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

know everything so well. Please tell me what happened after

out, and both of your plans went to shit.”

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

“Hmm.”

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

knew what kind of monster he was, but even he didn’t know Panther was capable of taking the life of someone

Panter admitted.

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

Torres daughter was something even Panther couldn’t execute.

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

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

a

see that now.” Panther spoke.

“I’m heartless?”

“Yes,”

all of this, just for a

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all of this 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 him-I had to do something to

pay attention to my only nephew, you’re even more stupid than I thought you were.” I corrected him. “Cisco

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

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

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

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

no-we were never.” Panther shook

“Don’t say that.”

be around

me now?” I questioned. “You say

his validation. A friendship 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

words felt like daggers, and just like that,

had already made his point.

know what I think?”

you think?”

got a little too ambitious, and now you want 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

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

me to

Panther’s face as

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

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

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

to fight back-but then a car

stand still as my old friend

What the…?

we too late? No?” Victor surprisingly stepped out of the

must be

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

almost looked like a family

me guess…Elena…” I met eyes with Lucas, who stepped back to let Victor take

us you might do all of this.” Victor spoke, rolling back

“Did you know…”

a background check on an ant if someone’d ask him to. I told you that boy was

What was the point of keeping it a secret then?” I whispered to myself. the betrayal

oh shit!” He gasped as Tiago forcefully removed his hand,

gun from

Anya.” His tone was cold. “I’ll

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