Dean-
Lucia was nervous. Roman and I watched her pace in her room.
"Lucia, calm down", Ana said.
"I can't. My dad said he would be here and he left. He just left", she said.
Today was important to her.
"Something must have happened. Something bad", she said.
"He'll be here", Ana said.
Lucia nodded.
"How about we just get you dressed Lucy", Ana suggested, wanting to take Lucia's mind off of her dad.
Lucia came over to me, taking my hand.
"Can you call Randy?", she asked.
"I'll call", I said, squeezing her hand.
She smiled, letting my hand go slowly. I watched her disappear into her closet. Roman looked at me.
"I'll call Randy", he said.
I nodded. Before he could call, Randy walked in.
"She wants to speak to you", I said.
"Where is she?", he asked.
We pointed towards the closet. He walked over there. The look on his face let me know it wasn't good news that brought him here.
Lucia-
"Nice choice", I heard Randy say.
I turned to see him standing there.
"Where's my dad?", I asked.
"He had to take a trip to Cancun. He's sorry", Randy said.
"Why aren't you with him?", I asked.
"He wanted me to stay with you", he said.
I sighed.
"I should have known it was too good to be true", I said.
Ana rubbed my back. Smiling softly at her.
"I'm done getting ready. Lets go", I said.
I would say I was disappointed, but I was already used to my dad making plans and then not showing up.
Dean-
Randy walked ahead with Roman. Seth and I behind her. I moved closer to her.
"You okay Lucia?", I asked.
"I don't want to talk now", she said.
"Okay. You know where to find me if you do", I said.
She gave me a small smile.
I watched her hug family members. The main office had sent us information on them. Some of her uncles were also drug runners, big bosses like her dad. I saw her cousins were here too. I noticed Martin as well, I groaned. It was getting late, her dad still a no show. After awhile everyone left. She sat on her steps in the hall.
"Don't move Dean", Roman said in my ear.
I took my ear piece out. Going over to her and sitting down next to her.
"I'm sure your dad wanted to be here darlin", I said.
"No, he didn't", she replied.
I took her hand in mine. Our fingers intertwined.
"I'm here. I'll be here as long as you need me", I said.
"You're sweet", she said.
Randy stopped in front of us, his eyes darted to our hands. I let go and stood up. I put my ear piece back in.
"I'll go wait upstairs", I said.
"You should go up as well Lucia. I'm sure you're exhausted", Randy said.
She nodded and he helped her up.
"So why didn't he show?", she asked Randy.
"I don't know. All I know is that they're on their way back", Randy said.
She walked in front of me. I stopped by the door. She was about to go in, I grabbed her wrist. She met my eyes.
"You looked really pretty tonight", I said.
She smiled. Seth glanced at me from behind her.
"Thank you", she said.
She kissed my cheek, her other hand on my cheek. She walked in and closed her door.
"What was that?", Seth whispered.
"Seth", I said.
"You looked really pretty tonight", he mocked.
"It slipped. I wanted to make her feel better", I whispered.
"Well you've been slipping a lot", he whispered back.
I rolled my eyes. A few minutes passed when we heard the front door open and people rushing in, talking in spanish. I looked at Seth. Randy came rushing upstairs, blood on his shirt. He knocked on Lucia's door. No answer.
"Shit", he mumbled.
He took out some keys and unlocked her door. We rushed in. She was gone. He looked at us.
"There's a tracker on her phone. Have them track her and find her. Something bad happened", he whispered.
We nodded.
"Roman, Snow White has escaped. We're on the move", Seth said.
We got in the car and called Denise.
"Talk to me", she said.
"I need you to track Lucia's phone", I said.
"Okay, I'll send the coordinates to your GPS", she said.
"Thanks", I said.