She laughed. Then couldn’t seem to stop herself from mimicking my flipping hair move. “I told ya I was sickass cool, didn’t I?”
My two friends laughed.
I tisked at her. “Stealing my moves and my friends? Chingar.”
She came over and grabbed my collar with both hands to say, “It’s only fair as you stole my heart.” Then she tugged me close and kissed me hard.
The room went silent around us.
Our kiss, as usual, was hotter than hot. I admit, no woman had ever kissed me with such power and charisma. Selena had the right to do so as well, as she owned my heart and soul. We clung to each other like our lives depended on it.
After another minute or so, Henry exclaimed, “Blimey! Get a room, you two.”
“This is their room, Sir T. Fieable,” Rain replied.
Breaking apart, Selena and I laughed breathlessly.
“Let’s get this done,” I stated as the kiss empowered me to believe we could conquer anything. I gently swiped her just kissed lips with my fingers as I silently swore that I would be marrying this woman as soon as I could.
A half hour later…
After we exited the van, we split up. Selena and I at the back. Rainmaker and Henry would be covering the front and sides of the old house. It was in poor shape as parts of it had slumped and there were cracks throughout the stucco. However, many of the homes looked like that.
We moved almost silently and stopped at the fence.
A young woman sat on a bench with what had to be the twins. Of all the luck, here they were. The real issue was how could we approach them without them calling out.
I texted Rain and Henry to let them know that we had spotted them. I raised my head. “You are female,” I whispered to Selena. “You won't scare them.”
Nodding, she studied the area, then tucked her gun into her waistband. Climbing through a large hole in the fence, she entered the yard.
I remained hidden and watched the scene.
The twins were listening to the story the woman was reading to them in English, not Spanish.
Suddenly, as Selena moved close, they all looked up.
The young woman gasped and gathered the kids close with an arm around each one.
Selena knelt down and quietly spoke to them.
I couldn’t hear what she said, but I could see their faces. The teen boy looked exactly like Alex did at this age and the girl looked like Gabby. Tears filled my eyes at this startling fact.
Surprisingly, the young woman stood, took the teen’s hands and led them to the hole in the fence.
Selena kept looking around as she followed.
I did not have time to wonder why they agreed to come with her so quickly. I texted Rain,‘Get the van ready. We are bringing them.’
When the small group saw me, they halted and stared at me with wide, fearful eyes.
“He is your Uncle Carlos,” Selena told them.
“H-he’s a Castillo?” the boy asked.
I nodded. “I’m not a bad Castillo, Alex.”
He stared at me and asked, “You aren’t like Alvaro?”
