Chapter 133 - Back - Feddos
Two Months Later – Blanco, Texas
Roland
"You better get out of that room right now, Roland Sandoval Manjarrez!"
I took a deep breath. You wanted a mother, cried silently for her, searched for her under every rock. Well, now you have to deal with it.
"I'm coming! I'm not a little kid."
I looked at the screen. My wife was still sleeping. Tomorrow she would be leaving for La Dorada for Santiago's wedding. I wouldn't see her for a week. The distance was killing me, and watching her through the cameras wasn't enough. I needed her with me! I had definitely become a fool, sleeping with the computer next to the bed, the screen large, watching her sleep in our room.
She was still just as beautiful. Very thin, somewhat haggard, sad. When I saw her through my sister's glasses, it struck me to see her so out of sorts. Her gaze remained dull. She smiled for them, but she was sad, and I was the cause. What a bad move, having her memory stolen where she told them everything I would do. I needed to have a little more patience; only two weeks remained to finish them off. It hasn't been easy.
In two operations, Rata intervened more to save my sister than to kill those vermin. I looked at the screen again. She was wearing one of my shirts. Watching her had become my pastime. Since I had the IP of the cameras again, I had witnessed her crying every night, clinging to my wedding ring.
I was surprised by her devotion to me. What I was doing still wasn't enough for what my wife deserved. It had been seven months without seeing her, without having her. I was tired of masturbating. I couldn't wait to have my wife's ass again. I'm sorry, love, I'm still a basic man.
"Roland! Are you coming down, or should I come up?"
With a sigh, I left the room. In the dining room, my mother was waiting with Jack, the engineer I hired to build the houses. Marlon was in charge of my house project, but I had been overseeing my friends' houses. To the contractor, I had arrived a week ago, and my wife was supposed to arrive in two weeks. If everything went as planned, in two weeks, I would have Verónica locked up in the cabin, and we wouldn't leave until my dick was raw.
This damn abstinence had me going crazy, but I didn't want or think about any other woman, only Verónica, in any of the five roles she agreed to be. In the cabin, she would be my whore and my wife. I smiled just imagining the positions I would teach her.
"Good morning, sir. I wanted to inform you that the two ranches are ready."
"Good job, Jack. Leave me the keys. I'll check them out in the afternoon. If there's any feedback, I'll let you know."
"Always at your service. I'll be going now."
"Thank God, only two weeks left, and my daughter will be back."
"Mom, aren't you happy with me?" She crossed her arms like Inés used to. They would get along very well.
"I adore you, but you're so stubborn. That's why I can't wait for them to be here to see if Verónica calms your constant bad temper. Now that you can see her, you don't leave your room."
I smiled. I had to admit, she was right. We sat down at the table for breakfast.
"Mrs. Consuelo, get ready to go see the ranches. I want to show you my house now that it's fully furnished."
"That young man Marlon has done a great job. This ranch of yours is beautiful, son."
"This is your house. Mine is El Renacer. When will you understand that you now own and live on several properties?"
"Thank you, son."
"Speaking of Marlon's work, he does a great job. Otherwise, he wouldn't be in my company. Although it was my sister who contacted him since my supposed death."
"Will your wife and friends like it?"
"Mom, this ranch is yours and Luisa's. The two that just got finished are for Simón and Miguel. The building I'm constructing is to make several apartments in Blanco. Five already have owners. They'll be for each of my friends, and the last one will always be mine, well, Verónica's. Although if they decide to live close, the best thing will be to build ranches on the land."
Nothing could be in my name anymore. I was dead to the world, and I couldn't leave my land. The farthest I could go was Blanco Town; if I left the perimeter, I would die. As for my right and left hand... I needed them close, out of gratitude for everything they had done for my wife and for me.
I had noticed Cebolla's behavior; he was drooling over that new girl living with them. Also, something told me my sister felt something very strong for Simón. "I was pleased to know my friend stopped going the other way, although, from the conversations I overheard from Inés, there was something deeper, she didn't like it entirely."
I hope to talk to him when they're with me. It was a surprise, to be honest, that he was with Raúl. In the seventeen years of living with him, I never saw any signs that he liked men. But everyone does what they want with their own body. If Verónica heard my mental ramblings, she would shoot me down.
"Hopefully, today you woke up very cheerful."
"I hope these two months have brought them closer. Simón hasn't left her side; he's become her guardian angel. I must tell you, mom, he's saved her more than twice."
"As for the three remaining cities, Rata will lead the cartel's lockdown. Today he faces Valle del Cauca, and he already has them where he wanted. I knew my friend wouldn't fail me. After the last mission, he won't leave Luisa alone."
"I don't know him, but she told me she was about to die, and out of nowhere, Simón and Miguel came to save her. I can't wait to hug them and thank them."
"Mom, Simón has a gift, no doubt. Sometimes I think he has some kind of magic; he always has what is needed at the right moment. I would like him to be with my sister."
"Do you trust him that much? Son, you know your sister has her trauma. I've only seen her go out twice, once to the movies and the other time to an amusement park. I can assure you she hasn't even kissed anyone."
"Now I have a good relationship with the Lord, but if I had my father in front of me, I swear I would kill him, mom."
"Don't say that! And remember, you need to go back to therapy. Two months ago, they lifted your rest restriction. You showed perseverance, son, and you walked very soon, but you overdo it with the exercises, running and riding horses. Remember, one of the bullets slightly dislocated your spine."
"Mom, I stopped limping, just like you said, with perseverance, and with the Lord, everything is possible."
"God! I don't know who you all got your stubbornness from."
"Who could it be, pretty lady?"
Mom smiled. We inherited her eye and hair color. By the way, I had hair now; I let it grow. Let's see if my wife likes it. My mother's gaze was full of happiness. Since we reunited, I had taken care of them despite the arguments and rejections. In the end, they accepted knowing they were now rich. Mom's face now looked youthful despite her fifty years.
Luisa told me she never wanted a romantic life. She was also traumatized. If my father tried to rape his own daughter, she didn't want to give any man a chance. So she focused on my sister's well-being and constant prayer to protect me. Now I understood so many events in my life that I attributed to luck, and no, it was the result of my mother's and Inés' prayers.
"Let's go, get ready. We need to check the ranches and talk to my sister. There are three bosses left; they've been hiding, but Rata has them in his sights. They're where he wanted them."
"We're taking the car. No way I'm riding a horse. By the way, Kaley left you a message." I looked at her. "They called from customs to inform you that several horses will arrive in two days."
I smiled. Soon I would have Amón with me, although I also had a special place for Pomposo, the horse I had since I arrived at the ranch; he was a beautiful white stallion with a thick mane. I also needed to find him a mare, one as unique as Hathor was for Amón.
"Excellent news. I can't complain, my sister is very efficient." Mom shook her head with a slight smile. "Let's go, pretty lady."