Chapter 227: I Sold My Soul to the Devil and Her Na is La Madre
Alex spoke to Maria about his past for so ti, and by the end of it, Maria had co to a better understanding about why he was so… unique… In the end Alex received five more affection points than he lost from the woman at the start of their conversation. Bringing Maria’s affection to 20/100.
However, Maria had simply listened to Alex’s backstory, and comnted on it for so ti. But after the man was done explaining things he was quick to ask the woman for her own. After all, that was only fair.
This was a conversation that Maria was dreading and because of this she drank what remained of the wine in her glass before sighing heavily and beginning her own tale of woe. All while staring into the bottom of her wineglass, and the residue that the red liquid had left behind.
“It’s not a story I like talking about, in fact… I don’t even like thinking about what happened…. But since you were open about your past with , I suppose it’s only fair I do the sa… Just promise you won’t pity once this is all over…”
Alex nodded his head silently, his usual smug expression had completely been replaced with a gentle and solemn one as he grabbed hold of the woman’s dainty hand and assured her everything would be alright.
“I promise I won’t look at you any differently.”
This statent, while reassuring caused a bitter smile to form on the woman’s pretty lips, where she then began to explain exactly why she abhorred violence so much.
“When I was a child, I lived in the territory that is now occupied by the Jalisco Cartel… My mother was a tailor… And she and my father ran a mildly successful business. One day…. One day the cartel ca in, demanding that my father and mother use their business as a cover for their operations.
They promised to pay my father and mother well… But… My father and mother were principled people, and would never in their lives support the cartel. Because of this, my father declined their offer, and in the end… They cut off his head in front of and my mother, and then took my mother…”
Alex felt his gut wrench when he heard this. Part of his deal with La Madre was that she would only use him as a weapon against the other cartels. According to their contract, she could not remotely use him as a weapon against innocent civilians. Alex may be a violent sociopath who reveled in violence, but he wasn’t so villainous as to murder innocent people.
Thus, he genuinely felt bad for Maria, and imdiately expressed his condolences.
“I’m so sorry to hear that…. But wait I don’t understand. If they took your mother, then what did they do with you?”
Maria’s hand trembled while her eyes watered, it was clear that she was having a hard ti reminiscing about this. But she ultimately cald herself when Alex grabbed hold of her hand once more, and in doing so, revealed how she had escaped with her life intact.
“My mother tried fighting them… it was a pointless struggle, but it was enough to buy ti to escape. After all, those murderers didn’t have their focus on … I ran as fast as I could, and as far as I could. It didn’t matter though. Eventually one of them caught up with .
He and the others captured … and put in a different vehicle from my mother… I think they were driving north towards the border, probably to traffic into Arica where… Well you know what happens to young girls who get trafficked…
But surprisingly enough, the man who found stopped the vehicle. When his comrades starting shouting at him, he pulled out his gun and shot them both in the head… He then pointed in the direction of a nearby church, and told that my parents were dead and I should seek refuge with the Church.
I don’t know what happened to that man after that… As I did what he said and ran to the church, where I was raised as an orphan from that point on… So you see, the reason why I was taken aback that you enjoy violence so much… Is because I thought you were like the n who killed my parents…”
Alex finally understood why Maria lost affection towards him when he said that he enjoyed fighting people. And thus he sighed heavily and shook his head. This caused the woman to mistake his actions and quickly ask for clarification on why he reacted this way.
“What? What did I say?’
Alex imdiately knew the woman was about to take offense to what he just did and was quick to correct himself.
“It’s nothing you did, I’m just thinking how cruel the world can be… Maria, I’m not going to promise you that I am a good man, I’ve done a lot of bad things… And there is still a lot of evil that I need to do in this world. But I draw the line at harming innocent people…
So I guess at the end of the day I’m still better than the n who murdered your parents. You have every right to think I’m a bad guy, and cease communications with , but I just wanted to be honest with you…”
Maria was taken aback by Alex’s words, and was quick to ask just how bad of things he had done.
“When you say you’re a bad guy… What exactly does that entail?”
Alex looked left and right first to make sure nobody was paying attention to their conversation before explaining just how wicked he could be.
“The worst I have done is kill people who tried to kill … I have blood on my hands, so I’m not going to pretend like I am innocent. But at least the n I hurt were murderers and not innocent people.”
Alex was blissfully ignoring the deaths of innocents he had indirectly caused by employing the Los Zetas as hitn against his step-father’s extended family. But he could justify that in his own mind as rooting out a bloodline of vipers who would never allow him and his loved ones to remain in peace. Thus he didn’t consider those innocents as well innocent…
Of course, he would never ntion this to Maria, because she was not the type of woman to understand his reasoning, or the lengths he would go to in order to protect his won. Still, the idea that he had blood on his hands instantly made Maria realize sothing was off about Alex. Sothing she had never actually thought about until now…
The young woman furrowed her brows and had a stern expression on her otherwise pretty face as she asked Alex a question that he figured sooner or later would co up.
“Alex… Why exactly are you here in xico?”
Alex smirked when he heard this. He had decided not to lie to Maria in order to win her heart. And he also knew that what he was about to say would lose his major affection points. But at the end of the day, that was the risk of being honest with people. Thus he took a sip of his wine before telling her while he was south of the border in a taphorical manner.
“To storm the castle, and rescue the heroines from the tyrant that lies within…”
Though he spoke in a not so direct manner, Maria was smart enough to understand what this ant. But she still wanted Alex to admit it aloud.
“You don’t an that you are going to—”
Alex once more smirked as he nodded his head, slightly impressed by the won’s ability to catch onto what he was saying, and thus did exactly as she wanted.
“Bring down the Jalisco Cartel? Absolutely!”
Though Maria’s affection didn’t imdiately drop, partially because she wanted to sway Alex away from this path, and thus she was quick to attempt this.
“Alex, even if you do manage to accomplish sothing so incredibly foolish, you will just be creating a power vacuum! A new cartel will rise in Jalisco’s place, and will be just as brutal, if not moreso! Please don’t do anything stupid!”
Alex however was undeterred. This was the exact nature that his story arc was seed to be leading him in, and in this manga he could not defy the main plot he was supposed to live. Thus, he inford the young woman that it was already too late to turn back.
“It’s too late Maria… I’ve already sold my soul to the devil, and her na is La Madre…”
Even a civilian like Maria knew exactly who Alex was talking about and froze on the spot when she heard this na. The young florist imdiately understood exactly what Alex had just admitted to and stamred for a few seconds? Struggling to believe this was reality. But in the end, despite the dread she felt over knowing the answer, she asked the question most prominent in her mind.
“You… You’re a Sicario for Los Zetas?”
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