Currently, Victoria was strolling around the town square of Santo Padre on her thirty-minute lunch break from her nursing shift. The Miller woman had decided to use this time to run a few errands and pick up some things since Victoria knew that she would be too tired to do it once she got off work tonight and helped Pop close up the butcher shop. So after about fifteen minutes at the liquor store, Victoria ended up grabbing a few cases of Modelo beer and two new bottles of tequila since she was running low - thanks to the Reyes brothers stopping by her house a lot this week. The Miller woman also stopped by the grocery store next door and picked up a few items for her kitchen since, once again, the Reyes brothers along with Coco had been eating a lot of her food.
Once Victoria made sure that she had everything that she would need for the next couple of days, the Miller woman placed her things into the trunk of her red Hyundai Accent - that Ezekiel had, thankfully, brought to the hospital since she had rode on the back of Angel's motorcycle this morning when they went to Angel's 'makeup breakfast' at Nookie's Diner before the older Reyes had dropped her off at work.
The Miller woman then glanced down at her simple silver watch on her left wrist after she had everything packed up before she realized that she had another fifteen or so minutes to spare. Victoria knew that she needed a few minutes to stop by her house to drop off the alcohol and the food but Victoria figured that she could look through a couple of the outdoor shops for a few more minutes before she had to get back on the road.
So with her new plan in mind, Victoria locked up her car before she slowly began to walk down the strip in Santo Padre's town square as she looked at the different stalls. The Miller woman walked past a couple of small owners before she came to a stop in front of a medium sized stall that were selling dozens of dream catchers which Victoria absolutely adored - hense the water colored dream catcher tattoo running down her arm from her elbow to her wrist that she got on her nineteenth birthday.
"Hola," the older woman greeted the nurse with a wrinkled smile once Victoria started to admire all the different designs, colors, and beads running down the dream catchers. "¿Cómo estás hoy?" ["How are you today?"] The stall owner politely asked in her native tongue before she uttered in English, "please let me know if you would like a closer look at any of them."
Victoria glanced over to the woman with a small smile once she took her eyes off of the beautiful creations before she greeted her back and answered her simple question as best as she could in Spanish, "hola. Estoy bien. El clima es hermoso hoy." ["I'm fine. The weather is beautiful today."] The Miller woman then focused back onto the dream catchers with interest once she gave the older woman a small nod as she planned on taking a closer look at a few of the dream catchers along with taking them home with her.
While Victoria was busy looking at a section of small dream catchers with long and beautiful feathers, a woman dressed in white pants, blouse, and a leather jacket slowly pushed a dark blue stroller up to the familiar brunette woman before she uttered loudly but in a soft voice filled with joyous childhood memories, "Victoria."
The aforementioned Miller woman quickly glanced behind her once she heard her name, where she instantly noticed a familiar face that she hadn't seen in eight long years. "Emily," she greeted her old friend in a small murmur. Victoria knew she shouldn't be that surprised that the Thomas now Galindo woman had sought her out since her husband had mentioned that he would say something to her. However, Victoria was still in disbelief as it had been so long since she had even been face to face with someone that she used to call her best female friend.
The Galindo woman stared at Victoria for a moment with a small grin covered across her face as she took in Victoria's older features before she let out a nervous chuckle and stepped around her son's stroller before she pulled her old friend into a tight hug. "It's good to see you," Emily truthfully expressed into Victoria's ear before she pulled away and stated, "Miguel mentioned that he ran into you last week and I figured it was finally time to catch up with you."
I wouldn't exactly call it running into each other, Victoria thought but decided to not voice those words as she wasn't exactly sure if Emily knew what her husband does for a living. Instead, Victoria gave her old friend a small nod and uttered with a tiny smile, "it's good to see you too, Em." The Miller woman then curiously glanced over her high school best friend's shoulder before her hazel eyes instantly widened once she connected her gaze with a familiar steel pair of brown irises that belonged to the head of security; Nestor Oceteva.
