The Girl Next Door

Chapter 6

Chapter 6

Waking up the next morning, we get up and head to Papa's. We eat breakfast with him and Zeek before heading to the courthouse. An hour later, we are married and I could not be happier. "This is what your mother wanted for you Angel. Both of you." Papa tells us. "I wish she could have been here." I tell them and Angel pulls me close. "Me to babe." he says. Papa heads to open up the shop and we head to the clubhouse. Walking into the clubhouse, Bishop sees us and smiles before walking up and hugging Angel and then me. "Congrats you two." he says and Hank asks "What are we congratulating them for?" Angel smiles and says "We got married today." Everyone looks at us shocked and Riz asks "Moving a little fast aren't you?" Angel shakes his head no and says "She's been my Old Lady since we were five years old man. Should have married her years ago but she took off on me." I look at him and Creeper says "Took off? Shit. She get tired of you Mano?" and they all start laughing. "Nah. Had some shit happen and she needed to get her head right." He says and they all look at me. I decide to tell them. I look at Angel and he nods, knowing what I'm thinking. "He's right. We've been together since we were five. But when I was eighteen, I was raped and had to leave for a while to get my head right. But I'm back now and where I belong." I tell them and they all congratulate us.

After hanging for a while, we head home and as soon as we walk in the door, he picks me up and carries me to bed. We spend the rest of the night making love as husband and wife. Once we reach our release, we are lying facing each other talking. "I want to start a family. I want to give you all the things we always talked about." he says. "Are you sure Angel? I mean...we just got married." I ask. "I'm sure baby. Positive." he tells me. "I'll come off my birth control then." I tell him and he kisses me softly. "I love you baby." he says. "I love you too. God I can't believe we're married." I say still shocked. "I know. You remember all the nights we laid in bed talking about what we wanted for our future?" I ask. "Yeah. Married, house, three kids and a German Shepherd named Poncho." he tells me and I look at him shocked. "You remember?" I ask. "Yeah. Now, we got the marriage and the house, now to get the dog and the three kids. We got work to do Mami." he says as he hovers over me for another round of love making before falling asleep in each other's arms.

Waking up the next morning, I get up and head to the bathroom. Brushing my teeth and washing my face, I look at my birth control pills and smile. I pick them up and toss them in the trash. I look up and see Angel standing there smiling at me. "We're doing this?" he asks. I move over to him and kiss him softly and say "We're doing this mi dulce." He kisses me before picking me up and carrying me to bed for yet another round of love making before we get up and get dressed for the day.

We head to the clubhouse and after walking inside, we head to the bar and Bishop walks in. "Meet with Galindo in an hour." he says and I look at him shocked. "Miguel Galindo?" I ask and Bishop stops, turns to look at me and says "Yes. You know him?" he asks. I look at Angel and he sees panic in my eyes. "Marla. Talk to me. What's wrong? You know him?" he asks me. "It was him Angel. It was him." I say and he realizes what I mean. "Are you sure?" he asks me. "Yeah. I'm sure. It was him." I say as the tears start to fall. "What are we missing?" Bishop asks. "He's the one that raped me. Ten years ago. He's the one that raped me." I say as I start to sob. Bishop takes out his phone and shows me a picture. "We need to make sure sweetheart. Is this him?" he asks. I look at the picture and I can't breathe. "Marla, breathe with me. Match my breaths." Zeek says as he tries to calm me down. Once I'm calmed down some, Angel looks at Bishop and says "I'll kill him." I grab Angel's hand and say "You can't. Angel, you have to leave him alone. Please." I beg. He cups my face and says "I lost you for ten years because of him. I won't lose you again." he tells me. "You won't baby. I'm not going anywhere." I tell him. "I won't let her out of my sight." Angel tells Bishop. "Bring her with us. Seeing her might spook him and knock him off his game." Angel looks at me and says "You okay with that?" I nod and he says "You stay by my side. Your hand doesn't leave mine. You hear me?" he asks as he kisses me softly. "Yeah." I say simply.

Pulling up to the meet, we get off Angel's bike and see Galindo getting out of his car with a woman behind him. Walking closer, she looks at me and says "Marla?" I look at her shocked and say "Emily?" She runs over and pulls me into a hug and she asks "What are you doing here?" I pull away and Angel wraps his arm around my waist and I say "I came back." I put my hand over Angel's and she sees our rings. "It's about time." she tells me smiling. I look over at Miguel and he looks like he's seen a ghost. "Hello Miguel." I say and I find a strength I never had before. "Marla." he says simply. "You two know each other?" Emily asks. I look at Bishop and he nods his okay. "You could say that. He's the reason I've been gone for ten years." I tell her. "What? How?" she asks. "You want to tell her or do you want me to Miguel?" I ask and Angel tightens his grip on me in support. "Yeah Miguel. You want to share with your wife what you did to mine?" Angel asks. Miguel looks at him shocked and I look at Emily and say "The reason I took off was because before you met your husband, he was seeing a friend of mine. We were all hanging out and he offered to be the good guy and take me home but decided to punch me in the face and rape me before taking me home." I tell her and she looks at him. "Are you sure it was him?" she asks me. "Positive." I say. She hugs me and says "I'll see you soon." before looking at Miguel with disgust and turning to get in the car alone.

After the meeting, we head to the clubhouse and as soon as we walk in the door, Bishop says "You did great sweetheart." I nod and say "Thank you for that. I needed it." I tell him. "I know. You need to confront the demons that chase you. Only way you heal." he tells me. I hug him and then turn to Angel. "You okay baby?" he asks. "Yeah. I feel a little better actually." I tell him and he pulls me close and kisses me softly. "He won't hurt you again." he tells me as he holds me close.