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

Chapter 341

Elena

As I walked into the mansion, I immediately felt the tension in the air. It was just a gut feeling that something was about to happen, and I didn’t know why.

It wasn’t too crazy, considering I planned on telling Marvin the truth. Dad and I had a deal, and now it was my job to hold up the end of the bargain.

He needed me back home.

“Marvin!” I called out his name, wondering if he was already home-but he didn’t respond. “Marvin?” I walked further.

“Mar-“I stopped in my words as I saw him sitting at the kitchen table with a gun in front of him, and his head lowered.

I swallowed as he held his hands together, and raised his head so I could see his eyes. There were filled with anger and disappointment.

I wasn’t stupid.

I knew what was happening.

He had somehow found out the truth, the truth about everything. That must’ve been it.

A breath escaped my lips as I reached for my pocket to secure Anya’s drive was still there.

In one way there was a feeling of relief. I could feel the weight of my lies and secrets crushing down on me. I had been so scared to tell Marvin the truth, but now there was no excuse to hide it from him.

“W-What happened?” I sat on the opposite side of him, pretending to be oblivious. “And what’s with the look?” My eyes moved from the gun on the table to his.

Despite his rant about liars, I had enough faith that he wouldn’t hurt me. Marvin couldn’t. Right?

“Where have you been?” Marvin asked, his tone cold and threatening. “Or, no-wait. Let’s not play this game.” He shook his head, pointing out his finger. “Why did you not want me to meet your family?”

Oh, well.

had to come fully clean, or he would

with anger. “That you’re a

body and I flinched. He had never been

table as the guilt washed over me. The thought of mirroring the type of person he hated the most, crushed me.

extra fast, thinking he would try to

sigh. By his tone, I could tell he was hoping for the simplest explanation that would actually make sense.

were.” I confessed. “Yes, I did find out somewhere along the way because I looked through my

believe that you didn’t come here and played me to

stuck as I thought about the safest way to tell him about Panther’s betrayal

Instead, he grabbed the gun and shoved it in my

His voice

Crying would only make it worse. I had never expected for him to go that far. “Kill me!” He raised

table. Of course I couldn’t

chuckled in disbelief. “I should k but I can’t…you have a talent

said. “I’m things had to go this way and I’m sorry for breaking your heart-but I

at me as if I was

two of us

as long as Marvin would allow me. “He planned on taking revenge for his mom, but I

he knew who you

him, my

Marvin snapped. “Elena, what do you think I should

was a

what happened to liars in the Castillo family-but Marvin had already made it

Anya’s drive. I hesitated for a moment before pulling it out, placing

I didn’t

up. I took that as permission

set you up to go to prison, and he was the one who got Anya

expression, and then at me. Who knew if my words had