The Girl Next Door

Chapter 10

Chapter 10

After the meeting, we walk out to Angel's bike and I just stand there, staring at the helmet in my hand. I feel Angel wrap his arms around me and he softly asks "Are you okay?" I don't look at him but just nod and go to put the helmet on. "Why don't we go for a ride." Angel says and again I just nod. We ride out to the desert and I see a fire pit. We walk over and it's early evening and the sun is starting to go down. He lights the fire and grabs a couple of blankets out of the saddle bags and lays one down. Sitting down, he pulls me down between his legs and I snuggle into him. He wraps the other blanket around us and after a few minutes he says "Talk to me mi amor." I wipe the tears that fall and say "I can't handle this Angel." He holds me closer and asks "What can't you handle baby? What do you need?" he asks. I snuggle closer, and say "He just acts like nothing happened. Yeah, he agreed to the terms Adelita put out but Angel, what happens when he thinks that he's gotten away with it and starts doing something else. Angel, I can't let that go." I tell him. "Baby, all you can do is take it a day at a time and you know Emily will be here if you need her too." he tells me. I look up at him and he says "I'm not going anywhere." I kiss him softly and he deepens the kiss. I move to straddle him and kiss him again. We start to shed clothes and he enters me slowly and slowly makes love to me by the fire all night long.

At sunrise, we get up, dressed and head back to the clubhouse. I walk to the dorm to shower and change and EZ walks up to Angel and asks "She okay?" Angel looks towards the dorm and says "No, she's not." Bishop walks up and asks "What does she need?" Angel looks at him and says "She can't get past this shit with Galindo. Mano, I don't know how to help my wife." he says. About that time the door opens and Emily says "I think I can help with that." They look at her confused and Angel asks "How?" Emily says "Let's get Marla and I'll explain." Angel walks to the dorm and walks in to see me sitting against the headboard. I wipe my eyes quickly and he says "You don't have to hide from me mi reina." I nod and he says "Emily is here. Says she wants to talk to us." he says and I nod again. I stand up and he pulls me to him. Kissing me deeply he says "I love you Marla. I love you so fucking much." I caress his face and say "I love you too Angel." I look into his eyes and I see it. "I'm not going anywhere this time. I told you I wasn't leaving again and I won't." I tell him and he releases the breath he was holding and pulls me closer.

We walk out to the main room and Angel leads me into Templo along with Emily. The guys take their seats and I take the one next to Angel. He pulls my hand to his lips and kisses my knuckles and I see Emily smile softly at me and so does EZ. "What did you want to talk about Em?" I ask. "I know how to keep Miguel from hurting anyone else. The thing is that there are two types of power. The kind where you are feared. Where you only hurt people to get what you want. Then there's the kind of power where you are respected because you are getting what you want but helping others at the same time. It's that middle ground between love and hate. You have the power because people will do what you need just because they know you will take care of them. It's a give and take. Miguel has forgotten that. We had something drawn up when we got married, that if anything happened to him then control of the family business would go to me. I didn't tell you but I had one of our men start looking into things and you're not the only one that Miguel forced himself on." she tells us. "So what is the plan?" Bishop asks. "I'm taking Miguel down. I found out a few things. Nestor came to me to tell me that Miguel has two mistresses that he's put up in small apartments. So, Nestor is helping me take him down." she tells us. "What do you need us to do?" Hank asks. "It would need to be outsourced." Emily says. Bishop and Taza look at each other and say "We have someone we could call." Emily nods and says "I don't need to know details." They nod and we all walk out of Templo. Before Emily leaves, she hugs me and says "You call me if you need me." I nod and she heads out. Angel pulls me close and I don't say a word. He picks me up and carries me to the dorm. Laying down on the bed, he strips down and lays with me, pulling me into his arms and just holding me all night long.