Victoria swallowed the lump in her throat as she stared directly at the man with the braids for the first time since meeting the Galindo cartel at the Mayans' clubhouse. The Miller woman then glanced back over to her old friend as she couldn't help but make a joke to hopefully ease the tension that she was feeling by standing in front of the dream catcher stall with someone that she hadn't seen in eight years and the man that makes her nervous. "What's with the security, Em?" Victoria teased with a tiny smirk, "you get into some trouble?"
Emily looked at her old friend with a small frown before she turned her head to the side to see what Victoria had seen. The Galindo woman couldn't help but immediately release a small sigh once she saw the always serious Nestor standing behind her with his arms crossed tightly over his dark blue dress shirt. Emily had thought that she had lost the man in the crowd but sadly; that obviously didn't work. The blonde woman then turned back around and gave Victoria a tight smile before she explained her personal security guard, "the husband wants to keep his wife and his little prince safe."
Victoria silently nodded her head in understanding as Angel was currently doing the same thing to her before she turned her attention on the now fussy baby in the stroller. A bright grin immediately pulled onto the Miller woman's face as she has always adored children - hence her job as a pediatric nurse. "And who might this cutie be?" Victoria questioned in a small voice like everyone does when they are talking to a baby while she slowly moved to squat in front of the small child.
A proud smile instantly lifted onto Emily's face as she slowly moved closer to Victoria, who was looking at her pride and joy. "This is mi mijo, [my son] Cristobal Galindo," the blonde woman answered Victoria's question as she watched as her little boy stared at her old friend with his wide brown eyes filled with wonder and his usual happiness.
"Hola, sweet boy," Victoria uttered gently as she reached across into the stroller and grazed her fingertip across Cristobal's soft and tiny right hand that was resting on the small table in front of him as she ignored everything around them - especially the tense brown irises watching her every move. "You are just so cute I could eat you all up," the Miller woman teasingly uttered as she brought her fingers lightly to Cristobal's tiny stomach - which immediately caused small giggles to fall for the little boy's mouth.
The Miller woman smiled and played with the small child for a few more minutes before she finally had to force herself to stand up from her squatted position or she would be down there all day. Victoria was used to being around children and using that 'baby voice' she was using and it was always hard for her to break after working 10-plus hour days. So once Victoria could finally feel her adult self being back in control, she turned towards her grinning old friend and complemented her, "he's a beautiful boy, Em." The Miller woman then stood up straight next to Emily before she squeezed the blonde's upper arm and stated softly, "I know we haven't been close in years but I'm really proud of you and glad that you're living happy despite not exactly leaving Santo Padre."
A wide and true smile instantly pulled onto the Galindo woman's face at her old friend's assumption as she is truly happy with her life before she uttered, "thank you." Emily then bumped her hip with Victoria's scrub covered one before she teased, "but I could say the same for you." The Galindo woman rose an eyebrow at the brunette as she stated, "I always thought you were going to leave this town like we all swore in high school."
Victoria immediately noticed the way Emily said 'we' instead of them and Ezekiel, who was also in their pact of leaving this town behind them. However, the Miller woman figured it wasn't a good idea to bring up the younger Reyes when Emily is happily married and Ezekiel is involved with the Mayans. Instead, Victoria told her old friend with a soft sigh, "it's a long story."
Emily stared at the Miller woman for a moment with her brows furrowed before she glanced back to her grinning son and the emotionless Nestor. The Galindo woman silently nodded her head to herself as she ran a thought through her head before she turned and faced Victoria with a bright smile before she stated, "I have time." Emily twitched her head to the side before she wondered with a hopeful voice, "do you wanna go grab a cup of coffee and talk?"
A smile instantly lifted onto Victoria's face as she was glad to finally have some sort of girl-talk with someone that actually knows her and her past before she answered, "I'd love to." The Miller woman then turned her attention on the dream catcher stall owner before she murmured politely as she really did want to buy a couple, "volvere manana." [I'll be back tomorrow."] Once Victoria saw the older woman give her a small nod and a smile, the Miller nurse faced her old friend and stated with a grin, "alright, let's go."
