Mi Novia

Chapter 62

Nicky PoV

This is wrong this is all so fucking wrong. I'm making my way to the rec room to find Flaca and Maritza. When I get there Flaca jumps up from her seat "fucking finally! We were starting to think yous weren't coming!". Maritza then stands up from her chair "Nicky where's Riley?" I start to panic looking around the room avoiding them. "Nicky where's Riley? This isn't funny!" Well here goes. "Riley was taken away this morning to her hearing ... her sentence hearing" Maritza looks at me. "Ok and when's she back? We need to do this now" she sasses placing her hands in her hips. "I don't know Maritza .... I don't ..." "she needs to come back like now because if she doesn't come back today I'm not going to see her so Nicky you go get her" Maritza desperately says to me. "Maritza I ..." "you don't get it Nicky ... I need her to come back so we can get married! I'm being released tomorrow" she cuts me off shouting again. Flaca then moves towards maritza trying to calm her down, she's shouting at me but I know it's not me she's mad at ... she's not even mad at Riley. She's mad at the situation they have been forced into. Riley should have been out by now, maritza would have been getting out in two months although that's clearly been moved forward. "Where is she Nicky? Where the fuck is my Riley Nicky?" She shouts "I don't know, I don't know, I don't fucking know! I want Riley here just as much as you do! I want the happy life outside of here for you both just as much as you do! I want the house with the garage and the little house on top for Flaca and I just as much as you do! And my best fucking friend has just been ..." I stop myself from ranting because once I say this there really is no going back. "Has just been what?" Flaca asks whilst holding onto Maritza. Maritza just looks at me ... it's like she knows but she is waiting to hear it, but at the same time doesn't want to hear the words. I take a huge breath and look up at the ceiling, I'm about to cry again "Riley was given the death penalty ... it's been scheduled for six months time" in that moment ... Maritza drops to the ground screaming. Flaca's trying to hold her up whilst holding herself together. "Come on we need to go find her" Flaca says holding onto Maritza.

Tamika ward is now the warden here at max so right now we are making our way to her office. "Ladies what can I do for you?" "What can you do for us? Where's Riley Parker?" I ask her. "Riley Parker .... Two seconds and I'll find out" Maritza clearly upset by everything then snaps "Riley Parker she's about six foot, brown short hair oh and she was found guilty for piscatellas murder... that Riley Parker ... the father of my fucking baby so where is she?" Tamika then looks down at Maritzas belly, a bit shaken from the outburst. "Ok, ok em .... Right ... McCullough should be arriving in the next five minutes ... but" "thanks" Maritza says as she leaves the office with Flaca and I following behind her.

Maritza PoV

Nope nope nope it's all going to be fine! It's all going to be fine! "There they are! There's the van" I shout as we near the exit ... when I see the vans lined up I'm then reminded of the moment Riley first kissed me. She was fixing one of the vans when I went out with garbage bags from the kitchen. I know this sounds cliche but that first kiss between us felt like my first kiss ever. I knew I liked Riley before that but at that moment I knew she was it for me. The van slowly pulls up and the doors open. Co McCullough exits the van along with a face I haven't seen in a while .... Mr caputo. Then they close the van doors. "Mr caputo ..." I say to the kind man. "Maritza, pregnancy looks great on you! You look incredible..." he says witch mixed emotion. "Mr Caputo where is Riley? I know what happened but u need to see her! I need to help her" he looks down sadly at his briefcase and pulls out an envelope. He looks back up at me and then hands me the letter, he then hands one to Flaca and one to Nicky "I'm really sorry ladies" as tears begin to roll down his face. I look shocked at the letter before looking at McCullough who is crying as well. At this point I realise Riley isn't coming back, she's not going to be here before I leave tomorrow.

We are now back at Nicky and Flaca's bunk. Co McCullough emptied Riley's bunk and put the box is with us, I don't know how long iv been staring at it but I can't look away. "Has anyone read their letters?" Flaca asks causing Nicky and I to shake our heads. "Why don't we do it out loud?" Nicky suggests and we nod slowly. Flaca then opens her letter and starts to read ...

"Dear Flaca, remember when I first showed up at the prison and I thought you and Maritza were a thing. I was so jealous of you getting Maritza's attention. Then when Maritza and I finally got together you accepted me instantly into the small family that you two had. You looked after my beautiful girl when I couldn't. I always knew that if I couldn't be there to look after her that you would be there. I need you to do that now for me. I need you to look after not only my beautiful Maritza, not only our child together, not only Nicky but yourself too. Make sure that family dynamic we have set up together stays. I love you all. Look after our family. Love Riley"

The three of us are all sobbing, looking at the box on the floor... Nicky then coughs "ok here goes ..."

"Dear Romeo, you were my first friend here and honestly my first proper friend in this life. My true ride or die. We have absolutely had our troubles but at the end of the day our bond was still there. Litchfield wouldn't have been the same without you, you made me feel safe. I always pictured our life out of here ... not together. You and Flaca then me and Maritza, our families. Remember your sex book! You and boo! Which honestly I don't know how you didn't annihilate her. Anyway look after our girls and be the favourite aunt to my baby. Casanova and Romeo the dynamic duo. In all honesty I'd call you a sister but we both know we are more bros. Love Riley"

This is breaking me. Nicky sniffs as Flaca goes over and holds her and for a second jealousy flashes through me. When we all leave here they are going to have each other and I ... Riley's not coming back to me, my Riley's gone and that finally sinks in. I do have our baby which I'm now having to raise on my own. "Maritza?" Flaca says breaking me out of my thoughts. "I can't, Nicky can you read it please?" Nicky nods and takes the letter out of my grasp ...

"Mi novia, I know this is the cowards way out but I couldn't come back and say bye to you. I couldn't even imagine the feeling of having a final goodbye. I'm sure youv now heard of my sentencing, a dates been made for this to happen which I don't want you to know. I don't want you to sit around on that particular date and torture yourself. I want you to be free. To enjoy your new life. And at some point move on from me. I know theres going to be someone amazing that will come into your life and treat you the way your meant to be treated. Someone who will look after our baby as their own. I want that for you, and only with someone else because I can't give it to you. You took my breath away the first time I saw you. The beautiful Latina that instantly caught my eye. I'm sure Nicky would agree that I genuinely fell in love at first sight. Everything about you was perfect to me. Your beautiful brown eyes and the dimple on your left cheek when you smiled. The way you would look at me like I was your world knowing that you were my universe. I have so many happy memories with you. My favourite would be the peacefulness that surrounded us when we would lay in my bunk reading Harry Potter ... which is a must on our babies reading lists by the way. I can't believe we made a baby ... well I can from all the unprotected sex we had but the fact we made a beautiful baby who is going to be the best parts of both of us is incredible. I hope they have your beautiful eyes, maybe my height because your a shorty. It's your decision on how much you want to tell them about me, I completely trust your judgement. If you feel that telling them about me would hurt them then don't. Iv asked McCullough and mr Caputo to keep it a secret at max about my hearing because the only people that need to know are you guys... iv written letters to Red, Piper and Alex. Now don't worry I'm going to wrap this up. I love you more than life itself Maritza Ramos now go live your life. You may one day be someone else's girlfriend... fiancé or even wife but you'll always be mi novia. Love you always and after your Riley x