Dead or Alive

Chapter 16: Rogelio

"You said you weren't going to take her unless she knew for sure that her father was dead!" I yelled at Jo. He grabbed my shirt in a fist knot and trew me to the living room. I landed on the glass table and cracked it."I did but, I didn't promise anything, did I boy?" He smirked at me, "I saw you too at the woods. You know for a minute there i taught you were going to actually kiss the girl. I don't blame you, the girl is pretty cute for you." He chuckled."Let her go, please" I begged him. He just looked at me and went down to the basement. What is he going to do?

I ran my fingers trough my hair in anger. Why did he do this in the first place? What did this family ever do to him to have him so thirsty for..... Revenge. Ahhh! Why is this happening!?

I dropped my knees to the ground and slowly balled up. I was shivering like crazy. Then I heard a door open, "get up from the ground boy, you have work to do." Jo kicked me. I got up and hesitantly walked out of the house.

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*knock, knock* I waited for Minica's mom to answer the door. I can't believe I'm doing this. I wish there was some other way to do this. But there isn't. Either way she did say that if it was for a reason  she would understand.

The door opened. The woman who stepped out had a worried look on her face. She had straight black hair that goes down to her waist. She had brown eyes that where full of sadness and worry. "Rogelio! My goodness boy, come in you'll get sick in that rain." She said this while she pulled me into her house. "Take your jacket off, I'll be right back," she walked away. I took my jacket off. My jacket and pants were wet. My shirt was dry since I have a leather jacket and it acted like an umbrella.

Miss Cortez came back with a towel. She put it around me. She's always taking care of me. She took me to the living room. She saw that my pants were wet, "oh dear, wait here Rogelio, I'm sure Minica has some guy pants." She walked away again.

How can I do this? From all people. Why this family? I haven't even said a word to her since I got in here. She hasn't even asked about Minica.

She came back with some black pants. "Here, go to the bathroom and change," she said walking to the kitchen. I looked at her walk in to the kitchen and then walked to the bathroom and changed. The pants actually fit me quite well. I guess she likes to buy pants that are longer than her legs. Kinda silly. I like that. I like that she's different from other girls.

I walked out of the bathroom to the kitchen. Miss Cortez was sitting down on the table and she was very sad. She looked up at me. I sat down on the table. She served me a spaghetti plate and some juice. "Please, go ahead and eat," she said with saddens in her voice. I just went ahead and ate. She was sitting across from me watching me. It was really awkward. I didn't like eating in front of people who weren't eating.

After I finished eating she took my plate and placed it in the sink. I thanked her and she came back to the table. She started into my eyes and said, "Rogelio, you are the only friend that I know of that is Minica has. You've always brought her home to me before dark. It's already 10 o'clock..... Do you know where she is?" I looked at her with saddens in my voice, "Miss Cortez I'm... Sorry.... I don't know where she is I taught she would be here already... You see me and her got into a disagreement and she shoved me and ran into the woods. I came here to apologize to her but.... Well she's not here." She put her head down and started to cry softly. "Miss Cortez, please we must go find her," I said with urgency. She got up quickly and left the kitchen.

She came a back a couple of seconds later. She looked at me, "show me were she ranned off to," she ordered. I quickly got up and walked out with her into the car.

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We finally got to the woods. We walked to where they had taken Minica was taken. I stopped at once. She stopped as well, "what is it?" She asked. I sighed,"I'm very sorry Miss Cortez." I began walking away from her.

I listened as Jo and his men came from behind her. She started to scream, but they muffled her cries. They started dragging her away. I was mad at myself. I tried convincing myself that it was for the best. I scoffed. The best for what? What am I doing, who am I now?!

"Nice work, kid. I guess you aren't as bad as I taught," said Jo. I scoffed at him. "Anyway, if you want your money come back to the house. Either way you have to come back for your mother." I turned to him. "Why are you doing this? What did they ever do to you?" I said with anger in my voice. "That's none of your business," he said flatly. I have no use for you anymore, so just come to the house, get your mom and if you want the money."

I'll be going back alright, but not for what you think.