"Well looks like Gabriel is not coming"
"why not"
"I got a text from him saying that the burns from the coffee are pretty bad it looks like he's going to have to stay behind"
"oh well I hope he feels better"
"Yeah.. .me too"
"Is something wrong? " I ask Jaden weary of pause.
"No, just thinking, well we better start heading out to the hospital now."
I wonder if he is thinking the same thing I'm thinking.
He unlocks the car door to a simple and plain black car with tinted windows it really was just your ordinary car not flashy, or just one of your simple sports cars. I got inside the 4-door car with leather seats, the smell of cologne filled my nose I have smelled this somewhere before but I couldn't put my finger on. He turns the key and then we
to .were off down the long Gravel Road that connects my house to the other streets.
we live in a very rural part of Arizona so the local hospital that could treat my father's critical wounds is 3 hours away, as the car passed by the mountains and camping trails that I and my father would too.I thought back to when dad took me camping for the first time it was raining that day and I wanted to catch a big fish to show Mama how good of a Fisher I was. But the rain came down, even more, I remember sitting in the tent with Papa and crying telling him "that's all that I wanted to do". I remember him being so patient with me. I was lured out of my thoughts by Jaden, trying to make some awkward conversation with me which I really wasn't in the mood for.
"So miss Ortiz how long have you lived here"
" I told you that you can just call me by my first name"
"I'm sorry miss. . . Almost forgot again but have you lived here all your life"
"No I guess not my mother and father met in the Dominican Republic, and then fell in love and end up having me in Jamaica my mother's Homeland"
" that's nice, " Jay said
" how far along are we away" I tried to distract him with any other questions besides the ones of how my mother and father really met
"well from the GPS we should be there in 2 hours from now."
" Okay good " I could tell he was going to try to say something but I put my headphones in before it was too late, in the back of my mind I feel like I should be nicer to him but there's just too much stuff in the way right now, to think of his feelings. But why should I be worried about his feelings, after all, I'm just his next paycheck, right?
When I wake up we are in a dimly lit parking lot, " so this is it" I ask him in a still not fully awake voice. " yes this is it, wait let me get your door" "Nah I'm fine" he had a puzzled look on his face like I wasn't speaking English to him, would he prefer If I spoke Spanish?
" are you sure madame " wait what did he just say to me, okay chill out maybe he didn't mean to say it.
" no, I'm, fine thank you " as we find our way to hospital information desk I could feel the tightness in my chest as I got closer. " Hi how may I help you young lady " will at least she thinks I'm young looking.
" umm yes ma'am I wanted to see my father, my mother called awhile ago to put me on the visiting list." " Okay last name, please? " " Ortiz" " there's a lot of Ortiz's on here what's your fist name ?". " It's As-" before I could even say the rest of my name I am hugged behind by someone, " long time no see baby-girl" I turn around to see a very welled aged man maybe in his mid 40's that looked almost like my father.
In the meantime of me thinking where the HELL!!! was my bodyguard? " I'm sorry sir but I don't know you", "I told you, baby, she won't remember you, she was so small when we first meet " I hear from a pretty Asian lady with pale blonde hair, who is she I barely get out the house but this was something new.
" I guess I should let go right?" " right," I say he looked sad as he pulled away from me " I'm your uncle Aster. . . don't you remember me"? " Baby like I- " he put a finger up to her lip and started to sing "A la nanita nana nanita Ella, nanita Ella
Mi niña tiene sueño bendito sea, bendito sea
A la nanita nana nanita Ella, nanita Ella
Mi niña tiene sueño bendito sea, bendito sea
Fuentecita Que corre clara y Sonora
Ruiseñor Que en la selva
Cantando y llora
Calla Mientras lacuna se balancea
A la nanita nana nanita e.." "BABY. . . that's it" his girlfriend said.
"Do you remember me now baby girl?"
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In the Dark Without You
Misterio / SuspensoAster is a girl born with a troubled past and future. She's been sheltered her entire life - sheltered from friends, sheltered from the city and even sheltered from herself...until one night her parents come home drenched in blood that didn't belong...
