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

Chapter 375

Vincenzo

“I thought you’d never ask.” Nico opened the dusty book, flipping through the pages. “Every 4th of the month, there is a secret and private auction held in a secret location.” He said. “The location changes monthly, and you can only get in through special invite.

“How did Fabio get in?”

“Your father went by the name of the peddle man.” Nico pulled a red devil mask from in between the book as a loud cackle escaped my lips. “He was well known and so heavily anticipated, they saved him for last.”

“So he really was a villain?” I grabbed the mask from Nico’s hand, waving it back and forth. Apparently, he took his job very seriously.

“These are the name of the associates and their phone numbers.” Nico ignored me, showing me a list. “Fabio used to call them from burner phones, made sure they couldn’t recognize his voice

With my finger. I scanned through the unfamiliar aliases and stopped at the name of the supposed supplier. “This man knew his identity-didn’t he?” I tapped the paper.

“He did. Nico confirmed. “His name is Marco. He’s a trustworthy man who could take a secret to the grave. He contacted me because he hadn’t heard anything from Fabio in years-and that’s when you crossed my mind.”

“What did you say?”

“That he’s dead…an unfortunate accident.”

“What did he say?”

“That’s he’s not surprised. Nico smiled softly. “I told Marco about his son who is made for greater success, and he told me to tell him to visit.” He shared. “Marco is a busy man, an intelligent man, so he moves around different countries in South America-but as soon as I’ll inform him you’ll be taking over the duties of the peddle man-”

“Wait, no, no, no!” I hurried away from the table, not liking where this was going. “I’ll be destroying those weapons at once, and I will not participate in Fabio’s nonsense.”

Nico went silent before a chuckle left his mouth.

“I’ve heard the Garcia’s reputation has been stumbling so bad-you had no choice but to marry the Morales girl.”

He was not beating around the bush.

a good

about you.” Nico sighed. “You shouldn’t rely on your wife. She should be relying on you.” He took a breath. “What have

her?”

for her?” My lips twitched as I smiled uncomfortably. I felt ashamed,

zero appreciation towards her, and blamed her for everything. Aria was not an angel, and I still

myself in order not to go through with the engagement, I made several scenarios in my head, pretending

was leeching off my wife and gave her nothing in

end, but selling through the black market and referring the buyers, those big names, to the Garcias

tell my uncle about this?” I changed the subject, still not wanting to participate in this. It was too dangerous, too risky, and I did not want to be like

laughed. “Had he known, the Garcias wouldn’t be struggling to maintain their status, and you

Had uncle known about this, those weapons would’ve been back on the black

the information and the books, I’ll be leaving the country soon, and I had to pass these down to someone.”

my decision,” I told him. “I’ll

take before you realize the Lambertis and the Alfonzos are only keeping you close to

as Christian and Beau had been my friends for a long time. Despite the family feuds, Christian and I had grown up together, and Beau had been a close friend

continued as I lowered my head. “He’ll give you the same look your father gave me. He’ll

he was

lunch, when Aria had exposed her hatred for Serena, Christian revealed this dominant vibe as if we were

an apology, but thinking about it-something about his commanding words and that look on his face

an order, and why the hell did

not it.

I closed my eyes, but all I could see was Christian, who left me on the cold ground to die after

the go to end Fabio’s life, and I did it to protect

and planned on

ended Fabio’s life, Fabio shot both

afraid of dying alone, I reached out my hand to him-he stepped back, looked me in the eye, apologized, and moved to his brother, who had a minor

friend would

trying to erase every bad thought. Christian trying to overpower everyone was not something