Chapter 5 The Plan
One at a time, I documented my family, typed in: name, age and relationship on each and added them to the file. While I was doing this the new patrol to watch the neighbor's backyard showed up and I sent them around to relieve Cal and Hal.
I was half way through Isabella's family when Julio, my brother, the joda walked in. "Heard you're fucking up not just your own but everyone's life again." He started in. (pain in the ass)
"Language!" Mama warned him.
"This is the first time. There is no again." I told him.
"Oh, I'd say there are lots of agains. Like when you were eight and we went to the beach and you wandered off and instead of being able to play we spent all afternoon looking for you." He said, his five-foot ten-inch frame looking up at me insolently.
"It was twenty minutes."
"and when we went out to Family Fun Land and you were supposed to be at the bumper cars but instead you were at the refreshment stand flirting with a girl." He continued.
"Dad knew where I was."
"or when we went bowling and you rolled your ball too soon and hit the machine and stopped it from working and it took thirty minutes for the manager to get it working again and we didn't get to finish the game."
I stopped arguing and just stood there giving him my blank face.
"Or when you had all these "friends" coming over but they were really gang bangers and they dug up mama's flowers. Or when you stole that car and went to Juvie but your "friends" kept coming over so when you got out, you had to go live in Miami. I'd say there are a lot of agains, 'cause I just got started." He crossed his arms over his green embroidered polo shirt, with jeans and dusty tan work boots. His brown eyes looked challenging at me from beneath brown short cropped hair, slightly mussed from the hard hat he put on and took off all day.
I walked out of the room and went and got Isabella's little girl Shylia. I was just going to keep taking pictures and doing my job and ignoring that culo was even here. I finished up the picture taking with Parker and finally my phone rang with Skylar. I walked into the living room and stood gazing unseeing at the couch. (ass)
"Tell me you have something awesome."
"I have something awesome. Well I have a few more options than I had before."
"There is a ten-day Alaskan cruise that leaves this Sunday I can squeeze you on, and I looked around up there and there is a complex of trailers that you can rent that would hold everyone. It's still cold and snowy right now but it's supposed to be beautiful.
Second, I found an eight-story resort south of Galveston, Texas that is two-thirds renovated. The lobby and first five floors are done. You could rent it and have the whole thing to yourselves. It has a pool and it is blocks from the beach. You would have to deal with a daily construction crew but could lock the whole complex down for the night. They don't currently have a working kitchen staff but that is something that could be obtained if you rent it for more than a week. They have golf, tennis, basketball and an extensive gym and workout area. Moody Gardens and an Aquarium is also nearby.
Third, I have a semi-private Island off the coast of Florida. It is actually owned by Blue Island cruise lines and the only way to get there is to take one of their cruises. But once on the Island they have twenty-four one and two-bedroom cabana's and you can rent them all. With it comes a staff that cleans daily and cooks three meals a day and has an activities coordinator to manage the troops. You can stay on the island as long as you want but because that cruise ship goes into the Bahamas before it comes back you would need passports. I know you can make them so it shouldn't be a problem. If you stay more than five days you miss the ship sailing back and have to fly back, but their runway is too small for the Concorde. You would have to rent several prop planes to shuttle everybody back. They have a lot of great activities. Snorkeling, paddle boards, surfing, wind surfing, water skiing, boating, shark fishing and of course just the beach. Personally, I think this is your best option, safe secure, and you can stay the whole time no jumping around."
"Thank you, Skylar you are beautiful and a miracle worker as usual. Send me all the details by email. Good bye."
I walked into the busy kitchen a few minutes later, to find mama, Abuela Rosa, Leyla, Isabella, Angelia and Julio.
"I have travel plans to discuss when everyone is ready. Does anyone know where Oshanna and Papa are? I would like everyone to be included in this."
"Carlos, I was just finishing up lunch for everyone. What can I fix for your men?"
"Mama, my men will get their own lunches once they go off shift."
"Nonsense, I have all this food. I can make them sandwiches or I have half a Pot Roast from last night with potatoes and carrots. I need someone to eat all this food or it will just go to waste."
"Ok mama, how about we take our lunches into the dining room and discuss travel plans. When we are all done. I will send my men in here a few at a time and you can feed them till the fridge is as barren as a desert."
"Of course, Carlos. Let me get everyone together."
"Thank you, mama."
