La Santa Muerte

The stars

maricela got up and put javiers picture back on her shelf

viviana: hey mami?

maricela: yes

viviana: tata is daddys dad right?

maricela: yes

viviana: whos your daddy? and your my mami so whos your mami? does daddy have a mami to?

maricela looked at javiers picture and sighed

maricela: i um .. i dont have a mami but i was blessed to have your nana take me in and take care of me and daddy you can ask him about that haha

viviana: why dont you have a mami?

maricela: because um

her phone went off she looked at it then her little face she didnt wanna lie but she didnt wanna tell her the truth

maricela: she's in the stars just like your tata she went to heaven when i was really lil

viviana: little like me?

maricela: kinda

she got up and hugged her

viviana; im sorry .. but im glad the stars helped me find you mami

maricela looked at her

maricela: what?

viviana nodded shyly

maricela: babygirl do you remember not being with me?

viviana: yea.. but i dont like thinking about it..

maricela: you dont have to my love but i want you to know i looked for you all over and fought for you until the day they brought you to me baby .. the stars helped us both

maricela wipped her babygirl tears away and hugged her tight

maricela: i love you my princess .. im sorry i was far from you

viviana nodded and hugged her tight as they heard a knock

emiliano: everything ok? we got um to well

maricela: vivi i have to go work for a bit ok daddys here downstairs want me to take you to him?

viviana looked up at her

viviana: can i go with you to work? i dont want you to go?

maricela looked at emiliano

he walked up and took viviana from her

emiliano: ive told you this before babygirl work is dangerous and its somewhere kids shouldn't be?

viviana: why not though?

maricela: a lot of people say bad words and i dont want you to hear all that babygirl? ill be back in a couple hours ill come up and give you the biggest hug ok?

viviana: movie and cuddles?

maricela: yes movie and cuddles

emiliano: dont forget to choose your outfit for tomorrow we're taking sister out shopping shes going to school also

viviana looked at him excited

viviana: im gonna look at my new clothes and go show daddy and maya

he laughed as she raced to get down and ran off .. she came back and hugged maricela

viviana: i tell the stars thank you for finding you all the time mami i love you

maricela: i love you too princess ..

she ran off and they left maricela stayed quiet for the most part

emiliano: we didnt have to do this ya know? its just drinks really?

maricela: i needed to get out and away from giovani for a bit just hearing her ask about my mom then tell me how she would ask the stars to help her find me i didnt think she remembered those days and then i had to lie about my mom and that left a bad taste in my mouth

emiliano: you had to lie she shouldn't know anything about your past until she is older and understands what happened if you want to let her know ofcourse and she remembers a lot you just have to sit with her and let her keep going she randomly tells me the craziets things i swear

maricela: to me to but huh i dont know

emiliano: yea i know your a mom thats all

they got to the bar

briana: there you are had to stash this bottle for the good drinks haha

maricela hugged her and turned to emiliano

maricela: this is my brother from another mother emiliano .. idiot this is briana my best friend in a way

emiliano: wow never thought i'd hear those words come out of your mouth? how did you get her to open up to you? also did your mother not talk to you about talking to serial killers?

she laughed as she made them some drinks

briana: my mother didnt raise me but i was raised to think that not everyone that says there evil and do bad things is a bad person.. your not born like this sometimes you have to do bad things to survive

maricela: what she said haha

briana: but i think me and you can agree on one thing emiliano

emiliano: and what is that?

briana: she shouldn't have given into giovani yea fuck is a fuck but to give that man another chance shit

emiliano took a drink and set it down and looked at her

emiliano:i didnt know about the second chance part?

maricela: briana haha fuck .. its i dont know

emiliano: no no you do know why

maricela looked at her drink ..

maricela: because i want my kids to grow up with both there parents together we both didnt have that .. and i know we where both going threw a really bad time he never physically cheated that i know .. but also i still love him something in my heart loves that bastard and i wanted to give it another chance fucking around and doing things with smokey was fun and games but im a mom now i want them to have something stable also

emiliano: now think about this and be serious are you doing this for the kids only because you want them to have the parents together or are you doing this because you love him and wanna spend the rest of you rlife together have another kid with him

maricela: well for my kids more i love him another kid i dont know but

briana: and thats where you have to stop and really think about it because you have to put yourself first in these situations your happiness affects the kids too

maricela: ok i didnt want both of you to meet to give me a dam what is this? haha

emiliano: its all out of love .. also i never wanna hear you cry the way you did the night you told me what had happened .. but i understand and i get why you made this move if its what you want ill support it but dont be closed minded i know when they grow up they'll understand why it didnt work out ok?

briana: what he said also what are you going to tell smokey?

maricela: one thing at a time haha its been a long ass day i swear give me the bottle dammit haha