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.”

Tiago looked

so well. Please tell me what happened after that.”

out, and both of your plans went to

You didn’t need him anymore, you got Anya killed because she knew too much,

“Hmm.”

killed Anya?” He immediately confirmed that information

was, but even he didn’t know Panther was capable of taking the life of someone we

Panter

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

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

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

even for a woman.” I said. Ever since a

I was a Castillo.

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

“I’m heartless?”

“Yes,”

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

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for Cisco!” It sounded like I hit a nerve. “All of you…you don’t look after the boy, you don’t pay attention to

to my only nephew, you’re even more stupid than I

was not a bad

inside of

it felt as if I had been competing

I looked him in the eyes. I truly thought

never.” Panther shook

“Don’t say that.”

We were never. I never liked being in your shadows, I didn’t want to be around you,

now?” I questioned. “You say that you don’t care, but you do care-and

of a lifetime, and now he wanted to tell me that it was not mutual?

“I know it’s hard to 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 one likes

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

had already made

know what I think?”

do you think?”

me, you got a little too ambitious, and now you want to hide behind your son.” I took a few steps closer. “Did you really

“I wanted to give you an easy death because I cared about you. I took you here because I didn’t

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

Panther’s face as I moved even closer. “I’ll really shoot him-I

One that encouraged me to walk further, and I

said. “Kill Tiago if you want to.

him a nod. He wanted to overthrow him, step up and

fight back-but then

as my old friend flew over the car, thrown

What the…?

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

must be

his face in his hands and knelt to the ground, hyperventilating. Meanwhile

almost looked like a

who stepped back to let

might do all of

“Did you know…”

check on an ant if someone’d ask him to. I told you

were in on this? What was the point of keeping it a

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

grabbing Victor’s gun from his

His tone was cold. “I’ll

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