La Santa Muerte

love you anyways

maricela; dont force her to do something she doesn't want to do or force her to come home it'll just cause us to fight more 

giovani: you to only fight like this because your the same person stubborn as hell I swear Ill be back don't text or say anything to her please

maricela: I wont don't worry 

giovani left and picked up viviana 

viviana: I told you I don't wanna go home 

giovani: we're not going home 

viviana: what are you gonna ship me off to? 

giovani looked at her crazy as he pulled off the freeway

giovani: shes not going to ship you off anywhere first off and second I'm hungry if I have to do this we're doing this while we eat some tacos haha

viviana: dad its almost 8 its ghetto out here? 

giovani put his truck in park pulled his gun out and put it in his pocket

giovani: i know the owner don't worry 

viviana: and the owner just lets you walk in with a gun? 

giovani: yea I'm married to her haha come on 

they got down 

giovani: come on its funny? 

viviana: no I'm mad at her and I'm disappointed in you to 

he stopped in his footsteps 

giovani: your disappointed? what did i do? and what did she do? because last thing i knew you didn't find out about anything for almost what 18 years we kept you in the clear You are a straight-A student we have enough savings for you and your brother and your kids to live in debt free how are we the disappointment? 

he asked as they ordered something to eat and got a table in the back 

viviana stayed quiet

giovani: i asked you a question viviana? are you mad that we lied? are you mad that im not your real father or what is it that's bothering you so much? 

viviana: i don't know whou'd i'd be if i didn't have you in my life 

he side smiled and reached for her hand and held it 

giovani: your my daughter even if your not my blood your mine i wrote my name on your birth certificate your mine babygirl i don't care .. but mi vida im sorry from the bottom of my heart that your disappointed i hate lying i hate that we couldn't tell you everything but we where protecting you my love that's all? we're not bad people we're nothing like that we just have a different way to making money haha that's all 

she nodded

giovani: you and your mom are exactly alike this is why you butt heads so dam much but i feel like i can explain it all to you a million times and you still wouldn't understand and that's ok you have the right to feel what you want but shes not a bad person shes a product of her environment just like I am just like your tata was and i hope your not disappointed in him or your god father your emilianos light to babygirl he'll do it all for you also there's a reason we've done all this so you and your siblings wouldn't ever have to struggle or hustle or go threw what we've been threw babygirl 

viviana: moms going to hate me now.. shes never going to see me the same  i.. i 

giovani: she could never hate you your her babygirl for you babygirl she went to the ends of the world to find you she tried to protect you but her mother was an evil bitch that wanted to see her dead but she got payback and got you back 

viviana: you never felt a way because of adan 

giovani:what do you mean? 

he said as he got there food 

viviana: have you ever seen me differently because im his daughter and not 

he sat back and looked at her

viviana: dad 

giovani: you need to get in that head of yours babygirl that i love you your my world and i will do it all over again for you your my daughter viviana marie your my babygirl i still see you as that lil 5 year old walking to school with your tata pulling him along pulling me to see all the animals to the park you reading to me because you wanted to show me you could read in English and Spanish .. i could never see you any differently babygirl even if you wanna become a cop 

viviana: you wouldn't hate me 

giovani: no i'd be proud of anything you become accept a stripper that's a no no or a house wife either fuck that shit 

she laughed as they ate .. they made the drive back 

viviana; I don't know if i can fix this with mom im just i don't know 

giovani: i get it babygirl i do but you cant be angry forever ok? please don't nothing is promised and you never know what can happen and i don't want you to end up like me wishing you had more time 

viviana: i wont dad i promise .. 

he took her home .. she went straight upstairs

maricela: just like that 

giovani: shes just like you stubborn as hell but just needs to be reassured shes loved we love her and this is our truth ya know we only kept quiet to keep her safe 

maricela nodded 

maricela: emilianos coming over for dinner ill go tell her plus i have something for her you wont get mad if i give her a picture i have of me and adan right? 

giovani:no i wont get mad shes my daughter no matter what 

he said as he hugged her by her waist and kissed her 

giovani: i love you 

maricela: i love you to 

she went upstairs and knocked on her door viviana opened it and let her in 

maricela: i know you guys ate and that's ok but emi's coming over in a bit 

she nodded as she sat on her bed 

maricela: i um .. i went digging in some old boxes in my closest and i found something i want you to have don't think anything of it i just want you to have it 

viviana: ok? 

she gave her the picture viviana sat down and looked at it 

maricela: we where 15 and 16 i think 

viviana: you look so fraile mom? and are those bruises on your arms?