Hot & Enchanting (De La Cruz Saga) (41 page)

Ricky looks at Jose Enrique to have him come over with Christian. He then turns to look at Alex and Javier to get them to come over to help out. We need to stop Tony before Lopez kills him.

“Mi amor can you give me a minute? I need to talk to Tony,” asks Jose Enrique whispering in Jessy’s ear and giving her a beso.

“Si mi vida, I’ll just talk to Jacki,” agrees Jessy waving Jacki over to allow los primos some privacy.

“Christian I need a minute. Will that be okay, Mona?” asks Jose Enrique looking at her, waiting for her response

“Yes, of course,” replies Mona smiling, giving Christian a beso. She walks over to Vero and Claudia to get to know them better.

“Que pasa Ricky?” asks Jose Enrique sitting behind Tony and Christian sits on Tony’s other side blocking him in.

“What’s up?” asks Alex standing in front of Tony noticing that he’s not looking well.

“Primo you’re okay?” asks Javier noticing how gray his complexion is and his eyes are bloodshot.

“Hermano you need to listen to reason.
Eres un hombre and not a niño.
You need to stop being stubborn,” says Ricky with anger and fear.

The next morning, Papa Jorge calls Ricky early in the morning. “Mi Hijo,” sobs Papa Jorge. His voice is closing up with the intense emotions that he’s feeling. Tears falling down his
cara
, he turns to Jose Enrique, and hands him the cell phone.

Jose Enrique takes the cell form his Tio Jorge. “Primo, Tony is unconscious and has a mild traumatic brain injury, M.T.B.I, a concussion,” says Jose Enrique with pain.

“How did this happen?” asks Ricky with fear and frustration.
“Que la chengada esta pasando con Tony (What in hell is happening to Tony).
I can’t move. How can I help my hermano?”

“Right now we need to pray that he wakes up. Calm down primo. We’ll take care of the other issues later,” replies Jose Enrique thinking of Lopez. “I’ll call Lopez and try to find out if he’s involved in this.”

“Si primo and let me know the status of mi hermano,” replies Ricky with a heavy heart.

“Si primo, no worries aqui estoy,” replies Jose Enrique knowing that he’ll need to stay here with Tony to make sure everything is going well. 

“What’s going on?” asks Jacki looking at Ricky.

“Mi reina, Tony is at the ER and is hurt. I don’t have the details,” says Ricky with frustration and fear. “I’m frustrated that I can’t move to help mi hermano.”

“Baby, we have to have faith, dios will take care of Tony. If you weren’t hurt, you still couldn’t do anything for him, right?” asks Jacki attempting to get Ricky to calm down.  “We’ll go over to the hospital to see him in a few, okay?”

Ricky realizes that Jacki is correct.
I still couldn’t stop Tony even if I wasn’t hurt. He would still sneak out and do what he wanted. Si mi reina is right. I need to calm down and get ready to go check out Tony at the hospital.
  “Si mi reina, you’re right. Please help me get ready so we can visit Tony,” says Ricky with a weak smile.
 

Ricky and Jacki walk down the hall of the hospital after checking in with his padres in the waiting room. Tony is still hurt and the doctors are attending to him. Ricky and Jacki weren’t allowed to visit him.

Ricky is feeling tired and is hurting. “Mi reina, after we sign the papers for our casa, we need to return home. I’m hurting and I’m tired,” says Ricky clenching his jaw.

“Si Baby, I agree. Here’s your medication, please take it so the pain will subside,” says Jacki handing him the medication before exiting the hospital.

They arrive at the casa after signing the purchase papers. Ricky goes directly to his cuarto. Jacki assists him into bed caressing his brow tenderly. Ricky falls asleep. Jacki starts to read her romance novel.

The next day Ricky is feeling a little better. Jacki is finishing applying her makeup. Ricky is waiting for her to finish. “Mi reina I’m so glad that I woke up a lot better. Today is so exciting. I can go with you to monitor the delivery of our furniture,” says Ricky smiling with pleasure. “I’m so feliz that our casa is going to be ready for us next week.”

“Si Baby, I’m in heaven. We need to also purchase our bebe’s crib for the nursery. I want to also select the paint. That we can do a little later baby, because remember that you agreed that we will put the crib in our cuarto in the little sitting area,” says Jacki turning to observe Ricky’s reaction. “I want our bebe next to us until he’s a little older. Okay?”

Ricky smiles at Jacki with pleasure.
Si mi reina is very nourishing and will be an awesome mama. I know that I’m going to be extremely feliz with mi Jacki
, thinks Ricky nodding. “Claro mi reina, I agree. It’s best for our bebe to me with us until you feel he’s old enough to be in his cuarto. We can fix his nursery later and we can select the theme for his cuarto.”

“I heard mi mama talking about Angel Nicolas nursery a few days ago. You know that Nicolas has returned. La familia is feliz,” says Ricky standing from the chair.

“Si Baby, this is so exciting. Okay I’m ready,” says Jacki smiling at Ricky taking his arm to assist him to walk
.

Ricky and Jacki spend all day at their casa getting it ready. Jacki arranges the kitchen appliances and Ricky watches television on the sofa. They order pizza and enjoy their day together.

The next few days Ricky and Jacki spend all day at their casa, getting it ready and arranging their personal items. Jacki orders and has the local store deliver some groceries. Jacki cooks Ricky several meals. Ricky loves it. They enjoy every minute. Nobody knows that the casa is ready. They want to keep it their secret, their haven.

“Mi amor, this has been great. I loved spending our days in our casa. I love you’re cooking. I can’t wait to be able to love you again. This has been hell,” says Ricky waiting for Jacki to lean in to give him a beso.

