His Promise: The Mafia’s Babies

Chapter 252

Marvin

Hi again, Lena.

I wasn’t done talking to you, so it’s a bit rude of you to cut off our conversation, don’t you think?

I would’ve never guessed you were a 21-year-old, but I like your energy.

Thanks for the heart, although you missed the big letters, displaying this is NOT a dating site, I feel flattered.

Now that I know your age, I want to know more about you. What are your hobbies? What are your goals?

Waiting for your reply,

Marvin

(Ps. please stop with the emojis.)

“Is there anything wrong with my reply?” I asked my lawyer, Steven Laine. We had a meeting about the upcoming court date, and I felt the need to show him that I had finally replied to someone on the message board. The only issue was that this girl was a bit rude and left me hanging. “It has been two days already, but she has not responded.”

Laine let out a sigh and looked at me as if he asked me whether I was serious. “What?” I asked, oblivious. “Did I say something wrong?”

It was always something. After all these weeks, I finally responded to someone on the message board, only for that random girl to ghost me. She wasn’t really that interesting anyway.

“Don’t you think it’s a bit passive-aggressive?” Laine commented. I shrugged my shoulders and turned around the laptop so I could read the message one more time. “No?” I frowned. “What about this is aggressive?”

“You really don’t know?” Laine tilted his head while I was still trying to find out what the hell he was talking about. “Mr. Castillo,” Laine sighed. “The point of this program is to show the court that you’re capable of interacting with others…like a normal human being.”

“Right?” I spoke, surprised. “It’s so selfish that I do know how to behave and am stuck in here, while some girl doesn’t even dare to reply to my message and gets to stroll around free.”

“Hmm.” Laine hummed. “How about you find another

pen pal?”

a tantrum. I wanted Elena Torres. I was interested in what kind of person she was and wanted

smiled awkwardly. He must’ve thought my behavior was a bit obsessive or perhaps even stalker-ish, but I had no bad intentions. I just wanted to

could do was

freedom going?” I grinned as

Laine spoke and placed his map on the table. “Everything is still going according to

“But?”

I rolled my eyes and leaned back in my chair while I waited for the bad news. He called me by my first name, which couldn’t mean any good. “I am still getting out,

the eye. “Laine,” I spoke in a threatening tone. “I have told everyone, from the goddam guards to the stone in the damn yard, that I’ll be getting out soon, so I will be getting out.

Laine tried his hardest to reassure me, but it was already too late. I could sense the issue

“Good,” I spoke

the

let you go, you’ll never truly have your freedom.” Laine suddenly shared. “If you truly want to be free, I suggest you let the Hernandez take the fall.”

“What?”

the transport or the murder of officer Maddens,” Laine spoke. “Play it safe and put all

me to ruin my reputation and walk out like

to come to your senses and to

We were not on good terms with the Hernandez cartel, and it was mainly because both sides expected each other to have something to do with

can’t do

place?” He asked. “The leak did not come

both of you, and someone has to go-the Hernandez had already decided that it was not going

If Freddie Hernandez

become silent enemies. Would Freddie really

“Santiago is not a threat to them. They seem him as weak, inexperienced, easy to take out…but

they truly fear,” Laine concluded. “Your father is old. You were never meant to get out. They

and the moment I’d step out, it

“It won’t matter anyway,” Laine reassured me. “No one will know you as a rat. It won’t even come out

going after the Hernandez right after I get released

better than having

for the sentence which was about to leave my mouth, but Laine was right. We could only handle that much at a time, and I would not sacrifice myself to get stuck here for much longer. “I’ll do it, but only

spit. “You want to get released next week?”