The two old friends with the giggling Cristobal then began to walk down the narrow street side of the town square with, of course, Nestor Oceteva following a couple of steps behind before the brunette and blonde woman walked into a small cafe that sells pastries and coffee. The old friends quickly ordered their lattes before they found a spot through a pair of glass double doors that led to a private sitting area. Once Victoria and Emily were settled around the small table with their coffees and Cristobal's stroller between them while Nestor stood watch by the doors, the Galindo woman exclaimed excitedly to get to know her old friend again, "so, spill. What has been going on in Victoria Miller's life?"
Victoria couldn't help but let out a small chuckle at the eager blonde woman in front of her that reminded her so much of the happy and bubbly strawberry blonde teenager that she used to tell all her secrets to and used to sneak out in the middle of the night to meet away from their horrible home lives. It almost made Victoria feel like that she and Emily didn't actually stop talking to each other for eight years and that they were just meeting for their weekly talks. However, that wasn't the case at all for the old friends, so Victoria took a small sip of her hot latte before she answered Emily's previous question about why she never left their hometown, "after we graduated, I did plan on leaving like us and EZ planned. But, you know, after Mama M's death, I just couldn't leave the three Reyes men behind."
The Miller woman took another sip of her caffeinated drink before she continued with a shake of her head, "even though I knew Felipe and Angel could take care of themselves and EZ would at least be semi-safe while in prison, they had always been the only family that has ever cared for me so I always felt like it would be selfish of me to leave them behind and go live my dream in New York when I could stay in S'Padre with my family while also being the pediatric nurse that I always wanted to be."
A small smile lifted onto the Galindo woman's mouth as she wrapped her fingers around the warm lime green coffee cup after she listened to her old friend's story. "That was real sweet of you, Vic," Emily commented in a small murmur. Emily wished that she could have had that much strength growing up as she only lasted in Santo Padre for a few months after Ezekiel's jail sentence before she left her then boyfriend and best friend behind. The Galindo woman quickly pushed away her guilt for leaving her best friend as she wondered, "so, what college did you end up going to?" Emily took a small sip of her drink before she commented, "I remember during our last semester of high school, you always said that you wanted to join EZ at Stanford."
Victoria quickly shook her head as she instantly shut down Emily's assumption. "That was an EZ and I thing, so it never felt right," the Miller woman stated as she couldn't even get herself to open the letters that she got back then from the ivy league school that was six and a half hours away. It was always a plan that she and Ezekiel had set into place the second they started high school, so it felt wrong for Victoria to do that without her best friend.
"Pop was struggling with the butcher shop and Angel needed me after Mama M passed, so I just ended up attending a local university on a full scholarship about two hours away and got my bachelors and masters in nursing," Victoria explained to the Galindo woman about her schooling history before she told her about her career, "and about two and a half years ago I got a job at Santo Padre Medical Center in the Pediatric department." The Miller woman took another sip of her coffee before she exclaimed with a proud smile, "I love it so much. I would never trade it for anything the world, not even for some hotshot hospital in New York."
Emily silently nodded her head as she absorbed her old friend's adult life with her own proud smile on her face. The Galindo woman remembered the brunette had always wanted to be a pediatric nurse ever since they were children themselves, so Emily was really proud that Victoria accomplished her goal even without leaving Santo Padre. "I always knew that you would be able to do it," Emily murmured as she reached across the small table and squeezed Victoria's hand. The Galindo woman then shot her a playful smirk before she wondered teasingly, "so, you and the older Reyes, huh?"
Victoria immediately rolled her hazel eyes at her old friend in a playful manner while she tried to keep the obvious blush from rising onto her cheeks like they always do when she talks about her relationship with the older Reyes. "It's not like that," the Miller woman uttered with an awkward chuckle as she aimlessly ran her point finger along her coffee cup before she stated simply with a small shrug, "Angel and I just have always been there for each other after Mama M and the stuff with EZ happened. It's not like a couple relationship or anything. It's more like a beneficial one where we comfort each other."
