His Promise: The Mafia’s Babies by C. Tamika

Chapter 120

I pulled my hoodie over my head and made my way out of the car to walk to the apartment complex where Gina was staying at. The girls had pulled some strings and went as far as getting me the address.

“Serena?” I heard an all-familiar voice before I even got to the door. I took a deep breath and turned around to look at the person I hadn’t seen in a while,

“Hey, Johnny?” I smiled. It seemed as if my camouflage outfit was not making that much noise. “Serena, what are you doing here?”

“What are you doing here?” I turned the question back around, I knew what I was doing here, but why was he at Gina’s apartment?

“I’m here to check up on her,” Johnny spoke as if he knew that sentence wouldn’t sit right with me. “Of course you are.” I chuckled. “You don’t have time to check up on me. You don’t have time to check up on your cousin –I don’t know if you know her, by the way, but her name is Siena.” I rolled my eyes at him.

He had vanished entirely, and the one time I did see him was to check up on Gina. “Serena, it isn’t like that,” Johnny explained. “Christian send me here to=”

“Christian?” I frowned my eyebrows. “Christian, send you here? This is getting crazier by the second.”

“Serena, listen!” Johnny stopped me. “I came here to make sure she’s quiet-because Christian asked me too, not everyone is working against you?”

“So you came here to kill her?” I asked, frightened. What kind of person was Christian? And was I event better when I was the one who wanted her dead?

“What, no? Who do you think we are?” Johnny asked, confused. So Christian didn’t send him here to kill her. “I don’t know, the mafia?” I mumbled.

Johnny rolled his eyes and grabbed my arm as he pulled me away. “Christian is fixing your mess, so please tell me what you are doing here?”

My mess?

“First of all, it’s the mess he created, and second of all, I came here to apologize,” I told him. “Apologize?” Johnny sighed. “Serena, if you’re only going to make things worse…”

“I’m not. I came here to apologize.” I folded my arms. Johnny did not have to know the real reason as to why I was cleaning my image. “Is Gina expecting you?” He asked.

“No, I just came here to apologize, and I don’t need your permission for that,” I spoke before I brushed. past him. “Why would you apologize?”

“Because I’m a good person.” I easily lied. Johnny and I pushed the button at the same time as we both glared at each other. “Christian’s protecting you, don’t do anything stupid.”

“Protecting me by trying to steal my daughter?” I rolled my eyes and pushed him aside when the door opened. Gina was obviously expecting Johnny.

by me, and he had never looked at me that way. If the Lamberti’s were able to change Johnny’s mind, then they were capable of a lot. “I like Luca better than you, by the way,” I

straight ahead. Being in this tiny space with him was already bad enough. “What have I

didn’t cheat on him. The thought had never

Christian is my cousin, and I’m not on anyone’s side.” Johnny sighed. “I know it might seem weird that he send me

really doing it for me, or was he doing it for himself? It was as if he was in a rush to get there before I did because the moment the elevator opened, he pushed

not going anywhere. I came

as he knocked on Gina’s door. The apartment was definitely a downgrade from the lovely mansion she used to live in, but we had both

had stepped aside. He looked back and forth between us

I came here to check up on you.” I told her as I stared at her black eye. I definitely got her good, but in my defense-1 gave her

pushed Johnny aside so I could walk in as his eyes shot daggers at me. If looks could kill, I would’ve been dead right now. “What game are you playing?”

eye looks really nasty,” I spoke and put on my sad face. “I’m sorry okay? I didn’t

you shouldn’t.” Gina agreed. I hid my fist behind my back and clenched it in anger as I was one second

have found it in my heart to forgive you, and I won’t press charges. Let’s call a truce.”

I actually wanted to say, go ahead and press charges for a fight you started, but that was not

my bullshit, and so could Gina, but I didn’t

all of this

going to stop her. “I never punched you because of Christian. I’ll never bow down to any man-I beat you up because you betrayed me and made a fool

her eyebrows. If it were any other girl, I wouldn’t have gone as far as going to their house, but this was different. Gina was someone I

make sure you wouldn’t resent Serena, but

not Serena-I did, and

Christian

he even

wrong. You’re right, I behaved like a high schooler, and I’m sorry for that-but at the same time, I hope you knew where I was coming from.” I ranted while Gina listened to me. “I do,

sorry.”

was it-then I’ll be on my way out,” I spoke and rushed out the door. “I

stalk me now?” I asked him once we reached the elevator. Johnny ignored me and pushed me against the elevator wall. “Serena, I don’t know what you’re planning-but you have to stop, please.” Johnny spoke as

and me!” I yelled at him. “No one ever

funny because instead of sending his dog to check on Gina, he could’ve sent him to check up on me. “Johnny, you don’t understand. -they’re trying to take my baby away from

chuckled. “Your

bit too much. “You sound like

angry. He says stuff he doesn’t mean!” Johnny defended him. “And I should just accept it and be okay with that? Christian is not some giant toddler. If he gets like this when he’s

is dying, and he doesn’t even know about what’s going on because