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

Chapter 345

Marvin

Everything seemed foggy…

It felt as if I was viewing the world through an underwater lens. That’s right, the car had just crashed. I blinked my eyes through the pain, and crawled away, groaning.

There was no time for pain. The adrenaline pumped through my veins, bringing me back to reality. With heavy breaths, and a ragged pulse drumming in my ears, I had managed to get out of the car.

My first instinct was to go to my brother, who was thrown out of the car. “Are you okay? Can you move?” I asked Tiago, who had luckily remained unharmed.

He nodded his head, his eyes wide open as he took in the scene. With the car almost being on the edge of the cliff, we had barely survived. Did he want to take us all down with him?

My head turned once I had heard a groan, and there he was-Panther, semi-conscious, trying to pull himself together.

A flicker of satisfaction went through my body. Good, I wanted him awake for this.

“Let me give you a hand.” I dragged him out of the wreckage. His body seemed weak as if he was already on the verge of dying. My muscles strained as I pulled him closer to the edge of the cliff, just like I had done when I had asked him about Karina.

I warned him that time.

No more lies, or the next time, I will kill you.

Suddenly I felt a hard object hit me in the eye, and Panther had removed himself from my grip. It all happened so fast, because the next second he stood behind Tiago, with a gun pressed to my brother’s head.

I should’ve known better.

Panther was strong, powerful, he grew up around Castillos.

I carefully observed the frightened expression in Tiago’s eyes. After all those years, and all those days at the Armandos, his reaction towards fear had not changed a thing.

It never would.

“P-P-Pedro?” He almost begged him.

Pathetic.

“I will kill him, Marvin.” Panther smirked. “You know I will.”

“Great.” I shrugged my shoulders, making a thin line with my lips. “Then you’ll know I won’t give a fuck. Good riddance.”

“Marvin!” Tiago called out my name, shocked. Quite funny how he had no issue letting me rot in prison, but now I was supposedly the problem.

He was once again doubting me again.

Of course I wouldn’t let him get killed.

He was still my brother.

“This is how things are going to go.” Panther spoke, taking authority. “I will leave, take him with me–and send him back later, okay?”

I sighed, not giving him a response. Not liking my answer, Panther pushed the gun harder to Tiago’s head.

See, he was actually insane and would do it.

“Okay, okay!” I held up my hands in defense. “But before you go, at least let me know why you’ve been doing all of this. Don’t you think I have the right?”

I was only buying some time so I could figure out what the hell to do.

“Fine.” He sneered. “What do you want to know?”

“You know, Elena told me everything.” I began. “She told me about her family, your threat, she showed me the tape.” I laughed at the last words. “The one of you and my brother conspiring against me to trap me in prison-so first Tiago could take over the business, and then your son….Cisco.”

chuckled, Tiago

so well. Please

to

a lie. You didn’t need him anymore, you got Anya killed because she knew

“Hmm.”

“Y-You killed Anya?” He immediately confirmed that information

know Panther was capable of

Panter admitted.

I nodded. “But I can only not understand where Elena

was something even Panther couldn’t execute. Our relationship was nothing more

she came into my life like a gift send from the lord himself. A good distraction, better yet-a DEA agent’s daughter.” Panther chuckled proudly “I figured, the more you’d fall for her, the softer you’d become, the more you’d realize you don’t belong here, and lastly, the more you’d be willing to eventually give up your position to protect her from Mario.”

softer. I got distracted, but not once have I considered leaving my family, not even for a woman.” I said. Ever since a young age, I knew my duties-and no, I didn’t always agreed with

but I was a

see that now.” Panther spoke. “I knew you were heartless..but damn.”

“I’m heartless?”

“Yes,”

talk.” I murmured. “You’ve been doing all of this, just for a

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boy, you don’t pay attention to him-I had to do something to secure his position, I had to do something to

you’re even more stupid than I thought you were.” I corrected him. “Cisco is

a bad mother, but I was not a bad uncle. I

hold any value inside of the family.” Panther retorted, only he was wrong.

was so loved by Dad, it felt

like my brother.” I looked him in the eyes. I truly thought we had a

never.” Panther

“Don’t say that.”

want to be around you, and every time I looked at you-1 held back the urge

questioned. “You say that you don’t

a lifetime, and now he wanted to tell me that it

believe, but I don’t think anyone cares about you, Marvin. I’m sorry that I have to be the one to tell you, but no

just like that, it was over. He was dead

made his point.

what I think?”

do you

I took a few steps closer. “Did you really think you could take over the Castillos, and

an easy death because I cared about you. I took you here because I didn’t want Mario to torture you. I

reason to believe that he wouldn’t shoot me. He send me to prison because he couldn’t kill me back then, and he wouldn’t kill me

could read the nerves from Panther’s face as I

eyes moved to Tiago, who shot me a determined look. One that encouraged me to walk further,

said. “Kill Tiago if you want to. I

then back into my eyes as I gave him a nod. He wanted to overthrow him, step

fight back-but then a car

as my old friend flew over the car,

What the…?

surprisingly stepped out of the car, and Lucas followed.

must be kidding me.

the ground, hyperventilating. Meanwhile I was

like a family

who stepped back to

all of this.” Victor spoke,

“Did you know…”

Unlike you and your father, I wouldn’t trust Panther to do a background check on an ant if someone’d ask him to. I told you that boy was no good.” Victor shared. “Her friend

in on this? What was the point of keeping it

hate to send you back to- oh shit!” He gasped as Tiago forcefully removed his hand, and got up with a dark

that!” He growled, grabbing Victor’s gun from his pocket as I watched it all unfold.

killed Anya.” His tone was cold. “I’ll kill him!”

to get up from the ground. Not even the strongest man