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

so well. Please tell me what

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

need him anymore, you got Anya killed because she knew too much, you knew Tiago would lose it, and somehow the

“Hmm.”

face changed. “Y-You killed Anya?” He immediately

know Panther was capable

did.” Panter

only not understand where Elena fits into all of this.”

being George Torres daughter was something even Panther couldn’t

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

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

I was a Castillo. “Your

spoke. “I knew you were heartless..but

“I’m heartless?”

“Yes,”

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

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don’t look after the boy, you don’t pay attention to him-I had to do something to

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

bad mother, but I was not a bad uncle. I would

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

Dad, it felt as if I had

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

no-we were never.” Panther

“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

shoot me now?” I questioned. “You say that you don’t care, but you do care-and we were

his validation. A friendship of a lifetime, and

think anyone cares about you, Marvin. I’m sorry that I have to be the one to tell you, but no one likes you.

like that, it was over. He was dead to

had already made

know what

do you

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 with

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

wouldn’t shoot me. He send me to prison because he couldn’t kill me back then, and he wouldn’t

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

eyes moved to Tiago, who shot me a determined look. One that encouraged me to walk further, and I

said. “Kill

into my eyes as I gave him a nod. He wanted to overthrow him, step up

breath, ready to fight back-but then a

seemed to stand still as my old friend flew over the car,

What the…?

late? No?” Victor surprisingly stepped out of the car, and Lucas followed.

must be kidding me.

Meanwhile I was

like

who stepped back to

she warned us you might do all of this.” Victor

“Did you know…”

Unlike you and 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

of keeping it a secret then?” I whispered to

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

growled, grabbing Victor’s gun from

His tone was cold. “I’ll

get up from the ground. Not even the