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 looked embarrassed.

everything so well. Please tell me what

out, and both of your plans went to shit.” I continue my conclusion as

you probably told him you did too-but that was all a lie. You didn’t need him anymore, you got

“Hmm.”

changed. “Y-You killed Anya?” He immediately confirmed that information was new to

he didn’t know Panther was capable of taking

Panter

nodded. “But I can only not understand where

Panther couldn’t execute. Our relationship was nothing more than

step was going to, and then 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

got 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

was a

Panther spoke.

“I’m heartless?”

“Yes,”

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

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nerve. “All of you…you don’t look after the boy, you don’t pay attention to him-I had to do something to secure his position, I had to do

think I don’t pay attention to my only nephew, you’re even more stupid than I thought you

a bad mother, but I was not a bad uncle. I would never

value inside of the family.” Panther retorted, only he

it felt as if I

him in the eyes. I truly thought we

never.” Panther shook his head.

“Don’t say that.”

liked being in your shadows, I didn’t want to be around you, and every time I looked

questioned. “You say that you don’t care, but you do care-and we were

reason I was desperate for his validation. A friendship of a lifetime, and now he wanted to tell me that it was

about you, Marvin. I’m sorry that I have to be the one to tell you, but no one likes you. Everyone hates

like daggers, and just like that, it was over. He was dead

had already made his

what

do you think?”

to hide behind your son.” I took a few steps closer. “Did you really think you could take over the Castillos, and Mario would welcome you with open arms? If he knew you got our Karina pregnant, and killed Anya, he would

an easy death because I cared about you. I took you here because I didn’t

had good 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

back, Marvin.” I could read the nerves from Panther’s face as I moved even closer. “I’ll really shoot

to Tiago, who shot me a determined look. One that encouraged me to walk further, and I did-to

told you, I do not care about him.” I said.

the gun, then back into my eyes as I gave him a nod. He wanted to overthrow him, step up and be a Castillo for once,

took one last breath, ready to fight back-but then a car sped down the hill,

as my old friend flew over the car, thrown yards

What the…?

we too late? No?” Victor surprisingly stepped out of the car, and Lucas followed.

be

the ground, hyperventilating. Meanwhile I was still confused as to what my two brothers

looked like a

Lucas, who stepped back

she warned us you might do all of this.” Victor spoke, rolling back his shoulders.

“Did you know…”

someone’d ask him to. I told you that

the point of keeping it a secret

on Tiago’s shoulder. “Get it together, Santiago. I would hate to send you back to- oh shit!”

Victor’s gun from his pocket as I watched it all

His tone was cold. “I’ll kill him!”

from a distance, unable to get up from the ground. Not