“Si, Mextli las mujers are secured in el cuarto, and I have put guards at the doors,” said Jaime, looking at El Mextli with some anger and fierceness in his brown ojos. I will not allow him to even want to look at them.
El Mextli looks at Jaime. Si, he is real aggressive. I wonder what incites this in him. I hardly ever see him show his emotions. Si this is what I like about mi hombre. I wonder if he knows how much I crave him. Right now is not the time to investigate this. I need to plan mi next move “Muy bien,” said El Mextli, going to pour himself a shot of tequila, looking at Jamie with a raised eyebrow. “Do you want a shot?”
“Si,” answers Jaime with relief that El Mextli didn’t question his actions. Hmmm … I just feel something else is on his mente, he thought, walking over to take the shot. Si, I really need this right now. It has been real stressful, and I need something to undo some of the knots en mis shoulders.
“I want to make sure that we make the call at the right time this morning to put some pressure on the De La Cruz. It has worked out real good, and they have not alerted the police. Si, we need to call them in the early morning to put some pressure. We will have las mujers talk to them. We need to make sure that they are up to this. Make sure to keep them guarded. I don’t want los hombres to abuse them just yet or for las mujers to escape,” said El Mextli, walking to the window, looking out into the ocean. It’s a wonderful noche, he thought, taking his shot of tequila.
“Si, Mextli. That is a great plan,” said Jaime, relieved that he is more concerned with the next step in his plans than in las mujers.
“What time do you think would be good?” asks El Mextli, turning to look at his hombre.
Si, I like him more cada dia. He looks at his full firm boca, and I especially love how his pants fit nice y tight, he thought, turning around so he will not suspect.
I hate hiding mis feelings from him y todo el mundo. I know that I’m todo un hombre, and I’m also very powerful. I could force him, but that will not do me any good and will not be very fulfilling. Maybe I should look at someone else that will respond to mi needs. He shrugs his shoulders and turns to Jamie with a manly stance and vicious glint in his ojos. Si, soy El Mextli, y I will not subordinate to him or anyone.
“Pronto I will have the De La Cruz y Lopez in mis manos. I will then get control of other powerful, wealthy familias in el Norte de California. Si, California is muy important y powerful,” said El Mextli, going to sit at his desk. “We will make the call at six in the morning.”
“Si, patron, I will keep track of las mujers y los guards,” said Jaime, relieved that he is in charge of las mujers.
El Mextli looked at me in a very strange way a few minutes ago. I’m not sure if what I saw is correct or just mi imagination.
I think that I will have to stop working for him after this job is completed, he thought, turning to walk out of the cuarto with anxiety. “Mextli, I will be back in an hour,” said Jaime, walking out of the office.
Jaime went outside to check on the guards that were ordered to stand below las mujers’ window. Si, they are right where I want them, he thought, walking out into the yard to see what is going on with the other hombres or what they are saying.
Upstairs in el cuarto Bella wakes up and looks around the cuarto. This is not the baño de mujers. What happened, and why am I waking up in this strange cama? She turns around to look around the cuarto, shaking. I need to go to el baño again, she thought, trying to move and realizes that she is tied to la cama with a chain on one ankle.
What is this? She turns and sees Paty y Jessy on another cama still sleeping. I will go to the baño and then go and wake them. We need to find out where we are at and what we’re doing here, she thought, taking a deep breath to stay calm.
We need to escape now. This is not good, and we’re not waiting to find out who and what they want from us. Damn, I need to hurry to the toilet and try to remember what Chris always told us to do when in this situation.
Ahh, I barely made it, and I don’t know why mi bladder is working up. I have to go to el baño often. Gracias, Dios mio, the fool that locked us up thought about allowing enough chain for us to go to el baño. The baño is all in black-and-white tile with chrome faucets. Very interesting, she thought, looking to see if it is clean.
I wonder how long we have been here, she thought, walking over to Paty y Jessy. Bella starts moving each one at the shoulder with her manos, attempting to wake them. Damn, they are out and mi cabeza hurts. She touches the back of her cabeza and feels the bump. These bastardos hit me, she thought, wincing at the pain that shot through her cabeza when she touched the bump.
