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.

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 to the elevator. “Serena, what’s going on with you lately?

and looked straight ahead. Being in this tiny space with

me. He cheated on me–I didn’t cheat on him. The thought had never even crossed my mind.” I

my cousin, and I’m not on anyone’s side.” Johnny sighed. “I know it might seem weird that he send me here, but he only did it to make

was he doing it for himself? It was as if he was in a

anywhere. I

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

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

good, but in my defense-1 gave her a warning and told her to let go of me. “You came here to check up on me?” Gina chuckled and stepped aside. “Come in. I don’t want to miss

daggers at me. If looks could kill, I would’ve been dead right now. “What game are you playing?”

face. “I’m sorry okay? I didn’t know what

shouldn’t.” Gina agreed. I hid my fist behind my back and clenched it in anger as I was one second away from giving her another black eye. I had every

makes you feel better, I’m also sorry. I’m sorry for everything, and I want you to know that I have found it in my heart to forgive you, and I won’t press charges. Let’s call a truce.”

a fight you started, but that was not what I came here for. “Thanks, Gina, you have

see right through my bullshit, and so could Gina, but I didn’t care. As long

this over

Christian. I’ll never bow down to any man-I beat you up because you betrayed me and made a fool out of

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

wouldn’t resent Serena, but I think the two of you are good.”

and I’ve decided to let

what was Christian even

did he even care?

in between you and your husband. Going to your house and throwing a fit like that was wrong. You’re right, I behaved like a high schooler, and I’m sorry for that-but at the same time,

sorry.”

out,” I spoke and rushed out the door. “I don’t have anything else to add.” Johnny excused himself and followed behind

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

him. “No one

sending his dog to check on Gina, he could’ve sent him to check up on me.

Johnny chuckled. “Your crazy

what?” I asked. This time he was doing a little bit too much. “You sound like Christian. Did you know he threatened to kill us and called us dirty

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 angry,

dying, and he doesn’t even know about what’s going on because everyone has been lying to him. Will all of you take responsibility when