something, baby girl, I’m going crazy here.”
I smiled at him and said, “Did you just ask me that out loud?” I had been begging him for months to break his own rules. “Of course I’m ready.”
“ Are you sure?” he asked. “Are you sure this is what you want?”
Chapter 11
Oh Brother
We started up the stairs and hurried into Max’s room. He and I lay on the bed for what I think was one second, before Hector came flying through the door. “Am I wearing a tracking device, or something?” Max asked.
“ Hurry, Jorge just pulled up.” Hector was out of breath and obviously frightened.
Max jumped up and said, “I’m going to go first, and you follow. Something’s not right.” He ran out the door after Hector and I waited before following. When I got downstairs Jorge and Hector were in each other’s faces and Max was trying to break them up. Olivia was bleeding and bruised and sitting in a corner on the floor in the kitchen, rocking back and fourth.
“ Find my brother!” Jorge yelled at me.
I grabbed my cell and called Diego. “Come home now, Diego!” I said over the phone.
“ What is it, Lilly?” he asked, knowing I would never call him requesting his presence.
“ Its Jorge. Olivia’s bleeding,” I said. “Hector and Jorge…”
“ I’m on my way,” he replied. “Find Max.”
“ He’s here but it’s not good,” I said. He hung up the phone and I said, “He’s on his way.” Jorge backed down from Hector.
“ Jorge?” I asked. “May I please clean her up a bit?”
“ Take her,” Jorge answered. “I don’t want her anymore.”
I took her to the bathroom in my bedroom where we could have some privacy. She was crying and her face was badly bruised. “What happened, Olivia?” I asked.
“ I’m pregnant,” she answered.
“ Pregnant?” I asked. “Why is Jorge so upset about that?”
“ Jorge can’t have children,” she answered. “He’s sterile.”
“ Oh, no…” was my clever response. “How does Jorge know its Hector’s?”
“ I told him. I had to.” She put her hand to her bruised face.
“ Didn’t you protect yourselves?” I asked, feeling very hypocritical about that question.
“ Yes of course,” she answered. “I just can’t believe this.”
“ So, what’s happening down there?”
“ Jorge is throwing me out and leaving me here, I think,” she said. “I hope he didn’t’ kill the baby, when he beat me up this morning.” I was mortified. What have we gotten ourselves into? I cleaned her up and bandaged her cuts. He really threw her around. She wasn’t more than 100 pounds soaking wet. She hugged me and sobbed. “Lilly, I think he’s going to kill me,” she continued as she cried.
“ He came here for help,” I answered. “Let him talk to Diego.” I walked her back down to the kitchen and Diego had arrived. “Thank you, Lilly,” Diego said. “You did the right thing by calling me.”
“ You take her,” Jorge said. “I’m done.” Diego didn’t know what to make of this. Obviously both the younger men took their wives and he was obviously puzzled by the whole thing.
“ Why?” He looked at Hector. “Why?” He glared at Max. “You half-breeds come into our world and you steal from us. Why do you do it?”
“ Look Diego,” Max explained. “When Lilly came here you barely noticed she was alive. You ignored her and she was pregnant and alone. It was easy for me to slide in there and become close with her. It was easy. We have been close for more than three years. You didn’t decide to pee all over her until we found her with Johnny. Then all of a sudden, it was real important for you to sleep with her. You’re too late.”
Everyone looked at Max like he was out of his mind. Jorge took out his gun and pointed it at Max. Diego pushed it down and said, “He’s right, Jorge.”
“ What the hell is wrong with you?” Jorge sputtered. His face was full of hate and I was afraid. I’m sure I
I smiled at him and said, “Did you just ask me that out loud?” I had been begging him for months to break his own rules. “Of course I’m ready.”
“ Are you sure?” he asked. “Are you sure this is what you want?”
Chapter 11
Oh Brother
We started up the stairs and hurried into Max’s room. He and I lay on the bed for what I think was one second, before Hector came flying through the door. “Am I wearing a tracking device, or something?” Max asked.
“ Hurry, Jorge just pulled up.” Hector was out of breath and obviously frightened.
Max jumped up and said, “I’m going to go first, and you follow. Something’s not right.” He ran out the door after Hector and I waited before following. When I got downstairs Jorge and Hector were in each other’s faces and Max was trying to break them up. Olivia was bleeding and bruised and sitting in a corner on the floor in the kitchen, rocking back and fourth.
“ Find my brother!” Jorge yelled at me.
I grabbed my cell and called Diego. “Come home now, Diego!” I said over the phone.
“ What is it, Lilly?” he asked, knowing I would never call him requesting his presence.
“ Its Jorge. Olivia’s bleeding,” I said. “Hector and Jorge…”
“ I’m on my way,” he replied. “Find Max.”
“ He’s here but it’s not good,” I said. He hung up the phone and I said, “He’s on his way.” Jorge backed down from Hector.
“ Jorge?” I asked. “May I please clean her up a bit?”
“ Take her,” Jorge answered. “I don’t want her anymore.”
I took her to the bathroom in my bedroom where we could have some privacy. She was crying and her face was badly bruised. “What happened, Olivia?” I asked.
“ I’m pregnant,” she answered.
“ Pregnant?” I asked. “Why is Jorge so upset about that?”
“ Jorge can’t have children,” she answered. “He’s sterile.”
“ Oh, no…” was my clever response. “How does Jorge know its Hector’s?”
“ I told him. I had to.” She put her hand to her bruised face.
“ Didn’t you protect yourselves?” I asked, feeling very hypocritical about that question.
“ Yes of course,” she answered. “I just can’t believe this.”
“ So, what’s happening down there?”
“ Jorge is throwing me out and leaving me here, I think,” she said. “I hope he didn’t’ kill the baby, when he beat me up this morning.” I was mortified. What have we gotten ourselves into? I cleaned her up and bandaged her cuts. He really threw her around. She wasn’t more than 100 pounds soaking wet. She hugged me and sobbed. “Lilly, I think he’s going to kill me,” she continued as she cried.
“ He came here for help,” I answered. “Let him talk to Diego.” I walked her back down to the kitchen and Diego had arrived. “Thank you, Lilly,” Diego said. “You did the right thing by calling me.”
“ You take her,” Jorge said. “I’m done.” Diego didn’t know what to make of this. Obviously both the younger men took their wives and he was obviously puzzled by the whole thing.
“ Why?” He looked at Hector. “Why?” He glared at Max. “You half-breeds come into our world and you steal from us. Why do you do it?”
“ Look Diego,” Max explained. “When Lilly came here you barely noticed she was alive. You ignored her and she was pregnant and alone. It was easy for me to slide in there and become close with her. It was easy. We have been close for more than three years. You didn’t decide to pee all over her until we found her with Johnny. Then all of a sudden, it was real important for you to sleep with her. You’re too late.”
Everyone looked at Max like he was out of his mind. Jorge took out his gun and pointed it at Max. Diego pushed it down and said, “He’s right, Jorge.”
“ What the hell is wrong with you?” Jorge sputtered. His face was full of hate and I was afraid. I’m sure I
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