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 looked embarrassed.

so well. Please tell me what

your plans went to shit.” I continue my conclusion as

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 Tiago would lose it,

“Hmm.”

“Y-You killed Anya?” He immediately

was, but even he didn’t know Panther was capable of taking the life of

did.” Panter admitted.

I can only not understand where Elena fits

something even Panther couldn’t

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,

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 agreed

I was a Castillo. “Your plan

that now.” Panther spoke.

“I’m heartless?”

“Yes,”

doing all of this, just

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boy, you don’t pay attention to him-I had to do something to secure his position, I had to do

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

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.”

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

in the eyes. I truly thought we had a mutual understanding.

Panther shook his head.

“Don’t say that.”

I never liked being in your shadows, I didn’t want to be around you, and every time I looked at you-1 held back the urge to choke

Why don’t you shoot me now?” I questioned. “You say that

some reason I was desperate for his validation. A friendship of a lifetime, and now he wanted to tell

know it’s hard to believe, but I don’t think anyone cares about you, Marvin. I’m sorry that I

daggers, and just like that, it was

had already made

know what I

do you

much you wanted to be like me, you 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 you

wanted to give you an easy death because I cared about you. I took you here because I didn’t want Mario

to prison because

Marvin.” I could read the nerves from Panther’s face as I moved even closer. “I’ll really shoot him-I swear!”

moved to Tiago, who shot me a determined look. One that encouraged me to

I said.

I gave him a nod. He

to fight back-but then a car sped

stand still as my old friend flew over the car, thrown yards

What the…?

stepped

must be kidding

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

like a family

who stepped back to let

you might do all of this.” Victor

“Did you know…”

ant if someone’d ask him to. I told

the point of keeping it

“Get it together, Santiago. I would hate to send you back to- oh shit!” He gasped as

from his pocket as I watched it

was cold.

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