May to December

Chapter Seven

EZ was stressed to his breaking point as he dragged himself through his front door in the early hours of the morning. His life was turning into one big shit show.

"EZ, you okay?" Letty had been curled up under a throw blanket on the couch when he had walked in. EZ had been so lost in his head that he had not noticed her.

"No," EZ admitted as he joined her on the couch, moving her feet to rest in his lap. "Not at all."

"What's wrong?" Letty asked in concern. She pulled her feet from his lap and sat up.

"Do you think you could keep a few more secrets?" He was tired of keeping secrets from her. He trusted her more than anyone else.

"For you, nene, anything," she promised with a warm smile.

EZ spent the next house filling her in on everything from his deal with the feds to his past relationship with Emily.

"So, your ex-girlfriend's son has been kidnapped but he's safe because Angel's Mexican freedom fighter girlfriend has him. She's using him as a bargaining chip. You made a deal with the feds to get out of prison. The feds want you to help bring down the cartel your bitch of an ex-girlfriend married into by turning her. And you won't do that because Emily's not stupid enough to turn state's witness? Did I get everything right?" Letty looked a bit shell shocked.

"Yeah," EZ nodded and tried to keep himself from cringing. His life sounded insane when summed up by someone else.

"Is Emily the same bitch who aborted your baby?" Letty said his ex's name with clear disgust. It made him love her even more.

"One and the same."

Letty nodded and seemed to think for a few minutes before she spoke again. "What are we going to do?"

EZ was confused by her use of the word 'we.' It must have shown on his face because Letty giggled.

"You had my back with Celia. I'm gonna have your back on this," she explained. "So, what are we going to do?"

"Fuck, I love you," EZ blurted out.

"You should." Letty laughed.