Drink You Away

Chapter 8

Chapter 8

It's been almost a week since Russ was released from prison and there's been no sign of him. I'm sitting in the office helping out when a delivery guy walks in. "Delivery for Zara Romero." he says. I sign for them and he sits the vase of yellow roses with baby's breath on the desk. I pick up the card and Coco walks in as I start to read it. Oh how I miss my sweet little girl. I'll see you soon. It reads. I drop the card and start to have a panic attack. "Get Angel." Coco tells Chucky and he runs out to look get Angel. Coco is in front of me and says "Come on Z. Breathe with me. Match my breaths." he says and tries to get my breathing under control. About the time I stop hyperventilating, Angel and my dad walk into the office. "What happened baby?" Angel asks as he pulls me to him. My dad picks up the card and reads it. "Goddamnit." he says and hands it to Angel. He reads it and pulls me closer. "That fucker is mine." he seethes. Tilting my head up to look at him, he whispers "I won't let him get to you. I promise bebita. I won't let him touch you." he says. I pull away from him and look at the three most important men in my life and say "He's not going to stop until he has me. I can't handle this anymore." before walking out of the office and Angel follows me. Grabbing my arm gently, he asks "Where are you going?" I pull my arm from his hand and say "Don't worry about it." I lean up and kiss him softly before saying "Te amo siempre mi amor." before walking away towards the clubhouse. I walk inside and go into my dorm and lock the door. I hear the door knob turning and then knocking. "Bebita, let me in. Please baby. Let me in." I hear Angel say. I climb out the window and sneak out of the yard in search for my birth father.

I walk for about an hour, and sit on a bench in the park. I'm not there long before Taza sits down beside me. "What are you going Mija?" he asks. "I need you to trust me Papi." I say. "You're not turning yourself over to him." he tells me. "Papi just let me do this. Please." I tell him. "So that's it? You're just going to leave me? Coco? Angel? You fought so hard to get Angel and now that you and him are finally together, you're going to leave him to mourne you? You know he'll kill you." Taza says. "And Angel will just move on to the next piece of pussy that flaunts it in front of him." I say. "That's bull shit and you know it. He fucking loves you. Come back to the clubhouse Novia. Please." he pleads. "And what? Wait on him to come after me? He knew I was at the scrapyard. He knows where I am." I tell him. "We have a plan Mija." he tells me. "One where I don't die?" I ask. "Yeah Novia. Padrino and his men are coming down to help. We'll have plenty of help taking him down. He won't get to you." he tells me. I look up at the man that has been my father my entire life and nod. I walk to his bike and we head back to the clubhouse.

When we pull back up at the clubhouse, I get off the bike and as soon as I take off my helmet, I look up and see Angel looking at me, pissed. He walks away and I watch him walk over to one of the picnic tables by the fighting cage. Sitting on one of the benches, he puts his head in his hands. I walk over but don't sit down. "I'm sorry." I say. He doesn't say anything. He just holds out his hand and I put mine in it. Pulling me to stand between his legs, he wraps his arms around my waist and puts his forehead against my stomach. I run my fingers through the back of his hair and lean down to kiss the top of his head. "I'm sorry mi dulce." I whisper as the tears start to fall again. He looks up at me and says "I don't want to lose you." as he pulls me down into his lap. "I don't want to lose you either Angel but if I don't turn myself over to him, he's going to get me and he'll kill me. I can't live being scared all the time." I tell him. He nuzzles his nose against my neck and whispers "You won't have to. Bebita, I just got you. I won't lose you." he tells me. I tilt his head to look at me and kiss him softly. "Don't leave me again Zara. Please." he says. "I won't baby. I'm so sorry. I'm so fucking sorry." I sob and he holds me closer.

After a while, we're still sitting there holding each other and my dad and Coco walk up. "We found him." my dad says. I look at him shocked and then start to panic. Angel cups my face and says "Hey. I'm here baby. I got you." I bury my face in his neck and he just holds me. "Where is he?" Angel asks. "Tied to the pew." Coco says. "We'll give you a minute." my dad says and they walk over to the rest of the guys. I look at Angel and he kisses me deeply. "I love you so much Bebita. Siempre." he says. "Te amo mi dulce. So much." I tell him. I look into Angel's eyes and say "I want to be there." He shakes his head and I say "Angel, he tortured me. He tried to break me. He did break me. You put me back together. You're the glue that's fixing me but baby, I need to be there. I need to say my peace and find my closure." I tell him. He looks at me for a minute and he says "The first second I think you can't handle it, EZ takes you outside and you don't fight me on it." I kiss him and say "Understood."

We pull up to the warehouse and walk inside. Seeing Russ tied to the pew, his head is down and his eyes are closed. "Wake up you piece of shit." my dad says as he smacks him in the back of the head. Russ wakes up and looks around, seeing his surroundings. He tenses when he sees my dad. "That's right. You remember me. You hurt my kid. You think you're going to come back and hurt my kid." he tells Russ. "But someone wants to say hola." I step forward and say "Hola Russ." He looks at me and smirks. "What were you going to do when you found me?" I ask. "I was going to see if that pussy was still tight." he says and Angel steps forward and pulls me close. "Go stand by your dad Bebita." he tells me. Kissing him softly, I walk over to my dad. Angel walks up to Russ and says "You see that beautiful woman? That's my beautiful woman. That's the woman that has put me before everything else. The woman that has proven to me how strong she is. The woman that I'm going to marry and that will be the mother of my kids. You will never touch her again. I want you to look at her because it will be the last time you ever see my wife again." Angel says before pulling out his gun and unloading the clip in his chest.

Angel walks over to me and crashes his lips with mine and when we separate, there are tears in my eyes. "You're mine baby. No one will ever hurt you again Bebita." I look at him and say "You called me your wife." He kisses me softly and says "You told me that I was your glue. You're mine." he tells me. I cup his face and say "Take me home mi dulce." He looks at Bishop and he nods his okay for us to go. Walking by Taza and Coco, I hug them and none of us say anything. We don't need to. We walk into my house and Angel carries me into the bedroom and as soon as he puts me on the bed, he enters me. Making love to me nice and slow and when we reach our release he whispers "Tomorrow mi esposa." I look at him and smile softly and say "Tomorrow."