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

Chapter 254

96 hours until release

Marvin

Dear Marvin,

The heart didn’t mean anything, and it’s just the way I talk. I know this is not a dating site, and I’m not looking for anyone to date either!!!

Anyway, about my hobbies. I originally planned on becoming a lawyer, but I work as a mixologist at a small cocktail bar, so it clearly hasn’t worked out. I’m a bit too embarrassed to admit it, but I don’t really have any goals yet, but what’s the rush?

(If things go wrong, I can always marry some rich guya

Enough about me. You seem way too intelligent to be in prison, and you have a ridiculously long list of felonies. My question for you is, where did it go wrong, and how can I preveni the same thing from happening to me?

From,

Lena

I smiled at Lena’s message, which she had sent yesterday. I knew she would answer. There was probably something that had kept her busy. It was only unfortunate that something had caused her to have a two- day delay, but it meant she didn’t bail on me.

No one ignored me.

So Lena was a mixologist. That was completely different from a lawyer, but shit happens. My future was also different than planned, so I was not one to judge.

Lena’s humor made me laugh, but she was right. If things really didn’t work out, she could always marry

guy. Judging from her profile picture, Lena was not a bad-looking woman.

some rich

I had no idea whether the picture was taken from her good angle, photoshopped, or if she was a catfish, but if that was indeed her on her profile picture-she looked breathtaking and gorgeous.

The smile on my face faded as I reached her last sentence. Where did it go wrong? It was something I had often wondered myself.

that took me back to the day

Four years ago

Panther

had found

van and got back into the cars while the Hernandez men made a run for it. The parking lot was filled with smoke and gunshots,

Tiago!” I yelled through all the noise. Everyone ran past me, but all I could do was walk in the opposite direction. Panther ran

as I roughly grabbed

You are!” Panther scolded me as he pulled me by my arm. “Marvin,

from Panther’s grip and ran to the front while Panther ran behind me. Tiago!” I called out. I didn’t care whether they would arrest me or not. All I wanted was for Tiago

Ti-

Bang!

my steps and looked at Tiago, who had pulled the trigger. He had shot a DEA agent, and there was no turning back. “Tiago,” I whispered while Panther put his

hands were shaking, and he dropped the gun from his hands before he rushed towards the agent who was fighting for his life. “I-I didn’t mean to…I didn’t mean to!” Tiago repeated while he looked back at me.

worry. What we really needed was to get

him,” I instructed Panther. He rushed forward and held Tiago by his neck so he could pull him along “Maddens!” I heard one of the officers call out. The voice was getting closer and closer, so I did

The officer spoke while the blood gushed from his mouth. He appeared to be fighting for his life.

hearing the officer speak of my brother’s name and knew there was only one thing left to do. “It doesn’t matter anymore,” I said as I slowly raised the gun and pointed it towards his head.

had appeared to be his very last breath. I rushed over to his side and pressed my finger against his neck, but there was

the van. Tiago was hyperventilating and clutched his heart with his hand, while

so I could observe the agents who ran towards their fallen soldier. One of them shook his head to the others as he confirmed his

of the agents held his finger in front of his lips and pointed towards the van while the other agents slowly

were livid. In the worst-case scenario,

we’ll attack with full force!”

at Santiago, who seemed close to passing out. He wasn’t supposed to be here. He was supposed to be at school to finish his senior year. He was way too

was thinking, but it was not going to happen. Throwing Tiago under the bus was the same as losing my little brother because I knew he would do something reckless and wouldn’t survive whether it was here on in

be a reckless decision. I was way too busy to take care of Tiago, so Panther had always been the one to help me out. While everyone was loyal to my father and treated Tiago like a coward, Panther was loyal to me,

three!” One of

“1”

“2”

Thr-

“I surrender!”

There…I said it.