Letty's POV
It had been three weeks since I had told my mum my decision and I had been waiting for the moment when she and James would tell everyone. Now as I sat nervously on the lounge next to Dom I wished they'd have waited longer. The wedding was a week away and everything was ready we were just slowly counting down the days.
"So what's with the family meeting?" Vince asked and I lowered my gaze as Mum's swept past me to look at Vince.
"Well James and I have some news to tell you all." I felt Dom's eyes on me and I could only guess he had a feeling I knew what this was about and possibly the reason why I had been stressing.
"Are you pregnant?" Mia spoke making me laugh along with mum and James.
"No honey I'm not pregnant."
"No I've been offered a job in Sacramento and I've taken it. They need me pretty much right away but because of the wedding they said I could start straight after. Recently though we've decided we need to get settled up there before then so we were planning on making the trip with our stuff on Friday and stay up there probably for a couple of days. We'll be back a couple of days before the wedding but we just wanted to let you all know we're sorry if it's a little short notice it's just taken us a while to get the courage to say anything. I mean we all knew this was never going to be a permanent set up for us." James said gesturing to the house.
"Exactly we would have been living at James'. At least now one of the boys will be able to have the spare room." She joked.
"Well congrats on the job, I wish you had of said something sooner." Dom spoke but he was sitting tense next to me.
"Yeah congrats." Everyone else spoke.
"Thank you, don't worry we'll still visit and we expect you guys to do the same when you have the chance. Especially now since Letty's decided not to join us." He said quietly and I immediately ducked my head once more as everyone suddenly swung around to look at me. I could feel the heat radiate off Dom, trouble was I didn't know if it was from anger or worry.
"Um yeah so that was all." Mum quickly said obviously feeling the tension in the room.
"Uh yeah… Anyway we're off for a bit we have some… wedding stuff to do before we leave on Friday." James said quickly and I wanted to roll my eyes at his sad attempt to lie just to get out of the house.
"Right well see you all later tonight." Mum called after no one said anything. We heard the front door open and close loudly but it was the quiet and rushed whispers that faded off afterwards that I heard the most.
"Are you sure we should leave her alone?"
"Trust me she'll be fine."
"He didn't look happy Maria."
"She'll be fine."
The silence in the room continued for a good five minutes and I noted even more so that Dom's body had gone rigid and wasn't moving apart from his deep breathing.
"You were thinking of leaving?" Mia asked sadly and I sighed looking up at her.
"She's my mum Mia… of course I was thinking about it but I decided to stay so it really doesn't matter."
"How can you say that of course it matters." Dom snapped looking at me.
"Don't do this." I said quietly as I got up but he stopped me before I could get far.
"Is that what you've been stressing about? You were seriously considering leaving?" He asked as we stood looking at each other. I nodded but didn't say anything else.
"Why? Do you not like it here anymore?" Vince asked from behind me and I tilted my head to the side.
"It's nothing like that. I would have visited when I could." I said shaking my head.
"Is that supposed to make it okay? You're my girlfriend Letty, shouldn't that have been a decision that we both should have made together? If you had of chosen to go was this how I was going to find out? I didn't get a say it was just going to be 'I'm leaving see you later'? How was that going to affect us?"
"I don't know okay?" I said quietly shrugging and I watched the hurt flash across his face.
"What does that mean?"
"I don't know Dom… I just know I'm not the only one keeping secrets. You've been acting so weird, Vince and Leon too." He said nothing just turned away and I took that to mean I was right.
"You can't be pissed at me. You guys tell me nothing about the plan with the garage or about the money and the cars that are suddenly coming in. I'm not an idiot, your racing again. I don't where or who with but I know that much." He looked behind me for a moment and I could tell he was silently looking at Vince without needing to turn around.
"Okay your right we're racing… We have a deal with Racer's Edge and the people at the races have been bringing their cars in to me to fix. I didn't want to get you guys into that. That's why I didn't tell you." he said quietly.
"Ever think I might want a say in that?" I said to him and he sighed.
"I wanted you safe, is that so wrong?" He asked sadly.
"No I guess not…. but I made the decision to stay so none of this should matter." I said quietly.
"But now I have to face the fact that you could just up and leave because you have considered it." He said quietly and I could hear the fear and the hurt in his voice.
"I won't leave unless you give me a reason to." I said slowly watching as he turned away from me all together.
"Thanks Let that's great..." He mumbled before he walked off on me leaving me confused.
"What the hell?" I asked as I turned to Vince and Leon.
