His Promise: The Mafia’s Babies by C. Tamika

Chapter 326

I rested my hand on my mom’s stone and smiled. “I’m almost there, mom,” I spoke in a whisper. “Please hold on for just a bit longer.”

It was time for my weekly meeting with George Torres, and I knew he wouldn’t be too happy considering I had yet to give him useful information.

I discovered his so-called presentation was nothing more than a fairytale. He liked doing things fast, while I wasn’t fond of sloppy work. I was used to doing things spotless.

Spending time with Marvin had shown me that he wasn’t that difficult to get close to after all. Despite his cold image, he was a warm person who liked making his presence known.

Whether he was sincere or because he was fearful of me hitting on Elena? I had yet to find out.

Then agam, Pedro, or Panther as he liked to call himself, didn’t seem like a criminal who decapitated his enemies’ heads, but I had seen the pictures, so I knew the truth.

“Hey, kid!” George made his presence known. He patted my shoulder and joined me at my mother’s grave. “Hey.”

“So, how are you holding up?”

“I’m good, sir. How about you?”

“Besides missing my only daughter…fine, I think. He sighed. “Although I’m pretty sure she’s not doing well in that household.”

This was typically George. He didn’t want to come off as too pushy, so instead, he used reverse psychology.

I chuckled. “Don’t you worry about Elena,” I told him. “She’s doing perfectly fine.”

“My daughter is still young, so she can’t decide for herself,” George stated. “He’s taking advantage of her”

Somehow George still believed his daughter was a victim in all of this while that wasn’t the case. Elena was hopelessly in love with Marvin and would’ve followed him anywhere. No one forced her to do anything.

“Do you have something on Marvin?”

“No, not yet.”

“How long will it take?”

“Well damn, I don’t know George.” I snarled. “I’m not psychic!”

I respected the man, but he had to understand that I was putting my life on the line here, especially after he decided to include his immature, unstable daughter.

“Time is ticking, Lucas,” George spoke, irritated. “We need to get Marvin before he gets away with his crime and my daughter.”

See, that was the difference between George and me. He was after Marvin Castillo, while I was after Mario

-the true villain. He manipulated my mom those around him, and at the end of the day, everyone in that house was just a pawn in his twisted games.

“I get it, George.” I nodded. “I’ll get you what you want-so please be patient.”

After I met with George, I was back at the station. Making detective was not as easy as I expected it to be, mainly because I couldn’t focus on my job.

All I could think about were Elena’s words about the maids. If they were indeed close to mom, they could give me some more information about how disgusting Mario treated her.

“Mario Castillo, are you here to turn yourself in?” I heard from a distance.

“For what, leading a legal liquor brand?”

up from my chair and turned my head to look at the man who leaned over the desk. Mario Castillo.

was he doing

looked straight into my office, and our eyes met. “Absolutely not.” He straightened his

that was not corrupt, and no one would ever take me seriously if they knew about my

“Lucas!”

the stairs. As if things couldn’t get worse, I now had to deal with the

Peter Clover.

be a DEA agent until he made the switch after catching Freddie Hernandez for the murder of Stevie Maddens. The same murder

tried explaining. “He’s here because I had some questions about

with squinted eyes

Mario chuckled. “Marvin found

that this angel was the daughter

Tiago is

Mario’s lips. “It’s good

get to Mario. Clover and I felt the same, but unfortunately for me,

knock him down.” Clover looked at me. “Lucas is one of

spoke. He pointed his finger at me. “I like this guy. He knows how to treat me

shut the door

chair. He had a bold personality and was not afraid of speaking his

don’t want people to ask

“I see.”

are you doing here?”

allowed to visit my son?”

always welcome,” I said. “Just wondering

words surprised me. The most feared criminal in the city risked everything to come and see me at the

presence.” He continued. “You’re different from

Sure.

I said. At first, I was surprised at how much free time this man had-but what else was there to do if he had others doing the

after your shift.” Mario gave me no choice. “I have a lot to tell you about your mother, and I should’ve told you sooner.”

feeding me lies, this man would just keep going and going. I

do that.” I agreed. “Just tell me the

just as discussed, I met Mario for dinner

man was planning on renting out the whole place,

because I had actually worked my butt off to get where I was

a plate in front of me. At

was starving.

do this often?”

tend to run away from me Marvin didn’t even want me to visit him in

said you had something to share

pockets. “Right,

some pictures of us.” He threw them

else one could think of. Mario had his arm wrapped around her in an overprotective manner in most if not all of the pictures, and the two looked like a

I whispered with a slight smile on my lips. In her last few years, the drugs had ruined her glow, but even then, one could not

don’t mind me asking,

explained. “We used to go on double dates

married to Linda and had Marvin and

still

soon, and he can’t wait

them?” I asked shyly. I didn’t have many pictures of my mom, so I held on to

used to be one of the maids, but she had never caught my