La Santa Muerte

two faced

giovani: i dont wanna leave you just being my girlfriend

she side smiled as he opened the the box

maricela: did you just buy this? haha

giovani: no ive had it with me for a while i was just waiting for the right moment

she hugged him as he laughed

giovani: so? will you marry me?

maricela: ofcourse i will i love you i wanna be with you its always been you babe even if we have to be apart for a bit

he nodded and put the ring on her finger

they spent the night together ..

she took him to the airport the next morning

giovani: you can always come home ok?

maricela: we both know i cant for awhile .. im a call away i love you

giovani: i love you too keep your head up and take it all babe

he kissed her ... she watched him leave

heartbroken she knew she had made the right decision ..

she went to work ..

As weeks went by

javier- adan and pedro teamed up cut pedro off maricela start asking fucking questions mija find your daughter

maricela- dam no hello? how are you? haha miss you to

javier- i know your ok babygirl im so proud of you i miss your energy too but i want you to know before something side blinds you

maricela- i know and i miss you too ill handle it dont worry but you ok?

javier- im getting to old for this bullshit haha stay safe out there

she put her phone away as thomas walked up

thomas: man problems?

maricela: more like ex problems i need tomorrow off that ok?

thomas: yea go for it leave right now ill tell him your feeling under the weather but do you need anything? whats going on?

she still didnt trust thomas

maricela: ill tell you soon enough thank you

rather going home she went to see someone in town

franisco: we finally meet in person

maricela: i finally got a day off and i need to rush things now

francisco: this adan he is the father he has rights to her to?

maricela pulled out a wad of money and put it on his desk

maricela: find my daughter ill pay you double your salary ok? she would be around 3 years old now in the outskirts of mexico city

francisco: here do this cotton swab dna test ill run it threw the system

maricela: money always talks .. thank you

she went home

maricela- i helped you when you where down i thought we where good? what happened? haha couldnt track my shit so you jumped ship? haha you two faced piece of shit!!

pedro- me? i know you took off i know your in mexico i had to stick with my blood

maricela- your blood haha you begged me for money telling me all of adans bullshit and maybe i did haha

pedro- copying adan haha .. wanna talk to him?

maricela- no no hes copying me im the one doing better too and no we'll see eachother soon

she threw her phone angry and annoyed .. she went to bed early that night randomly waking up feeling sick

giovani- drink some water relax

maricela- what is relaxing haha

giovani- this lay back take a deep breath clear your mind babe i love you its ok?

maricela- i love you to sleepy head goodnight

she ended the call and tried to eat but couldnt keep anything down .. she went back to bed

she spent the next day in bed tracking pedros phone

she heard the doorbell ring

maricela: cant i have a day?

alonso: yea i just wanted to introduce you to my cleaning lady she cooks too and really good

she nodded as they walked in

alonso: are you sick?

maricela: wasnt but woke up feeling shitty ill be back tomorrow

alonso: take your time because of you its kinda slowing down staying steady haha i listened and stopped killing as much causing drama

maricela: the locals will trust you more then you'll have better chances at taking more

alonso: true true but thomas doesnt like it but i do i get to see my family more

maricela: your the boss what you say goes

he nodded

alonso: its time to grow thank you muerte you've taught me things in this short time you've been here if you ever need anything im here for you your not alone

she sighed as they sat down

maricela: i came here to an a way get bigger than i was in the US also im looking for my daughter her father works for another cartel but me being richer got me the upper hand on him but before you aks

alonso: thats none of my buisness but i have 2 daughters that i'd do anything for .. find out the cartel lets play give me names

maricela: are you sure? this has been a side thing for me?

alonso: we have free time now lets plot it but this should stay between us thomas is alot

maricela: thank you and ofcourse i dont trust him that much but im your side for anything

he nodded and left

gloria: mija are you alone here?

maricela: yea for now im sorry its a mess im always  in and out

gloria: trust me its clean ill cook you some food clean and go but are you ok?

maricela: a lil sick you dont have to cook much i havent been able to hold anything down ill be upstairs if you need anything

as she went to walk away

gloria: are you pregnant? i dont wanna cook anything that can hurt you?

she turned shocked

gloria: if your not im sorry im not calling you fat or anything i just assumed you have this glow to you and throwing up? well

maricela: i honestly dont know its ok though ill look into it

gloria nodded as maricela went upstairs .. she thought nothing of it doctors always told her it was slim to none chance to her ever being able to have a baby

maricela- im just over worked im resting i swear

giovani- better be stress makes you sick but i miss you ill be out there in a week whats the plan?

maricela- the plan is to hug you till i cant haha

giovani- i cant wait to hug you .. now rest come on get that energy back i love you mi vida

maricela- i love you too

she sat back thinking ..