"We'll go speak with him." Leon mumbled and they left quickly.
"I can't believe you were going to leave." Mia said sadly and I sighed turning back to the younger girl.
"If you were in the same boat as me would you consider it?" I asked her and she paused thinking about it before sighing.
"Yeah I guess I would. I'm glad you're staying though."
"Yeah me too. I just wish I knew what was going on with Dom." I sighed.
Dom's POV
Hearing the words from James that Letty had decided not to join them made me freeze unable to breathe to the point where I thought I was going to pass out. That's what all the stressing was about? She was thinking of leaving us?
I sat out on the step on the front porch with my head in my hands. Her words were echoing in my head and I couldn't make them stop.
"I won't leave unless you give me a reason to."
'Cheating was a huge reason for her to leave.' I thought sadly.
I heard the front door open but I didn't look up knowing it was probably going to be Vince. I heard more than one persona and I placed the other person as Leon as they sat either side of me.
"You okay?" Vince asked concerned and I looked up at him knowing I had tears in my eyes.
"Does it look like I'm okay?" I asked him quietly. He looked shocked but said nothing.
"I know I shouldn't say this but I really don't think you should tell her." Leon said and I sighed shaking my head.
"No I need to because if it ever gets out it'll just be worse then it will if I tell her now."
"I know you love her, any idiot can see that. What you did was wrong and what we did was wrong too. Maybe if we hadn't of made you keep it a secret and made you tell her things would have been different. Maybe you wouldn't have cheated again. We'll never know. I do know one thing though Letty loves you unconditionally if she leaves she'll come back." Leon said quietly.
"You don't know that." I said sadly still feeling the need to cry.
"Yeah I do. Let and I grew close while you were away. One night we were talking and the topic of cheating came up. She described you like a drug, she's addicted to you. She told me if you ever did anything to hurt her she'd always come back because she wouldn't be able to stay away. No matter what you do, she loves you more than anything Dom."
"I don't want her to be one of those girls. The ones who run back to the guy who constantly hurts them. She deserves better."
"Yeah she does… but I know the Dom she fell in love with is in there somewhere. You just gotta find him."
"Jail screwed me up." I mumbled.
"Yeah a little… If you want to tell her you should probably do it soon. Michelle threated weeks ago and there's been nothing so far and that's not a good sign." Vince said and I nodded agreeing.
"Yeah I know… How do you tell someone you love you cheated?" I asked sadly. A gasp from behind broke through our conversation and I turned around fast almost giving myself whip lash. I was on my feet and in front of her before Vince or Leon were off the floor. I blocked the entrance to the house as I trapped her against the wall.
"Mia…please." I begged as she stared up at me wide eyed. I was glad it wasn't Letty like I had first thought when I had heard the gasp. Being Mia though didn't make it any easier, it just made it another person who was involved.
"Dom….?" she whispered.
"Mia please… I'm so sorry I never meant to hurt her. Please don't tell her." I said quietly as I looked down at her.
"How could you?" She whispered still in shock and I shook my head sadly at her.
"I don't know…it just happened. It's been a month since anything happened I promise you that, it's over. I haven't told Letty yet but I plan to. Please I just need some time." I begged quietly.
"Who?" she asked but I shook my head.
"Dom who?" She demanded and I looked at my little sister sadly.
"Mia please you don't need to know okay. Please don't say anything. Dom needs to do this." Vince said quietly as he reached out to her. She coiled back and spun on him.
"How could you two cover for him?" She hissed quietly as I was left standing there staring at the spot she had been.
"It's not like we wanted to okay? She was so hurt after Dom broke it off with her in prison. We didn't want her to be like that again." Leon said quietly and I listened to Mia scoff.
"That's bullshit, you were protecting him." Vince and Leon were pleading quietly with her as I stood still staring at the wall.
"Mia please… please." Vince pleaded with her I turned to watch them as Mia looked back at me with a torn expression on her face.
"Please." I said almost silently and she sighed.
"Fine. But you better tell her or I will."
"I will I swear I will after the wedding is over I'll tell her. You have my word Mi." I said quietly.
"You've really fucked up." She said quietly and I nodded.
"I know… just like I know I'm going to lose her." She shook her head slowly.
"You don't know that."
"She'll never trust me after this." I said and she sighed nodding.
"Probably not." She agreed.
"I'm sorry Mia, you were never meant to be a part of this." I said sadly.
"Too late for that isn't it?" She asked as the tears I had been holding in finally rolled down my face.
"I'm sorry." I cried softly as I felt her arms wrap around me.
