“It’ll be fine.” Luis says with a chuckle.Gavin looks at him with concern all over his face but gets back out of the ring and rings the bell. Veronica and Luis take a few seconds circling each other before Veronica makes the first move and fakes a punch to the right before kicking him on the left knee. The move knocks him to his left knee on the mat but he quickly gets back up to circle around her.She runs at him throwing punches hitting him in the face and chest until he is against the ropes. Luis wraps his arms around her and pushes her off. He spins out to the left and shakes his head.He attempts to run at her and attempts to kick her legs out from under her but she jumps and punches him in the head twice with a left right combo. Luis falls to the mat on his back but rolls back up. He is panting as he is still trying to catch his breath.She runs at him again punching him in the throat and then the stomach making him fall to his knees on the mat. Gavin pulls Veronica off to the
Cody doesn’t say anything. He just bursts into tears. Luis pulls him down the hall into his private office where it is just the two of them.“I should have paid closer attention to her phone. I’m sorry I missed it. I’m so stupid. I can’t believe I missed it.”“What are you talking about?”“She got video messages last night and I completely missed them. It was stupid of me not to keep the trace on her phone.”“What was in the video?”“I don’t think I can say it out loud…” Cody says with more tears and points to the computer.Luis slowly walks around the desk and sits in front of the computer. He sees that Cody was looking at her text messages and she got three video messages.The first video was one that looks like the surveillance video of her school from when she was abducted. It shows her father and the man who took her shaking hands before her father leaves in another car but sits at the corner of the block watching.The second video is surveillance of what looks like a couple of m
“Of course, baby.” Luis says as he takes the envelope and kisses her forehead.He pulls out the result and smiles before saying, “Congratulations. It’s a boy.”Veronica smiles and grabs the paper before looking at it and sees that it is Octavio. “Octavio? He’s…He’s my son? How is that possible? He’s 16 and I’m only 21.”“Well based on the video date you were 8 when he was born so I think they forged his birth certificate. Since we have his birth on film we should be able to get it fixed.”“But why don’t I remember any of this?”“The doctor I talked to today said you could be suppressing memories which is a good thing to a point so I’m glad these came as videos and not as memories. This way we can coordinate with dates and get the rest of the info.”“So how old would that make Octavio then?”“He would be 13 then. No wonder he’s so immature and has such a high-pitched voice. He said he was always behind from the kids in school and they would make fun of how small he was. That all makes
He goes back into his office as Gavin is screaming. “What the fuck? How could they do this to her?”“Gavin I need you to calm down man. She got these last night. That’s why she’s been in the mood she was.” Luis says.“But her father. How could he do this to her?“Has he watched all the videos yet? Luis asked.“No just the first 2.”“There’s fucking more. Jesus God what the hell did he do?”Cody plays the third video showing her giving birth and his eyes go wide, “Where is the baby? We have to find the baby?”“Gavin we already did. He is snuggled up to his mother right now.” Luis says with a smile.“Octavio?”He nods with a smile and Cody plays the last video showing her father handing him to Pedro. Cody hands him the DNA results and then it all makes sense to him.“And I added to her trauma. What the fuck is wrong with me?” Gavin collapses on the floor in tears. “What kind of friend or brother am I to do what I did to her? I shouldn’t be allowed to be alive right now let alone be anyw
Luis smiles and they both stand up before they hug each other. Luis leads his father to where his wife and son are in their living room. Javier walks in and immediately runs to them both engulfing them in tight hugs and they all start crying.Javier breaks apart the hug and kisses Veronica on the forehead. “You, my daughter, are amazing. I am even more amazed by you every day. And you, my grandson, will always be my blood. We will always love you like family. I need you to know that. We will always be here for you no matter what.”“Thanks grandfather.” Octavio says before he pulls Javier into a tight hug again.Luis sits on the arm of the couch before he kisses the crown of Veronica’s head. “The kitchen will be bringing our meals here tonight. I hope that’s okay.”Veronica smiles at him and nods. “Of course, my love. Thank you for everything. And I’m sorry to be more demanding and more of a hassle than you should have to deal with.” She says as she bursts into tears again.“Baby, it’s
The group heads to the front door where Gavin heads off the car to tell them to go to the bunker and Hector jumps into the passenger seat to direct them.“This way my love.” Luis says as he leads Veronica, Octavio, and Gavin to follow him outside.It takes them about 5 minutes to walk to the bunker in the dark. Luis is holding one of Veronica’s hands and Octavio is holding the other so she won’t fall.They arrive to a concrete door that looks like it is just a door. Luis scans his whole hand and it scans his eye before the door slowly opens. They go into the bunker and the door slams shut behind them. They stand in the darkness until the lights flick on.“Sorry safety mechanism where the lights don’t turn on right away.”“That’s so cool.” Octavio says with a big smile on his face.They walk down a long concrete hallway where they can hear pleading and begging.Hector is standing outside the door with an envelope in his hand. He hands the envelope to Luis and nods to them.Luis looks a
“No, she did not. She was held captive by that asshole and others for over four years. By the time she got back she had no memory of what happened. We only just found out today that he was her son. Don’t you fucking make accusations without knowing the facts.” Gavin yelled at him.“I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have jumped to conclusions. I just assumed…I’m sorry.”“It’s okay. I understand. I need you to understand that only as of last night did I find out I even had a son and today I found out that he has been right under my nose. I want time with him too. If you will not hurt him, then I will allow you to be a part of his life but I refuse to give up my time with him too.”“I would never ask you to. I promise. I will move down here and we can share his time. He looks old enough to hold us both up so we don’t hold all his attention and keep the other away.” Christopher says with a chuckle.“Yes, I am.” Octavio says with a smile.“How old are you?”“Well, I thought I was 16 but it turns out
Veronica is awakened the next morning to the sound of the sink running. She slowly opens her eyes to realize that Luis is in the bathroom getting ready but she can feel someone behind her. She turns her head to see that Octavio is snuggled up to her behind her.“I’m sorry baby. He came in about 30 minutes ago.”“Its fine. I’m so glad he feels comfortable enough to come to me already. I figured he would hate me.”“I don’t hate you. I love you.” Octavio says as he pulls her closer to himself.“I love you too son.” Veronica says as happy tears run down her cheeks. “I hope that we can move forward and make new memories in place of the nasty old ones.”“We already are planning to make some. Right dad?”“Right son.”“We are having a family outing today mama.”“What are we doing?”“We are going to get his birth certificate fixed first and then lunch with Christopher and a walk down the pier.” Luis says.“That sounds amazing.” Veronica says as she pulls Octavio into her arms for a tight hug.