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Josiah

Josiah stood on the other side of clear glass as he waited for Mateo’s dad Ricky Sanchez The man who had been responsible for most of the pain in Mateo’s life

Josiah couldn’t take his eyes off the man as he walked into the other roolass from Josiah In so many ways, he looked like Teo--dark eyes, skin and hair Only his eyes didn’t hold the kindness that Mateo’s did He didn’t have the gentle soul that Teo had

"Who the fuck are you?" he asked

"I’m the man who is in love with your son I’ to do with you, who hates everything you stand for and what you did to hi in front of you for hih to do anything for hier in his eyes, but he quickly covered it up "You think you knowI ever did was to protect Mateo I did what I did to , to keep hiets you killed All I ever wanted was for him to live up to his potential"

"A potential he didn’t want! There has never been anything weak about Mateo, but you made hi for that When he was young, all he wanted was to ood about hied He set his elbows on the table Leaned his head into his hands "You don’t think I know that? I think about what I lost twenty-four hours a day I promised his mom I would take care of hi hi"

He paused, looked around the roo his voice "Ru on the streets I didn’t keep my promise to his mom when I was on the outside, but latelylife starts to look like a fucking eternity in this place, so I did my best to take care of hi my own family, blood, and ht not know all the details, but they knew his father had been the puppet master He’d orchestrated the attacks on Los Des into motion

Ricky stood "Don’t co, and I tried to fix it Mateo is no longer my son I can’t support his life I kept my promise to his mom, and that’s all that matters"

It made Josiah ill to look at him, to listen to him No matter what he’d done, it hadn’t been for Teo The h more than Josiah would ever know His actions with Javier didn’t make up for that, and for all they knew, he mostly did it because he didn’t like Javier’s direction with the gang

"You’re not worthy of hier than you will ever be He’s better than you will ever be He will have a better life than you will ever have And ill love hih that he’ll never miss you"

Ricky Sanchez stared at hier in his eyes He nodded once and then went to the door and called the guard