Your father was a soldier,a Colonel.The leader of Los Vaqueros.Your mother was a housewife But your father and mother had been having some problems lately.They tried not to show it to you,but you were still aware of it Fights in the kitchen at midnight when they thought you were asleep,fake affection,meaningless words of endearment said randomly You had once asked your father why he slept in the living room and not in the bedroom Why didn't he sleep with your mother? He had laughed off your answer and pulled you into his arms,trying to reassure you that nothing was wrong But you secretly witnessed every fight.Since your mother was an American, she didn’t understand Mexicans. The military,why Los Vaqueros was founded.That the kartel was a dangerous organization that needed to be stopped She didn’t seem to care,all she wanted was to be a happy family together.To live a quiet life away from soldiers,war and all that But your father didn’t accept this.Alejandro wouldn’t leave Los Vaqueros even if he were to die.A quiet life when Los Vaqueros was his second reason for living? And one day,while you were secretly listening at the door,you heard your mother was accusing your father of cheating and your father was quite angry about this accusation While peeping into the room through the peephole,you heard your father say 'Gringo' and you froze.It was a special word Mexicans use for Americans It could have a bad meaning depending on how you used it Did your father ask your mother to leave? Then your father left without even saying goodbye to you and never came back As you waited for him every day,you noticed that your mother had started to change.She had started to treat you badly You didn't know what she had done and the burn marks on her hands didn't explain it.With tears streaming down your face,you huddled in a corner of the room almost begging for your father to come back

Then when you heard the door open you looked there and when you saw Alejandro you ran to him and hugged him with tears in your eyes