I walked into the formal dining room and looked at the uniquely carved eight-person oak table that was rounded at both ends and covered with a white lace table cloth. I glanced at the matching china cabinet with all our holiday and silver serving dishes stylishly displayed behind glass doors. I stood at the end of the table opposite the chair my father always sat in and waited for everyone to assemble. I took a plate from the stack Abuela Rosa carried in and a sandwich from the platter mama had put on the table. Abuela Rosa came back with a stack of bowls and spoons. Mama brought a plate of cut up vegetables and one of sliced apples and grapes. Everyone started taking plates and filling them with food. Some carried their bowls into the kitchen to get some chicken soup from off the stove.
Slowly everyone settled down and took chairs, my mama, Isabella and Leyla to my right, Oshanna, Angelia and Julio on my left, papa carried a chair in from the kitchen table and sat it between him and my mama for Grandma Rosa and then sat at the head. Once everyone was seated I began. "Thank you everyone for being patient with this process. It takes time to find options for such a large number of people."
"There is only like fourteen people in the family. It shouldn't be that hard." Angelia said sarcastically.
I gave her a pointed blank stare. "There are possibly twenty-seven people in the family going. With the protection detail that will be traveling with us it will be more like forty-seven people, and we aren't traveling normally we are booking as one large group that needs to be isolated, so we can't just go anywhere." I told her. "To start I have reserved a private jet for us to travel on that can hold everybody."
"A private jet?" Isabella asked.
"I've always wanted to go on a private jet. They are for rich people. Mrs. Drismall always takes a private jet when they go to the fashion shows in Mulan." Oshanna said.
"We wouldn't have to have the kids sit with us if there are plenty of seats. We can let them sit anywhere." Angelia said to mama.
"Yes, it's the best way to travel with such a large group when protection is important. It keeps everyone safe because we know everyone on board, and everyone can move about the airplane freely. It saves us from the masses at the airport that could hide a bad guy trying to get someone and from the security lines at the airport. We will have two bathrooms and two stewardesses. This particular jet is very special. It has one hundred first class seats so there is plenty of room and no one has to fight over who gets the good seats. Plus, it goes supersonic, twice the speed of a regular airliner so we can be to California in three hours instead of six." I explained.
"It's good that it is fast. That way you can get there before the bad guys can figure out where you are going." Julio joked.
"It's good that it is fast, that way the kids aren't cooped up on an airplane forever." Angelia stated.
"So, we're going to California?" Oshanna asked.
"We have options. I told you I would give you options. Our best option is a private island off the Florida coast. We would take a cruise ship for a day to the island. Once there we would depart and move into these little one and two-bedroom cabanas. They are very cute. There is a lot to do on the island. Paddle boarding, snorkeling, shark fishing, surfing, sail boarding, boating, water skiing, and everything you can do on a beach. It is totally private you can only get there by ship or air and we will be the only ones staying on it so except for days when a boat is in port we have the run of the island. The best part is that we can stay as long as we want.
"I like snorkeling, but what are we going to do the rest of the time? Does it have internet? You know I have to be online and have contact with the office." Oshanna said.
"Becky is going to have assignments that she has to do online as well. I know her teachers, whenever she misses school she has makeup work to do." Leyla said.
"What about TV and movies? Shanna and Ricky like to watch their shows every morning and a movie in the afternoon is the only way Ricky will lay down for his nap." Angelia said.
"I will have to check out the options for on-line time. I will make sure we have what we need for the kids to do their school work. Oshanna you are off-line. Your life is in danger, you are running for your protection. The fashion industry will have to survive two weeks without you." I told her and she pouted.
"The two down sides are that the island is too small for the jet. We will have to take multiple small planes back to Miami. Everyone will need a passport to get back. Half of you don't have passports, but I can rectify that. We can make passports and other ID's at RangeMan." I explained.
"If you can make passports, why aren't we going international." Oshanna asked.
"These are good passports made with authentic passport jackets. You can't tell the difference. If you just go through normally, you won't have any problems. It will show up in the system as a legal passport. But if they specifically call to verify the passport it will come back as fake." I told her.
"What are the other options?" Asked Leyla.
"If you don't mind. Let me get out all the options without interruption and then you can discuss all the possibilities. Option two is a resort south of Galveston, Texas. It is half renovated, so we would have the first five floors to ourselves. There is a beach close by. There is a golf course, pool, tennis court, basketball and a large gym area. The nice part is we would have the run of the place and we can stay as long as is needed. This is your reminder, we are trying to go somewhere safe enough you don't have to be locked up in a safe house or hotel room."
