Chapter 5

The rest of the night we all just sat around the table talking about how crazy and scary everything was.

"I still don't understand how there was not one but three tsunamis in our town, and there was no water near by." I say again hoping that they would be thinking the same thing that I'm thinking.

"Ok Vanessa the more you say that the more I'm starting to believe you." Mr. Villarreal says.

"Ok now we are talking. Look I don't want to say that it has anything to do with the government but I know that everyone has heard the talk around town about the military station that is near town. That they were working on something, but with the rumors everyone was saying its hard to believe what they are saying." I say.

"Ok look enough about the military. We need to talk about how long we are going to be here. I mean I love you guys and I'm happy that y'all are alive but I need to let my dad know that I'm alive. I was on the phone with him before the wave hit. He's old and I'm worried that he may have had a heart attack or something." Iris says in a panic.

"Don't worry I'm sure once Guy lets his higher ups know how important it is to let us call our families, we will get in contact with them. For now we just wait patiently." I say.

"You are only saying that because you like him." Iris says.

"Look enough about that lets all just shower and rest up and deal with all this in the morning. The kids can take the master bedroom, and we will take the other rooms. Vanessa and Iris you guys can take the room next to the master bedroom, you know, to be close to the kids. " Mr. Villarreal says. We agree and then we make our way to the showers. I'm giving Isaiah a bath and I am just so thankful that we are both ok. When he gets out I get the clothes that they have there for us, I mean everything that is here is the same just in different sizes. Isaiah changes and then I tuck him into bed. I was up next for a shower and once I took my clothes off I can see in the mirror how badly bruised I am from the slap of the first wave. I can't help but have a flashback of how Isaiah's dad would treat me. I remember looking in the mirror of our home and seeing bruises all over my body and face. When I found out that I was pregnant I remember being so worried that something was going to happen to my baby. I wanted out so I left in order to protect my child. But that didn't stop him from finding me here in this small town. He dragged me out of the house belly and all and was hitting me and kicking me. That's when Iris' husband Gary came outside to help me, while Iris called Mr. Sanchez. Once Gary came and got my ex off of me, I ran into Iris' arms and was crying into her. She was pregnant too at the time. Not long after that, Mr. and Mrs. Sanchez show up and arrest my ex and Mrs. Villarreal showed up as well and she checked me. After that they protected me all the time even stayed at my house a couple of times to make sure that my ex never showed up. After having Isaiah Mr. Sanchez took it upon himself to teach me self defense boxing and kickboxing.

(BACK TO TODAY.)

I wince getting into the hot shower. It hurt a lot when the hot water hit my bruised back. But I tried to make the best out of it. Once I get out of the shower I hear a knock at the door, "Hold on." I say and then I change as fast as I could. When I open the door to my surprise it's "Guy".

"They told me you were in here. I couldn't wait until the morning to see you again. How are you feeling?" Guy asked.

"I'm ok. It's my son that I'm worried about." I say

"Why is he injured I can have a doctor here in less than a minute." Guy says worried.

"Ha. No he isn't injured its just that he's in shock. He's a boy so I know he is trying to stay strong for me but I know my boy. He's scared." I say with a tear in my eyes.

"I am so sorry that you guys went through all that." Guy takes me in his arms and holds me. But he places his hands on my back right where the bruises are. I can't help but wince. "Are you ok? Where does it hurt?" He asks while examining me.

"It's nothing." I say. "When the first wave hit I tied myself and Isaiah to the poles to the pavilion. And then I used my body as a human shield to protect his body. So once the first wave hit, well lets just say it wasn't a soft slap." I tell him while he is examining me.

"Oh my goodness that is a horrible bruise." He said while lifting my shirt up. "Are you sure it doesn't hurt? I mean I am more than happy to call a doctor to come and check you out."

I shake my head, "No it's fine I promise." I keep my head down and I whisper, " I'm used to it." He didn't hear me thank goodness.

"Alright then beautiful. I'm going to take your word for it this time. I'm still trying to talk to my men that are in your town to see if they have found more survivors. Unfortunately there isn't any so far. But I will not stop until we have searched every single inch of the town." He says with the sexiest smile ever.

"Thank you I appreciate that. Some of us really need to get ahold of our families to let them know that we are fine. I know Iris was on the phone with her dad when the wave hit. She is worried that he might have had a heart attack from all the commotion that was going on."

"Ok I'll press my bosses to see if they can at least get a cell phone here or in the morning I'll ask Iris the name of her father and we will make sure that he is ok. I promise." He says while placing his hand on my shoulder, while looking directly into my eyes.

"Alright then 'Guy' I should be getting to bed now. You can only imagine how exhausted I am from the day I've had." I guess he could hear the sarcasm in my voice when I call him "Guy" cause then he says, "By the way, beautiful, my name is Alejandro."

I don't know why but the way he said his name sent chills down my spine. He then leans into me and I'm mentally preparing myself for a kiss, only to have him give me a kiss on the cheek and say, "Good night beautiful. As mentioned before I look forward to seeing you in the morning." He walks out and I whisper to myself, "Good night 'Alejandro'."