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

everything so well. Please tell me what

both of your plans went to shit.” I

betraying his brother, you probably told him you did too-but that was all a lie. You didn’t need him anymore, you got Anya killed because she knew too much, you knew

“Hmm.”

immediately confirmed that information was

didn’t know Panther was capable of taking the life of

did.” Panter

“But I can only not understand where

couldn’t execute. Our relationship was nothing more

didn’t know what my last 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 you’d become, the more you’d realize you don’t

once have I considered leaving my family, not even for a woman.” I said. Ever since a young age,

was a

now.” Panther spoke. “I knew you

“I’m heartless?”

“Yes,”

murmured. “You’ve been doing all of this, just

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look after the boy, you don’t pay attention to him-I had to do something

don’t pay attention to my only nephew, you’re even more stupid than I thought you were.” I corrected

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

he doesn’t hold any value inside of the family.” Panther retorted, only he was

so loved by Dad, it felt as if I had been competing with him all my life.

him in the eyes.

were never.” Panther shook his head.

“Don’t say that.”

be around you, and every time I looked at

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

of a lifetime, and now he wanted

cares about you, Marvin. I’m sorry that I have

that, it was over. He was dead to me.

already made his

know what I think?”

you

hide behind your son.” I took a few steps closer. “Did you really think

cared about you. I took you here because I didn’t want Mario to torture you. I planned on making it quick

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

face as

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

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

looked sideways to 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, and

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

my old friend flew over the

What the…?

too late? No?” Victor surprisingly stepped out

be kidding me.

and knelt to the ground, hyperventilating. Meanwhile I was still confused

almost looked like a

Lucas, who stepped back

warned us you might do all of this.”

“Did you know…”

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 contacted me a while back, it’s a long story-one that doesn’t matter

of keeping it a secret then?” I whispered to myself. the betrayal only

his hand on Tiago’s shoulder. “Get it together, Santiago. I would hate to send you back to- oh shit!” He gasped as Tiago forcefully removed his hand, and got up with a dark

Victor’s gun from his pocket as I watched

was

a distance, unable to get up from the ground.