I will sit next to Paty y Jessy and guard them. I need to find a weapon. I’m going to look out the window and see if I can see where we’re at and the layout of la casa. Slowly and softly she opens the window trying to be real quiet to not alert their kidnappers that she is awake.
Dios mio, what an hermoso view, the ocean, the ocean? Where in the hell are we? This doesn’t sound or smell familiar. Bella heard someone talking below and leaned over very quietly trying to hear what they are saying.
“Si, guey El Zorro just came back drunk, and he’s pissed off that he is not able to get a taste of las hermosas viejas that we have locked up,” said uno de los hombres, taking a smoke from his cigarette.
“Si, I heard that they are real hermosas, but we can’t taste them right now. El Mextli wants to make sure that they are in good condition when they make a call to la familia,” said the other hombre, taking a drink of his cerveza.
“I want to see them. Todos say that they are real bellezas,” said the hombre taking another smoke from his cigarette. “Maybe mañana El Mextli will allow us to taste them.”
“Si, I think he will after they talk to their familias,” said the hombre drinking his cerveza smiling with anticipation. “I can’t wait guey.”
I have heard enough to make me want to run now, Bella thought, going back into el cuarto to wake up Paty y Jessy. We need to escape as quickly as possible. We are in a dangerous place with dangerous gente. I think this is the drug cartel that has been calling us. Damn, how did they get to us? We were with our esposos. We went to el baño de mujers, and I went outside to get some fresh air. What happened after that? How did we get here?
“Paty, Jessy, wake up,” whispers Bella with urgency, trying not to make noise and alert the bastardos. Please, Dios mio, help us escape. I don’t know how long we have been here or where we are at. Does la familia know what has happened? What is Greg doing? A few tears started to roll down her hermosa cara, but she is trying not to break down. We all need to be strong and stay alert. Taking a deep breath, Bella attempts again to wake Paty y Jessy. Paty y Jesse will not wake up. I wonder why? Did these bastardos drug us? I don’t think that they have touched us because we all look like our clothing is intact. They did take off our zapatos. Hmmm where are our zapatos? Bella thought, looking around el cuarto. The cuarto is painted white with black-tile floor. This place is empty except for las camas y baño. There is nothing that we can use as a weapon to defend ourselves.
Bella raised her leg up. I need to get this chain off. Damn, these idiots aren’t so dumb. They put a plastic strap around mi ankle and thick chain attached to the strap. This will be painful and hard to get off. They did put the damn strap real tight. Hmmm I need to wake them up. “Paty, Jessy,” whispers Bella, shaking them as strong as she can. Damn, they are out. They are alive because I can feel the heartbeat, she thought, holding their wrists to check their pulse. Hmmm … I wonder what time it is. What time was that call supposed to take place? Do we have time to escape?
Bella takes a deep breath, trying to stay calm and to think. For right now we will not have these animals try to rape us. Oh dios mio, please protect us. Dios mio, I think that I’m pregnant. Please don’t allow these animals to hurt us, she prays, trying to control her tears and fears. What if these hombres rape us? Will our esposos still want us? Love us? She thought with pain in her coraz
on. Greg, I love you. Help us.
I need to wake them up, and if I have to I will get some agua from el baño, thought Bella, shaking them harder. “Paty, Jessy, I need you to wake up. I’m scared and I need you to be awake,” whispers Bella with a knot in her throat.
Paty starts to open her ojos slowly. Hmmm … I’m so tired. What does Bella want? Where is Carlos? She thought, opening her ojos real quick to look around. “What’s happening?” asks Paty, looking at Bella trying to wake Jessy, “Dime?” Hmmm … why are we chained up and where are we. I need to go to el baño, she thought, getting up and seeing a door. It has to be a baño because I have to go now. Damn, mis legs don’t want to move, and I have to go, thought Paty, forcing her legs to move. Finally mis legs are working and are not numb. She walks as fast as she can. Si, I made it, she thought with relief, looking at el baño. Well, at least the baño is sort of clean. Okay, now I need to find out where we are and why are we chained up, thought Paty.
