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bit head-strong.
Plus Roberto had been letting me have my way for years, there was
no way he would stand in the way of what I thought was true
love.”
    “ True love? Was it just
you or both of you?” The thought that anyone would deny his mom
their heart pissed him off. But he knew most men would simply go
for a piece of ass.
    She shrugged. “Turns out it was just me. Of
course at the time he said all the right things, made it a
memorable weekend. But in the end he returned to his fiancé and his
accounting job.”
    The sliver of anger blossomed in his chest.
“Accounting job? Tell me this asshole was a mole. Tell me he
seduced you deliberately to get info on your dad. Tell me he is
dead.”
    She tsked him. “Did I mention how much alike
you are to daddy?” She waved aside his answer. “Felipe was a whore,
he wasn’t involved with any organization, and didn’t know about
daddy…at first. The real problem was his fiancé. She found out he
had cheated and wanted to confront me. I guess she planned to give
me a warning or something.” She shrugged. “It didn’t work. Roberto
warned Felipe to get her to back off. Like a fool he didn’t, and
decided to stay out of it. That’s about the time I found out I was
pregnant. Daddy was furious. Not long after, Felipe and his fiancé
disappeared.
    “ Women are more devious
than men,” he said thinking of Felipe’s fiancé.
    “ And your point
is?”
    “ Nothing. Okay, where’d
you meet Pops?” Gerald Black had been in his life for as long as he
could remember. As far as he was concerned Gerald was his father.
It was obvious the blond haired giant wasn’t his natural father,
they were just too different, but he knew Gerald had his back no
matter what. Despite all their problems, and disappointments, their
bond went bone deep.
    Smoke had been under Gerald’s command in the
military. Gerald had asked Smoke to keep an eye on Julio who was
incarcerated as a juvie for stealing a car. That hadn’t been the
first time Julio had a brush with the law, but it was the first
time his stepdad and mom allowed him to stay in jail. It probably
saved his life. He met Smoke while playing cards in the cafeteria.
He beat Smoke in two games of gin, and that was the beginning of
their friendship.
    His heart leapt seeing her face light up. He
released a breath, she really loved Gerald. For a moment when she
spoke of Felipe, he’d been concerned.
    “ Daddy was angry with his
sister; claimed Auntie didn’t watch me properly. He threatened to
kill Roberto for bringing Felipe home while I was there. For a few
months he was on a rampage. That made me angry. I was pregnant and
he was acting as though his world had ended. I stopped eating,
wouldn’t get out of bed or anything. The only reason I didn’t run
away was because of what happened to mama. Finally Ms. Lucia
convinced him to allow her to take me to meet her parents back in
the states. Since they were going to get married, she wanted her
family to know their future granddaughter.” His mom laughed. “She
was a phenomenal woman. I wished you’d have met her.”
    He stroked her arm and didn’t comment.
    “ Anyway, he gave in and we
flew to Kansas. We had security and everything, but it was
different. The guys respected Lucia and gave us space to talk and
shop. We went to a fair in her home town. I ate cotton candy and
had a wonderful time. Her parents treated me like their long lost
granddaughter and spoiled me rotten.” She stretched while releasing
a long breath.
    “ It was glorious. But the
thing that grabbed me was the kids. I started taking pictures of
kids running in the parks, laughing and having fun. They were
talking gibberish that was so cute, tears came to my eyes. I knew I
had to make some changes. I think I grew up on that
trip.”
    She looked at him. “I decided to fight the
Cartel. I wanted to raise my kid in a place like Smellington,
Kansas. To this day, I don’t know where I got the balls but when I
returned