A Different Type of Family

Vigil

Mariana left the shelter without being seen and made her way to The Riviera home and spied her brothers laughing and talking with Callie. "Why are you even here?" Mariana asked herself as she eyed Callie. Then she remembered that Callie and Lexi were dating and sighed.

"YOU ARE THE BEST," Jude said. "YOU ARE LIKE A SISTER."

"Aww! Thanks Jude. You are even older than me," Callie added as she gave him and Jesus a new game for their shared XBOX ONE. Mariana's blood boiled and she knew she needed to confront Callie. Tears appeared in her eyes. 

"HEY! YOU!" Mariana screamed out as she eyed Callie walking alone to her home. Callie turned around and eyed Mariana in shock. "You? What are you doing here?"

"That's not your business," Mariana added upset. "You stay away from my brothers."

"I've been coming to this house for years. You don't tell me what to do," Callie added mad. 

"I forget. You are banging Lexi," Mariana added.

"Don't you dare mention her name. It is your fault you are in a shelter without a family," Callie added. With that said, Mariana punched Callie in the face and took off and warned her again.

"Was that her?" a girl asked.

"Yup." Mariana added. "I need to do something about her. It is her fault I'm in a shelter."

"No it's not. You don't like the daughter's of foster parents," her friend Becker added.

"Whose side are you on?" Mariana added.

"Your side," Becker added. Mariana smirked and knew what she would do. Callie ran all the way home and used her key to get in. "Is that you baby girl?" Stef asked.

"Yeah," Callie added as the moms' smiled at seeing their daughter. Their smiles faded to concern. "Who punched you, baby girl?" Stef asked upset.

Callie chewed her lip. "Baby buggy?" Lena asked.

"I was coming back from The Rivera's and a girl approached me."

"Who was it?" the moms' asked.

"Mariana. Mariana Gutierrez," Callie added.

Stef left to the station to file a report and Armando went to the shelter. Mariana was not there and cops were placed near the entrance and the back. 

Becker eyed Mariana upset. "Her mom is a cop and her dad?"

"Yeah," Mariana added. "I hate her."

"Well you can't go to the shelter," she added.

"Take me here," Mariana added as Becker dropped her off  and Mariana left and purchased a gun with a fake ID. Mariana sighed and knew she needed to deal once and for all with Callie, the girl that cost her a home.

Callie had not heard from Lexi all day and was worried. Then her phone rang and she answered it. "Hello?" Callie asked.

"Hi," Mariana's voice added. "Missing someone?" she asked.

"Where is she?" Callie asked. "I swear if you hurt her," Callie's voice trailed off.

"She needs to be saved," Mariana added. 

"Let me talk to her," Callie added.

"No. We play by my rules," Mariana added as she gave Callie the address.

Callie left school early and never realizing that Lexi was on a field trip and could not call her or text her. Callie on the bus was worried as the bus dropped her off three blocks from the address.