His Promise: The Mafia’s Babies

“Did you hear that, Luis? My brother is safe!” I told him and pulled him into a hug.

“I’m so happy.” Luis smiled and rested his head against my stomach. “It’s hard to hug you.” He giggled.I had my doubts whether Isobel would manage to free him or not, but she actually did it. Not having to wBeau had removed the suffocating feeling I had for these past days.

“I have to find out where she’s taking him!” I reached out to grab my phone again but got light-headed “Serena, you have to sit down!” Luis told me and grabbed my hand.

“Your brother is safe for now, so please rest—please.” He pouted as he squeezed my hand. “For the babyFor the baby, he was right—I had been so caught up in everything that I had forgotten about the baby.

“Beau is safe, that’s enough for now—you should take a nap because you have not closed a single eye shere…”

“No, sweetheart it’s not because of you!” I reassured Luis and squeezed both sides of his cheeks. I was sutaking care of him, but at the moment he was taking care of me—and I felt horrible.

He released himself from my grip and ran over to the mini-fridge to grab a bottle of water. “Drink!” He spushed the bottle into my hands.

“Thanks, Luis.” I chuckled. For someone willing to fight for my baby’s life, I had barely thought about theof me not taking care of myself. Instead, I was doing everything Ramiro had told me not to.

“Luis? You telling me about Beau, it won’t put you in any trouble right?” I asked for the first time. Only afhad already been done, I was ready to deal with the consequences—and guilt was eating me alive. “Tell mabout it?”

“The guards, Vince—Fabio and I,” Luis mumbled as he tried to avoid my gaze. I felt an awful pit in my stoit was guilt. Because of my nagging, I had forced Luis into helping me free Beau, while he came to me fo“Don’t worry, I need you to rest.” Luis gave me a warm smile and grabbed the covers with his tiny handsover me. “Can I touch your belly again?” He asked with hopeful eyes. “Yes, sure!” I smiled.

He placed his hand on my belly and looked at me with sparkling eyes. “Wow.” He gasped as he rubbed cbelly. I looked at him with a warm smile and admired how he was completely immersed by my belly.

still think we could’ve asked him to save Beau.” He suddenly spoke. Everyone seemed tconfidence in him, but I remained

to send Luis back

not smart enough, not good enough—and all the othewould’ve probably left

the past few shown me how much he cared and that was definitely not the

war would be a week

me howunderstand how brave he was. “Luis, you’ve not even noticed how you’ve risked your life in helping me sthe same as walking

his face. I bet he didn’t get that many compliments. “Vincehe would walk through fire for me.” Luis’s smile had slowly disappeared from

he still will.” I grabbed his hand. “What happened between the two of you?” I asked him, khad to be more behind it. The two were always together and were known as two peas in a

as tears were threatening to spill from his“He didn’t even notice and he didn’t even apologize, but Beau did.” He looked up at me. “He was becomFabio and it scared me. I don’t want him to

I tried to convince him, knowing there was no point in dointoo far when

he’s just like Fabio and wants to hurt you because of the baby?”

mommy, Vincenzo told me and he promised he wouldn’t be like him.” Luis spoke. Hepossibly got rid of Luis’s mother was neither a shock or surprising to me. Fabio was a heartless

what anyone, inwould say—I still had faith in Vince. In the time I had spent with him I got to know him as an ambitious, kwas always ready to help

I spilled champagne over his

I was too scared to buy

me a job while I was completely unqualified because he knew I

for my lunch because he knew

when my bond with Christian was rocky because he

doing what’s right, the only