"We reviewed your work, and congratulations Marisol. You are hired. Welcome to the team." My jaw dropped.

"Are you serious!? Wait of course you are! Im sorry. Im just really excited about this." My friend from High School, Christopher.

"Next week we'll train you and after that, you'll be serving drinks in no time." I stood up and shook his hand.

"Thank you so much." I walked out of the shop. I jumped with joy. I smiled at Angel who waited for me.

"Im guessing you got the job."

"Fuck yeah!" I got on the bike and we headed ti the clubhouse. We made it and we met with Coco and Ez. I jumped off the bike. "I got it!" I smiled

"Look at you!" Ez hugged me.

"See, i fucking told you that you'll get that job." I kissed Coco. Man im so excited! Chucky came up to Coco.

"There's someone here to see you. Says she's family." Coco looked at me. It's probably fucking Celia. My mood went down.

"Kay." We all walked to the office and we saw a girl. Younger. I stood behind Ez. "Hey. You okay?" He asked her.

"Not really." The girl turned to him. I dont know what im thinking right now. She cant be his sister, he never told me he had a younger sister.

"What's going on, brother? Who are you?" Angel asked.

"This is Leti." He looked at me with disappointing in his eyes. "She's my kid." My face fell. He told me that he had two kids, and that he wasn't in their lives. Why would he lied about her...

"Bishop and Hank. Looking for you." Chucky said.

"Give me a minute." He told Leti. We all left her to go outside. "It's a long, fucked-up story."

"Can't wait to hear it."Angel said as we walked out. I walked the other direction, heading to the clubhouse.

"Marisol wait." Coco ran after me.

"Not right now Johnny." I told him. I turned around and walked away from him.

I sat down at the bar, drinking shot after shot. I dont know what im even thinking about right now. Im not mad or even happy. Confused, possibly.

"Marisol." I heard Ez come in. He sat next to me. I took another shot.

"What is it Ezekiel." I wiped my nose.

"Tell me. What's going on." I laughed and i turned to him.

"Johnny told me that he isn't in his kids lives. We talked about this. Why would he lie about her? I would understand. I would support her." I rubbed my temples. "He doesnt trust me? Does he want to-"

"Stop telling yourself that." Ez sighed. "Im gonna tell you this. Whatever you're thinking, dont think about breaking up with Coco." The bartender gave me another shot. "You like him too much. When i ended things with Emily, it ate me alive. I regret it everyday. I dont want you to end up like that. Hes your glue. Hes your person."

"I love him Ez. I would never break up with him. I love him too much." I took the shot. "I want a life with him Ezekiel. And i know that we're gonna be in each others life's forever."

"Um, wow, you said forever." I turned to look at Ez.

"Yeah. Thats what i want, with Coco."

"I said you like him, but you said you love him." I nodded my head.

"Hes my Enrique Iglesias." Ez chuckled.

"Then dont let him go. Hear him out when he comes back." He grabbed my hand. "Dont make the same mistakes i did when I was with Emily."

"I wont." He kissed my head.

"Im proud of you Marisol, UCLA, a new job, us, Coco, i dont know how you balance that." He walked away. I took a Another shot.

"Im not in UCLA anymore." I whispered as he was gone. I looked at the table, the was a water spill.

flashback:
"Okay Marisol, what do you see?" My new therapist asked me. I never wanted to be here. Ezekiel persuade dad about taking me to one since I saw moms body. I looked at the cards with some ink drawings on it.

"Butterfly" he flips to another card. "Butterfly. Butterfly. Butterfly." I said as i wasn't looking at the card.

"Be serious Marisol." He pulled another card.

"Mariposa." I said and then i looked at the card. My face fell.

"Marisol? What do you see?" I saw glimpses of my moms bloody body.

"Blood."

The bartender wipes the spill away and I knocked myself out of it. Im better now. Thats all that matters.

"More?" The women said. My phone rang. Coco.

Coco: meet me at the office?

"No, thank you." I gave her the tip and i walked out. I saw him looking at me.

"Thanks." He said to Ez.

"Gonna wash up." My shirtless brother walks in the office, Leti staring.

"Not gonna happen." Coco told her. I stood there. "Marisol, i'm sorry. I should've told you about her. But i didnt. I was scared. I mean look at us, we're doing great. And probably telling you i got Leticia, i was scared it would break us. Her mom was a junkie, Celia raised her, i was barely there though. There were times I wanted to tell you. I just got so many thoughts about whats and ifs." He grabbed my hands from my pockets. "Im sorry i lied. If you're still angry at me, I understand. If you want to break up me, it will hurt me, but I will understand. I love you Marisol. I've waited 2 years to say it and I mean it. I love you. I always have and I always will. And I think we're meant to be together." He rubbed my hand, kissing my hand.

"I should've understand. I wasn't mad, i was confused. And breaking up with will be the last thing i want to do. You should never be scared to tell me anything. I dont want to let you go. Whatever it is, we'll deal with it, together. Because I love you too, and you're it for me." Coco nodded his head and hugged me. I grabbed his hair and I sniffed, i was gonna cry. "I love you too much to let you go." I whispered to him.

"I promise you, i will never keep anything from you." I took a deep breath. I pushed him back. I wiped my tears. "Oh um, Leti, this is Marisol. Marisol, Leti." We both shook hands.

"My dad talks about you a lot." Leti smiles.

"I-i uh- listen, back there, i didnt mean-"

"Nah its good." I nodded my head. "You're cool." Im cool? Cool. Wow. Ha im cool.

"Me and Leti are gonna clean up some stuff, want to come?" Coco asked me.

"I dont mind, you can come." I smiled.

"Go spend time with your daughter. Ill be here waiting." I kissed his cheek.

"Are you sure?" I nodded. He got in the car and looked back. I smiled. They drove off. Angel did me the favor to drop me off at home. Dad wasnt home yet, it was getting dark. I went to the front porch and took a 6 pack with me. I sat there thinking. I spent hours there. Then Ezekiel came up and looked at me.

"Marisol?" Ezekiel said.

"I haven't been honest with you lately." I sipped my beer. Ezekiel sat next to me. I didn't look at him. "I've been with Gilly, Coco and Angel with the whole thing with Los Olvidados. I wanted to help them, Angel asked for help. Im the traitor. Also, a few days ago, I talked to KJ. I pulled myself out of the deal. Im sorry hermano. I cant do it anymore. I did it for you to get out and you are. I did my deed. Im done."

"Why didn't you tell me earlier? I would understand." I completely ignored him. I started to cry. A gato then run across the street, which caught my eye.

"This is gonna be fucking awful." I sighed. I chugged the beer and opened a new one. "I dropped out of UCLA." There was nothing from Ezekiel. "I couldn't do it anymore. I got into a fight, I dropped out. The fight was about Christina talking about mom. I didn't control my anger. I disappointed you. Im sorry. You wanted me out of here more than you wanted yourself out. I also did it because of Roberto. I didnt tell you any of this, because it was the day i told you he assaulted me. I didnt want to give you more crap. This is my life now Ezekiel. I chose this. Painting wasn't gonna get me anywhere. I wasn't gonna be Picasso like you said. Its the truth." I got up and picked up the bottles. "Im sorry i failed you." I went inside the house and into my room. I place the beer on my desk and I look at the window. "Im sorry." I whispered to myself.