The Miller woman felt a little weird talking about hers and Angel's relationship since Emily doesn't exactly understand it like Coco and the club does, so Victoria didn't explain much more like how they sleep in the same bed most nights and about the emotions that are involved before she moved her hazel eyes off of the eager blonde woman and looked around the small cafe, where her gaze instantly connected with a steel pair of brown irises that were staring directly at her.
Victoria was shocked to see Nestor closely watching her as she had totally forgotten that he was here while she was talking with Emily. She didn't know what it was, but the Oceteva man just makes Victoria so damn nervous when she's around him. It was like he's reading her or trying to figure her out. It especially didn't help when Nestor hasn't even uttered a single word to her - which made her even more nervous as she couldn't understand why he was so focused on her. Victoria had never been this awkward and nervous around anyone in her entire life until she had laid her hazel eyes on the cartel assassin with the braids and the brunette nurse didn't know if that was a good or bad thing right now.
"You know," the Galindo woman began after a short moment of content silence had settled at their small table, which knocked Victoria out of her staring match with Nestor, before she stated as she couldn't wrap her head around this 'relationship' between her old friend and Angel, "when Miguel mentioned that you had a protective Reyes hanging off of you like a sick puppy when he ran into you, I was honestly surprised." Emily shook her head with a soft chuckle before she stated, "I never thought you and Angel would be close like that after all the torture and teasing he put you through while growing up."
Victoria shrugged her shoulders lightly as she took a gulp of her warm latte before she defended the older Reyes, "well, people change. We both experienced the same heartbreak together so it brought us closer." The Miller woman then decided, as soon as she saw Emily's thinking face, that she would get this topic off of Angel as she felt nervous talking about him, a Mayans member, to the cartel's wife while his security was only a few feet away. "So, what happened with you, Em?" Victoria wondered with a friendly smile, "what happened when you left Santo Padre?"
Emily let a large grin spread across her lips as she instantly began to replay the happy memories of her college career in her head like a romantic comedy movie. "I ended up needing a break after I left here, so I traveled to Boston for a few months to get my life in order," the Galindo woman began in a somber voice before she continued with a smile rising onto her face, "then in September after high school I got accepted to Princeton University, where I got my law degree." Emily then glanced over to her beautiful boy, who was giggling in his stroller as he looks so much like his father before the blonde woman added with love in her eyes, "and that is where I met mi amor."
"Really?" Victoria interestingly wondered with a raised eyebrow. The Miller nurse couldn't help but feel surprised that Emily met the cartel leader while attending the number one ivy league school in the country. Victoria had figured that Miguel had always been involved with the Galindo cartel, maybe it was a family thing, so it was a shock to the brunette woman that this was how her old friend and the cartel leader got involved with one another.
Emily nodded her head with a soft chuckle as she figured she would get that reaction because of the reputation that her husband has before the Galindo woman began to recall the memory of meeting Miguel, "it happened just a few weeks into my junior year at Princeton." Emily rolled her eyes as she stated with humor throughout her voice, "I was rushing to class, like you know I used to do, while also trying to study for my Political Science class when the next thing I know I'm slamming into a hard wall that just so happens to be Miguel's chest."
"Classic Emily," the Miller woman interrupted her old friend's story with a small laugh as she realized nothing had changed for the blonde woman from when she was in high school. Victoria's old friend, female best friend at the time, always had the tendency all through their junior high and high school life to find the need to get some extra study time while also being late for class. She and Ezekiel used to always tease Emily for doing that.
"Shut up," Emily mumbled in embarrassment as she felt like her young teenage self being teased by the then brunette girl that she had called her best friend through her entire childhood. The Galindo woman then pushed a portion of her blonde hair behind her ear as she finally felt her beet red blush disappear before she continued with her story of meeting her husband, "anyway, Miguel ended up apologizing, even though it was my fault, and offered to walk me to class like a gentleman." Emily let out a small giggle as she remembered how charming and smooth Miguel was back then before she uttered with a loving smile across her pink lips, "he felt so bad that he took me to dinner that night, where we talked for hours and hours like we knew each other for years."
