Hood fever | Oscar Diaz

Chapter : 19

October 7th 2018

Oscar.

I lost my balance because of how much blood I was loosing, I knew my stitches came open.
The pain was so bad.

One of the homies rushed to my side, "I got you." He said as he lifted me up and helped me stand.

People were coming out of their houses to see what was wrong.
"Spooky!" One of the Santos yelled as he pointed to my car. It was shot up and the windows were busted out.

Gazzy.

My heart stopped, I felt as if I couldn't breathe.
I remember he was crying and as soon as bullets went off it was silent.

It was as if time was moving in slow motion.
I pulled away from the Santos that was holding me up as I rushed to the car.
I fell to the floor as I tried to get to him.
I felt hands on me trying to steady me as I lifted myself back up.

All I could hear was ringing, and I could feel the tears fall from my face as I screamed out.
I finally got to the car
I pulled the door open, glass flew everywhere.

Gazzy was laying on the floor of my car in a ball.
He wasn't moving.
I fell to my knees.
No no no.

I couldn't breathe I couldn't speak.
All I could do was cry.
I buried my face into my hands and cried.

"Ossie?" I heard a small voice say.
I looked up.
Gazzy was peaking up at me from where he huddled himself into a ball.

He removed his arms from covering his head.
"Oh my god." I cried as I pulled him out of the car.

I lifted him up and checked his body.
No bullets.
I let out a sigh of relief.
He's okay.
Just a little bit of scratches from the glass.

"Thank you god." I whispered as I pulled Gazzy close.

I hugged him tight as I just kneeled there and cried.

"Don't cry Ossie." Gazzy said as he rubbed his little hands against my head.

"I love you Gazzy." I whispered.
"I love you too Ossie." He said.
"I would die if anything happened to you." I said as I kept him into my arms.

"Spooky, We got to go." One of the Santos members said to me as he pulled me up. "Cops are coming."
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"What happened!" Rosaria Screamed as I walked into her house holding Gazzy tight.

I was losing my balance from all the blood I was losing. Rosaria grabbed Gazzy from my arms and sat him on the floor.

One of the Santos that was with me sat me down on the couch.

"Get the first aid kit!" Rosaria yelled to Gio as she lifted up my shirt.

"You're going to be fine mijo" she said as she kissed my forehead.

Leilani rushed into the living room from the hall way. Her eyes were big as she rushed to my side.

"What happened?" She asked softly.
She never yelled, I loved that about her.

"Hey baby." I said weakly as I reached up to touch her. Cesar busted through the front door with Ruby.

"Oscar!" He yelled. Ruby looked at me with wide eyes. "He needs orange juice." He said as he ran to the kitchen. I laughed slightly, Ruby was weird.

Ruby came back with the orange juice.
He held a straw to my face.

"You're losing a lot of blood, the sugar helps." He said. I drank from the cup and I was slowly feeling better, as better as I could.

Rosaria restitched me, I guess it came in handy that she was a nurse.

Now that everyone calmed down everyone was staring at me waiting to hear what happened.

"Prophets rolled up on me because of what happened with Nate." I said. "I think he sent them."
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"Gazzy needs to go to a new daycare." I said as I put on my clothes, Leilani had to help me shower and wash the blood off my body because I was so weak, but i really wasn't complaining.

"Where?" She asked.
"Like an official daycare place, no ghetto houses." I said. "We don't have that in freeridge." She said.
"They do in Brentwood." I said.

Leilani looked at me.
"Oscar we can't afford a Brentwood daycare." She sighed.

"I can make it work, he needs to be safe." I said as I sat next to her on her bed.

"I never felt fear like that, I've been stabbed , shot at, jumped, locked up, had a drive by rolled on me, but nothing ever made me scared like I was today." I rubbed my forehead. The tears started coming out.

"They pulled up at his fucking daycare Leilani, Prophets never show up there, ain't nothin but old ass people live on that block. Abuelas and Abuelos n shit." I said as I looked at her.

"They pulled up on me, and they knew where he went to daycare, his dad don't care that fools crazy, he's not safe, he has to go to daycare in an official place, and ima pay for it ima make it happen." I said.

Leilani had tears in her eyes, I know she was scared I know she was trying to be strong for all of us.
"Okay baby." She said softly.

"Thank you, for protecting him, thank you for caring." She said as she gently pulled me into a hug.

"I'm sorry I put him in danger." I cried.
"Hey! That's not your fault Oscar." She said as she grabbed my face.

"You had no idea that would happen, you protected him he's safe and nothing happened." She said softly as she wiped my tears.

"We're going to be okay." She gently kissed my forehead and pulled me back into a hug.

I still felt guilty.
But most of all angry.
Los Santos would never shoot if a child was present
The Prophets were going to pay for this.

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End of chapter.