CUCO'S POV
The next morning beamed bright and clear.
As I got out of the sheets that had given me solace throughout the previous night, I was greeted by the sight of my uncle alongside the open briefcase which contained the reward Gonzales Neverdes had given to me.
My uncle stared at me, an eyebrow raised, his arms folded.
“Care to explain?”
After the death of my grandmother who was my uncle’s sister, he left his home in Minneapolis down to New Mexico.
Abandoning his life there, he had dedicated his time solely to taking care of me, even though he had a contractor job which he had been a part of for about ten years. He was the reason I was still standing strong, despite my grandmother's death and the fact that I had no one else to call family.
Without Uncle Tio, I wouldn't be