"It was like fate that day," Emily happily sighed as she was lost in her old memories while she retold her personal love story, "I never even seen Miguel on campus during my first three years at Princeton or even knew who he was until I quite literally ran right into his arms." The Galindo woman shook her head with a wide smile before she expressed to someone that she could actually gush to since she didn't really have any girl friends anymore, "Miguel was always like that fresh breath of air for me. It was like I was drowning for so long and he saved me."
The Miller woman couldn't help but smile at the way Emily's eyes sparkled with love while she talked about her husband - even though he is the leader of a dangerous cartel. "You guys are honestly so adorable that it makes my stomach hurt," Victoria teasingly joked as she shot the blonde woman a small smirk and a wink before Victoria grew serious as she uttered truthfully once she reached across the table and squeezed the Galindo woman's hand, "but, honestly, I'm really happy for you, Em. I'm glad you have someone that cares and loves you as much as Miguel obviously does. I've only met Miguel once, but I can definitely tell."
"Thank you," the grinning blonde woman praised as she squeezed Victoria's hand to show the brunette her gratitude before Emily gushed with that same love-sick smile, "he makes me so happy, Vic. It was an absolute blessing to have found Miguel during that time five years ago when I was struggling with school and living on my own in New Jersey." Emily shook her head with a soft chuckle before she continued, "but once he walked into my life, Miguel turned it upside down and into a fairytale in a matter of a couple of months." The Galindo woman then glanced over to her beautiful boy and concluded with a soft smile, "he gave me everything I've ever wanted; love, a family, a purpose, and most importantly; my pride and joy - mi mijo."
The private room in the small cafe immediately grew silent with a sense of tranquility once Emily had finished gushing over her marriage to her old friend and the two women shared another smile. The brunette and blonde just enjoyed being in the other's company for the first time in years while they finished up the rest of their lattes. However, the silence was soon interrupted when a thought suddenly popped into the Galindo woman's mind.
"You know, you should really join Miguel and I for dinner one night," Emily exclaimed with a wide grin as her thoughts had been overcome by the fact that she didn't want this to be a one time thing with Victoria. The blonde woman felt like she hadn't even lost anytime with her old friend by the way they chatted with each other instead of the reality of not speaking for over eight years, so Emily didn't want it to just stop again. She wanted Victoria to be involved in hers and her family's life, hence the dinner invitation, as the Miller woman had always been the closest thing Emily had to a sister, so it would mean the world to her if Miguel, her husband, and Victoria, her best friend, got to know one another.
"I know you must have heard around town about what my husband does for a living," Emily quietly began after she took a quick glance back at Nestor as she knew Victoria had to know about the cartel since the brunette woman is involved with Angel Reyes and the Mayans before Emily told Victoria with a pleading smile, "but he has another, kinder side when he's not dealing with his business so I'd really like for you guys to meet and talk."
However, though, when the Galindo woman noticed the apprehensive expression on her friend's face instead of the agreeing one that the blonde had hoped for, Emily swiftly reached across the table and lightly placed her fingers against Victoria's lower arm before she begged, "please, Vic. You know you had always been the most important person to me while we were growing up and it would mean so much if you got to know the other important person in my life."
The Miller woman bit down on her bottom lip while she stared across at her friend after Emily's begging. Victoria was conflicted with her decision. She did want to be involved in Emily's life as she didn't have much girl friends with how hectic her days are and Emily would understand when she deals with her husband's cartel and associates on a daily basis. However, there was this one part of Victoria that knew it would be a horrible idea to meet up with Miguel Galindo - that was the part that Angel had instilled into her. Victoria knew, without a single doubt, that Angel would not be happy with her if he was to find out that she was going to have dinner with the person that he has been trying to protect her from all week. However, there was this bigger part of Victoria that trusted Emily and believed that she wouldn't be harmed during this dinner despite the fact that she would be up close and personal with basically el diablo.
