Cartel Princess // Marcus Arguello

Chapter 29

Marcus

It's only been a week. One whole week and as selfish as it is...and maybe a little stupid....I miss seeing Ona. Ever since she left everyone says kings is finally back to normal-well their normal, my normal has Ona in it. Everyone says everything is back on track, this was how kings operated before shit hit the fan. When I asked why no one thought it was weird not having Ona in the halls they said it was because she was usually quiet, hiding behind Chico and she only ever said anything if she didn't get what she wanted

I found it hard to believe, mostly because the Ona I knew didn't hide behind anyone or anything. The Ona I knew didn't try to be to quiet. The Ona I knew ran the halls of kings.

Juan took his temporary position seriously and got the cartel all their business partners back, Billy said that was how Chico ran the gang before he was killed. The Cartel was back to running Kings. No one really talked about Ona anymore, mostly because if they did, the cartel jumped on them. And when she was talked about, everyone made it sound like she died, they talked about the things she did and said in past tense like she was never coming back.

I don't fully know what happened but, halfway through the week Juan sent Santiago packing. Petra said she heard the cartel girls talking about it in the locker room and apparently Ona only started to use again because of him; it made sense now why he wasn't as concerned when he noticed she was using. Id be lying if I said I wasn't happy to see Juan literally toss his bags out the dorm rooms.

Even though everyone Is trying to ignore the fact things are a little empty with Ona away, its clear people miss her, Juan and Petra being those you can tell the most. When Ona left, she only said bye to Juan so when news broke she was gone, Petra was hurt; she tried playing it off like she was mad but it was obvious she wasn't. Eventually she got over it. Juan however, was on edge about it. I think on top of now having to run the gang he was scared for her.

I don't think he fully understood she wouldn't be able to call him until about a week or so. He made it known to everyone, if Ona was to call, they were to give him the phone immediately. This led to him sitting by the phone often, and when mail came he made sure to get his first incase it was from her. Its Saturday night now, Me Petra billy lex saya and Maria sat around the phone in the hall as Willy talked to his new girlfriend.

We were all teasing and making fun of him the entire time until he hung up the phone for the night. When he put the phone down he came over and smacked me and billy in the back of the head "hells wrong with y'all, being weirdos while I'm trynna' talk to my girl" he said rolling his eyes, making me and the group laugh. after a little the phone rang again, I jumped up beating willy to the phone thinking it was his girlfriend again until the person spoke.

" 's Juan there?" the other voice said. The playful smile I was carrying slowly fell as the sweet soft voice I missed rang on the other end "Hello? is anyone there?" she repeated I finally snapped out of it and found my words "uhhh-yeah-yea sorry" I stuttered making the group try to huddle around to hear the phone "cool...can you get Juan?" I put the phone against my chest "go get Juan,now" I said, sending lex and billy running down the hall .

"hey uh,-its Marcus..." I finally said. There was a moment of silence before she spoke again "yea, I know...". Before I could get in another word Juan was taking the phone from my hands and started his conversation with her in complete Spanish. After a minute or so of  listening we all walked back to Willy's room.

"Dude why'd you say it was you on the phone like she was gonna jump through and hug you?" Billy said with a laugh. I shrugged "I don't know...maybe she wanted to know" they all shared a look before starting their shit talk as they played video games. "You shouldn't wait on her" Maria said to me "what?" I questioned "Ona, don't wait for her. She'll take her time in there, and when she gets out, she won't want anything to do with you" I jerked back "why the fuck would you say that?"

She shook her head "not to sound like a jealous ex or make you look like you're a bad guy Marcus but, last time she went, she cut off all her old friends, why do you think she only hung out with Juan and her brother?" I shrugged "she did some plan, anything she thought would make her fall back into temptation, she got rid of. That included friends, family, boyfriends..." I let her words sink in "look, you may have dated her for a while, but I grew up with her, I went through this once already, and one thing I know from experience, when she gets out she's not risking going back, even if it means having to completely isolate this time around"

I sat and thought for a minute. Maybe Maria was right. Maybe Ona would come back out and be this totally different person. Maybe she'd cut me off completely and act like she didn't know me. But can I really blame her? I started the spiral, I chose to get involved and along the way I messed it up.

Another three weeks went by. Everything at Kings seemed...slow? Besides the school itself being a school for assassins, nothing out of the ordinary happened. The days were long and slow and boring, there was never anything interesting to look forward to. A lot of the time it felt like the day's repeated themselves, like I was doing things over and over and over again. We only had about three more weeks of actual school left before this big break everyone was talking about. The legacy kids all had plans to go to their daddies vacation houses or go out of the city to party for a while before coming back; I was staying here (obviously) hoping Ona would walk through my door again.

One day, I was going over some notes for an upcoming test Lin was giving us when Petra walked into my dorm. She looked a little confused "there's uh...you have a call" she said before spinning on her heel and walking away. I got up confused, because I didn't know anyone. I went over and hesitantly picked up the phone "hello?" I asked "hey..." the other end said. The sweet soft voice I missed had called me, Ona picked up the phone and called me.

"Hi" I said with a sigh and a smile I was kind of embarrassed about. The other end went quiet for a moment before she sighed and cleared her throat "uhm so, I have to go over something's with you to work on here...before I can go home so..." stupidly I nodded as if she could see me "yea! No yea that's great, whatever you need" there was another moment of silence, then a sigh "ok uh...I have to know...what she did to my brother that night...I have to know why she did it-and please don't try to lie, we both know it was her." my heart sank to my ass. "B-but before that, I need to know why and how long you were with her before I found out"

I of course wasn't expecting this so I stayed silent. "They said going over the police report would probably be better but y'know....cartel dad an everything so..." she said breaking the silence for just a moment. I stood there questioning everything I thought, everything I wanted to say sounded worse but it was the truth. I finally decided to grow a pair and take a deep breath "right before vegas..." I finally said. I heard a scoff in the other end of the phone "she was just being more flirty, I didn't think anything of it" I argued

"I guess one of the Cartel members saw it and told Chico...but even then we hadn't done anything, it wasn't until the acid" I paused for a second to take a breather "I don't know how he found out she was there but he did. He came up to the room and-and started yelling and shooting" before I could finish she stopped me "were you having sex with her when he walked in?" She asked in a shaky voice "what?" I asked stupidly "were you FUCKING HER-when my brother walked into that room?" She restated, I hesitated "...yes"

I could practically hear her heart shatter on the other end but decided to continue. "I ran out the room and he chased me into a liquor store then to the back of an alley. He was saying something but I don't remember-that's when Maria and the rest came from the hotel" she scoffed "and watched her kill him?" She interrupted. "Ona everyone tried calming him down, but Maria she was-he had a gun to my head-she just-" before I could finish the other end went dead. There was no more sweet voice, no more soft tone...no more Ona. After that I didn't hear from Ona again. She still called for Petra and Juan but that was it.

(A/n: hiiiii I know this one is kinda short, I just needed a buffer for the up coming chapters. BUT spoiler....our story is coming to an end soon...Ik Ik kinda heart breaking but it's true. For the time being, let me know what you think is going to happen next, give me some predictions maybe if I like them I'll change the ending a little...maybe add a few extra chapters...maybe add a whole extra story. :) )