“Seriously though.Papa said you found a place in Bogotá that is pricey.You're taking that piece of shit Jeep to the big city, I mean, will it make it?”
“It will make it, but the Jeep is for here,” Micah said.“We are going to need a lot, furniture, housewares, a vehicle, perhaps two if we have different schedules or if I need to be on campus when she does not, or vice versa.”
“She's going to Uni as well?”
“Si, she got a partial scholarship in Digital Storytelling,” Micah replied.
“What the fuck is she going to do with that?”
“It would be great if she can create a video series on the organic processes used here in Las Tierras or even the grains Abuelo uses to feed the beef he sells to many of the markets in South America,” Micah said.“I am interested to see her eyes on the world as she views it.”
Andres frowned at him.“Aw shit, you're in love with her, aren't you?The apartment, staying close to home is more for her than you...”
“Her home is Argentina,” Micah replied.“If I were doing anything for her, wouldn't I be closer to her home?”
“Not with those parents of hers,” Andres said.“You do know her father thought I was employing her to be your live in lover, that's why I thought you'd moved towards making her more and popping that cherry.”
Micah stared at Andres.The vast difference in Eduardo Delgado’s four sons extended past their looks.Andres was cut from a different cloth.
“Hermano, do you remember the story of the girl from Kansas with the little doggy and weird friends heading to Oz?”Micah said as Andres leaned in to see where his brother was going.Andres nodded yes.“If the four of us were headed to see the Wizard, would you be the one to ask for a brain or a heart?”
“Funny, smart ass,” Andres said, laughing a little.“I'm going to tell Papa you're being mean to me, and I am asking a valid question.”
“Are you also going to tell Papa I was the one to pull your tail too?No, you're asking an inappropriate question as well as questioning my integrity as a man,” Micah countered.“Her virginity is a gift for her husband.I am not her husband, and it does not belong to me to take.She does not belong to me, and I have no right to assume her body does either.”
“You want her bad, don't you?”
“What I want is this conversation to end,” Micah said.“I am wet.I must change and prepare to meet your intended’s guests as well as Guillermo Gutierrez and Lolita.”
“Have you decided on her as your intended?”
“I have decided nothing other than to take a swim and maybe take her for a sunset horseback ride,” Micah said.“Excuse me.”
Chapter 11-Brawn
Micah Delgado stoodin the receiving line as the guests arrived at Las Tierras.In the line, Andres stood next to the Lady of the Lands, followed by Micah, Angel, and finally, Isabella and Catarina.The front doors of the home were opened wide as the guests climbed the front stairs.It was not the first time Rodrigo Escalante had visited Las Tierras, nor his daughter, who along with her chaperone, had spent a few holiday weekends at the farm getting to know Andres.As far as Micah knew, the young woman never visited Andres’ flat in Medellin; if so, Micah questioned if she would still go through with the wedding.However, Andres’ behavior was nothing new in the cartel's world, the leaders, or the sons of the Czars.