Finally, after a long and tense couple of minutes had passed while the eager and nervous blonde awaited her friend's answer, Victoria let out a heavy sigh before she finally agreed to going out to dinner with her friend and her husband, "alright, I'll come." The brunette woman then turned her attention on the giggling child that was smiling brightly before she leaned towards Cristobal and lightly squeezed his chubby cheeks as she teased her friend, "but I'm only going because I get to see this beautiful boy again."
Emily let out a chuckle and shook her head in amusement while she watched as her friend used her baby voice while Victoria played with her giggling pride and joy. "Well, he does have his father's charm," the blonde woman joked before she let out a content and happy sigh. Emily was just so glad that her friend agreed to come to dinner with her and Miguel. The Galindo woman had been so afraid for those couple of minutes that Victoria would say no as she didn't want to lose her friend again. Emily felt normal when she and Victoria talked. She didn't feel like the wife of a dangerous cartel leader and Emily didn't want that to stop. She felt that having Victoria back would put some normalcy into her world and she would have that missing piece in her life that came in the form of her best friend.
"You are just too cute," Victoria couldn't help but gush when Cristobal suddenly wrapped his small hand around her point finger with a toothy smile spread widely across his face. "Oh, yes you are," the Miller woman cooed as she tapped the adorable child's small button nose before she began to tickle the young child's tiny stomach with her own smile. Victoria knew that she was definitely screwed as she played with Cristobal and listened to his laughter as she knew that she was already growing too attached to the Galindo family and that was definitely a bad thing when she's involved with the Mayans. But, at the moment, Victoria couldn't be all that bothered by the fact that she was messing with fire while she played peek-a-boo with the Galindo child that could light up any room.
However, Victoria's blissfulness of listening to the heavenly laughter of her friend's son was all too soon interrupted when the Miller woman suddenly heard her watch begin to beep loudly. "Crap," the brunette swore as she glanced down at her silver piece of jewelry resting on her wrist as she realized it was time for her lunch break to end. Victoria gave the small child one last smile and pinched his chubby cheeks before she turned her attention onto Emily with an apologetic expression and told her, "I gotta head back to work at the hospital."
The Miller woman let out a soft sigh as, for the first time, Victoria didn't want to go back to work as she was enjoying herself with her friend and her adorable son. However, Victoria knew that she couldn't stay any longer as she has groceries and alcohol sitting in her car that she really needed to put in her refrigerator along with the tiny babies that needed her help at the hospital, so the brunette nurse stood up from the small table before she pulled Emily into a tight hug. "It was good to spend some time with you, Em," Victoria expressed once she pulled away from their embrace, "I'm glad that we finally got to sit down with each other after so long."
"Me too," Emily quickly uttered with a grin spreading across her pink lips. "Our lives just have been so crazy over the last couple of years," the Galindo woman explained their absent friendship before she exclaimed, "but that isn't going to happen ever again." A light then suddenly went off in the blonde's head before she inquired, "oh! Do you have a card or do you want to just give me your number so I can call you this week to set up a date for dinner?"
The Miller woman swiftly dug into her nurse scrubs front pockets at the question as she realized Emily didn't have her number and she knew that she had a card with her number and email on it for her patients' parents. It took a couple of seconds, but finally Victoria found one of the small cards after she dug through her crowded pockets that were filled with medical supplies, her keys, cell phone, wallet, and children stickers. "Here we are," Victoria mumbled before she handed the card over to her friend with a smile and stated, "just give me a call and I can see if I can take off work."
Emily nodded her head in understanding as she could only imagine the busy schedule of a nurse. The Galindo woman then silently placed the card into the pocket of her white jacket as she mentally reminded herself to put the number into her cell phone later on before she told Victoria with her own smile spread across her lips, "I will. I just have to talk it over with Miguel first and we'll figure out what day that we can all meet together."
Victoria gave her friend another smile in agreement before she turned her attention onto the smiling baby boy. The brunette woman bent down so she was eye level with the stroller before she let the small boy wrap his hand around her finger and promised, "and I will see you soon." Victoria then listened to the heavenly laughter of Cristobal for a moment as she lovingly rubbed his short brown hair before she finally pulled herself up from her squatted position. The brunette let out a low sigh as she knew that it was time for her to go, so Victoria squeezed Emily's lower arm as a silent goodbye before she headed towards the entrance of the private room in the small cafe.
