His Girl

Chapter 8

Chapter 8

Waking up the next morning, we get up to get ready for our day and when I go to move, I wince. "You okay mi reina?" Coco asks smirking. I look at him and say "Keep it up. I can cut you off." I tell him. "We can't let that happen. Can we?" he asks as he pulls me closer to him. "I love you." he says. "I love you." I tell him. We walk out to the main room and I sit at the bar and Chucky gives me a coffee and Letti walks up next to me. "Morning Mami." she says. I kiss her temple and say "Morning baby." Coco walks over and says "We have to head out for a while." I look at him concerned and he leans closer and whispers "Compound." I nod my understanding and kiss him softly. "Be safe." I tell him. "You wanna come with?" he asks. "Yeah." I say. I look at Letti and say "Help Chucky in the office today please." She nods and says "Okay." We both kiss her goodbye and head out.

Putting up to the tunnel we have to go through, Coco tells me "Stay close." I nod and we head through the tunnel and to another truck. Driving up to the compound, we get out of the car and Adelita sees me. We've met before so she knows me. I walk up and hug her and she asks "How have you been?" I nod and say "Good. Been a while." I say. "It has. What's been going on with you?" she asks while the guys are unloading supplies for her. "Not much. Coco and I got married. We're raising his daughter...our daughter." I tell her. "Good. I'm happy for you." she tells me. "We got the supplies you told Angel you needed. I put a few things in there for the little one." I tell her. "Thank you." she says. "Angel said he had a cough. There's medicine in there for him too." I tell her. "Perfect. You don't know how much this means to me." she says. "We take care of our own, right." I tell her and she nods.

A little later, we walk back into the clubhouse and see Letti sitting at the bar talking to Chucky and she's laughing. "It's good to see her laugh after that shit yesterday." I tell him and he nods. We walk up and she says "Mami, Chucky was talking about how he got his GED. Will you help me?" she asks. "Yeah baby. We'll look into it tomorrow and see what we need to do." I tell her. "I was wanting, when I turn eighteen to, maybe, sign up for some college classes at the local campus?" she asks. I look at Coco and you can see the pride in his eyes. "What are you wanting to study?" he asks. "Social Work." she tells him. He looks at me and then at her and she says "I want to help people Papi." she says. "Then if that's what you want to do, we'll make it happen." he tells her and she jumps up and hugs us both.

That night, we are laying in bed and I look up at Coco. "Johnny? Can we afford to send her to college?" I ask. "Yeah baby. I've been putting money back for years. We got it." he tells me and I nod. "That what you been thinking about?" he asks. "Yeah. I didn't get to go to college because we couldn't afford it and that was fine but I don't want her to have to settle you know? I want her to make sure she can take care of herself and not have to depend on anyone." I tell him. "Nothing wrong with that. Do you ever feel like you settled?" he asks. "You mean with you?" I ask and he nods. "No. Sometimes I wonder what I did to get so lucky. No matter how far I fall, you always catch me. I didn't settle baby. I lucked out." I tell him as I hover over him. I move to straddle him and he sits up to meet me. Putting his hands on my hips, mine on his shoulders, I say "Want me to show you how lucky I feel?" I ask as I place kisses to his neck. "Show me Mami." he says as he flips us over so that he's one top and we start to shed clothes for me to show my husband just how lucky he makes me feel.