LOCA QUEEN

Ch.66 Walking Away

MARISSA'S POV.

Diego walks up to me and sucks in his lips. I just cross my arms.

"Where's Alex?" He asks. "In the car, he fell asleep" I tell him.

I step to the side and Diego walks forward to look in the car at Alex.

Then turns and faces me.

"I'm sorry Marissa" he says. I look away.

"I'm sorry I hit you, I know that was real fucked up on my part, I'd never ever want to intentionally hurt you" he says.

I lick my lips.

"I don't believe that" I say shrugging a shoulder.

"You know, the first time you put your hands on me I let it go, but the second time, the second time you fucking smacked me Diego, you think you're the first guy to hit me like that? You're just like the fucking rest, I, lost all respect for you, you- you had just finally convinced me you were different, and you fucked it up" I say letting a tear roll down my cheek.

"I know Marissa I fucked up alright I was drinking and I've been drinking since you fucked up on me too!" He says.

"I already apologized and explained shit to you but that's not a good enough reason to hit me like that!" I tell him.

"And it's not even just that you TOOK Alex! You can't just fucking take him like that he's my son!" I yell at him.

"Yeah and he's MY fucking son too! That's why you finally fucking told me about him right?! So I can be a father to him, so let me be a fucking father!" He yells back.

"I do! And you know that" I say quietly.

He exhales a breath.

"Look, none of this shit is gonna happen again Marissa I swear I just-" he starts but I cut him off.

"Yeah, it's not, cause, I don't wanna see you anymore, we're broken up right? You ended it so I'm finishing it, the only reason I'm here is to talk about Alex" I tell him wiping my tears.

He looks at me in disbelief but nods.

"Yeah okay" he says quietly.

"I know the court date passed, but if you try to reschedule it I will go and say what you did to me" I tell him.

"Nah, we ain't gotta go to court" he responds.

"So, you can have Alex, every weekend but not every Tuesday too like we used to do JUST the weekends" I tell him.

He nods.

"Where do you live? So I can pick him up" he asks.

"Umm, well, I'm not gonna tell you where I live Diego" I say shrugging my shoulders.

He makes a 'what the fuck' expression.

"I can't fuckin' know where my son sleeps every night??" He asks like I'm crazy.

"All you need to know is it's a house and he's good" I reply. He just rolls his eyes and smacks his lips.

"besides, you don't need to worry about that, I don't think there's any reason for us to see each other so I'm gonna have my brother or mom or whoever can take Alex to your house" I tell him.

"Like that?" He asks offended.

"Yes like that, and unless there's anything wrong with Alex or something he needs where you need to talk to me or I need to talk to you then there's no reason for us to talk at all" I respond.