Walking out into el cuarto, Paty sees as Jessy starts to wake up. Damn, did they drug us? Oh no dios mio, will this drug harm our bebes? Paty hurries to Bella y Jessy, trying to hear what Bella is telling Jessy in a low tone.
“We’re locked up and chained up. I don’t know where we’re at. I heard some hombres at the window talking about raping us as soon as we talked to la familia in the morning,” said Bella, wiping her tears from her cara. “We need to not alert them that we are awake.”
Paty hears and starts to tremble with fear. I need to sit down. “What are we going to do?” asks Paty, trying to control her tears. “We need to get out of here.”
“Si, we do, and I don’t know how,” said Bella, trying to take control of her emotions. “We need to see if the guards are still outside the window. I think that there are some guards outside this door.”
“Si, they have to be some guards,” said Jessy, getting up slowly to get to el baño. Si, I really need to get to el baño. El bebe is on mi bladder, she thought with a grin. Oh dios mio, please protect us y mi bebe. Jose Enrique please come and rescue us, thought Jessy, wiping her tears. How in the hell did we get here? Where are we? All I remember is being at the club with mi vida. We went to el baño de mujers. Then what? Jessy hurries out into el cuarto going to sit next to Paty y Bella.
They hold each other and try to be supportive and encouraging. “We need to be strong and smart,” said Bella taking deep breaths.
“Si, we need to escape. I don’t want those animals to touch me,” said Jessy. “They might hurt mi bebe,” she said while wiping her tears from her ojos with her lower lip, trembling.
“Si, I think I’m pregnant too,” said Bella, wiping her tears, thinking of Greg.
“Oh si, I wanted to take a blood test to see if I’m pregnant,” said Paty, holding her tummy. “Estos animals can hurt our bebes.”
All three are crying with fear for their unborn bebe. They are holding onto each other for support.
CHAPTER SIXTY-ONE
THE NAVY RECEIVES A CALL from CIA director Young from CIA Crime and Narcotics Center to request their assistance in rescuing Jessy, Bella, y Paty.
The phone rings in the early hours of the morning, and the Navy Admiral Chief of Naval Operations commander answers, “Good morning, Navy Admiral Chief commander Williams,” said the Navy admiral, waiting to hear what is so urgent.
“Yes, this is CIA director Young from the CNC department. The CIA has an urgent mission. We are requesting assistance from the Navy SEALs in rescuing three young American ladies that have been kidnapped by the new drug cartel drug lord that is located in Baja California. I have the intel on the kidnapping to assist the SEALs to insert and to extract these young ladies,” said Director Young, waiting for the Navy Admiral Chief Commander’s response. “This is a crucial and urgent extraction mission. The kidnapping of this young ladies occurred at approximately 2200.”
“Director Young give me all the intel so I can give the orders to the Navy SEAL commander for immediate deployment,” said Commander Williams, walking over to his desk to write down the intel.
This is exactly what our SEALs are trained for. We have the perfect team for this extraction, and it will be a success. I have confidence in my team of SEALs, thought the admiral Williams.
“Yes, I have all the intel and the air flights record that indicates the location where the three young ladies are being held,” he said, giving the Navy admiral Williams the intel details. “I will e-mail the intel.”
“Yes, Director Young, we got the intel, and we will have the Navy SEAL teams deployed immediately after the briefing,” said Admiral Williams, thrilled on the new mission, looking at the e-mail to review the intel.
“Thank you, Admiral Williams,” said CIA director Young, ending the call. The Navy SEAL admiral Williams went over to the table calling out to his captain Chan and lieutenant commander Ramirez to brief them of the situation. “We need to have all this intel reviewed and verified. We need to confirm the exact location of this dangerous drug cartel that has three young civilians in his clutches. Here is an air flight record showing the route and time of the flight going into Baja California at approximately 2400,” said the admiral Williams, looking at his men.
“Admiral Williams, we need to confirm this air flight record. If it is accurate we can deploy our SEALs, the eight-team specialized operators for extraction. Our Navy SEALs are ready now for our orders,” said the lieutenant commander Ramirez, looking at the map of Baja California as he got the air flight record confirmed from his master chief petty officer Green.
