Tattoo Artist | o. diaz

sesenta y seis: videos

DeShawn was refusing to answer questions seriously, so the video of Venus kept playing. On the 3rd time, Venus stood up and stormed out, making everyone watch her as she ran out with Luciana following right behind. Emiliano watched Venus run, and he wanted to go out there and comfort her, but putting DeShawn in jail was stopping him.

Luciana caught up with Venus and grabbed her arm. "Hey, hey, hey. It's okay." Luciana said calmly, pulling Venus into a hug and letting her sob into her shoulder. "It's gonna be okay." Luciana whispered, both to herself and to Venus. "Let's get you a snack. And some water."

Inside the court room, the cholos were glaring at the Prophet who was acting like he was talking with a close friend.

"We'll show you another video to jog your memory. Should I show the one of 13-year-old Guadalupe Caballero? Or 15-year-old Kelsey Parks? Maybe 12-year-old Tatiana Wilson? I have over 200 videos, how much you wanna bet every single one of them is you violating a child?" DeShawn stayed silent, glaring at Emiliano who's face was blank, but full of rage. "No further questions."

Emiliano stepped back, walking away from the stand and looking to the cholos who gave a smile or a thumbs up. DeShawn's lawyer was scrambling, trying to figure a way out of what just happened. "Your honor, can we take a recess?"

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The 3 cholos walked up to Oscar's house for their "duty" after leaving the courthouse and getting dropped off by Luciana.

"On the charge of rape in the first degree, we find the defendant, DeShawn Carter, guilty." The judge nodded at the jury turning to DeShawn who looked pissed. Venus sat in the crowd, smiling and leaning into Luciana who squeezed her hand.

"I sentence you 20 years in prison." The judge said, catching Venus off guard since she expected a lot more. "20 years for every single victim in those tapes. We're adjourned."

When Enrique, Pablo and Sad Eyes were close enough, they stopped talking about Venus they didn't want him knowing anything about her. "So, we doing drops?"

Oscar looked to them and just stared. "Where you been?"

"We had an appointment." Sad Eyes shrugged. "So we doing a drop?"

Oscar just shook his head and blew out smoke. "Nah." Oscar hopped down from the ledge and walked towards them. "I can't hang out with my friends anymore. You don't come around anymore and I get bored." Oscar shrugged, offering them a cigarette.

"If we're not doing drops, we'll go." Pablo said. Enrique and Pablo nodded, then started walking down the sidewalk again, back to Luciana's house.

"No, you're staying your asses here." Oscar said, making the three turn around to him. "The fuck are you guys hiding?"

"Spooky, we cool like that anymore. No man puts his hands on a woman or a child." Enrique said, glaring at his so-called leader. "We'll still do things because we're in the gang, but we ain't cool with you anymore like we used to be."

Oscar furrowed his eyebrows and blinked. "You're mad because of that bitch?"

"That bitch was your girlfriend. The girl who took care of you and Cesar. The same girl you played for a few hundred bucks and laid your hands on." Enrique said, raising his voice as he glared at Oscar. "Luis will never know what a father is, and you made sure of that."

Oscar rolled his eyes, smoking as Enrique talked. "Yeah? I'm the only father that kid's ever had."

"And now they're both too afraid to be around men, so what are you trying to prove?" Sad Eyes asked. Oscar stayed silent, so the three went back to walking, leaving Oscar alone with his thoughts.

Short lil filler that leads up to what happens in the next chapter 🤪