His Promise: The Mafia’s Babies

Chapter 250

Marvin

“Marvin!”

I looked at my younger brother, Santiago, who ran into the visitation room and flew into my arms. No, he wasn’t ten-years-old, he was twenty-one but tented to behave like a toddler.

“What’s up, Santiago!” I greeted him and pulled him into an embrace. The last time I’d seen him outside of this place was a week before his seventeenth birthday. “Let me take a good look at you.” I smiled at him.

“Look!” Tiago spoke with open arms. He stood in a proud stance and waited for me to praise him. “I am looking. You look healthy!”

I looked behind Tiago and nodded at Panther. He wasn’t only a great asset to the family but also my bodyguard and my best friend. He was more than a best friend. He was like my brother:

He protected Tiago, just as he promised, and when I got out of here, he would be the first one to get a big reward.

My name is Marvin Romero Castillo. I’m 25-years old, and I’m the son of the head of the Castillo cartel, Mario Castillo. The Castillo’s were in charge of California and the most powerful cartel in the area.

We had people from all over and were still growing day by day.

“Marvin.” Panther laughed. “You’ve gained weight!

I looked down at my still-toned abs and wondered what kind of bullshit Panther was on. “The food isn’t too bad, so I can’t complain.”

“Of course, it isn’t bad.” Panther spoke. “We’ve made sure you get full course meals.”

It was no lie. The Castillo’s had connections everywhere, so I didn’t have a difficult time at all. It was more like an extended vacation, but I was glad that I was here and not Santiago.

All of this happened four years ago. Because of a rat in the business, the DEA closed in on us and ruined one of our transports. It was Santiago’s first job, so he freaked out and accidentally killed an officer.

I did what got expected of me and took the blame for my brother’s mistake. I ignored my father’s request to let someone else take the fall and took responsibility. It might’ve broken the family, but Tiago was free, and at the end of the day, that was all that mattered.

Tiago wasn’t made for this world and wouldn’t survive a day within this prison, so I decided to do it for him.

“He doesn’t know what he’s talking about. You’re still in good shape!” Tiago defended me and attacked me into another hug. I ruffled my hand through his hair. “Thanks, Tiago.”

“No touching!” The officer suddenly called out. I pulled away and turned to the man who was way too soft to be in here, Stanfield.

“My bad, boss.” I chuckled at him.

Even though Stanfield was an officer, he was alright. The inmates used to see him as an easy target and liked to bully him, but everything changed when I got involved. I convinced the other Castillo’s to protect

Stanfield, while Stanfield gave me several privileges such as more free time than the other inmates and unlimited access to the computer rooms.

“Sit.” I told Tiago and Panther. They followed my instructions and sat down. “How are you? How are mom, dad, Karina?” I asked Tiago. It was always good to have someone visit.

a nod. “They are all doing good.” He spoke. “Dad’s been a dad. He’s been giving me a hard time, as

reason why the family business became untouchable. He came from nothing and

couldn’t even pull a trigger, and he couldn’t even stick up for himself. He shot and killed an

A failure, son.

Tiago’s kind and pure personality was the one thing that had kept our family together. He was the light we needed in this

time after killing that DEA officer, but he picked

person.

showing they preferred me, mom and Tiago had gotten closer. “Mom is organizing the wedding.

two

getting married to a normal girl who did not

was what I wanted the most,

prison any longer, which meant all of this would soon be over. It would only be a matter of time before my charge would get

been up to?” Panther asked.

sort of prison pen pal. What’s the deal

and let out an exhausted breath. It was never my intention to sign myself up for that kind of program, but our family lawyer, Laine, told me that

I thought about the messages, which were either too formal or too thirsty, which was mainly the reason why I decided to ignore all of them.

would I, Marvin Romero, talk

message board in over two weeks and was done laughing. I had more important stuff to worry about, for example, the fact that I was getting

everything changed when I saw the look on Tiago’s face. “Just listen to Panther, Mary.” He spoke. “You should at least

a look at that damn

with a mischievous smirk on his lips. “You know, people should be grateful even to be talking to

Tiago agreed. “You should at least send one back for the looks of it, don’t you think?”

fine!” I repeated myself yet another time. “What’s the situation with the Hernandez?” I whispered so no one could hear us. We used to split California with the Hernandez cartel, but everything got screwed up after the DEA caught

day both cartels lost their transport and the day Tiago shot the DEA officer.

rid of them, which had caused us to stop working together. “What’s the

is that you overthink Panther spoke, but I could see the worry behind his

I looked at Panther, whose look told me to lie to my brother’s face, so I did. “It’s quite

the Hernandez men had been eyeing me since the moment I stepped foot in this place, but making

watched as his face lit up. He could rant about Anya and the wedding all day, and it was almost fascinating to me. The time passed by

for once!” Panther scolded Tiago and gave him a push against his head.

was going on, but she kept her mouth shut and minded her business. She was the perfect example of an

you too, and it’s mainly because her sister-in-law

imagine.” I sighed. My younger sister Karina could be a pain in the ass and could not stand it whenever someone else became the center of

is over, ladies,” Stanfield called out. I looked down at Panther’s clenched fists and shook my head. Stanfield could be a pain in the ass, but I liked his personality. He was like my

everyone,” I told Panther. “And don’t let Karina do anything stupid to

won’t,” Tiago spoke and looked at Panther for confirmation. “I got you, boss.” Panther smiled at me. “See you!”

stood right beside me. He pulled me along and patted me down. “I bet you wished to

He spoke as he pushed my back to make me start walking.

“Yes, boss,”

computer room?” I politely requested. “There’s something I have to

because he knew I helped him when he

true annoyance, did you know that?” He complained. He was always acting tough, but behind that tough act was so much more. He was not cut out to work here, he was as nervous as a cat, but somehow he still managed to feel comfortable around me. It wouldn’t be too

opened the door to let me through. I nudged some of the familiar guys and made my