“Si Baby I agree, it has been heaven. I hope that you will be feeling better manana. Our boda is finally here. We will be going to our
luna
de miel in a two days. I want you, I need you. Te amo mucho Ricardo,” says Jacki giving him another hot hungry beso. “I have to go to mis padres’ casa. I’m going to miss you tonight. I love sleeping close to you.”

Ricky has his mano at the back of her neck. He pulls her close again for another hot hungry beso. “Mi reina you know that I want you and I need you,” moans Ricky with hungry pasión. “I love you,
te
amo.”

“Baby I love you,” says Jacki gazing deeply into his hermoso green ojos. “I will see you manana at the church. I can’t wait for our boda to take place. I hope that you can make love tomorrow night.”

“Si mi reina, I will, I will make damn sure that I can,” says Ricky grinning. “My ribs didn’t hurt that much today and I know that we can be creative.”

“Si Baby, I pray that you will be better manana,” says Jacki grinning with pleasure. She gives him another beso before leaving.

Jackie returns to her padre’s casa on Friday the day before her church boda.
I really want to stay with mi Baby, but I know that mi padre is already furious that I haven’t stayed en casa all of these days. I don’t know what he expected me to do. I’m married and Ricky is my esposa and he was hurt. I couldn’t leave him alone when he needed me more than ever. I hope that mi padre at least acknowledges the sacrifice that I’m doing to please him a little,
thinks Jacki unhappily.

She walks into the casa and went to la familia room seeking her padres.
I know that mis padres are watching the Spanish novela’s
, thinks Jacki.

“Padres I’m back en casa and staying tonight to leave from la casa for mi boda manana,” says Jacki smiling at her padres. “Ricky is feeling a lot better now. We also signed for our casa this week. We have been real busy getting it ready for when we return from our
luna
de miel,” says Jacki.

Jacki mama is real feliz to hear that Ricky is feeling better and that they have signed for their casa. Her mama understands the situation. “Mi hija, that’s wonderful, gracias a dios that Ricky is okay. He recovered just in time for the boda manana,” says Mama Rosa standing to give Jacki a warm motherly hug. “Your casa is ready for when you return from your
luna
de miel. This is so exciting and I am muy feliz with your esposo. He is a great hombre.”

“Gracias mama,” replies Jacki looking at her padre waiting for some type of response. 

Her Papa Juan does not appear to want to even say hi. Her Papa Juan continues to look out of the window thinking.
I cannot look at mi hija right now.
Estoy muy enojado con Jacqueline (I’m furious with Jacqueline).
What does she think? Does Jacqueline not respect my decisions, my word? Is my word, my desires not the law in mi casa? I expect mi familia to obey mis orders
, contemplates Papa Juan angrily.
I told her she had to stay at night en mis casa hasta que pase la boda (until the ceremony takes place). I don’t care that she is married by the law of the United States. She is not married by the law of dios
. He starts to get redder and more furious as he thinks about Jacqueline’s actions.

“Papa estas bien?” asks Jacki as she observes her papa start to get redder and he clenches his jaw in anger. “Papa, por favor,
calmate
. We are getting married tomorrow,” says Jacki going to him to give him a hug. “Papa yo lo amo and estaba muy malo (I love him and he was real hurt.).”

Jacki tears slip down her hermosa
cara
.
How is mi padre going to hold this against me? Ricky is mi esposo and he needed me to take care of him. It is my duty, obligacion, and desire to care for mi esposo. I know that I did right. I am a mujer, una adulta
, contemplates Jacki with sorrow.

“Jacqueline you know how I feel about this and you still went against my deseos. You were not allowed to live with Ricardo until after the church ceremony takes place, until dios blessed your union. That is
when you’re truly su esposa and not a minute before!” roars her padre in a low angry tone.

He pushes Jacki away from him so he can stand. “No estoy bien (I’m not well),” states Papa Juan and walks away. He strides to his cuarto closing the door with a slam, echoing throughout the casa.

Jacki starts to cry sitting down on the sofa. “Mama what am I going to do? Mi Ricky was hurt and not well. No soy una niña and si estamos casados pro la ley (I’m not a little girl and we are married by the law.),” she puts her head on her arm crying out her grief. 

Does this mean that mi padre will not walk mi down the aisle? What am I going to do? Should I have someone else walk me down the aisle at the boda? This is unreal
, ponders Jacki.

Jacki’s Mama Rosa looks at her hija crying and looks in the direction of her cuarto where her esposo is very furious and out of control. She didn’t know who to go to talk to first.
They are both right in their own ways
, thinks Mama Rosa with helplessness and frustration.

Mi hija is not doing anything wrong. I know what mi esposo thinks, but in today’s world, Jacki is Ricardo’s esposa. “Mi hija, don’t cry.  Everything will work out. I will talk some sense into tu padre. Calmate Jacqueline. Relax que manana es tu boda,” smiles her Mama Rosa rubbing Jacki’s back.

Jacki’s mama takes her to her cuarto and has her stretch out, down on her cama. “Mi hija, please go to sleep. Manana is your boda and you should be rested. You want to look hermosa for Ricardo. I will talk to your papa,” says her Mama Rosa giving her a kiss before walking out of the cuarto.

Today is the double wedding
for Erica and Gabriel and Ricky and Jacki. The entire familia is excited and feliz for the two couples.

Jacki looks like the reina that Ricky adores. Her padres and hermana are exiting the white limo. They all went to stand at the side of the chapel.

They are waiting for the ceremony to start.
I don’ want mi Ricky to see me until it’s time to walk in
, thinks Jacki.
I’m so excited. I want him to see me when I walk down the aisle towards him
.
I want to give you gracias dios mio for allowing mi padre to understand and for my Ricardo.