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?”

gulped, meaning I was finally getting somewhere. “All I did was follow instructions. I never meant to kill him.” He broke down. Kill him?

“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

about?” I asked,

I didn’t mean to do

Maddens. How was I

though he pulled the trigger, I wanted to believe Tiago wasn’t entirely at fault, and I knew that man couldn’t be trusted from the start. He just had this vibe, which I didn’t like.

not Victor,” Tiago spoke to

talking about Panther.”

Panther?

process his words. This wasn’t true. Tiago wasn’t in his right state of mind and blamed everyone he

me with open arms. He wasn’t that smart. but his kind personality had

Marvin would take the fall for me, and I could take over the family business.” He said. “The only thing

“Tiago…”

just wanted to matter for once,” Tiago stated. It was no secret Marvin was not only favored by Linda but Mario as well. Even then, I could still not understand how one could sabotage his

to kill him!” He spoke. “I just shot him where Panther told me to.”

Who would’ve known the same man who once had a mental breakdown over

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

matter? It wasn’t

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

him to frame the Hernandez for my mistake.” Tiago continued.

anything to do with this. I didn’t have anything to do with this

“Who knows this?”

his head. “Marvin

confused. “Then why did

sighed. “Because your dad is a DEA

shock and felt

you know?”

Thinking about it, he was very quick

dad, he planned on keeping you close to Marvin just

“Just in case?”

he doesn’t feel the need to reveal it at the

make Marvin lose his mind,” I whispered. There was only one thing I couldn’t wrap my head around. Tiago was not only out of the picture but would also

“Exactly.”

unfortunately, he would win either way. This was

me all

wanted me to.” He spoke with pleading eyes.

“She knew?”

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

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

and protect

closed my eyes and took a deep

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

that person turned

tell Marvin?” I suggested, already knowing the answer. He wouldn’t even listen

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

help?” I wondered. He could’ve gone to Mario, Linda, or just anyone-but he had decided to

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