Option three is a twelve-room cabin in Colorado. It is remote, safe and there is everything you can do outdoors. Hiking, fishing, biking, kayaking, campfires, smores, star watching. We can also go do some other activities that are in the area like white-water rafting, horse-back riding, four wheeling and everything you can do in the mountains.
Option four is not private or remote. It is a dude ranch in Wyoming. Everyday there are horseback rides and you get to help the ranch hands with the animals. I'm sure they have a lot of other activities. This is my least favorite choice because it's not private. There will be other guests staying there and we can't lock the place down.
"All the next options are split times. Where we can only be one place for a week and then go to another place for a week.
"Option five: Alaska. There is a compound there that is private, but they are little better than small trailers. We can stay there till next Monday and then take a ten-day Alaskan Cruise.
"Option six: California. There are three beach houses that we can rent. Everyone would share the house with some of my men so we would be spread out among the three houses. We can stay there for a week and then we can take a seven-day cruise up the California coast."
"Option seven: Hawaii, there is a Wedding compound on the beach that has eighteen rooms. We can stay there for a week and then take a seven-day Hawaiian cruise. With the California and Hawaii options there are going to be one or two nights where we will be in regular hotel rooms. Security will be tight. You will have report times. Times when you have to come back and report in for the night, so if we're not on lock down and you can leave with a guard, you will have to be back at a specific time, there is no going out all night partying, Oshanna." I stared at her intently. "Thoughts? Everyone."
"Well, we have already been to California. So, I would rather go to Hawaii. Florida sounds too rustic. Like one step up from camping." Angelia said.
"Florida sounds nice, gets the kids outside and active. I'm just worried about the passport thing. We don't have ours. And I have talked to Richard, where ever we go he wants to come." Leyla added.
"I think Florida sounds nice too. Personally, I like the idea of not having to pack and unpack and carry everyone's bags from place to place." Isabella said.
"Mama do you have your laptop? I can show you girls pictures so you get a better idea of what to expect on the Island. One more thing about the Island we will have our own cook staff that will cook three meals a day. A cleaning person that, if you want, will come in every day and clean your cabana, but the best part for the kids is that there is an activities coordinator, whose sole job is to make sure the kids have things to do and are entertained." Mama got up at my request and returned a few moments later with her laptop.
While the family talked, my mama booted it up and logged in. I stood watching the little mouse spin round and round hoping I could convince everyone that Florida would be the right choice. I pulled up my email, opened the link to the cruise line website and searched around to find the itinerary for our ship and the link for the island.
I pulled it up and even I was impressed with the little cabins made of logs with blue roofs. I spun it around and put it between Isabella and Leyla so they could read it together, Angelia, not to be left out stood reading over their shoulders.
"Hey, I can't see it from over there, pass it over to me." Oshanna said.
"It's not fair to keep us out of the loop just because we are the youngest." Julio said. While he is the youngest boy, both Isabella and Oshanna are younger than him. Still he plays it up to the hilt. My dad left the room and came back with his laptop and logged it in for me.
"Julio, you get no say whatsoever. You are not going. You are staying here and running the company while dad is gone."
"What do you mean I'm not coming. It's a family vacation, of course I am coming."
"This is not a family vacation. This is a trip to hide all the women somewhere safe. Any fun that is had along the way is incidental." I told him while I brought up the island's information for Oshanna and placed the laptop in front of her.
"Yeah but you're going to be having all the fun without me. I'm a member of this family too. I get a say in what goes on," He pounded on the table with his fist. "and I say I'm coming!"
"and I say you're not getting on that airplane. If you want to take your own private flight down to Florida, and happen to get a room on the same cruise, and happen to rent your own cabin on the island I can't stop you but that's the only way you are going to come." My hands were clinched at my sides wishing I could just beat the crap out of him.
"Mama this is our first family vacation since we were kids. There are a hundred seats on the plane, it won't cost a single extra penny for me to come. Tell Carlos, I can come, that I shouldn't be left out of such an important trip." He held his hands out to mama, a pleading look in his eyes, which I knew meant that once again he was going to get his way.
He has been getting his way since he was born. He was supposed to be the last child for my parents and they doted on him until Isabella came along. But he was still the youngest boy, so it was always Carlos, give him the truck, Carlos, let him play with the blocks, Carlos, let him watch his movie. I have always had to give in to this little punk while he skates through life doing half the work of anyone else and getting rewarded for it.
"Julio, if you come who is going to stay here and run the company for Papa?" I tried again.
"David can do it. He's assistant manager anyway, there's nothing he can't do." He simply explained it away.
