Its been a few weeks since Willy had said that Latrelle was spotted in town. Cesar knew what he had to do. He walked out. Willy wanted Cesar to stay but he and Cesar said that they need me and they baby to be safe and away from this.

"Officer Hammel said-" Monse tells me as we walked to class. I pulled her into a empty classroom.

"Latrelle is back."

"How do you know?"

"Willy, he spotted him in town." I crossed my arms.

"Ruby and Jamal said its for hood day but Latrelles not back for some glorified block party. Its too risky. Hes been put off. So if he has a body in his belt, the body that he missed, he will redeem himself. We have to give Cesar cash so he can dip."

"You know we cant. The money isnt clean." She groans.

"You too!"

"Monse." I grabbed her arms. "If we use it, shit is gonna happen. We, Cesar, will go to jail!" I sighed. "Lunch, meeting. Okay?"

"Okay." She whispers. I hugged her.

"Im sorry." I told her.

"For what?"

"Kicking him out." She shakes her as we were still hugging.

"It's not your fault okay? Its for Willys baby and your protection." I nodded.

"Its gonna be okay." I said as the bell rang and I went to class with her.

Lunch Time

We all met up. I was enjoying my salad as Monse started to read her text.

"ICE might be raiding the church. Cesars gonna have to vacate or he might end up in the system." We all sighed. This is unbelievable!

"Shit." I shook my head.

"Whats the local news say?" Ruby asked. Monse started to look.

"Ugh, i hate this ad. This song is so annoying." she groans and the song money bunny played. It really was annoying. Its playing everywhere and everyday.

"This shits my jam!" Jasmine said as she sat with us.

"What are you doing?" Monse said to her.

"Chopping it up and Chowing it down with my crew." Everyone sighed again. "Is it my pits? I just switched to natural deodorant..." she sniffed her armpit. I looked away with disgust. It wasnt that. "I knew that shit didnt work."

"We need a rain check." Ruby tells her.

"Nothing personal but its personal." Monse also tells her.

"Whats on the agenda? Cleaning some green?" We all were shocked. How did she know? Is she spying on us? Does she know every move?

"How do you know?" Jamal asked. Jasmine pulls out the notebook he had and showed us the same thing she just said. We all looked at Jamal, seriously?

"What? Im a visual thinker!"

"Dont get your chonies in a twist. Ain't nobody worried about a few dollars." We all avoided eye contact. Only if she knew. "Its not a few dollars? Are you involved with the Freeridge Savings Heist? No! Dont tell me. I dont wanna know. What you should know is that you dont wanna get involved in that shit. Its marked money."

"Thanks for that useless info dump, but we need to get back to our crisis now." Monse smiles. "How are gonna clean the money?" We all looked at Jasmine who started to sing.

"Money bunny, money bunny!" We, besides Monse, started to jam out.

"Money bunnys a shitty company that takes advantage of people who have no other way to get money from one place to another. Its a racket and-" Monse started to think. "A great idea!"

"Yes! Outgoing dirty dinero, incoming clean clams! Minus their three percent fee, scrub a dub, bitches!" Jasmine informed us.

"Im not following." I told them.

"Okay, uh... say Jamal want to help a certain fashion challenged friend but new fits. Monse!" She coughs. Monse gave her a look. "Money bunny takes his hundie and they give Jamal a code. Then Jamal gives the code to mono boob Monse, takes it to the store and bam!" We jumped. "Shes got 100 bucks to ditch the sports bra and buy sole lace." We all looked at Monse. "Underwires your friend, girl."

"But wire fraud... Thats a felony that carries at least five years." Ruby points out.

"Im in." Monse said.

"Me too." Jamal jumped in. I smiled as I raised my hand.

"Same!" I laughed. Then we looked at Ruby. "Come on baby! For Cesar!"

"Im in." He nods.

"Damn! You guys are a ride or die! But you still gotta be 18 to send and receive the dough, so... you guts got some fake IDs?" We shook our heads. "No! No! No! Dont tell me. Im law enforcement." I frowned.

"But you just taught us how to commit wire fraud." Jamal tells her.

"Because sometimes I like to get dirty and straddle things, like the line. Im a complicated woman." Jamal blocks her since she got too close to his face.

"Which means probably you know where to get a fake ID." I smirked.

"No! No way. I dont." She laughs. She pulls out the fake ID from her pocket. "But Mona Marcukas has a guy." Is that a mustache? I squinted my eyes. That is a mustache. We all nodded. We got this.

Arrived at the house

"Noooo!" Jamal screams as a guy opens the door.

"You want three IDs?" He asked.

"I texted you. We need four." Jasmine tells him.

"I only see three people." I have no idea whats happening and how Jamal knows him.

"Oh! Dont act like you dont see me standing here Chivo!" Chivo? Why does that name sound familiar?

"Im ghosting you." Chivo sang, looking away from Jamal.

"Chivo?" My eyes widen. Chivo, lil Rickys cousin! Chivo who owes my dad!

"As in chivo chivo?" Monse puts together.

"Mhmmm." Jamal hummed.

