With Pain Comes Pleasure

Twenty-two

Cortez

"So which one of you got my niece pregnant?" This older man asked. Christian and I looked at each other. "Tio, ya hemos tenido esta discusión." Alejandro chimed in. "Solo digo que no entiendo cómo ambos la comparten." I knew enough Spanish to know Tio meant uncle and based on his face he was talking shit.

"Angel is both of our girlfriends. We share her. The baby will be both of ours." Christian said casually. "Oh, that's like Graciana and her husbands." A woman called out. At that I chuckled, so it was a thing on both sides.

"Do you know what you're having?" "A boy." We both said. "Liars. We don't know the sex yet." Angel said flicking both of our ears. "Damn," I muttered as a hoard of people trailed her.

"These are my cousins, and that's not even all of them so if you're ever mean to me I got back up." She laughed. "These are your boyfriends. Very cute." "Yep, I'm very happy with them." She smiled caressing both our chins.

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Alejandro stared at me from where he sat across the table. We'd already eaten but I had yet to get up and the same went for him and Ricky. "Something on your mind?" "Why do you two want to be with my daughter? I've asked my sister's husbands the same thing, but it never makes sense to me. So I'm asking you?" Most didn't get it.

We knew it was weird, but it was our normal because of our parents. "It started because we both liked her and neither of us were willing to back down when it came to her. Then one day it just fell into place. We told her our feelings and the rest was history. I mean we did break up for a while but once we got back it was like everything just clicked for us." I shook my head.

"Even with the issues we had with them that couldn't push us away. Your daughter is just—she's special. She wants more for herself, and that drive is impressive to witness firsthand. It's part of the reason we got our shit together. Then she has the biggest heart that we've had the privilege of taking care of. I can't tell you why we ended up in this dynamic because we don't have a reason. It just happened to work this way and we're happy with it." I explained.

"All I can say is she's in good hands. Both her and the baby. We'd like for you to be on board with this but just like when it came to him and James your opinion isn't changing much over here." Alejandro looked at me before glancing at Ricky. "Yeah, the other one is worse." He said taking a sip of his drink while I cracked a smile.

"My children's safety, security, and happiness is all that matters to me. As long as Angie is willing to back you then I'm on board. However, should there ever come a time where you hurt my daughter—tu madre tristemente tendrá que llorar la pérdida de dos hijos." I nodded my head.

"All I got from that was something about my mom and two sons, but if it was a threat no need. Angel is more than capable of getting her point across and she's scarier." The three of us laughed.

Christian

"That was fun." Angel smiled from where she sat on the counter. I stood between her legs loving on her baby bump as she scratched my head. "Did they tell you about your aunt Graciana?" She laughed. "Yeah, she's a special lady." "It's crazy that this type of dynamic runs on both sides though," I said. "Well I mean Graciana's situation is a little different but I agree." "How is it different? She's you in this situation."

Angel huffed. "My aunt Graciana has three husbands and 12 kids." I froze before sitting up and looking at her. "What?" Tez questioned and she looked confused. "Aunt Graciana is married to Lalo, Horacio, and David. They were all best friends and the three of them all had a crush on her. Not entirely sure how the relationship started but it did and they dated for a while before getting married and having kids. A lot of them. They had nine biologically and adopted three. And they have a crap ton of grandkids. I thought you knew since you brought it up."