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.

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 told him as we walked

him and looked straight ahead. Being in this tiny

He cheated on me–I didn’t cheat on him. The thought had

“I know it might seem weird that he send me here, but he only

mouth shut, so I ignored him. Was he 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

not going anywhere. I came here

his voice at me. I walked next to him in silence and stood behind him 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 been there, and it was

she come here with you?” Gina asked Johnny, who had stepped aside. He looked back and

my defense-1 gave her a warning and told her to let go

so I could walk in as his eyes shot daggers at me. If looks could kill, I would’ve been dead right now. “What

sorry okay? I didn’t know what came over me,

clenched it in anger as I was one second away from giving

and I want you to know that I have found it in my heart to forgive you,

poker face because her words almost made me laugh. I actually wanted to say, go ahead and press charges for a fight you started, but that was not what I came here for. “Thanks, Gina, you have a big heart.” I surprisingly managed to get out without any sarcasm.

bullshit, and so could Gina, but I didn’t care. As

all of this over a man-

I was going to stop her. “I never punched you because of Christian. I’ll never bow down to any man-I beat

was different. Gina was someone I trusted and someone I genuinely liked. Did I hate her? No,

Gina asked. “I came here to make sure you wouldn’t resent Serena, but I think the two of you are good.”

started the fight, not Serena-I did, and I’ve decided to

was Christian even doing?

did he even

wrong. You’re right, I behaved like a high schooler, and I’m

sorry.”

and rushed out the door. “I don’t have anything else to add.” Johnny

asked him once we reached the elevator. Johnny ignored me and pushed me against the elevator wall. “Serena, I don’t

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

sending his dog to check on

who?” Johnny chuckled. “Your crazy family?”

a little bit too much. “You sound like Christian. Did you know he threatened to kill us and called us dirty

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

actually think both of you should. Anger management and relationship therapy to fix this crap!” Johnny yelled. “My uncle is dying, and he doesn’t even know about what’s going on because everyone has been lying