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

well. Please tell me what happened after

both of your plans went to shit.” I continue my conclusion as they both listened

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

“Hmm.”

face changed. “Y-You killed Anya?” He immediately confirmed that information was new to him.

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

Panter

nodded. “But I can only not understand

Panther couldn’t

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 to protect her from Mario.”

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.

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

“I’m heartless?”

“Yes,”

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

+5 Bonus

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 to do something to

attention to my only nephew, you’re even more stupid than I thought you were.”

bad mother, but I was not a bad

Victor, and he doesn’t hold any value inside of

Dad, it felt as if I had

were like my brother.” I looked him in the eyes. I truly

were never.” Panther shook his head. “Never!”

“Don’t say that.”

shadows, I didn’t want to be around you, and every

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 tell me that it was

to believe, but I don’t think anyone cares about you, Marvin. I’m sorry that I have to be the one to tell

daggers, and just like that, it was

made his point.

what

you think?”

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 with open arms? If he knew you got our Karina pregnant, and killed Anya, he would

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

He send me to

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

determined look. One that encouraged me to walk further, and I did-to

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

looked sideways to the gun, then back into my eyes as I gave him a nod. He wanted to overthrow him, step up and be a Castillo

last breath, ready to fight back-but then a car sped down the

as my old friend flew over the

What the…?

No?” Victor surprisingly stepped out of the car, and

be kidding me.

ground, hyperventilating. Meanwhile I was still

looked like

guess…Elena…” I met eyes with Lucas, who stepped back to

of this.” Victor spoke,

“Did you know…”

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

on this? What was the point of keeping it a secret then?” I

I would hate to send you back to- oh shit!” He gasped as Tiago forcefully removed

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

was cold. “I’ll

from the ground. Not