When The Bartender Cries

Chapter 5

Chapter 5

Coco tells us to get a bag that we are spending a couple of days at the clubhouse to make sure that Jake leaves us alone. We pull up at the clubhouse and Bishop looks at us confused. "Everything okay?" he asks. "Yeah. Just precaution." I tell him and he looks at me confused. "Fucking ex was at the house when her and the kid got home. Talking about wanting her back and not giving up on her and shit." Coco says. "Yeah but my Old Man here made sure Jake knew that I'm his Old Lady, mom to his kid and what was the other? Oh yeah, his future wife." I say and Bishop hugs me and says "Congrats bebita." Coco pulls me back into his side and says "Let's go to the dorm for a minute." he tells me and Letti and we follow him. She drops her bag in her dorm and then we follow him to ours. Walking in, he sits me down on the bed and Letti sits beside me. He reaches into the inside pocket of his kutte and then gets down on one knee and says "I ain't good at this emotional shit but mi amor, I love you. Have for a long time. You're good to me and my kid...our kid. She loves you, the club loves you and I love you. Will you marry me?" he asks. I lean forward and kiss him softly and say "Yes Johnny. I'll marry you." He slips he ring on my finger and then kisses me again. We stand up and Letti hugs me and says "Congrats Mami." I kiss her cheek and say "Thank you Mija." before we head out to the main room and the three of us are smiling ear to ear. Hank sees us and asks "You three smiling? This can't be good." he says and we all laugh. "What did you do?" Bishop asks smirking. "Asked my Old Lady to marry me." Coco says. "From that smile I take it she said yes?" Taza asks. I nod my head and he says "Let me see it." I hold out my hand and Taza looks at the ring and looks at Coco saying "You did good brother." I smile and say "Yes he did." and they all start laughing.

A little later, Coco is sitting on the couch and I am in his lap. The Prospect is shooting pool with Letti. "What do you think about them getting married?" He asks her. "I'm glad they are. They're good for each other." she says. "What about you?" he asks. "She's good to me. She's my mom." she tells him and he just smiles. Coco nuzzles his nose into the crook of my neck and places soft kisses there. All of a sudden, the door opens and Jake walks in with a gun. We all stand up and I look over and the Prospect has Letti behind him, protecting her. Coco pulls me behind him and asks "What are you doing here?" Jake walks over and says "I came for Amira." Coco stands a little taller and a few of the other members walk over to stand in front of me and the rest stand in front of Letti. "She ain't going anywhere with you. She ain't interested." Coco says. "That's up to her to decide." Jake says. I move in between Bishop and Coco and say "I'm not interested in you Jake. I don't want to be with you. I'm with Coco." I say. "If you're not with me then you aren't with him either." he says before raising the gun and firing off a shot. Coco moves in front of me and the Prospect takes Jake down. Coco hits the floor, bleeding from his side. "Johnny. Oh God. Johnny." I cry as he says "I love you." and passes out. Letti is immediately by my side. "I gotta get to him Mija" Taza tells me and I move and pull Letti into my arms. I look over and see Angel and the Prospect holding Jake down. "Letti, stay with Papi." I tell her and kiss the top of her head. I walk over and Bishop follows me. "There somewhere we can take him?" I ask and Bishop says "Yeah. We got a spot." I look at him and say "This one's mine." They all look at me shocked but Bishop nods. While the guys are putting Jake in the van and heading to the warehouse, I walk back over to Letti and Coco and say "Stay with your dad. I'll be back." I tell her. "Be careful Ma." she says. "I will baby." I look at Taza and Riz say "We got them." I nod and follow Bishop out of the clubhouse. Getting on Bishop's bike, we head to the warehouse. "You sure about this Amira? We can handle him if you want us to." Bishop says. "This one's mine. He fucked with my family." I tell him. He nods and leads me into the warehouse. On the table next to him, I see a hammer, Kbar knife, a pipe and rope. I walk over and see Jake glaring at me. "Glare at be all you want. I'm not the one tied to a chair." I say. "You won't hurt me. I know you still love me." he tells me. I laugh. "Really? You think I still love you?" I ask and he just looks at me. "You shot my fucking husband!" I shout. "I was aiming for you." he says. I get in his face and say "You were going to kill me and you shot my husband instead and in front of our daughter. Now, I get to kill you." I tell him and you can see the determination in my eyes. I pick up the hammer. I slam it into his ribs before hitting him in the chest with it. I take the Kbar and start making slices in his skin. Then I take the pipe and ram it into his crotch and you hear all of the guys groan. "Sorry guys." I say without looking at them. I take the rope and tie it around his neck like a noose. "Can you help me hang him up?" The guys step forward and do as I ask. I take the long pipe and start hitting him like pinata. After a few minutes, I ask Bishop for his gun. He hands it to me and says "This one is Coco's." I smile and say "That's fitting." I look at Jake and he's barely hanging on. I aim at his head and fire off one shot right to the forehead, killing him.

We head back to the clubhouse and Taza says "He's in your dorm." I nod and hug him. "You good?" he asks. "Yeah. I'm good. But I'm gonna need you to give me away when we get married." I tell him and he nods. "Of course Mija." he says. I go to walk away and hear Angel say "Remind me not to piss her off. That was fucking scary." and I start laughing. While the guys are filling Taza and Riz in, I walk into the dorm and Letti runs to me and hugs me. "It's okay Mija." I tell her. She looks at me and I say "I took care of it." She nods, knowing what I'm saying. I walk over to the bed and Coco says "Where were you?" I smirk and say "Handling our shit." He looks at me confused and then it hits him. "Really?" he asks. "Busted his ribs, hung him up and beat him like a pinata and then one shot to the head. Made sure he knew that he wasn't to mess with my husband." I tell him. "Husband huh?" he asks smirking. "Yep. As soon as you are out of this bed we're getting married. I'm not waiting any longer than I have to." I tell him. "Whatever you say mi reina." he says before kissing me. I lay down next to him and Letti on the other side of him and the three of us drift off to sleep as a family.