Cruz's apartment

After the argument with her brother she came to Cruz's place to get some space from him he was being overbearing again. And she didn't know what it was but he was the one to call Terence out of all her ex's he liked him the most. Not to mention they hung out on several occasion after they broke up she had slept so good last night.

When she opened her eyes she realized he wasn't there " Cruz" she shouted before getting up and stretching. Then grabbing one of his shirts and putting it on and went inside the bathroom to brush her teeth before looking for him. "Cruz where are your " she said again coming into the kitchen while he was on the phone she watched him carefully.

" Hey you hungry tato cuidese igualmente bye he said as he hung up she looked at him with a raise eyebrow. "Yeah i can eat what do you have here" she asked looking at it , Okay four basic food groups where i come from platains, salami, fried cheese and onions he said with a smile.

"Smells delicious but question how do you fry cheese" Gia asked which made him laugh. ' It's not like regular cheese this is alittle thicker and you can fry it they have this all over latin america" he answered. Before she asked he spoke " if your not busy today we could stop my uncle and aunt's place later" Cruz said.

"Really"she asked

' yeah i was just speaking to her my cousins should be back later on this evening" he said

" Did you tell her" Gia asked

' Off course i did she is the one who helped me pick out the ring' he said as she smiled she was incredibly happy but nervous the other shoe was going to drop. After serving her plate and brought there plates to the livingroom " eat up" he said. As they ate in silence until she spoke what was your parents and your sisters like Gia asked.

He smiled " my dad was the best he took me everywhere with him my mom she was an angel like really she was nice to everyone she ever met My mothers name was Ilonka. But you piss her off forget about it she use to sing to me when i was sick , we shared the same birthday he said with a slight grin.

' That's why you don't make a big deal about your birthday' Gia asked

" Yeah see our birthdays was always a big deal she use to say i was the best birthday present she ever got" Cruz said solemnly. She looked at him sympathetically " she would want you to celebrate for the both of you she said with a smile as she rubbed his back. "Wait a minute" he said getting up walking over to the book case moving it revealing a safe which he unlocked and took something out.

Then moving the bookshelf back and bringing over a book moving their plates aside she fold her legs in and put her coffee down. " What's this " she said moving closer to him as he opened it up she gasped.

" That's you" she said looking at it as he shook his head , yeah that is me as a baby trust me they were always taking pictures Cruz said with a smile. These are my sisters Dianelys and Lucia , Dianelys was the oldest he said " wow they are gorgeous i bet no one ever believed they were sisters Gia said.

He laughed " nope they didn't Dianelys didn't care but Lucia she and Elle are alot like" Cruz said. Lucia would always say "esa es mi hermana sangre en sangre and that just means that is my sister blood in blood out he said. Dianelys favors my grandfather on my fathers side he was this smooth tall morenito with a machete Cruz said showing her the only picture he had of his grandfather.

Gia looked ' wait he is black" she said

" I know my grand mother was light skin and all my uncles and aunts were all different shades" he answered.

" How many uncles and aunts do you have " she asked

' Umm i had five uncles and 4 aunts' Cruz said

" What do you mean had" Gia says

" Well most of them died before i was even born" he said as she looked at him questioningly so he continued. My grandparents and all of my fathers sibling were killed with the exception of my aunt Xelia, my uncles Manolo and Fernando who died here he said. Gia cover her mouth " oh my gosh i'm sorry" she said, don't be it happend way before i was even born he said.

" How" she asked

Okay he said facing her well you see my grandparents right back then in those times wasn't that much different from the states but people of color had rights. Well you see my grandfather he was tall goodlooking and he had a fair skinned wife and they hated him for it. How my uncle tells it my grandmother turned down several suitors for my grandfather that pissed alot of people off cause he was this moreno from the campos and she was this well educated girl from the capital.

Gia listened intently " anyway they had ten kids in order its Jose Luis Jr, Josefina, Arturo Daniel, Alejandro, Gloria, Estefania they were twins, my dad , Fernando, Manolo and my aunt Xelia. My grandparents owned a resturant in a little town outside the capital call bajos de haina its a small town in San Cristobal.

And my grandfather would kill the animal and my grand mother would cook well one day my all the kids were there with exception of my father he had left to see my mother. Well some cops came in and they recognized her from turning him down and he was bitter that she had all these kids by this moreno.

It was basically a how dare she and he has her working but my grandmother fed him away way she didn't care because she chose with her heart. Well this day he was drunk and being an asshole say nasty and derogatory things to her and about her kids. But she took it with a grain a salt she fed them and was sending the on their way and the guy slapped her on the ass.

That is when my uncle Arturo snapped he was the hot head of th family and he laid one guy on his ass for disrespecting his mother she was a married woman you know. All hell broke loose my grand mother stepped in to stop it from esclating she was shot first and then uncles flipped. But my grandfather told my uncle Fernando to take my uncle Manolo and my aunt Xelia and run and don't come back.

They don't know who exactly survived but they shot the place up and burned it to the ground to cover up what they had done. But My uncle Fernando did come back and he thought everyone was dead so he went back and told my uncle Manolo. They went to their aunts house but she had her own kids so she only took my aunt Xeila because she was a baby.

My Uncle Fernando and Manolo were on there on so they went to the capital and they hustled when they werent in school. But they didn't know that my father was alive and he didnt know they were alive my uncle Manolo was 13 when he came here 3 years later my uncle Fernando died when they were hit by a bus my uncle was 16.

He left behind 3 children and a wife Fernando Jr and his twin sister Osvalda and Felipe and for the first time in his life my uncle was truly alone. In a country that wasn't home he had nobody then he met my aunt and uncle Florio then when he was 20 years old when he and my father found each other.

Then 10 years later my father dies and he was alone again Cruz finished Gia sat there in shock with tears in her eyes. When she just moved over and hugged him " that is so incredibly sad like oh my god but he is still standing" she said wiping the tears out her eyes and his.

When someone knocked at the door which made him roll his eyes as he kissed her and got up to open the door " Douche bag , Taggert" Cruz said as he looked back at her. " What can i do for you assholes" he said still not moving to let them in. " We need to talk Manolo " Taggert said what do you need to talk to him about Cruz asked.

" Because we have reason to believe he killed Rodoflo Meijia" Taggert said as Gia rolled her eyes. Really Marcus don't start this bullshit" Gia said, " How do you know that Terence interjected. " Terence stay out of it your weren't there and Marcus how could he have killed anyone when he had no weapon she argued.

Cruz smiled and shook his head " He could have had someone do it" Marcus answered as Gia looked at him shaking her head. Then who else killed him he is the only other person who knew where Cruz was and how did he know Lucky followed him. Any way we have to find out what he knows where is he staying at Cruz he continued.

I will call him and have him come in but i am not having you or anyone put that on him because he don't like that i am engaged to your sister Cruz said. As both Taggert and Terence glared at him when Gia spoke " no babe i will go you can't" she said speaking to Cruz.

" No Gia your not" Marcus said

' I don't remember asking you Marcus and i am an adult' Gia said looking him square in the eye. As he looked at ' Your going to let her get involved in something that has nothing to with her look i have kept my mouth shut about this but your pushing it' Marcus said. " He isn't making me do anything i am doing this because i want to and i think you have an agenda" she said.