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 embarrassed.

so well. Please tell me what happened after

to shit.”

need him anymore, you got Anya killed because

“Hmm.”

He immediately confirmed

he didn’t know Panther

did.” Panter

understand where Elena

was something even Panther couldn’t execute.

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

distracted, but not 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

I was a Castillo. “Your plan

can see that now.” Panther spoke.

“I’m heartless?”

“Yes,”

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

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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 secure his position, I had

you think I don’t pay attention to my only nephew, you’re even more

was a bad mother, but I was not a bad uncle. I would never abandon my

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

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

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

never.” Panther shook his

“Don’t say that.”

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

“You say

I was desperate for his validation. A friendship of a lifetime, and now he wanted to tell me that it was not mutual?

anyone cares about you, Marvin. I’m sorry that I have to be the one

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

already made his point.

know what I think?”

you

took a few steps closer. “Did you really think you could take over the Castillos, and Mario would welcome you with open arms? If

give you an easy death because I cared about you. I took you here because

reason to believe that he wouldn’t shoot me. He send me to

could read the nerves from Panther’s face as I moved even

who shot me a determined look. One that

said. “Kill Tiago if you want to. I don’t

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

breath, ready to fight back-but then

to stand still as my old friend

What the…?

surprisingly stepped

must be

Meanwhile I was still confused as to what my two brothers were doing

almost looked like a

eyes with Lucas, who stepped back to let Victor take

you might do all of this.” Victor spoke,

“Did you know…”

your father, 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

it a secret then?” I whispered

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

gun from his pocket as I watched it

killed Anya.” His tone was cold. “I’ll kill

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