"Carlos, your brother is right. There are plenty of seats on the plane, this is our first family vacation with all our kids and grandkids. It wouldn't feel right if he didn't come along." Mama told me. Julio gloated as he gave me his big shit eating grin, knowing that once again mama's boy got his way.
"Fine but you have to agree to all the same rules as everyone else. You have to listen to my men and do what they say and the safety of mama and your sisters comes before any fun for you. You have to agree to do what I tell you to and abide by any restrictions being placed on everyone. Like a curfew or lockdown."
"Bro, why are you sweating it so. We are just going to have some fun, no big deal."
"Papa would you show Julio the video and explain to him that this is a big deal. So he understands, that while we are trying to have some fun, the safety of everyone here is the primary concern."
"Julio," Papa said and waved his hand towards the living room. I knew he would never listen to me and mama would just let him off the hook, but papa will have a real discussion with him and if anyone can get anything through that thick skull, papa can.
"Mama, you haven't said anything about where you want to go." I said.
"Carlos, I just want to be safe. I want to know my kids are all safe." She patted my hand. "I would be happy going anywhere with my family. As long as we are safe and together that's all that matters to me."
"Do you have websites for the other locations?" Angelia asked.
"Sure, which ones are you interested in?"
"California a little. I mean we had fun when we went there before. But I am most interested in Hawaii." Angelia explained.
"When someone gets done with a computer I will pull it up for you."
"I'm done. I want to see California and Hawaii too." Oshanna said passing the laptop back to me. In separate screens, I pulled up the link to the California houses and the Hawaii resort and passed it back to her. Angelia came and sat down next to her.
"Tenemos varias opciones: una isla frente a la costa de Florida, un complejo en Texas, una cabaña en Colorado, un rancho de caballos en Wyoming, tres casas de playa en California, un crucero en Alaska, un complejo de playa en Hawai. Abuela Rosa, ¿a dónde quieres ir?" (We have several choices: An island off the Florida coast, a resort in Texas, a cabin in Colorado, a horse ranch in Wyoming, three beach houses in California, a cruise in Alaska, a beach compound in Hawaii. Abuela Rosa, where do you want to go?)
"No soy uno para viajar, pero me alegro de tener unas vacaciones con la familia, así que lo que decidan es bueno conmigo." (I am not one for traveling, but I am glad to come have a vacation with the whole family so whatever they decide is good with me.)
"The houses in Long Beach look like mini mansions, and the beaches look so white. It's only about an hour outside of Los Angeles." Oshanna said.
"Don't get your hopes up for Los Angeles. I'm not bringing enough men to have trips into town." I said as I started eating my turkey sandwich.
"Look at all this stuff for kids. Museums galore. Theme parks." Angelia said. "I've never been to Los Angeles. We went to San Diego when we went last time."
"Theme parks are out of the question. They are a logistical nightmare for security reasons." I told her as I chewed.
"They can't be that bad. Everyone that enters the park is screened. You know they can't bring any weapons in." Angelia insisted.
"Trust me there are hundreds of ways to get a weapon past those screenings. It's not that hard to do." I countered.
"Well what is there to do then?" Angela asked defeated.
"The beach is there every day." I explained.
"Well that's no fun." She huffed.
"It's better than being locked in a house you can't leave for two weeks." I said defensively.
"So, you're saying we will be an hour outside of Los Angeles and we can't even see the sights?" Oshanna demanded.
"I'm sure we can find some compromise. Going in an SUV with your guards to see the sights would be allowed. Doing certain things like museums would probably be allowed. It depends on the threat level each day. I'm not promising anything, just saying I'll let you do as much as I can. Remember we are getting you out of town so you aren't a sitting duck locked in your house or a safe house here. Anything you get to do on top of that is a bonus." I told her.
"It's not really my first choice but I agree that Florida would probably be best." Angelia said resignedly.
"What do you think Layla and Isabella? You both have your kids to think of and I think having the run of an Island is the best choice for freedom and options given." I asked as I kept eating.
"I want to know what kind of indoor activities they have because the sun gets to be too much in the afternoons and the kids will have to come inside." Isabella said.
"Let me look and see what I can find." I told her. I sat my sandwich down, took my mother's computer back and started looking through the web site.
"I like Florida, there are a lot of activities my kids can do and I like them getting outside and doing stuff rather than being plugged in all day. I haven't said this but I would like to let Richard know what's going on." Leyla said.
"Sure, use your cell phone while you're here. They already know where you are it won't hurt anything." I said.
