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?”

I was finally getting somewhere. “All I did was follow instructions. I never

“Tiago, kill who?”

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?”

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 no choice!”

was I supposed to feel about all of

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

Tiago spoke to my

talking about Panther.”

Panther?

process his words. This wasn’t true. Tiago wasn’t in

guy? He was the one who accepted me with open arms. He wasn’t that smart. but

me that Marvin would 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

“Tiago…”

is Panther’s in case you didn’t know, and I 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

corrupt, manipulating ass anyway-but I never meant to kill

once had a mental

known? Was that the reason why

it even matter? It wasn’t even important at

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

dad to pull every string to get Marvin out of prison or for him to frame the Hernandez for my mistake.” Tiago continued. “I never

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?”

his head. “Marvin

I asked, confused. “Then why did you tell me?”

sighed. “Because your dad is a DEA agent.”

complete shock and felt an uncomfortable lump in my throat.

d-do you know?”

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

finding out about your dad, he planned on keeping you close to Marvin just in case.”

“Just in case?”

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

whispered. There was only one thing I couldn’t wrap my head around. Tiago was not only out of

“Exactly.”

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

are you telling me all of

wanted me to.” He spoke with pleading

“She knew?”

“She found some things. Things which could put Panther away for a long time.” He shared. “I want to come

bond with Panther. The two were

go and hope for the best-or I could risk everything and protect Marvin by going against Panther. My identity would most likely

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

a stick,” Tiago spoke, surprised as if he hadn’t expected my help. “I-I have no idea 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

only one villain, and that person turned out to

can tell Marvin?” I suggested, already knowing the

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

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

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