PROMISE ME (OSCAR DIAZ x OC)

Chapter Fifty-Eight (Alana)

CHAPTER FIFTY-EIGHT

Alana

TWO WEEKS LATER

June

The night Abuelita died I was strangely content. I knew that when her soul left her body she was reunited with my Abuelo and not only that, but she also got to see Ruby again. I can only feel a strange fit of jealousy at that. Especially the fact that both she and Ruby get to be with my Abuelo again. He was truly my favorite person to have ever walked this earth.

I had pulled out my phone when the medical examiner and funeral home came to take Abuelita so I could tell Oscar what happened because he was at home with Mia but my phone immediately started to ring and it was Cesar.

Vero's water broke right before even walking in to the prom. We lost a member of the family and gained another in that same night.

Or so we thought...

Vero asked that we all wait a few weeks before coming by to see the baby. I thought it had to do with germs and not wanting to expose little Oliver to potential illness before getting the vaccinations he needs first.

Oh no... That was not the reason at all. In fact, when Oscar and I got to Mario's with a basket of essentials for a new mother and a few things for the baby we took one look at that baby and realize we had another Amber on our hands.

That was when Vero admitted to us that she and Ruby had gotten into a big fight and she found him sleeping with someone else. To get back at him she slept with someone and her entire pregnancy she was convinced it was Ruby's baby. But the moment that baby was born she knew he wasn't Ruby's kid.

Oscar looked at the baby in awe because he knew with his whole heart...

It was Cesar's baby.

Cesar hated Vero and I could never put my finger on why he had such a distaste for the poor girl. Why he was so mean to her and it was because she slept with him just to piss off Ruby and then when she and Ruby stopped fighting they made up and pretended like nothing happened.

Mami and Papi both said they never want to see Vero again and I don't blame them. Ray on the other hand... He's ecstatic. He has yet another grandchild and Mami is pissed that since she and Ray have just moved in together at the house- because Ray bought out Papi's share on it so that Mami wouldn't have to move or uproot the twins to Bakersfield- she's furious that she technically still has to be that baby's grandmother.

I know Abuelita is laughing her ass off at all this shit. She didn't want to hang around to see it all unfold and honestly I don't blame her. Because now Cesar and Oscar are fighting because Cesar refuses to have anything to do with Vero and demanded a DNA test. Which came back as a match, he's absolutely the father.

Papi did laugh and say it's Mami's karma for always being an asshole to Vero and for being the same way to Amber too. Because this time no matter what she's stuck dealing with Vero.

Mario doesn't want to kick Vero out with a new baby but he did tell her that he was only helping her as a way to help Ruby's child. Since it's not Ruby's she's going to have to find somewhere else shortly.

Oscar and I both said no way. We've got enough going on in our house the last thing we need is Vero and Cesar, who hate each other to be forced to live together yet again and this time with a baby in the mix? Nope. Not doing it.

With that being said, I've been trying my best to mend my broken relationship with Oscar. We decided that we want to get married in September but that's as far as we've gotten. I was hoping Abuelita would still have been alive to be there, which sucks because now the in memoriam table is just growing when there shouldn't be one at all. Everyone on the list to be displayed there should be there in person. Not just a photograph with a candle.

Sitting in the living room while Mia is napping, I started washing and organizing the new baby's clothes that he'll need for the first few weeks because I know Oscar and I will be zombies trying to get Mia to adjust to a new baby as well as us adjusting to a new baby.

Oscar came home and handed me a folder with papers inside of it. "What's this?" I ask as he grins widely at me.

"Look."

I flip the front open and see that it's a lease... A signed lease. "You got the space for the restaurant?"

He nods. "Isn't that great news? Mi amor, I can fix that place up and we can get the permits and we're in business!"

"Right," I look him up and down. "And who do you plan on hiring to work for you?"

"Well, I need you there obviously. You'd be manager and run the show. Put my ass in place, mi amor." He winks. "And I know a few guys who want off the street but don't know where they'll get an income so, I want to do like Mr. Galindo and help get gang members off the streets and into real life."

"And you best make it known that our place of business is to not be a hub for any fucking gang shit. No one better wear certain colors to prove who they are. Tattoos that are gang related have to be covered by clothing. I refuse to have my daughter sitting at a table while I'm helping out there and bullets start flying because of someone having beef with someone else."

Oscar sits next to me and places his hand right onto my stomach, letting our son kick at the center of his palm. "No one is going to ruin this for our family."

"You better be right."

He nods. "I'm doing what I can to really be done, mi amor. Cesar and I both are out... Especially because we know what Jose plans to do with the traitor. It's going down tonight which means you and I are going to go out-"

"Public with cameras. No phones so we don't look like we're waiting on the news. Gotcha." I roll my eyes. "Are you certain it's the right guy?"

Oscar nods. "A drunk mouth speaks sober thoughts. Sometimes those drunk mouths brag about what they've done... One drunk mouth bragged a little too much and it made it's way back to Sad Eyez on a video that someone recorded for proof."

I blink and pause folding the little zip up pajama set that I had in my hands. Looking Oscar directly in his eyes and searching for any sort of doubt but there had not been a single shred of it.

He knew it was true and I had to believe him. Oscar wouldn't lie to me.

"Promise me... After this no more."

"Mi amor, it's handled. My hands are wiped clean from it." He breathes and rubs another circle on my stomach. "Do you want to know who it was?"

I have tossed around the idea for months now. Wanting know and not wanting to know. Scared that I'd go after the piece of shit myself and handle it. But I trust that Jose will make this mother fucker pay for what he did to my baby brother. To my family.

For a moment I want to say no but my head moves in a nodding motion. Even the baby kicks more than he has in days due to the lack of space he's forced to live in. He wouldn't have this problem if he came out already.

Oscar kisses my lips and back away, not once letting go of feeling our son moving inside me. "Joker."

"Diablo... That fucking-"

"I know." Oscar grits. "You were always right about him. I didn't want you to be but I felt it in my gut that he could never be trusted. Which is why I had Sad Eyez take over after Cuchillos. Apparently Joker was never over what happened and I was next on his list. He said he was going to get me after my son was born."

I hold my breath hearing that. Bringing my eyes to Oscar's one last time before releasing a shaky exhale. "Well... Sad Eyez better be quick. And I know where we can go to be on camera." Oscar looks at me confused. "Hospital." I swallow hard. "My water just broke, Oscar. We need to go... Now. Mia came quick, nameless baby will be quicker."