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

Chapter 290

Marvin

Elena: Good luck

Marvin: For?

Elena: You’re going home today!

Marvin: Already am.

Elena: Oh?

Elena: Why didn’t you tell me!

I guess we were back at the emojis.

“Who’s blowing up your phone like that? Is the job done?”

Victor forced his head over my shoulder, but before he could see anything, I locked my phone. “It’s nothing,” I spoke, annoyed. Any other day I would’ve avoided him, but for now, I was still bound to a wheelchair.

It had been two weeks since I’d seen Elena, and other than harassing me with thousandth text messages, she had often visited me at the hospital to take care of me. The two of us had become close friends, and I was certain that it was all it was going to be for now.

The tragedy at the wedding was still a sensitive topic, as well as prove that bringing innocent people into my life could be a risk, but I had made an exception for Elena. I would care for her from a distance.

With my discharge from the hospital, it meant that my plan was in action and that we would soon receive word from the prison. Stabbing Danny Hernandez would not be the first thing on my list, but my dad was right. We had to do everything we could not to make a mockery out our family. Hurting Danny Hernandez for what his family had done to Anya, wasn’t nearly enough-but it was enough for now.

shared his unwanted opinion. My dad stood up from his office desk and poured himself a drink. “Marvin made

“Sorry, dad.”

corrected Victor. Surprisingly enough, my dad and I had slowly restored our bond and were getting closer day by day, which meant Victor did not hold that much importance anymore. “Marvin, I heard you’re going back to your

mom are preparing my return this

great, I needed my space, and I hadn’t forgotten about Anya’s key. If it was truly meant for Tiago, I had to know the context of it first. I didn’t want him to push

in his right state of mind and had locked himself upstairs while my mom had been taking care of him. I hadn’t seen him yet, and I knew I couldn’t walk in with more bad

take care of yourself, so I’ll hire a nurse and get you

He can help me.

dad-but I think Marvin might be right.” Victor butted in. “If anything, I think

into deep thoughts while I shot Victor a suspicious look. Even though I agreed with his words, I knew this man only suggested this for his own benefit. He

an important message on my

have been delivered.

all move on and focus on the business, I spoke, embarrassed. I didn’t want to do any of this because I knew the more I would get into it, the more I would actually enjoy it. All I wanted was

peace.

his phone from his desk. “This is not over. We’re only getting started.” He

“Yes, dad.”

me. “Please inform your useless brother that he can

to move on.”

Stop crying?

losing the one person he

of the office. There was one thing I would never agree with, and that was the way he treated Tiago. The one thing he needed right now was reassurance and love. I knew I wasn’t in

the past two weeks, I had often thought about this moment, but there was no word to describe

about how long she must’ve been guarding Tiago’s door. “I’m so sorry,

and shook her head. “Please don’t, Tiago is family, and we’re