Leila said as she put her bag down on the floor.
"Bit sore but still alive" Brax teased as he put his hands on Leila's waist.
"That's not funny" Leila replied as she pulled away "Do you have any idea how scared I was last night? How much trouble I nearly got myself into?" Leila snapped.
Brax frowned "I'm sorry" he replied "Was Geoffrey ok with you when you left?" Brax wondered.
"Yeh he was fine, it's him I came to talk to you about actually. He's gone to Europe for 10 days" Brax's face lit up when Leila told him about Geoffrey's trip. "I was thinking while he was out of the house maybe you could stay with me"
"Er…Yeh ok?" Brax wasn't sure why he agreed but something inside him was telling him he had too.
"Great well here's my address, I'll see you tonight" She said as she kissed him on the lips gently and headed towards the door.
"Where are you going?" Brax asked curiously.
"I've gotta meet Ashleigh, we are going to see what else we can find out about Jimmy" Leila disappeared.
-x-
Leila knocked gently on Ashleigh's motel door, she was shocked when Heath answered it "Hi is Ashleigh there" Leila asked.
"Ashleigh it's for you" Heath called, Ashleigh arrived at the door after a few minutes. Leila frowned when she realised Ashleigh was wearing Heath's t-shirt. Heath headed to the bathroom when Ashleigh let Leila into the motel room.
"What are you doing Ash?" Leila asked, she was worried about her friend.
"I could say the same about you?" Ashleigh replied.
"I don't know what you mean?" Leila tried to defend herself but she knew it was hopeless. Leila knew Ashleigh would see straight through her.
"Oh come on don't give me that. The way you guys look at eachother and the way you behaved yesterday" Ashleigh protested "I'm not an idiot"
"Ok, you're right I have been seeing him" Leila gave in "Please keep it to yourself Ash"
"You know I will honey" Ashleigh grabbed Leila's hand; Leila frowned as she watched heath walk out of the bathroom and into the kitchen.
"Ash, I don't think Heath is the right guy for you. He's not the kind of company you should keep. Heath Braxton is dangerous" Leila warned.
"Yes and people have said the same about Brax, I know what I am doing Leila" Ashleigh reassured her. Leila nodded, what right did she have telling Ashleigh not to spend time with Heath Braxton, when she in fact was getting up close and personal with his brother?
-x-
Leila and Ashleigh pulled up outside Leila's house; Ashleigh was blown away as she looked around the house.
"Wow" she gasped as she walked into the huge kitchen and adjoining dining room.
"Thanks" Leila laughed.
As Leila got her and Ashleigh a drink she was shocked to be interrupted by a beeping sound coming from her phone. Leila looked at the screen and realised she had a text message Be round at 9, DB x. Leila's heart skipped a beat when she read the message.
After Leila handed Ashleigh her drink she headed over to the cabinet and took out a file. "In here is everything to do with Jimmy" Leila said as she handed Ashleigh the folder. Ashleigh took it and started to read it.
"Who's Gerald Anderson?" Ashleigh wondered.
"He is the key to it all, once we find out who he is then we have cracked it all" Leila explained. For once since Jimmy's death Leila seemed hopeful about finding the truth.
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For those of you who are wondering who Harry is, all will be explained later I promise.
Coming up-
The truth comes out but will Leila like what she hears?
Brax steps in to protect Leila when an argument gets out of hand, but is Leah right had Brax really fallen for Leila?
Geoffrey's business trip is extended!