Tales From Freeridge | Oscar Diaz

"i'll live forever." -forever - labrinth

- paloma's pov -

when i knew the coast was clear, i let go of abuelita and made sure she was okay first. then i looked for cesar and he was still next to me, alive. he stood staring behind me so i turned to see what it was.

i saw 2 crowds of people, i pushed past one and saw olivia laying on the floor with a giant patch of red on her pink dress. then i heard a loud and heavy cry come from the other crowd. a cry you hear way too often here in freeridge. a mother's cry.

"RUBY!" i heard geny scream from the other crowd. i pushed through and saw poor little ruby laying unconscious. "CALL 911! MY SON! SOMEBODY PLEASE!" geny cried out then she looked at me with a different look in her eye. "do something mija." she said with a slight expression of anger but i don't think i was the one she was angry at. i don't know how but i knew exactly what she meant.

i gave her a nod and she nodded back in agreement. i quickly grabbed my hoodie and threw it on without zipping it up cos i was in a rush. then i ran.

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i got to the santos house and saw spooky sitting out front. i ran at him and punched him then sadeyez and shooter rushed over and grabbed my arms.

"what the fuck roja?" he stood up and got in my face while i was still being held back.

"YOU SHOULDVE HANDLED LATRELLE!" i yelled in his face and he looked at me confused.

"what're you talking about roja?" he asked as sadeyez and shooter let me go and looked at me and spooky with the same confusion.

"you know damn well cesar's too pure for this bullshit and you still put him in that position." i said pointing my finger in his face.

"WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ROJA?!" he yelled back still not connecting the dots like the slow fuck that he is.

"latrelle shot up the quince. 2 of those kids could die tonight spooky and it's YOUR fault." i said making sure to emphasise the 'your'. he looked around at the gang then back at me.

"we'll handle it." he said and i stepped back.

"no." i said looking at him. "no." i repeated as i looked at the rest of the gang too. "you guys won't handle shit... i will." i said before zipping up my hoodie and walking off.

"PALOMA!" i heard spooky call out but i ignored him.

i put my hood over my head and started running.

i ran with only one destination in mind...

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