"No. Chivo as in Chivo Ramirez." We all looked at him.

"Hes gonna play us." Jamal whispers to us.

"Bye bye." Just as he was gonna close the door, Jasmine runs up to him.

"W-w-wait! Put the bad blood aside and think of all the referrals Ive given you!" Chivo looks down. "First cousins alone, that got to be over 100 people." He nods and closes the door but Jasmine holds it. "Wait! No, no, no, no. Please, help us."

"Okay." We all smiled. Finally. "Under one condition." He looks at Jamal and starts laughing. I started to get creeped out. Ruby held my hand and watched as Jamal backed up. We finally got in his house and he had his set up. He started laughing as Jamal went up to take his picture.

"Lou Sassole?" Jamal questioned.

"Youre crazy." Chivo said.

"You are."

"Not talking to you." He turns to the gnome, i jumped. Ummm can we just go? This is really creepy. Jamal had a frowning face and Chivo took the photo. Jamal started to whine.

"What? I wasn't ready!"

"No do overs." Jamal growls.

"What is this place anyways? I thought you lived in the Winnebago by your nursery."

"I do. This is my safehouse. My house that is safe." He looks away. What is he looking at? I turned to Ruby, he just shakes his head.

"Okay. Here are all the money bunny locations." Jasmine said as she pulls out a map and circles the areas.

"These four are in close proximity. We'll be in and out quickly." Monse nods.

"Whos next?" Chivo called out.

"Me." Ruby said. I stood until it was my turn. Monse and Jamal went outside. Ruby smiled and took the picture.

"Next." I waked up to the frame. He changed my name to Celia Gracia.

"Really?" I said as I saw the names. The names of two people i hate the mose, Celia Zapata, my drunk mom, and Gracia, as in Carlos Garcia, my ex who wasn't really my ex. I stood up and then he took my picture. I stormed off. Moments later, Jamal, Ruby and I went with Chivo to his run, more like a walk. Jamal was going to tell Chivo if Cesar can stay here. Its a great idea, Cesar is safe, and when we get the money, he'll even be more safe.

"Hes not budging." Jamal sighs as he walks to us. "I need you to close."

"Why dont you give him the doll?" Ruby just said. Its just a gnome!

"Shes not a doll. Shes a porcelain collectible with thoughts and feelings." Im sorry what? "Way more human than the sock you're in a relationship with." Ruby looks back at me and then at Jamal. He was furious. I didn't need to know that about him, thank you very much. I would like to imagine my boyfriend as a normal person who doesn't put his junk in his socks. I shivered. The thought of it.

"Fine! Im going in." Ruby walks off. We stood there as they talked. Ruby then walks to us again. "He doesn't want to budge." Then it clicked, he still owes my dad. Chivo walks into us.

"Wait!" I said as I stopped him.

"What is it now?"

"What are you doing?" Jamal said.

"What you want us to do." I turned to him and back at Chivo. "Chivo, do you know Chico Zapata?"

"Yes. He was a Santo. He was Lil Rickys best friend. He died, leaving a son Wilfredo and a daughter Valeria." He says. The boys looked at each other.

"Well, im his daughter." He stops running in place. He takes a look at me. "My dad helped you when you turned your back on lil Ricky. Lil Ricky hated you! But! My dad persuade him to forgive you and then bam! Everything went back the way it was!"

"Did you know this?" I heard Ruby whisper.

"No."

"So, you still owe my dad. You swear that youll pay him back. Well, im here, to pay back what my father did to you, here it is. You let our friend stay for a month and you get Juanita for the weekends and holidays."

"WOMAN!" Jamal screamed.

"Shut it Jamal!" I said. He backed up. "Deal?" Chivo looked at my hand as I stuck it out. He shook my hand.

"One month only." He walked away. There. Its done.

"Why you!" Jamal was about to jump me but Ruby held him back.

"Jump my girl and ill kill you." Jamal fixed his shirt.

"You're welcome." I flipped my hair as I walked back to Monse and Jasmine. We went home, picking up Cesar and that doll, Juantia and drove back to Chivos. He got all dressed for a doll. A DOLL! We helped Cesar get out of the car. "Chivo, Cesar, Cesar Chivo." I introduced them.

"Where is she?" Was all Chivo asked. Jamal pulls out the doll, wrapped in plastic. "She- She cant breathe!" Jamal turns it around showed him that he left a hole. He sighs in relief. Jamal walks up to him, giving the doll to him. But he pulls back.

"Not yet! I need a moment." He pulls the doll close to him. He walks away. Why is this happening? My head went back, can we hurry this up? I heard Jamal cry. I walked up to him.

"Its time to let her go." I kissed his cheek. "Shes in good hands, do whats best Jamal." Jamal nods, wiping his tears away.

"Make way!" Abueltia said coming out of the car. "Mother Nature is on the line. I need a bathroom now."

"Number one or number two?" Chivo asked. Disgusting.

"Number three!" This that even a thing?! We said goodbye to Cesar, happily he is safe there. We went back home and I just went to sleep. I was tired.