"Isabella, here under rainy day activities. The have an indoor game room, with a ping pong table, a covered sand pit, books, games, a large screen TV, DVD player, and a craft area. Plus, if you're worried about it bring whatever you would do at home. If you have hand held games, or favorite board games, books. I'm sure you're going to want to bring some of that stuff for the plane ride anyway. There is no limit to the luggage you can bring and there is no weight limit for your bags." I told her as I handed the computer back and picked up my sandwich again.
"Will there be internet on the island? See each of the kids has their own laptop or tablet that they play games on and watch movies." Isabella said.
"I don't know if they have Wi-Fi on the Island and I don't know if it is safe for you to use without it being traced back. Let me make some phone calls. I'll let you know before tonight. On a side note can Diego join us? We would love to have him. Make it a family vacation. Mama and Papa can watch the kids a little and you two can have some alone time. There are enough Cabanas that we can even put all three kids in their own one and you can have some privacy. The kid offer goes for Leyla's kids too. They can have their own one or there are some larger two-bedroom ones that we could put all the older kids in together. Think about it." I said and finished off the sandwich in two bites.
I pulled out my phone, "Skylar beautiful! The group is leaning toward Florida but we have two main questions are their TV's and DVD players in the cabanas and is there Wi-Fi anywhere on the Island."
"You are going to a beautiful tropical Island and you want to stay indoors and watch TV?"
"Not me, but some of my sister's kids are young and a lot fairer skinned than me. They can only take so much sun time each day, especially if we are going to be there for two weeks. The school aged kids have homework they have to do each day that is online and has to be turned in. So, we need some kind of internet."
"I'll call you right back." She told me.
"One more thing, this will change the numbers a little, but add my brother to the group going. No protection, he has not been threatened but it seems I have to let him come." I said resignedly.
"You sound thrilled about it."
"Truthfully, he always causes problems, but everyone is excited about this family vacation and thinks he shouldn't be left out."
"So, is he paying his own way."
"Yeah nope, that's the greatest part I get to pay for him to come be a pain in my ass."
"Come on he can't be that bad."
"Actually, he is worse. He is a lazy mooch, who always breaks the rules and won't listen to anyone but my father. I know I will regret him coming but my family won't let me leave him behind."
"Maybe this will be a good bonding experience for you. Get back in touch with your family."
"It's going to be something." I said. Skylar was one of the few people in the world who understood the disconnect I felt with my family, as she was separated from hers as well.
"I've already emailed the cruise line specialist who handles the island reservations. I'll let you know as soon as I have a response." And she disconnected. I dialed the office.
"Bones, I have a couple of questions for you. Can we get hold of a Wi-Fi broadcasting unit that can broadcast a wide distance like a ship or a remote island and be encoded so no one can trace where the signal is originating?"
"I haven't heard of such a thing but let me get Hector he is more into wiring Wi-Fi and electronics. If they make it he has heard about it." I waited while he got Hector on the line.
"Sí, jefe hacen una cosa así. Funciona con torres de telefonía celular. En realidad, es dos partes. La primera parte toma una señal del teléfono celular de la torre de la célula y la canaliza a la segunda parte que es como un ranurador y la transmite como señal de Wi-Fi a las computadoras. La segunda parte toma la señal de retorno que envía de nuevo a la primera parte que scranbles y transmite de nuevo a la torre de teléfono celular. Así que en cualquier lugar hay torres de telefonía celular hay Internet segura intratable." Hector told me. (Yes, boss they make such a thing. It works off of cell phone towers. It is actually two parts. The first part takes a cell phone signal from a cell tower and channels it to the second part that is like a router and broadcasts it as a Wi-Fi signal to the computers. The second part takes the returning signal sends it back to the first part that scrambles it and broadcasts it back to the cell phone tower. So anywhere there are cell phone towers there is safe untraceable internet.")
"¿Puede eso trabajar en unión con nuestra emisora de telefonía celular? Yo estaba planeando tomar uno." I asked him. (Can that work in junction with our cell phone broadcaster? I was planning on taking one.)
"Sí y si usas uno de nuestros radiodifusores de teléfonos celulares la señal ya está codificada." He clarified. (Yes, and if you use one of our cell phone broadcasters the signal is already untraceable.)
"Obtener uno hoy y configurarlo, quiero que funcione esta noche y que me muestres cómo usarlo." I told him. (Get one today and set it up. I want it working tonight and for you to show me how to use it.)
"Afirmativo, está hecho." (Affirmative. It is done.)