It had been three weeks since I had told my mum my decision and I had been waiting for the moment when she and James would tell everyone. Now as I sat nervously on the lounge next to Dom I wished they'd have waited longer. The wedding was a week away and everything was ready we were just slowly counting down the days.
"So what's with the family meeting?" Vince asked and I lowered my gaze as Mum's swept past me to look at Vince.
"Well James and I have some news to tell you all." I felt Dom's eyes on me and I could only guess he had a feeling I knew what this was about and possibly the reason why I had been stressing.
"Are you pregnant?" Mia spoke making me laugh along with mum and James.
"No honey I'm not pregnant."
"No I've been offered a job in Sacramento and I've taken it. They need me pretty much right away but because of the wedding they said I could start straight after. Recently though we've decided we need to get settled up there before then so we were planning on making the trip with our stuff on Friday and stay up there probably for a couple of days. We'll be back a couple of days before the wedding but we just wanted to let you all know we're sorry if it's a little short notice it's just taken us a while to get the courage to say anything. I mean we all knew this was never going to be a permanent set up for us." James said gesturing to the house.
"Exactly we would have been living at James'. At least now one of the boys will be able to have the spare room." She joked.
"Well congrats on the job, I wish you had of said something sooner." Dom spoke but he was sitting tense next to me.
"Yeah congrats." Everyone else spoke.
"Thank you, don't worry we'll still visit and we expect you guys to do the same when you have the chance. Especially now since Letty's decided not to join us." He said quietly and I immediately ducked my head once more as everyone suddenly swung around to look at me. I could feel the heat radiate off Dom, trouble was I didn't know if it was from anger or worry.
"Um yeah so that was all." Mum quickly said obviously feeling the tension in the room.
"Uh yeah… Anyway we're off for a bit we have some… wedding stuff to do before we leave on Friday." James said quickly and I wanted to roll my eyes at his sad attempt to lie just to get out of the house.
"Right well see you all later tonight." Mum called after no one said anything. We heard the front door open and close loudly but it was the quiet and rushed whispers that faded off afterwards that I heard the most.
"Are you sure we should leave her alone?"
"Trust me she'll be fine."
"He didn't look happy Maria."
"She'll be fine."
The silence in the room continued for a good five minutes and I noted even more so that Dom's body had gone rigid and wasn't moving apart from his deep breathing.
"You were thinking of leaving?" Mia asked sadly and I sighed looking up at her.
"She's my mum Mia… of course I was thinking about it but I decided to stay so it really doesn't matter."
"How can you say that of course it matters." Dom snapped looking at me.
"Don't do this." I said quietly as I got up but he stopped me before I could get far.
"Is that what you've been stressing about? You were seriously considering leaving?" He asked as we stood looking at each other. I nodded but didn't say anything else.
"Why? Do you not like it here anymore?" Vince asked from behind me and I tilted my head to the side.
"It's nothing like that. I would have visited when I could." I said shaking my head.
"Is that supposed to make it okay? You're my girlfriend Letty, shouldn't that have been a decision that we both should have made together? If you had of chosen to go was this how I was going to find out? I didn't get a say it was just going to be 'I'm leaving see you later'? How was that going to affect us?"
"I don't know okay?" I said quietly shrugging and I watched the hurt flash across his face.
"What does that mean?"
"I don't know Dom… I just know I'm not the only one keeping secrets. You've been acting so weird, Vince and Leon too." He said nothing just turned away and I took that to mean I was right.
"You can't be pissed at me. You guys tell me nothing about the plan with the garage or about the money and the cars that are suddenly coming in. I'm not an idiot, your racing again. I don't where or who with but I know that much." He looked behind me for a moment and I could tell he was silently looking at Vince without needing to turn around.
"Okay your right we're racing… We have a deal with Racer's Edge and the people at the races have been bringing their cars in to me to fix. I didn't want to get you guys into that. That's why I didn't tell you." he said quietly.
"Ever think I might want a say in that?" I said to him and he sighed.
"I wanted you safe, is that so wrong?" He asked sadly.
"No I guess not…. but I made the decision to stay so none of this should matter." I said quietly.
"But now I have to face the fact that you could just up and leave because you have considered it." He said quietly and I could hear the fear and the hurt in his voice.
"I won't leave unless you give me a reason to." I said slowly watching as he turned away from me all together.
"Thanks Let that's great..." He mumbled before he walked off on me leaving me confused.
"What the hell?" I asked as I turned to Vince and Leon.
