"Where did this come from?",i asked her as we sat in my car. Neither one of us wanted to go home tonight and I had cash in my pocket so we decided to check in at a hotel far away from our homes.

"I was just thinking. I want to take him to court and have Trey represent me."

"Trey?",I asked her.

"Yeah he's the best. I can't have just any lawyer representing me and he knows me so he'll probably go harder than any other client he's helped",she said. I looked at her and although the sound of her telling me this was getting under my skin, I couldn't be selfish because this is her moment to really put her pops behind bars and protect herself.

"Okay",I said under my breath while turning off the engine.

"I promise it'll be just business with him",she assured me.

"Nah I know. Just don't want this dude in your life no more. I trust you but it's him I don't trust."

"I know babe. And if he tries anything slick, I'll fire him from representing me."

"You saying fire like this dude already working."

"Not yet."

"So how you wanna go about this? I'm following your lead babe despite my feelings",I told her while looking at her.

"I want to tell my mom and your parents about this and I want you to be my witness because of what happened 2 weeks ago."

"Ight. No problem. What else you wanna do?",I said.

"I want to tell my mom and your parents at the same time and ask them permission if you can be involved. I want to set this up Saturday."

"Okay. I'll let them know."

"And one last thing",she said smiling at me.

"What's that babe?"

"I don't want to go home until Saturday."

"Alright baby. You can stay with me",I said leaning in to kiss her. We hoped out the car and I checked us into the hotel. The receptionist gave me the room key and we made our way to the room.

Soon as we got there, I grabbed a towel and went for the shower. I hated smelling like a jail cell. I ran the ice cold water and let it hit on my back. I nearly fell asleep while taking a shower. Getting out the shower, I grabbed the towel and covered my lower body. When I came out the bathroom, Khia was already sound asleep on a couch and I didn't blame her cause we both had a long day. I kissed her on the forehead and carried her to the bed.

Khia

Waking up next to Santiago was the greatest feeling ever. I felt so protected and safe. It's as if I didn't have to worry about anything going wrong. I watched him snore away while I got up and head for the shower since I was too tired to take one last night. I washed my hair while I was at it and let the warm water trickle down my spine. When I got out, I dried my body with a towel and wrapped another towel around my head.

Good morning babygirl",Santiago said with a groggily voice. I knew he was just now waking up.

"Good morning baby", he said to me before answering his ringing phone.

"Sup man...yea definitely forgot about that..I'll see if I can make it tonight. Ight bye",he said hanging up.

"What's tonight?",I asked him while drying my hair.

"I gotta make a club appearance tonight. I have him my word that I would be there."

"Babe seriously? You just got out of jail last night. Don't you think this is a little too much for you to handle",I asked.

"Nah Baby. I could handle it, it's how I make extra cash here and there."

"Okay I guess."

"I'd like it if you came with me though."

"Babe you know that's not my scene. And to be honest, I don't want it to be yours either."

"So that's a yes?"

I looked at him confused and he gave me puppy dog eyes.

"Okay Okay I'll go with you."

"Ight cool. Get dressed, we goin to the house",he said standing up.

"Which house?", i asked raising a eyebrow.

"My house baby unless you wanna go to yours."

"I don't have nothing to wear for tonight so either way we gonna have to."

"We don't have to if you don't want to babe. You know we could stop at one of the malls around here and find you something nice to wear."

"Okay but we not going to no expensive mall. I can still be a baddie on a budget so I just need to stop by a nearby ross",I said looking up at him.

"I love you girl",he said grabbing me by my waist and bringing me into a passionate kiss.

We got dressed and was headed out the door. Santiago gave the clerk the room key back and we was on our way to his house. I have no idea what story he was gonna tell them but I knew this wasn't his first time not being home for a full day so they shouldn't trip about it too much. When we got to his house, my heart was pounding but I couldn't tell him that. If his parents found out he was with me all day and night, they might reconsider liking me, especially his mom. As he put the key through the lock of the door, he went in first and I followed after him. I held his hand and he looked back at me and smiled, letting me know everything was gonna be fine until I saw his dad in the living room with his glasses on reading the newspaper like he usually does.

"Buenos días hijo",he said looking up from his paper.

"Buenos días papá",Santiago said calmly.

"¿Dónde estabas todo el día ayer? tu madre y yo hemos estado preocupados por ti?"

"I was with the guys. We had to handle some things after work",he lied.

"It seems to me that this family business means nothing to you if your spending your time doing other things. You had a meeting today. The contractor came by."

"Oh damn", Santiago said putting his hand to his forehead.

"Don't worry because like always, I'm here to pick up your slack. Santiago, if you can't get your priorities straight, I'll gladly take this load off your hands",he said to him. Santiago shook his head and said, "comprende papá."

"Hi Mr. Rodriguez",I said to his dad trying to break the ice between them two.

"Hi Khia. Cómo está?"

"Bien y tu",i said.

"Ah bien. I see your picking up the language pretty quickly",he said smiling.

"Thank you",I said smiling back.