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.

him to save Beau.” He suddenly spoke. Everyone seemed tconfidence in him, but

him to send Luis back to that place

with him calling me stupid, not smart enough, not good enough—and all

cared and that was definitely not the issue—but this was about something a bit“I would never do that for a girl, girls are scary.” Luis pulled a disgusting look. “Do you think I’m scary?”ruffled my hand through his hair. He wasn’t exactly wrong, because the way how I had put my

had told me that the war would be a week from

smiled at me. It seemed crazy to me howunderstand how brave he was. “Luis, you’ve not even noticed how

isn’t it?” Luis giggled with a shy look on his face. I bet he didn’t get that many compliments. “Vincehe would walk through fire for me.”

you?” I asked him, khad to be more behind it. The two

talk after seeing the dull look on his face. “He yelled at Beau, ahim to stop he pushed me…hard,” Luis whispered the last word 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

no point in dointoo far when he had put his hands on Luis and there was

like Fabio and wants to hurt you because of the baby?”

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 man, andfound that

inwould say—I still had faith in Vince. In the time I had

when I spilled

was too scared to

a job while I was completely unqualified because he knew I

lunch because

when my bond with Christian was rocky because

doing what’s right, the only questI