Chapter 6
It's been a week and Rio and I are married. Sitting in my office, Rio on the couch, Carlos walks in. "I just got word. The FBI are about to raid that suburban bitch's house." he tells me. "Good." I say. "Want to be there?" Rio asks. "Nope. Just wait." I say and he just looks at me. "What's up?" he asks. "We don't need to be seen near her. When they arrest her, we'll just keep tabs so we know where we need to go." I tell him. "What's wrong?" he asks. I look at him and say "Nothing. Just planning out our next step is all." I tell him. He puts his hands on my hips and asks "Are you okay?" I finally look at him and say "Yeah baby. Just a lot on my mind." I tell him. "You having second thoughts about all this?" he asks. "No." I say and look back at my laptop. He closes the laptop and says "Talk to me." I look up at him and sigh. "Just trying to figure out something." I tell him. "What's that?" he asks. I stand up and he pulls me close. "When we were at Beth's house, she has so many pictures of her kids." I tell him. "Are you regretting setting her up?" he asks. "No. Not that. But, I want kids." I tell him. Kissing me softly, he says "I want kids to baby. I want to see my child growing in your stomach. To see you rocking our babies to sleep. To see our child with your nose and eyes." he says. "And your smile." I say softly and he smiles softly at me. "I love you." he says. "I love you too." I tell him.
My office door opens and Eddie walks in seeing us snuggled up. "You okay?" he asks worried. "Yeah. We were just talking." I tell him and he says "Turn on the news." he tells us and Rio turns on the television. Housewife apprehended from her home on charges of money laundering and drug trafficking. The reporter says. They both look at me. "This you?" Rio asks. "The money yes. Not the drugs." I tell them. "Think she was branching out on her own?" Eddie asks. "Looks like it." I say. Suburban mom, Elizabeth Boland, who's husband owns Boland Motors, is being held on no bond for her charges. Mrs Boland is facing up to twenty years in Federal Prison. The reporter says.
A little later, we are getting ready to leave when my phone rings. "Hello." I say answering my phone. "Princess, it's Annie." she says. "Hey. What can I do for you?" I ask. "Can we meet?" she asks. "Lincoln Park. Thirty?" I ask. "Yeah. Thanks." she says and we end the call.
Thirty minutes later, Rio and I are sitting in the park with Annie. "What's going on?" I ask. "You heard about my sister?" she asks. "Yeah." I say and look at her suspiciously. "I'm not asking you to help her. She's on her own on that. But, Ruby and I need money. We need a way to earn it." she tells me. "And you want to still work for us?" I ask and they nod. I think for a minute and say "Look, let me see what I can work out and I'll be in touch in a couple of days." I tell them. "Thank you." Ruby says. I nod and we head out.
Getting home, Rio asks "You gonna help them?" I look at him and say "I want to. They weren't the ones trying to screw us over. That was all Beth." I say. "You want to start the shopping shit back up?" he asks. "No. But I was thinking about doing a legit business. It would be good for everyone to see that we're doing something legal and separate from this business." I tell him. "Well, figure out what you want and we'll make it happen." he tells me. I look at him and he says "I'll do anything for my Queen." I smile softly and kiss him and say "I love you Rio."