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

Chapter 324

Chapter 324

Elena

“Tiago?” I lowered my voice as I was headed for the gates.

“Ti-”

I could barely finish my sentence as a hand had already covered my mouth. “Not so loud!” Tiago whispered in my ear as he pulled me to the back.

Seconds later, he finally removed his hand from my lips. I created a distance between us and looked at his face. “T-Tiago.” I smiled awkwardly, still unsure about why he would force me out of my house in the middle of the night.

If anything, he seemed even worse than he did before. I shamelessly observed the bags and dark circles around his eyes. He looked like he hadn’t slept in days. What did he even want from me?

“S-so, I’m leaving tomorrow,” Tiago spoke after a silence. I blinked my eyes a few times, unsure of what to do. “Yes, I know.”

“So why did you want to see me?” I asked, “Do you want me to get Ma-”

“No!”

I flinched at Tiago’s cold tone. “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to yell at you…not again.” He took a breath. That’s right. This wasn’t the first time.

I carefully moved my hand to Tiago’s check and looked into his eyes, showing him he could trust me. “It’s okay. I’m here to help.” I nodded desperately.

“I know, and I trust you-that’s why I came to you,” Tiago said.

“Do you want to tell me something?”

Tiago’s eyes turned big as he shook his head. “Is Marvin inside?” He asked in a hurry.

“Yes.”

“Is he alone?”

“No. He’s with Lucas and Panther-”

Tiago stepped back, lowering his head. “He can’t be here. He can’t be here!” He paced back and forth. He slammed his fist against his forehead and released a frustrated sigh. “This was a bad idea. What am I doing?” He muttered. “He’s going to hurt me.”

“Tiago, who can’t be here?” I pushed for answers. “Is it about Marvin?”

“No.”

“Lucas?”

“No.”

“

Tiago stopped in his steps and shot me an angry look. “It’s Victor, isn’t it?” I asked. “Why can’t you just give me a name and tell me what this is about?”

I waited for an answer. “I-I remember you telling me something about you doing something Marvin can never know?”

“Is someone in the house threatening you?”

meaning I was finally getting somewhere. “All I did was follow instructions. I never meant to kill him.” He

“Tiago, kill who?”

blurted. My mind went blank as my thoughts went to Maddens, and it all started to make sense. Marvin claimed he went to prison for something he didn’t do. Was he protecting Tiago?

about?”

for. I didn’t mean to do it. It’s all my fault- but I swear, I had no choice!”

How was I supposed to feel about all of this?

and I knew that man couldn’t be trusted from the start. He just had this

not Victor,” Tiago spoke to my surprise.

about

Panther?

words. This wasn’t true. Tiago wasn’t in his right state

the bad guy? He was the one who accepted me with open arms. He wasn’t that smart. but his kind personality had

take the fall for me, and I could take over the family business.” He said. “The only thing he wanted was for me to hand it over to Cisco once

“Tiago…”

for once,” Tiago stated. It was no secret Marvin was not only

was a corrupt, manipulating ass anyway-but I never meant to kill him!” He spoke. “I just shot

the same man who once had a mental breakdown over stolen candy could be

known? Was that the reason

it even matter? It wasn’t even important

rid of Marvin, and by the looks of it-for

or for him to

didn’t have anything to do with this. I didn’t have anything to do with this either, so I

“Who knows this?”

shook his head. “Marvin can’t

asked, confused. “Then why did

sighed. “Because your dad is

in complete shock and felt

know?”

crossed my mind that Panther was aware of everything. Thinking about it, he was very quick to

out about your dad, he planned on keeping you close to Marvin just in

“Just in case?”

he doesn’t feel the need to reveal it at the moment.” He told me. “You’re like

thing I couldn’t wrap my head around. Tiago was not only out of the picture but would also be going

“Exactly.”

stupid game, and unfortunately, he would win either way. This was

telling me

hand around my wrist. “Because Anya would’ve wanted me to.” He spoke with

“She knew?”

Panther away for a long time.” He shared.

was one thing I couldn’t get in between, it had to be Marvin’s bond with Panther. The two were close enough for me to understand

protect Marvin by going against Panther.

did Anya keep this proof?” I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. It was all for

where it is, though.” By the looks of it, he seemed surprised that I was willing to help. Tiago just admitted to killing someone in cold blood, Stevie Maddens, on top of that-but it didn’t scare me. Just like Marvin didn’t scare

one villain, and that

can tell Marvin?” I suggested, already knowing the answer. He

you can’t!” Tiago opposed. “He wouldn’t believe you over Pedro.”

help?” I wondered. He could’ve gone to Mario, Linda, or just

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