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

“Tiago, kill who?”

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

talking about?”

“That thing Marvin went to prison for. I didn’t mean to do it. It’s all my fault- but I

Tiago killed Stevie Maddens. How was I supposed to

concluded. Even 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

Tiago spoke to

about Panther.”

Panther?

This wasn’t true. Tiago wasn’t in his right state of mind and blamed

was the one who accepted me with open arms. He wasn’t that

family business.” He said. “The only thing he wanted was for me to

“Tiago…”

his son-Cisco is Panther’s in case you didn’t know, and I just wanted to matter for once,” Tiago stated. It was no secret

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

who once had a mental breakdown over stolen candy could

the reason why Maddens’

it even matter? It wasn’t even important at

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

my dad to pull every string to get Marvin out of prison or for him

do with this. I didn’t have anything to do with this either, so I was still confused as to why he would even

“Who knows this?”

Tiago shook his head. “Marvin

“Then why did

Tiago sighed. “Because your dad is a

back in complete shock and felt

d-do you know?”

about it, he was very quick to bring me to

keeping you close to Marvin just in case.” Tiago read

“Just in case?”

the need to reveal it at the moment.” He told me. “You’re like a wildcard

be enough to 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 be going away soon-so what were

“Exactly.”

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

me all

me to.” He spoke with

“She knew?”

things. Things which could put Panther away for a long time.” He shared. “I want to come clean to Marvin, but he wouldn’t believe

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

the best-or I could risk everything and protect Marvin by going

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

idea where it is, though.” By the looks of it, he seemed surprised that I

one villain, and that person turned

tell Marvin?” I suggested, already knowing the

“He wouldn’t

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

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