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

you know everything so well. Please tell me

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

too-but that was all a lie. You didn’t need him anymore, you got Anya killed because she knew too much, you knew Tiago would lose it, and somehow the Hernandez took the fall for it!

“Hmm.”

Anya?” He immediately confirmed that information

he didn’t know Panther was

Panter admitted.

I can only not understand where Elena fits

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

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

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

was a Castillo. “Your plan failed.”

that now.” Panther spoke.

“I’m heartless?”

“Yes,”

doing all of

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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 secure his position,

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

a bad uncle. I would

he doesn’t hold any value inside of

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

looked him in the eyes. I truly thought we

Panther shook his head.

“Don’t say that.”

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

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

his validation. A friendship of a lifetime, and now he wanted to

“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

just like that, it was over. He was dead to

made

know what I

you

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 cut off

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

me to prison because he couldn’t kill me

face as I moved even closer. “I’ll really shoot

One that encouraged me to walk further, and I did-to test the

him.” I said. “Kill Tiago if you want to.

gave him a nod. He wanted to overthrow him,

then a car

friend flew over the car,

What the…?

too late? No?” Victor surprisingly stepped out of

must be

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

like a family

with Lucas, who stepped back to let Victor take

warned us you might do all of this.”

“Did you know…”

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

the point of keeping it a secret then?” I whispered

you back to- oh shit!” He gasped as Tiago forcefully removed his

He growled, grabbing Victor’s gun from his pocket as

was cold. “I’ll kill

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