Chapter 11
At noon, we walk into Galindo's office and his lawyer is there waiting on us. "I have the papers that Mr Galindo asked for." he tells us. I look at Miguel and say "Thank you for this." He smiles softly and says "It's the least I can do." We sign the papers and he tells us that he will have a judge sign off on it before the end of the day and she is officially our daughter. We thank Miguel again and head home.
Walking into the house, we get Mouse set up in her room and I move to the kitchen to cook dinner. I feel a set of arms wrap around me and I lean back into him. I turn my face to look at him and he kisses me softly. "Te amo Mami." he says. "Te amo Papi." I say back. All of a sudden there's a knock on the door. Angel opens the door and EZ and Coco walk in. They hug and Mouse yells "Tio and Padrino." before she hugs both of them. Coco walks into the kitchen and kisses my cheek and says "She seems to be doing better." I smile and say "She is. She's such a good kid Coco." I tell him.
After we eat, I see Mouse bring her bean bag chair into the living room and Angel puts on a movie. I move to the couch and snuggle up to him while Coco and EZ take the other end of the couch and the recliner. While the movie is playing, all I can do is watch Mouse. "You okay Mami?" Angel whispers in my ear. I look at him and whisper "Just watching her. I still can't believe she's our daughter." He pulls me closer and says "Yeah Bebita. She is." I lay my head on his chest and just watch our daughter. I hear her start to laugh and I smile and wipe a tear that falls. Angel pulls me closer and Mouse looks back at me and her smile falls. "You okay Mami?" she asks. "Yeah baby. I'm just really happy." I say and she gets up and walks over to me and says "I'm happy too Mami." before hugging me. We go back to the movie and she ends up falling asleep. Angel picks her up and carries her to bed and tucks her in.
After she's in bed, we all head out to the back deck and sit to talk. "You look really happy Zara." Coco says. "I am. All I wanted was to be with Angel and have a family with him. I never actually thought it would happen but here I am, married to Angel and we have a child." I say. "How's Letti doing?" I ask him. "She's good. Seems to be settling in okay." he says and I smile. I look at the guys and ask "What are we going to do with all this spare time that we have now?" I ask. "Cookouts?" Angel asks and I look at him. "Is food all you think about?" I ask laughing. "Nope. Sometimes I think about sex." he says and we all laugh. "You're a goof." I say. "But you love me." he says. "That I do mi dulce." I say.
When we all head to bed, Coco in the recliner, EZ on the couch, Angel in the bed with me, I snuggle into Angel's chest and he just holds me. We had just started to doze off when we hear Mouse crying. Jumping up, we run to her room and she's still sleeping. We run to her side, Coco and EZ at the door and Angel shakes her awake. "Wake up bebita." he says and she wraps her arms around him. "Papi." she cries. "I got you baby. Papi's here." he says as he rubs her back and she starts to calm down. "What were you dreaming about baby?" I ask. She doesn't say anything. "Guys, give us a minute?" I ask. Coco and EZ head to the living room and close the door. "What was it about baby?" Angel asks. She snuggles into Angel and asks "Why was she mean to me?" I look at her and Angel asks "Who bebita?" She looks away and says "Adelita." Angel holds her closer and says "I don't know bebita but no one will ever hurt you again. Me and Mami will make sure of it and you have an entire club of uncles and your Padrino that will make sure of it." he tells her and she says "Te amo Mami, Papi." I smile and say "We love you too baby." before we lay down with her until she falls back to sleep. After she gets to sleep, we head back to the bedroom and get into bed. I look at Angel and say "She better be glad she's dead."