Lieutenant Commander Ramirez looked at the air record and went to the map of Baja California to correlate the exact location of the drug cartel lord villa where the civilians are being kept.
“It appears the villa is located on the pacific coast of Baja California. These are the exact coordinates where the drug cartel establishment is located. The location has mountains to the north and south of the main structure. On the east runs the national highway that runs north to south, parallel to the hot spot. There are also some small towns. One small town is located to the north of the northern mountain and one small town to the south of the southern mountain. The establishment appears to have a private road that comes off the national highway leading to the drug lair, the villa. It looks to be quite some miles from the national highway,” said Lieutenant Commander Ramirez. “The pacific coast is on the west. The ocean provides an excellent access point to infiltrate into the hot zone.”
“It appears to be a fairly easy mission to infiltrate and extract,” said Captain Chan, looking at the map. “Now we need you to go and brief the SEALs.”
“Yes, sir,” said Lieutenant Commander Ramirez, walking out with copies of all the intel to give to the SEALs. I know that they are ready now. When we have a mission we immediately put them on standby as we gather the intel. We should be able to extract these young ladies fairly quick.
The Navy SEAL lieutenant commander Ramirez went to talk to the Special Operations Team Operators Officer Ford. “Officer Ford, here is the intel for you to brief your team. It should be a fairly easy mission,” said SOTO Officer Ford, turning to look at the team. He looks into each team operator’s ojos to see their excitement. Yes, this is what the SEAL lives for, he thought.
Officer Ford hands each operator the file to go over the intel, walking back to the turn on the laptop with the overhead to review the intel. “The mission is the extraction of three American young ladies that have been kidnapped by the new drug cartel in Baja California, El Mextli. He is new and eager to prove his strength, position by being ruthless and vicious. The three young ladies are members of a wealthy American family in California. The kidnapping is the attempt of El Mextli to force this family to associate with the cartel for money laundering. This family refused to associate, and the El Mextli is hell bent on forcing the family,” said SOTO Officer Ford, turning to look at the photos that are on display on the screen.
He listens to all of the men’s comments on the bea
uty of the three young ladies. They definitely are three beauties, he thought, turning to look at the men. He stopped at Christian De La Cruz’s cara that is reflecting the torture and pain he is feeling and right next to him is another operator that is also showing the same emotions. What is this all about? “Is there a problem?” asks the SOTO Officer Ford, looking at Chris and Gabriel.
“Sir, we need to expedite this extraction. The young ladies are my sister and cousins,” said Chris in a tortured voz, looking straight ahead.
Chris is trying to keep control of his emotions, hearing the loud sounds of surprise from the team.
“Sir, they are my in-laws,” said Gabriel, controlling his emotions not wanting to risk getting taken out of this mission. “Time is ticking, and our family is in grave danger.”
Lieutenant Commander Ramirez and SOTO Officer Ford stand in front of Christian and Gabriel, wondering if they need be taken out of this mission.
They will also refuse because they want to make sure that their family is safe. Who would have known that we have a wealthy SEAL? “De La Cruz?” asks Lieutenant Commander Ramirez, seeing the family resemblance. Hmmm … what will be the best course to take? “Will this jeopardize the extraction mission? Can you handle yourself under this painful and extremely stressful situation?” asks Lieutenant Commander Ramirez.
“Yes, sir,” said Christian, not wanting to get taken out of this mission. I have to be there and make sure that mi hermana y primas are safely extracted. “I will deal.”
“Yes, sir, I need to go on this mission,” said Gabriel, knowing that he had to be there for la familia on so many different levels.
The Lieutenant Commander Ramirez stands right there in front of Chris and Gabriel, evaluating the situation. He looks into their caras to see what type of emotions they are under. I know this sucks. If it was my family that was kidnapped I would want to go to make sure that I did everything in my power to get my family out of the ruthless clutches of the drug cartel. I know that these men are the best and have had extensive specialized training in this type of hostage extractions. I really don’t think that their skills will be slowed or distracted. I firmly believe that they will be even more determined and ruthless to have a successful extraction. I really can’t blame them. I would kill every single animal in that compound.
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