When The Bartender Cries

Chapter 4

Chapter 4

Waking up the next morning I get up and start breakfast. About the time it gets done, Letti and Coco walk into the kitchen. "Morning guys." I say as I plate their food. "Morning Mami." Letti says as she kisses my cheek and takes her plate. Coco walks over and takes his plate and says "Morning mi amor." and kisses my lips softly. We sit at the table to eat and I see Letti looking at us. "What?" I ask. "Just never thought I'd have this." she says looking at her plate. "Have what bebita?" Coco asks. "A family. To sit have have breakfast with two parents that actually give a shit about me." she tells us. I reach over and put my hand on hers and say "I never thought I'd have this either Letti. But I am so fucking glad I do and I have you and your dad to thank for that." I tell her and she looks at me and smiles. We eat and Coco says "I'll take her to school." I nod and say "I'll pick her up." I tell him and he nods. "See you at the yard." he says before kissing me. I look at Letti and say "See you later Mija." She nods and says "Love you ma." I smile and say "Love you baby girl." before they pull out of the driveway but before I leave, I remember something in the house. I run back in and when I come back out, Jake pulls in the driveway. "What do you want?" I ask as he gets out of his car. "I was wondering if we could talk for a minute." he says. "What? I'm about to leave for work." I say. "I wanted to see if you wanted to get dinner tonight and talk?" he asks. "Don't you have a girlfriend now and a kid on the way?" I ask. "She lied about being pregnant so no I don't." he tells me. "Well, I hate to hear that but I think it would be best if you left." I tell him. "I want us to talk." he says. "I don't. Look, you cheated on me and then left me. I don't want to talk to you. Plus, I've moved on. I'm seeing someone now and he's actually moved in so there's no reason for us to talk." I tell him, getting into my car. I have my window up and he says "I won't give up. I'll win you back. I love you." he says and I shake my head and back out of the driveway.

I pull up at the clubhouse and head inside and start to clean. Bishop walks in and asks "How you doing sweetheart?" I look at him and he asks "What's wrong?" I shake my head and say "Just when things start going good with me and Coco, shit hits the fucking fan." I tell him. "What happened?" he asks and about that time Coco walks in and asks "What happened with what?" He sits at the bar next to Bishop and I say "After you and Letti left, I ran back into the house for something and when I came out, Jake was getting out of his car. Said he wanted to talk about us getting back together. Said chick lied about being knocked up and that he's not with her anymore." I tell them. "You want back with him?" Bishop asks. "Hell no. I'm finally with someone that fucking loves me. I'm not giving that up." I say and Coco smiles at me. "Well, what did you tell him?" Coco asks. "That hated it for him and that I moved on and that you had moved in." I tell him. He walks behind the bar and pulls me close and says "Good because you're mine and I ain't letting no fucker take you from me." Kissing him softly, forgetting Bishop was sitting there, I say "I'm all yours baby." before snuggling into him. Remembering Bishop was there, I look at him and see him smiling at me.

That afternoon, I leave to get Letti from school and we head to our house. Pulling up to the house, I see Jake's car sitting there. I pull into the driveway and I say "Text your dad and tell him to get here now." I tell her and she does as I ask. We get out of the car and Letti sticks close. "What do you want Jake?" I ask. "I want to talk. I said I wasn't giving up on us." he says. "Jake, there is no us. There will never be an us. You cheated on me and left. I told you this morning, I moved on." I tell him. About that time, we hear a bike pull up and it's Coco. I look at Letti and say "Head on in the house Mija. Me and your dad will be there in a minute." She nods and does as I ask. "Who was that?" he asks. "Not your concern." I tell him. Coco walks up and says "Head on inside mi amor." I nod and he kisses me softly before I walk towards the house and as I pass Jake, he grabs my arm. I pull away and Coco is immediately in his face. "Don't you ever put your hands on my Old Lady again. She's told you to leave her alone and that's what you're going to do." Coco tells him and then says "Mi amor, go on." I nod and do what he tells me to do. I get inside and Letti and I are watching from the window and can hear what is being said. "Your Old Lady huh?" Jake asks, not backing down. "Yeah. Old Lady, mother to my kid and going to be my wife by the time I'm done." Coco says and mine and Letti's eyes both go wide. "Wife?" Jake asks shocked. "Yeah. So you need to get back in your car and leave and if you ever come near my family again, I'll gut your fucking ass and leave you out in the desert for the vultures. You understand me cabron?" he asks and Jake stiffens up and nods before heading to his car. Coco walks into the house and I pull him to me and crash my lips with his and when we separate, I say "I love you Johnny." He smiles against my lips and says "I love you too. You and our kid. So fucking much." I ask "Wife huh?" He nods and says "You good with that?" I nod and say "Hell yeah." Looking at Letti, before we can ask she says "It's about fucking time." and we all start laughing.