Aaliyah felt as though a weight had been lifted as she told the Braxton's about the money.

"It was left to me by my Gran" Aaliyah explained, Brax and Heath both looked confused.

"It was shared. Lexi got left $1.6 million, but Gran split her fortune 3 ways between me, Lexi and Riley. And because Riley isn't old enough his share of the money was given to me" Everything became clear to the Braxton's.

"And she's not happy" Brax assumed.

Aaliyah nodded "No, but what she doesn't realise is as soon as I inherited the money I put Riley's share in a trust fund for him. So technically I never had more than her. But that isn't good enough. Lexi thinks the money should have been split down the middle" Aaliyah continued. Heath looked like he was lost, but Brax kept up.

"And what about Johnny does he know?" Brax asked finally.

"Yeh, this isn't the first time Lexi has tried to hurt me" Aaliyah's revelation shocked the brothers.

"She's done something like this before?" Casey questioned.

"Yeah, she was the reason I got hit by Johnny in that car" Aaliyah's mood had changed; Brax could tell she obviously didn't want to talk about it anymore.

"So you said Johnny knows about the money?" Brax questioned diverting the conversation. Aaliyah's mood lifted instantly as she looked at him.

"Yes, he knows about the money, that's one of the reasons we are still married" Aaliyah explained "While he is my husband Johnny is my next of kin, so if anything does happen to me he will automatically inherit the money. And Riley's trust fund will still be valid"

It was at this moment the Braxton's realised just how complicated Aaliyah's life was. This poor woman had been disowned by her family, abandoned by her husband and spent most of her time moving around to escape gangs and psychotic family members. Wow what a woman, Brax thought to himself quietly.

"What about Dylan?" Heath finally spoke. Aaliyah turned to face him before responding.

"I don't know, I didn't even realise they were together until I read that" Aaliyah said pointing at the letter that Brax had now placed on the table. Brax put his head in his hands. He was thinking of how he could help. "What are we gonna do Bro" Heath questioned. Brax looked at his brother "I don't know, I haven't worked that one out yet, but I promise you" Brax said as he turned back to face Aaliyah "I will work something out"

Aaliyah nodded, she trusted Brax completely, even though she had only known him for a short while, he had already put so much on the line for her.

Later that afternoon Aaliyah collected Riley from his friend's house. She didn't want him to know there was something wrong, so Aaliyah tried to act as normally as possible around him. She decided to take him to the diner for a milkshake and some ice cream.

Riley sat at the table and waited for his mum to bring the drinks over to him. Aaliyah handed Riley his milkshake, before sitting next to him. She felt extremely uneasy. She couldn't shake the feeling that something bad was going to happen. "Are you ok mum?" Riley asked curiously as he watched his mum continuously looking around her. "Yes buddy, I'm just waiting for someone" Aaliyah smiled as coolly as she could. She checked her phone for the 20th time. It wasn't just Lexi Aaliyah was looking for. Aaliyah couldn't help but notice the way Casey had been with her earlier that day. He didn't seem himself. Aaliyah was trying to think if she had said anything that could have offended him, then it finally dawned on her, she had practically declared that she had not intention of divorcing Johnny. Oh my god, I'm such and idiot she thought to herself.

Aaliyah quickly grabbed her phone and started to dial Casey's number, she had to explain. She didn't need to ring him though, because as she looked up, he was standing in front of her. "Riley go and ask Leah for some ice cream" Aaliyah said to Riley before looking at Casey. Riley didn't need telling twice. Aaliyah and Casey watched him skip happily towards the counter. Aaliyah turned her attention back to Casey.

"I'm so sorry about this morning" she said quickly getting to the point. Casey looked confused and hurt.

"If you wanna be with Heath then I would rather know now" Casey blurted out, causing Aaliyah's jaw to drop.

"What?" she exclaimed.

"I know you slept with him more than once last week" Casey informed her, Aaliyah swallowed hard, she didn't know what to say. She quickly grabbed his hand "Casey I…" she tried. But Casey snatched his hand away quickly "Save it, I'm done with this" he spat before storming out. As Aaliyah looked up to watch him leave she was horrified by who had witnessed the incident. Standing in front of her was a very smug looking Lexi.

"Well, well, well, I see you have moved on" Lexi grinned mischievously.

"I don't know what you mean, it's not like that" Aaliyah tried to explain herself. The last person she needed to know about her relationship was Lexi.

"We'll see" Lexi beamed before turning on her heels and walking away.

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Aaliyah couldn't believe Lexi had witnessed her argument with Casey; it wouldn't be long before Lexi broadcasted it throughout the Bay. Oh god this was a disaster, she thought to herself as she walked along the beach. It had been an hour since her run in with Lexi. Aaliyah wasn't sure what to do. As she looked on the beach it was then she saw him. Casey was stood talking to a woman, as Aaliyah got closer she realised the woman was Lexi. Before she had chance to confront her Lexi planted a passionate kiss on Casey's lips.

Aaliyah was furious, how could Casey stand there and just let this happen. Aaliyah stormed up the beach towards them, Riley following closely behind her. Aaliyah grabbed a chunk of her sister's hair and pulled her head backwards, quickly yanking her away from Casey. Aaliyah then punched Lexi in the face; she tackled her sister to the floor. But before she could do anything else Aaliyah was pulled off the young woman.

As Aaliyah struggled the person turned her round and smacked her across the face. It was Aaliyah's dad. Casey was infuriated as he watched Aaliyah fall to the floor. Riley was screaming frantically at the man who had hit his mum. Lexi quickly scrambled to her feet and hid behind her dad. Aaliyah was still on the sand nursing her bloody lip. Riley was hugging his mum.

Casey launched himself at Aaliyah's dad, but was interrupted by Brax and Heath pulling him away. Heath grabbed his brother as Brax grabbed Aaliyah's dad. "You ain't gonna push her around, you stay away from her or things could get ugly, do you understand" Brax threatened. Aaliyah's dad backed away instantly, he had always been a coward when it came to things like this. Aaliyah was relieved for the intervention; Casey reached out and helped Aaliyah to her feet.

Once again Brax witnessed the closeness between them as Casey helped Aaliyah off the sand and towards her car. Aaliyah was carrying Riley in her arms. Brax shook his head as he watched the couple closely. After this performance he was now certain something was going on between them.

Ok so I'm not sure about this chapter, I hope you enjoy it. Please R & R.

Much love Nikki x x

Coming up-

Brax confronts Aaliyah and Casey!

The net closes in on Aaliyah, but her mind is pre-occupied by a test result!

Lexi visits Johnny in prison and informs him of Aaliyah and Casey's relationship, how will he react?