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

Chapter 314

“I’m going to tell Elena the truth…all of it,” I told Panther. Even though I would never say it out loud, his opinion mattered to me the most. Yes, he was stupid-but he could be wise when he needed to be.

I said I would take my distance from Elena, but that was impossible-especially after living in a house with her. Denying my feelings was not an option anymore, but neither was lying to her. The only thing holding me back from making a move was the lie.She deserved to know the truth.

After seeing the breakfast she prepared for me, I could only feel guilty. I rejected her, but she didn’t care. She still went above and beyond to show me how much she cared. All I wanted was to do the same.

I didn’t even want to leave her, but Mario Castillo, who thought it would be great to start me off with small errands, had sent me on a task to pay a random visit at some of our smaller drug labs.

“Sorry?” Panther tightened his hands around the wheel. He kept his eyes on the road, but even then, it was not difficult to miss the tensed expression on his face.

“You told me to be honest with my feelings…..so I’m going to tell her everything.” I repeated.

Panther laughed as if I was crazy. “I hope you’re talking about your romantic feelings and not anything -else!”

“No, I’m not just talking about that,” I spoke in a serious tone. “I’m going to tell her everything…about the Castillo’s.”

“Boss…Marvin…” Panther did not know how to approach me. “Do you really think that’s a good idea?”

Why was this even bothering him?Yes, I asked for his advice-but only so he could agree with me. “Why does it seem to bother you that much?”

“It’s n-nothing!” Panther shook his head. “It’s your call. You can do whatever you want. I’m just telling you to be careful.” He said. “You can tell Elena you want her without telling her the full truth.”

Haven’t I told her enough lies?

“Anyway.” I dropped the subject. “I don’t want you to think I dragged you away from Cisco-”

“I know, don’t worry about it.” Panther spoke. Since my own dad was bad enough to be satan, I wanted nothing more for my nephew than for him to have a great relationship with his dad.

“Good,” I spoke. “Not living in one house anymore shouldn’t be an excuse to be a bad father just so you know.”

“I know, don’t worry.” Panther said. “And I’m sorry for being nosy, but did you hear anything back about the DNA results?”

Who cared about my new brother?

irrelevant to me that I had forgotten all about his existence.I had more serious shit

but if my mother says he’s my brother-then he’s my brother.” I confirmed. People called my mom many things, but Linda Castillo was not someone who

terrible for leaving her behind to deal with her own crap, but Lucas’ existence was the final straw.

While I had yet to meet him, other than the encounter in

what I remember, he’s rude, cold…even worse than

I’m glad to

as one of our cocaine lockups. The uncomfortable and abandoned location brought back a lot of

when my dad forced me out of bed and told me it was time to prepare myself to take over the business. At that time, I was an ambitious fifteen-year-old, thinking he would take me to the liquor

the day I learned what the Castillo’s truly stood for and the day I lost a small

as backup, but I was not stupid and knew this was one of his ways to keep an eye on me. He had sent his most

asked almost immediately. “Who’s

for wanting to stick his nose into the family business, but he did not know how to run

“Sure, why not.”

lab while Panther and the other guys followed behind. “Marvin!” A voice greeted me.

Benny. S

time. I had known him my entire life, and he had

I patted his shoulder, preventing him from pulling me into a hug. I did not

trouble?” Ben asked. “I couldn’t help but notice…the guys-”

sound of his voice sounded worse than nails on a chalkboard, and I did not

don’t let me stop you.” Benny

judge

“Lead the way.”

skipped towards the group of women, smacking one of them on their asses in the process.

I rolled my eyes at Panther. Not a lot

was still a pig.

After noticing the point of our visit, all

and fishing for attention-while others were a bit more insecure, trying their hardest to cover

stood back as the men inspected the work tables and kept my eyes on the ladies. I stared at the shivering brunette at the end who had not raised her head. It

of the men called out before focusing his attention on the girls. He went down the line as he took his time to

reach the last girl, I had finally found out the reason for her fear. A small plastic zip-lock was threatening

want to have any blood on my

to go!” I ordered, right before the