"We'll go speak with him." Leon mumbled and they left quickly.
"I can't believe you were going to leave." Mia said sadly and I sighed turning back to the younger girl.
"If you were in the same boat as me would you consider it?" I asked her and she paused thinking about it before sighing.
"Yeah I guess I would. I'm glad you're staying though."
"Yeah me too. I just wish I knew what was going on with Dom." I sighed.
Dom's POV
Hearing the words from James that Letty had decided not to join them made me freeze unable to breathe to the point where I thought I was going to pass out. That's what all the stressing was about? She was thinking of leaving us?
I sat out on the step on the front porch with my head in my hands. Her words were echoing in my head and I couldn't make them stop.
"I won't leave unless you give me a reason to."
'Cheating was a huge reason for her to leave.' I thought sadly.
I heard the front door open but I didn't look up knowing it was probably going to be Vince. I heard more than one persona and I placed the other person as Leon as they sat either side of me.
"You okay?" Vince asked concerned and I looked up at him knowing I had tears in my eyes.
"Does it look like I'm okay?" I asked him quietly. He looked shocked but said nothing.
"I know I shouldn't say this but I really don't think you should tell her." Leon said and I sighed shaking my head.
"No I need to because if it ever gets out it'll just be worse then it will if I tell her now."
"I know you love her, any idiot can see that. What you did was wrong and what we did was wrong too. Maybe if we hadn't of made you keep it a secret and made you tell her things would have been different. Maybe you wouldn't have cheated again. We'll never know. I do know one thing though Letty loves you unconditionally if she leaves she'll come back." Leon said quietly.
"You don't know that." I said sadly still feeling the need to cry.
"Yeah I do. Let and I grew close while you were away. One night we were talking and the topic of cheating came up. She described you like a drug, she's addicted to you. She told me if you ever did anything to hurt her she'd always come back because she wouldn't be able to stay away. No matter what you do, she loves you more than anything Dom."
"I don't want her to be one of those girls. The ones who run back to the guy who constantly hurts them. She deserves better."
"Yeah she does… but I know the Dom she fell in love with is in there somewhere. You just gotta find him."
"Jail screwed me up." I mumbled.
"Yeah a little… If you want to tell her you should probably do it soon. Michelle threated weeks ago and there's been nothing so far and that's not a good sign." Vince said and I nodded agreeing.
"Yeah I know… How do you tell someone you love you cheated?" I asked sadly. A gasp from behind broke through our conversation and I turned around fast almost giving myself whip lash. I was on my feet and in front of her before Vince or Leon were off the floor. I blocked the entrance to the house as I trapped her against the wall.
"Mia…please." I begged as she stared up at me wide eyed. I was glad it wasn't Letty like I had first thought when I had heard the gasp. Being Mia though didn't make it any easier, it just made it another person who was involved.
"Dom….?" she whispered.
"Mia please… I'm so sorry I never meant to hurt her. Please don't tell her." I said quietly as I looked down at her.
"How could you?" She whispered still in shock and I shook my head sadly at her.
"I don't know…it just happened. It's been a month since anything happened I promise you that, it's over. I haven't told Letty yet but I plan to. Please I just need some time." I begged quietly.
"Who?" she asked but I shook my head.
"Dom who?" She demanded and I looked at my little sister sadly.
"Mia please you don't need to know okay. Please don't say anything. Dom needs to do this." Vince said quietly as he reached out to her. She coiled back and spun on him.
"How could you two cover for him?" She hissed quietly as I was left standing there staring at the spot she had been.
"It's not like we wanted to okay? She was so hurt after Dom broke it off with her in prison. We didn't want her to be like that again." Leon said quietly and I listened to Mia scoff.
"That's bullshit, you were protecting him." Vince and Leon were pleading quietly with her as I stood still staring at the wall.
"Mia please… please." Vince pleaded with her I turned to watch them as Mia looked back at me with a torn expression on her face.
"Please." I said almost silently and she sighed.
"Fine. But you better tell her or I will."
"I will I swear I will after the wedding is over I'll tell her. You have my word Mi." I said quietly.
"You've really fucked up." She said quietly and I nodded.
"I know… just like I know I'm going to lose her." She shook her head slowly.
"You don't know that."
"She'll never trust me after this." I said and she sighed nodding.
"Probably not." She agreed.
"I'm sorry Mia, you were never meant to be a part of this." I said sadly.
"Too late for that isn't it?" She asked as the tears I had been holding in finally rolled down my face.
"I'm sorry." I cried softly as I felt her arms wrap around me.