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

Please tell

to shit.” I continue my conclusion as they both

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 Tiago would lose it, and somehow the Hernandez

“Hmm.”

Anya?” He immediately confirmed that

of monster he was, but even he didn’t know Panther

Panter admitted.

not understand where Elena fits into

Torres daughter was something even Panther couldn’t execute. Our

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 belong here, and lastly, the more you’d be willing to eventually give up your position

for her. I 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

was a Castillo. “Your plan failed.”

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

“I’m heartless?”

“Yes,”

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

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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

you’re even more stupid than I thought

a bad uncle.

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

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

I looked him in the

no-we were never.” Panther shook his head.

“Don’t say that.”

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

I questioned. “You say that you don’t care, but

lifetime, and

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

and just like that, it was over.

had already made his

what I think?”

you think?”

now you want to hide behind your son.” I took a few steps closer. “Did you really think you could take over the Castillos,

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

send me to prison because

the nerves from Panther’s face as I moved even

me a determined look. One that

you, I do not care about him.” I said. “Kill Tiago if you

as I gave him a nod. He wanted to overthrow him, step up and be a Castillo for

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

old friend flew over the car, thrown yards

What the…?

too late? No?” Victor surprisingly stepped out of the car,

must be kidding

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

looked like a family reunion.

who stepped back to let Victor take the

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

“Did you know…”

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 right now.”

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

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 expression on his

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

killed Anya.” His tone was

distance, unable to get up from the