Into the Darkness

Ernesto POV

Ernesto POV

After holding Angel in my laps, she got up and went to put some clothes back on and I had ordered food for Angel so that she can eat. I couldn’t eat because I was so angry, I put some ointment on her and bandaged her as best as I could. I got her to lay down so that she could rest, and she asked me if I was going to stay with her and I said yes. I sat down against the headboard and she laid her head on my chest and I ran my hands over her head. I asked her why did she cut her hair and she looked up at me and she said that was the one thing that Emiliano loved, and he would always pull her hair so she figured if she didn’t have it then there was nothing to pull. Her eyes started to water again, and I told her to get some rest. She leaned back into my chest and I wrapped my arms around her and just held her. I could hear her breathing start to even out and I knew that she had finally fallen asleep. I sat there thinking of all the ways that I was going to kill him because there was no way in hell that I was going to let her get anywhere near him ever again. Her body would give sudden jerks and stiffen up, and I knew that she was reliving her nightmares all over again. I had put my phone on vibrate so that it would not wake her, and while I was looking through my phone it started ringing and it was Emiliano calling me. I started shaking all over again, and I just let it go to voicemail because if I would have answered it I would not have been able to control myself. When the icon came out that I had a voicemail I clicked it to listen to it and I could not believe that he was trying to sound like he was f*****g concerned for her and that he cared about her well-being. I am seeing the evidence of what he did to her and I am sure that he called Chino and Beto to put more eyes out on the street to look for her. I needed to get her out of here and safely because she is not that far from their house. I slowly lifted her to lay her down and I went into the restroom and closed the door so that I could make a call to get help with this situation.

I dialed my papas’ phone and he answered on the second ring and he greeted me and asked how I was doing. I whispered to him that I was okay, and I noticed that he was quiet on his end and he said mijo what is wrong? My voice was quivering, and I told him that I needed his help. I have never cried in front of my father because he said crying is a weakness and that no man should ever show any weaknesses. But my father has not seen what I have seen. He asked where I was at and I told him, and I also told him to bring mama with him as well because she will be needed here too. I told him to text me when he is here and to bring some of his guards with him just in case. I told him that there are eyes on the streets right now and it is not safe. I went back to the room and Angel was still asleep, but I noticed that she had tears in her eyes, and I laid down next to her and wrapped my arms around her. She snuggled up to me, and tightened her hands in my shirt, 30 minutes later I got a text from my papa. I got up from the bed, and I peeked out the curtain, and seen that it was my papa, mama, and 10 guards posted around in the parking lot. I unlocked the door and I put my finger to my lips and they both nodded, and I allowed them to come in and locked the door again. Both my parents looked to the bed and seen this tiny broken woman on the bed covered in bruises, cuts, welts, and my mama wanted to break down for her.

When I asked my papa to bring mama, I knew that she would be able to help Angel through this because my grandpa used to beat my mama when she was younger. My mama is very understanding, and she has so much empathy and compassion to where we don’t have any. My father and I are very similar in nature, we both respect women and would never lay a hand against a woman no matter what but to any man they would be taking there last f*****g breath. What no one knows is that my father is one of the shot callers from the Mexican Cartel and when my father steps down I will be taking over the family business. My father was very diligent in teaching me the ways to be a strong boss and to show compassion when necessary but to kill with a heavy hand. I walked towards Angel and I laid my hand against her and lightly shook her, and she let out a scream and cried out loud, and she rolled out of the bed, and fell on the floor. She curled up in the corner into a ball with her hands covering over her head. She kept saying please don’t hurt her anymore. I bent down on my knees in front of her and told her Angel its me Ernesto and she looked up and was crying and she went into my arms and was crying so hard. I couldn’t hold it in anymore and I cried with her and told her that everything is going to be okay. I told her that I was going to take care of her now and I will keep her safe. I felt a hand on my shoulder and my mama was behind me and I pulled back and I told Angel there is someone I want you to meet. She looked up at me and I told her that this is my mama Miriam, and my papa Alejandro Estrada. She looked down and I can see that she is nervous and she said that she is sorry to meet them under these conditions, she looked up to my mama and said that she raised a good man for a son and that she appreciates that he is very strong for being here with her. My mama smiled and said thank you so much mija. I stood up and picked up Angel and sat her down on the bed and my mama asked is she could sit down next to her and Angel nodded her head. My papa was quiet the whole time and just watching everything, and I know that he was analyzing the whole situation. I am sure that he is shocked because I was crying for her but at this time, I didn’t care that I showed that weakness. I care for Angel so much and I am sure that I am falling in love with her already.

My papa finally spoke up and he said Ernesto, I need to know everything from the beginning to the present. I looked at Angel and she nodded her head. So, I told my papa everything that happened up to where I walked out from that night. Angel didn’t have to tell me anymore because I guessed at what happened by just looking at her body. My papa asked Angel if she trusts them and Angel said if I can trust Ernesto then I can trust you both as well. She looked at me and I nodded my head and told her to go ahead and show them. She pulled her hoodie off her as well as her shirt, she kept her head down the whole time and I can see tears falling from her eyes. She pulled her pants down and she stood there still, and her hands were clenched in a fist at her side and she put her head up had her eyes closed tight.

My mama started crying and my papa even had tears in his eyes and his hands were in a fist and he was shaking. I looked at him and he nodded to me and I got up and wrapped a blanket around Angel and she leaned into me and started crying all over again. My mama asked if she could hug Angel and she said that she would really like that, and my mama came to pull Angel away from me and held her in her arms. They both sat there crying for a long time and there were no words that could be said at that time. I can see the look in my papas’ eyes, and I think that he was remembering what my mama had to go through. It hurt to see the two most important women in my life hurt so bad. I looked at papa and he nodded for me to step out with him and we went into the restroom and closed the door to give mama and Angel a moment. My papa looked at me and pulled me into his embrace and hugged me tight. My papa has never really showed emotions like this and I hugged him back hard and started crying again. Papa held me and he said that he is proud of the man that I have become and that my crying is not a weakness because I am loving this tiny woman who I am going to protect. When I pulled back, I seen that he had tears in his eyes as well. He said that we both will kill these pinche peros (f*****g dogs) together.