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?”

follow instructions. I never meant to kill him.”

“Tiago, kill who?”

as my thoughts went to Maddens, and it all started to make sense. Marvin claimed he went to prison for something he didn’t

you talking about?” I asked,

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

How was I supposed

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

Victor,” Tiago spoke

talking about

Panther?

go numb as I could not process his words. This wasn’t true. Tiago wasn’t in his right state of mind and blamed everyone he could think of.

the bad guy? He was the one who accepted me with open arms.

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

“Tiago…”

for once,” Tiago stated. It was no secret Marvin was not only favored by Linda but Mario

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

man who once had a mental breakdown over stolen

that the reason why Maddens’ death hit him

It wasn’t even important

get rid of Marvin, and by the looks of it-for a very long time.

to get Marvin out of prison or for him

thoughts went to poor Anya, who didn’t have anything to do with this. I didn’t have anything to do with this either, so I was still confused

“Who knows this?”

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

confused. “Then why

your dad is a DEA

complete shock and felt an

know?”

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

you close to Marvin just in case.” Tiago read

“Just in case?”

to Marvin,” Tiago explained. “He’s only hiding your identity because he doesn’t feel the need to reveal it at the moment.” He told me. “You’re

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

“Exactly.”

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

me all

wrapped his hand around my wrist. “Because Anya would’ve wanted me to.” He spoke with pleading eyes. “She never

“She knew?”

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

it had to be Marvin’s bond with Panther. The two were

could risk everything and protect Marvin by going against Panther. My identity would most likely get exposed either way, so I

eyes and took a deep breath. It was all

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,

that person turned out to

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

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

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

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