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.

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

was no surprise. Mario Castillo was a strict and ruthless man and the reason why the family business became untouchable. He came from nothing and worked his way up, and he wanted us

and my younger sister, Karina. Tiago was kind, soft, and polite. He couldn’t fight, he couldn’t even pull a trigger, and he couldn’t even stick up for himself. He shot

A failure, son.

was the one thing that had kept our family together. He was the light

killing that DEA officer, but he picked himself back up

person.

mom and Tiago had gotten closer. “Mom is organizing the wedding. She’s been driving Anya crazy.”

two more

plans to marry his high-school sweetheart, Anya. She was a nice girl, and I was happy for him. He was getting married to a normal girl who did not have any ties to

be there.” I apologized. It was what I wanted the most, but I

be out soon-that’s all that matters. Tiago reassured me. Luckily there was not enough evidence to hold me in prison any longer, which meant all of this would soon be over. It would only be a matter of time before my charge

been up

he signed you up for some sort of prison pen pal. What’s

exhausted breath. It was never my intention to sign myself up for that kind of program, but our family lawyer,

me.” I spoke as I thought about the messages, which were either too formal or too thirsty, which was mainly the reason why I decided to ignore

Marvin Romero, talk to

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

him with harsh words, but everything changed when I saw the look on Tiago’s face. “Just listen

“I’ll take a look at

on his lips. “You know, people should be grateful even to be

Tiago agreed. “You should at least send one back for the looks

one could hear us. We used to split California with the Hernandez cartel, but everything

day both cartels lost their transport

working together. “What’s the plan for when I

I could see the worry behind his eyes. I bet the only reason why he was hiding it was because of

you in here? Are they trying to get to you, or is it still peaceful?” Santiago asked, worried. I looked at Panther, whose look told me

this

Anya doing?” I asked Tiago and watched as his face lit up. He could rant about Anya and the wedding all day, and it was almost

Anya for once!” Panther scolded Tiago and gave him a push

quiet. She knew what was going on, but she kept

last hug. “Anya likes you too, and it’s mainly because her sister-in-law

could be a pain in the ass and could not stand it whenever someone else became the center of

ladies,” Stanfield called out. I looked down at Panther’s clenched fists and shook my head. Stanfield could be a pain

sure to take care of everyone,” I told Panther. “And don’t let Karina do anything stupid to ruin Tiago’s

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

watched as Panther and Tiago walked off and smiled at Stanfield, who stood right beside me. He pulled me along and patted me down. “I

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

“Yes, boss,”

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

changed our direction. Even if he wanted to say something, he couldn’t because he knew I helped him

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

of the familiar guys and