His Promise: The Mafia’s Babies by C. Tamika

Chapter 357

Vincenzo

“So.” I sat down, rubbing my hands. She would be living here with us, whether we liked it or not-sol didn’t want to create an awkward atmosphere. “Looking good.”

Aria, who seemed to have forgotten all about Luis’ behavior, nodded her head. “It tastes even better. Dig in!” She spoke proudly.

Luis lifted his head to look at Aria. “We usually say grace-

“Hmm, that’s delicious!” Aria spoke over him, munching her homemade pasta.

Luis wasn’t wrong. We did have a tradition of thanking God and Jesus for not only the food on our table but our lives as well.

“Or never mind, just continue whatever you were doing.” Luis mumbled, annoyed. His response surprised me. Everyone knew Luis as a kind kid who could even get along with a fly.

Whatever it toas, he clearly wasn’t feeling Aria.

Luis and I shared a look as we took a bite of our pasta.

Judging by the way Aria stuffed her face, I could tell the girl felt no shame whatsoever. She was an overly confident person who lived her life pretending to be all high and mighty.

It seemed like the rumors were true after all.

“So you’re the computer nerd?” Aria spoke after a while.

Luis swallowed his food. “I’m sorry?”

“You like playing games, don’t you?”

He grew a big smile. “Yes, I do. Do you play-

“Do you still got time left for your schoolwork?”

“Yes, I do. Thanks for your concerns.” Luis spoke sarcastically as the previous smile had vanished from his lips. So now she wanted to involve herself in his education as well?

I are here to fix the mess your dad left you in.” She shrugged. “Fabio Garcia,

That name….

she let his name slide so

the hair rise on the back of my neck as shivers went through my body, but I couldn’t allow myself to crumble.

dropped the gaming device to the table and stared straight ahead as Aria, who

Fabio Garcia.

his name in

to take my life. The man who destroyed all of

was a sensitive topic not even Luis, Nie, and

could this random woman walk into our home and mention him like it’s

tomorrow!” Aria pointed her fork to my brother. “I suppose you’re

was close to having a panic attack, and she

I smiled through my frustrations. Perhaps a change of subject would do us good.

“I enjoy making money–and I love going to shooting ranges, staying

the market, and when I see the numbers go up… it just does something to

she’s something else.

going to the

cut me off mid- sentence. “Why should

the chair. I knew what he

sounded just like our father.

your brother when you can show him the proper

his

Luis trembled, shaking his head. As if growing up with our father wasn’t traumatic enough, she just

a breath.

please be excused?” He struggled to finish his sentence.

leave the table. That was the kind of person he was.

pressed her lips together. “But you only took

That was it.

be her place to raise

would continue to do so in my

turned on his heel and stormed