While I was on the phone there was a commotion at the front door. Lester had trooped in sporting a new 55-inch 4KHD SMART TV. Everyone was talking at once. Papa was upset, Julio was drooling. Angelia was saying it wasn't good enough. Mama was upset and Oshanna thought we should give it to her.
"Lester, take it outside and leave it on the porch. Bring the metal detector in and get it charging. Papa what is the problem with the TV?"
"It's way too much, too big and too expensive for the kid's room. They are too young still touching the screen with sticky hands. They could knock it over and in two seconds it would be destroyed."
"Got it. Mama, what's wrong with the TV?"
"Me'jo it is way too big. We don't have that big picture window so they kids can't see outside. They need a small TV so the sunlight can still come in the room and they can see what is going on in the world."
"Got it. Angelia, what's wrong with the TV?"
"Well, I can see mama's point. We have an 80 inch so I thought this one was too small. But for the kid's room she might be right it may be too big."
"Listen up. Papa, I owe you a TV. There is no debate there. I agree it is big for the children's room and it has options on it you may not want children to have. It is a SMART TV with internet programed into it. Maybe we should put the big new TV in the adult living room and move that smaller, older TV to the family room. Would that work better for you?"
He nodded to me.
"Mama would that be OK?"
"Si, that would work out better." Mama said.
"Excellent. Lester," I called out waiting for him to stick his head in through the door. "We worked it out. It is too big for the children's room, so you can set it up in the living room and move the living room TV to the family room." I turned back around. "Now that is settled can I have everyone back in the dining room?" I asked.
I stood at the head of the table waiting. "I want to make sure everyone is on board with the decision being made. Over all the island in Florida has been the pick for our trip. It is the safest and easiest to guard. It will allow everyone a lot more freedom and there is plenty of space. If everyone agrees I will book it." I looked around the room. No one nodded yes or no to the suggestion.
"Ok let's go around the table. Papa do you have a preference where we go?"
"No, I just want to enjoy being all together and being safe."
"Mama said the same thing. Abuela Rosa, ¿a donde quieres ir?" (Grandma Rosa, where do you want to go?)
"Iré a donde sea mejor para la familia." (I will go where ever is best for the family.)
"Leyla your choice?"
"Florida."
"Angelia?"
"Well California or Hawaii are my preferred choices, but I can see the advantages of the island."
"Isabella?"
"The island sounds like it would be best for the kids, and safest for us."
"Oshanna?"
"I'm with Angelia I would rather go to California or Hawaii."
"Ok, by general consent Florida is the choice. I will start making the arrangements. Let me tell you all some basics-"
"Hey you didn't ask me where I wanted to go." Julio said.
"You are not even supposed to be coming. This trip is not for you. You will go with the group where ever they decide."
"That's not fair!" He pointed to me. "I'm a member of this family and I deserve to have a say."
Not wanting to fight with him I gave him my blank face stare. "Where do you want to go?"
"California. The babes there are the best. There aren't going to be any bars or babes on the island."
I completely ignored what he had said and continued my briefing for the family. "The rules start now: As I said before, when you leave here today you will leave with a two-man protective detail. You will leave your vehicles here and they will drive you everywhere you need to go-"
"Hey I said California, that makes the vote three to two so we win." Julio insisted.
To be continued…
A/N Thank you! Thank you! Thank you for all the reviews. They are all greatly appreciated and have spurred me on. I have Chapter 6 almost ready. If I can get 25 reviews from this chapter I will post it on Saturday instead of waiting till Monday.
Huge Thank you to my AWESOME Beta Sassysaint. If you haven't read her stories yet they are some of my favorites!
Isn't Julio a big pain in the ass? He takes annoying little brother to a whole new level. If you had to choose where would you pick to go? How are you liking the story so far? Please read and review.
The Manoso Family
Mother's Mother – Abuela Rosa Escalante, Father's Mother – Abuela Sanja Manoso
Mother – Maria Manoso Father – Javier Manoso
Siblings and families in age order
Leyla (35) & Richard Gonzales – Rebecca (Becky) 12, Margaret (Maggie) 10, Richard (Ricky) 7, Michael (Mikie) 5
Angelia (34) & Jordan White – Shanna 5, Kendrick (Ricky) 3
Ricardo Carlos Manoso (32) – Ranger
Julio Manoso (30) Ex-wife Allysa – Jacob 2
Isabella (27) & Diego Diaz – Chris 8, Shylia 6, Parker 3
Oshanna Manoso (22)
Rachel & Ron Martine – Julie 12, Fredrico (Freddie) 9, Cassandra (Cassie)6