Alena |Complete|

[36]

"And you are?" Layla question in an annoyed tone, the kid of tone I wish I would have taken earlier

"I'm Cara, a friend of the family. And you?"

"Layla, Franco's girlfriend."

"You always did have a thing for the younger girls Franco." Cara grins at him

Layla takes my hand. "Let's leave them to walk down memory lane." We exit the room and head for the back door. "Who the fuck is she? She's giving me all kinds of bad vibes." Layla whisper shouts as we enter the back area

"I can help you answer that," Luda speaks up.

"You scared the shit out of me." I hold my chest, not having seen her sitting on one of the large outdoor chairs

"Come and sit." She pats the seat next to her.

Both Layla and I make our way over and sit down.

"Cara is Dom's ex-girlfriend, and they were together for six years. Everyone thought they'd be together forever, get married, have children, and take over the crew together, but then, she slept with Franco"

"Of course she did." Layla rolls her eyes "I could tell by the way she was looking at him."

"Wait, she was with Dom for six years and slept with Franco?" I question

"Yes." Luda nods "that's why they broke up. She tried to get Dom back a couple of times after the truth came out and it almost worked as well, she has this kind of hold over him, he's almost blinded by her."

"You don't say." I sigh softly

"In Franco's defense he was off his face on drugs at the time, but she was totally sober, she knew what she was doing."

Layla looks in my direction but my head is down, focusing on the chair below me "What is it?" She asks

"He introduced me to her as Easton's daughter, not his girlfriend" I admit

"Are you fucking kidding me?" Layla snaps "I'll break his fucking neck." She begins getting riled up

"As I said, it's like she has some kind of hold over him, he's never himself around her." Luda speaks once more

"Dom said I was overreacting like seeing them all over each other in the kitchen wasn't a big deal. He said he just froze when he saw me standing there and that's why he didn't what to say, that's why he didn't tell her I'm his girlfriend."

"Asshole." Layla scoffs

"For what its worth Alena, I've never liked her, she's beautiful but she has a horribly nasty side to her, she manages to get her paws on whatever she wants, she always has and I wouldn't be surprised if she's back for Dom."

"I'm not in competition with anyone, if that's who Dom wants to be with, he's free to do so." I stand up quickly, to quickly and become dizzy the colour draining from my face

"You good babe?" Layla stands up with me and places her hand on my back

"I'm good, stood up too quickly." I give her a soft smile "what time is everyone else due back?"

"Soon, now come and sit in the air conditioning for a little while" She walks me inside.

Everyone else arrives home and heads for the back yard area, all talking and laughing, everyone greeting Cara and her family. I, however, stay inside

"Principessa" Franco sits down next to me and pulls me into his arms, holding me. "You okay?"

"I'm okay." I shrug and snuggle up to him