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?”

“All I did was follow instructions. I never meant to kill him.” He

“Tiago, kill who?”

blank as my thoughts went to Maddens, and it all started to make sense.

you talking about?” I asked, stunned.

didn’t mean to do

was I supposed to

I concluded. Even though he pulled the trigger, I wanted to believe Tiago wasn’t entirely at fault, and I

not Victor,” Tiago spoke to my

about Panther.”

Panther?

true. Tiago wasn’t in his right state of mind and blamed everyone he could think

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

over the family business.” He said. “The only thing he wanted

“Tiago…”

and I just wanted to matter for once,” Tiago stated. It was no secret Marvin was not only favored

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

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

my dad have known? Was that the reason why Maddens’ death hit him

even matter? It wasn’t even important at

Marvin, and by the looks of it-for

to get Marvin out of prison or for him to frame the Hernandez for my mistake.” Tiago continued. “I never meant for Anya to get

went to poor Anya, who didn’t have anything to do with this. I didn’t have anything to do

“Who knows this?”

one.” Tiago shook his head. “Marvin can’t know…not yet.”

asked, confused. “Then why

Tiago sighed. “Because your dad is

and felt an uncomfortable lump in

you know?” I stuttered.

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

he planned on keeping you close to Marvin just in case.” Tiago read my mind.

“Just in case?”

because he doesn’t feel the need to reveal it at the moment.”

one thing I couldn’t wrap my head around. Tiago was not only out of the picture but would also be going away soon-so what were

“Exactly.”

unfortunately, he would win either way. This was a win- win

me all of

Anya would’ve wanted me to.” He spoke with pleading eyes. “She never agreed

“She knew?”

for a long time.” He shared. “I want to come clean to Marvin,

in between, it had to be Marvin’s bond with Panther.

could either do two things. I could let it go and hope for the best-or I could risk everything and protect Marvin by going against Panther. My identity would most likely get exposed either way, so

closed my eyes and took a deep breath.

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

was only one villain, and that person turned out to

knowing the answer. He wouldn’t

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

could’ve gone to Mario, Linda, or just anyone-but

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