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

Chapter 262

Marvin

“That’s your guy!” I pointed out. “Danny Hernandez.”

It hadn’t even been a few days, and I had already found myself at the DEA office. The freedom was short- lived, and it was time to get to work.

I looked in the eyes of agent Clover. The man who was out to make my life miserable.

Someone had to get the blame for the murder of agent Maddens, and it was not going to be Santiago. Picking a fight and a possible war with the Hernandez was not on my to-do list, but I was just strictly following orders and doing what my dad told me to.

It was as clear as a day that Santiago felt stressed and had been taking it out on all of us. He was worried about the wedding and nervous about my decision to work with the DEA, and most of all, he was anxious about my return.

My dad made it obvious that I was more valuable than Santiago, and he couldn’t take it. Santiago was a sweet guy, but it wasn’t the first time something like jealousy got the best out of him.

“See, help me understand.” Agent Clover sighed as he tapped his finger on the computer. “We have already ruled you out because you couldn’t have fired the shot-but surprisingly enough, there is this strange gap between the time you arrived at the scene and the time you hid behind the van.” He concluded. “So please, tell me.”

“What do you think happened with that three-minute footage?”

I tapped my index finger on my chin and squinted my eyes as I went into deep thoughts. “That’s an excellent question, sir.” I played along. “You know who you remind me of? My old doctor, Dr. Lennings.”

“How come?” Agent Clover asked. This man was getting on my last nerves. “That’s a funny story,” I smirked as I crossed my legs. “I went to the doctor’s because I had this weird back pain. I told him my symptoms, and this man asked me to diagnose myself.”

I laughed at the old memories and shot agent Clover a questioning look. “You know what I told him?” I continued. “I said: Doctor, do you really want me to tell you how to do your job?”

Agent Clover rolled his eyes and folded his arms while he waited for me to continue. “The doctor said: You’re absolutely right Marvin, what kind of doctor would that make me?”

“What do you mean by that?” Clover snarled back. “Are you saying I’m bad at doing my job?”

Was it really that difficult to understand?

“I mean that it’s your job and not mine.” I made myself clear. “You asked me who I was protecting behind that van, and I gave you a name, Danny Hernandez.”

“Take the name, go after the real bad guys, and stop worrying about some missing camera footage because this is what these people do!”

It is my job to get to the bottom of

so

“Good.”

“One of our own got suspended because he couldn’t accept the fact that we have decided to let you out, and

the name Danny Hernandez,

your family can continue with that

laughed at Clover’s sarcastic tone and gave him a nod of acknowledgment. “You can find the Castillo brand and our liquor in every supermarket. As crazy as it might sound, we’re not the ones you’re looking for.” I shrugged my shoulders.

that we had actually earned all of our money from selling liquor. Some were stupid enough to accept it and others, like Clover, were not.

want to do is help you catch the bad guys, and I’m glad we could all agree that I was at the wrong place at the wrong time and was just trying to help out a friend.” I got up from the chair and fixed my

“You never told me the cause of your back

even funny anymore. I shot him an annoyed look while I prepared myself to give him the

due to carrying the entire family on

turned around and raised my hand as Clover scoffed at my reply. “Idiot!” He called after me as I walked through the door and laughed at his reaction. All of that laughter had disappeared when all the agents glared at me as if they wanted me dead.

weren’t buying our

to spare the Castillo’s to get

could make my way outside, where Panther was already waiting for me. “Already done with your little

it had to be Panther’s comments. He was disrespectful, rude and most of the time, he didn’t even

was for anyone to see me near this place. “How about we pay him a visit before he gets

snickered.

invited us to a lounge, told us to come right now.” He informed me. “Some welcome home

you.

his own farewell party, but he

alcohol, music,

“Hoes?”

“Yes?”

disapproval. “Four years have

there. She heard

enough to make me jump out of that car. Misty was my annoying ex and had even been my fiancée at one point. She was one of those annoying exes who I just couldn’t ignore.

valuable at that time because her dad was one of our most influential investors, but after I got locked up, she cheated on me with every breathing soul, so I had decided to call off the engagement, only for her to beg on her knees to take

That was not a joke. Poor Stanfield had to drag her out while she made a scene and went on her knees to beg me for a second