Tattoo Artist | o. diaz

setenta y cuatro: I have questions

Venus sat on the park bench beside Oscar and Luis sat on her lap. Venus' arms were tightly wrapped around Luis, but that didn't stop him from trying to run away to Luciana who was having a party by herself in her car.

"Hombrecito, it's okay. I'm not gonna hurt you."

Luis started nodding his head and continued to try and pry Venus' arms away. "You crazy!" Venus looked down at Luis and started playing with his hair to try and calm him down. Oscar went to try and grab Luis' hand, but the toddler lifted his foot and harshly kicked his hand away. "I wanna go home!"

"Venus."

Venus snapped her head over and looked to Oscar with her eyebrows furrowed. "What, Spooky?"

"How am I supposed to get you forgive me if he won't even try?"

"How am I supposed to know? I don't even want to forgive you." She stated, holding Luis tighter since he was about to slip through her arms. "I mean, I do, because I can't move on from you if I'm stuck in the past, but what you did just isn't forgivable. If I don't feel safe with having you around me, how am I supposed to feel safe with my son around you?"

"Oh." Oscar sighed deeply and ran his hand down his face while Luis and Venus played with each other's hands. "Venus, if I could go back and not do what I did, I would."

Venus didn't look at him, but instead watched the kids playing with their parents. "But you can't change the past."

"Mamas, all I'm asking for is a second chance."

Venus sighed and looked down to Luis who was slowly falling asleep against her chest. "I gave you two already. First time, you bet on if you could get me to sleep with you and the second, you cheat and lay your hands on me and my child."

"I thought he was ours?"

Venus shrugged and twirled Luis' curls. "I thought so too. But a father doesn't hit or almost kill his son." Venus stated, looking down at her watch as Luis slumped against her. "We have to go. Spooky, all I ask is that you leave us alone. Because everytime you and I have tried to be together, you've messed up. We can both move on now."

Oscar watched Venus stand up, but before she could even take a step away, he grabbed her wrist, making her flinch away. "You can call me Oscar. And I'm not moving on."

"Spooky fits you better. And you don't have to, but I am."

× × ×

Lisbet and Emiliano sat on the couch across from Venus and Luis, holding hands as Venus just stared at them. "Cancer?" Venus asked her mom, her eyes watering as she looked at her. "When did you find out?"

Lisbet sighed and looked to Emiliano who nodded as encouragement. "A few days before Christmas. Oh, mija, quería decirte, pero todos estaban contentos." Lisbet explained, patting the seat beside her so Venus would sit beside her. "I didn't want to ruin Christmas."

Venus shook her head and grabbed her mom's free hand. "You wouldn't have ruined Christmas."

Luis looked up as Lisbet started crying and looked to Emiliano. "What's wrong?"

Emiliano sighed as Venus and Lisbet hugged and picked up Luis to put him in his lap. "Abuelita's just sick."

Luis scrunched up his face and looked over to his grandmother. "I have medicine."

Lisbet smiled at Luis' comment and turned around. "Amorcito, medicina no puede ayudarme." Luis pouted and looked up at Lisbet. "Tengo que ir al hospital. So they can help me."

"You're doing Chemo?" Venus asked.

Lisbet nodded her head and squeezed Venus' hands. "I'm too young to leave. And I want to see you get married."

"So in 20 years." Emiliano pointed out. Lisbet and Venus both looked at him with the same exact look, and Luis giggled when she saw them. "Okay, fine. Stop that."

Luis looked up and Lisbet and poked her thigh to get her attention. "Where you going?"

Lisbet smiled down at him and caressed his face. "No where, amor. I'm staying right here."

Idk if Ima do it, but I MIGHT be adding like 5 more things of drama 🤗🤗

Also to the girl that stole "Suerte y Muerte" and hasn't answered me, I got receipts if you delete 🥰🤪