La Santa Muerte

La muerte

viviana: what is there to explain? i feel like my whole lifes been a lie..

maricela: it wasnt a lie i was trying to protect you from it all you where to lil to know what was rally going on? i was going to tell you eventually?

viviana: no wouldnt have i was questioning you thats why you talked ot me the other day and you probably didn't even tell me the truth

maricela: my childhood and past isn't a lie they had parents i didn't

viviana: what if you gave me up because you didn't want me? because you didn't want to be with him? Then you got me back so he wouldnt have me

maricela stepped back surprised

maricela: are you kidding me right now? is that what your really thinking?

viviana: im allowed to have my own thoughts

maricela: yes you are but your over thinking it.. he tried to kill me when all i wanted was to love him i wanted this life with him at first i wanted things to work out i wanted to grow old with him at a point in my life he helped me get away from the abuse i owe him alot but when you get set up with a gun to your head i had to do what i had to do ok? i never meant for you to find out like this im sorry viviana im so sorry

maya drove up and got down

maya: i got her dont worry mom

maricela: i know shes safe with you call me ok.. vivi please just think this out talk to maya she knows

viviana looked at maya

maya: theres alot you dont know come on you can stay with me

she nodded and got in her car

maya: relax ok

maricela: relax yea relax i dont want to stress you out go have fun distract her keep me updated please

maya: i will love you

she hugged her

maricela: love you to

she watched them leave .. she broke down and sat on the curve

emiliano: get up maricela

maricela shook her head

maricela: she hates me she fucking hates me what did i do wrong? i was protecting my daughter i was doing what my mother never did and she thinks im lying?! ive worked and worked to give them everything emiliano everything!!!

emiliano sat down next to her and hugged her as she cried

javi: mom?

they turned and saw him walking up with giovani

giovani: i got him dropped off come on get up

maricela looked down

maricela: its all pointless it all is

she got herself up

javi: i know this isn't the right time but i know everything

they looked at him confused

maricela: baby please ok

javi: no if vivis mad at what it all really is thats on her because she doesn't get it but i know a teacher questioned my last name so i was like what about it and i started looking around more and more and well yea

maricela: you found grandpas stuff and things like that?

emiliano: whos record you come up on?

javi: yours i didn't tell anyone though i just told her the next week that it was my grandpa and i was named after him i hope your not mad?

maricela wlaked up to him and hugged him

maricela: im not we're not i just want to make you understand what it all is and theres more to it to

he nodded and they walked inside and sat down to talk ..

viviana: your taking her side?

maya: im not on anyones side vivi you need to understand you where lil and didn't deserve to see or know anything of that matter

viviana: did you know everything?

maya: yea i knew i met her after she came back to the states with you she told me about him and everything i knew who she was because the man that my mother sold me off to was a pimp and was scared of mom

viviana: why scared of her?

maya shoke her head

maya: i dont want you to think worse just look at it like this ok .. they werent given the opportunitys we have now they had no choice ..dad and emiliano are sons of druglords mom huh she told you her story im guessing?

viviana: she did but i dont if i can believe her ..

maya pulled over and looked at her seriously

maya: she would never lie to you viviana? are you serious?

viviana: its like i dont know her thats how i feel dont get mad at me?

maya: im not mad at you and im not trying to change your mind your allowed to feel how you want but i dont want you thinking there monsters when there not thats all im trying to tell you

she nodded

maya: my question is though haha how did you think they afforded everything though? the cars the houses the vacations?

viviana: i dont know i really thought construction i guess

maya: wouldnt dad come home dirty? the fuck?

viviana: leave me alone in my mind i had them on a pedalstool i looked up to them and now im like how can i go off to college how can i do anything without that name following me?

maya: what are you talking about i became an lvn? with the same name you can do anything you want? there not forcing that life on you like they didn't on me you can do anything in this world you know that?

viviana: i wanted to become a cop to level up to a detective but how? look at how it is? like i wonder how theyve made it this far im not wishing nothing bad on anyone but im curious?

maya: reason why you shouldn't trust cops .. money talks Babygirl money talks thats how

she went to her house viviana sat on the couch and called chris back

chris- what?

viviana- i wanna say you ruined my life but i think you opened my eyes im sorry for everything this did sorry about your mom and all that thats all

chris- if your really sorry you should tell your mom to open the bank accounts and put the money back my moms freaking out now i was trying to help you i was trying to tell you the truth

viviana- you told me your mom was dead?

angela took the phone away from chris

angela- tell your mother i will never let my sons deaths go unseen she took them away from me she took alot of my people away shes a murderer a monster ..

viviana was speechless

angela-tell your mother shes lived up to her name la muerte it suits her .. hope she rots in hell

she hung up

maya: hey you good?

viviana went to the bathroom and broke down