However, Victoria quickly paused in her step once she realized that she was only a couple of feet away from the mysterious Nestor Oceteva. Victoria didn't understand it, but the head of security just made her so damn nervous that it was starting to be ridiculous. She had never had this reaction or feeling with anyone in her entire life, so it was definitely putting Victoria on edge as the feeling confused her. But Victoria didn't have time to question why one man was causing this reaction from her, so she took a deep breath and swallowed thickly before Victoria continued on her way. The Miller nurse walked until she was shoulder to shoulder with the staring man before she couldn't help but mutter awkwardly, "goodbye, Nestor."
A small curve of a smile briefly lifted onto Nestor's face as he could tell that he was making the brunette woman nervous but quickly lost the small emotion before anyone could notice. Instead, the head of security for the Galindo cartel shortly nodded his head as he connected his brown eyes with the nurse's hazel ones before he murmured in a quiet voice, "until next time, Victoria."
The Miller woman silently twitched her head to the side as she stared at the tall man after she had listened to Nestor's voice for the first time. It wasn't something that she was expecting. It was a very calming sound that certainly didn't go with his steel brown eyes and the weapons strapped to his chest. If it was even possible, it made Victoria feel even more nervous to be around the Oceteva man because it made Nestor that more dangerous since Victoria could easily fall into a trap that she's sure a lot of people have by his soft and trance-like voice.
Victoria quickly shook her head after a minute or two as she realized that she was still staring at Nestor. The Miller woman then gave her a friend a brief smile before she quickly fast walked out of the private room without looking at the amused man and out of the small cafe. Victoria felt like she could finally breathe once she stepped foot out onto the busy street of Santo Padre now that she wasn't being gazed down by the head of security of the Galindo cartel.
"Get yourself together, Vic," the Miller nurse scolded herself under her breath as she ran her fingers through her long hair before she fast walked down the road and back to her car. Victoria let out a heavy sigh once she was in the comfort of her car as she tried to drill the dangerous man out of her mind. Even though Victoria now planned on getting closer to the Galindo family after her chat with Emily and meeting the little Cristobal, Nestor was definitely someone that she didn't want to get close to. She knew it wouldn't bode well with Angel that she was getting involved with the Galindo family but getting involved with Nestor would get an even worse reaction as she could tell the older Reyes doesn't like the man with the braids from the recent talks that they've had this week over Angel's annoyance for the head of security of the Galindo cartel.
Apparently, Nestor had been bossing Angel around ever since that meeting at the clubhouse and Angel is only days away from snapping at the cartel assassin. Victoria had to keep reminding Angel all through the week that the nicest that he can be to the cartel, the faster that the club will finally be finished with them. It helped ease Angel by a little bit, but Victoria could tell the older Reyes is starting to lose his patience with the cartel and the head of security by all the grunt work that they've been making him and the club go through.
I don't have time for this, Victoria thought after a moment of sitting in her car as she shook her head and quickly pushed the Oceteva man to the back of her mind before she started up her vehicle and began to travel through the streets of Santo Padre as quickly and safety as she could as she really needed to get these groceries and alcohol back to her house and head back to work before she's late. Victoria originally hadn't planned on staying out in the town square for this long, but after running into Emily, the Miller nurse had just lost all concepts of time.
However, Victoria didn't regret it at all. She was glad that she and Emily had finally came together for the first time in eight years instead of the usual cards that she would get for holidays. It was long overdo and Victoria was happy that it finally happened. The only downside, though, was the fact that her best friend is married to someone that Angel has been trying to protect her from. Victoria knew this will cause some problems with her involvement with the Mayans, but the brunette woman wouldn't just back down. It just wasn't who she is and Victoria wasn't just going to stop communicating with her old friend as Emily was someone that she wanted to be in her life again. Victoria just hoped that her new involvement with the Galindo family won't end up causing her to be caught in the middle of the cartel and the club's business.