Chapter 286

Marvin

“Marvin, wake up.”

“Marvin, can you hear me?”

With pain in my head, I slowly opened my eyes

I focused on the sound of my mom’s voice, trying to fight my way to my blurry vision.

The first thing you usually heard in movies were common words such as,where am Iorwho am I, but I was not confused. I was aware of my surroundings, and only one thing went through my mind.

I am alive….I survived.

“Marvin, it’s time to wake up.’

“Mom, don’t force him.”

“Is uncle dead?”

“I’m not dead,” I yawned, stretching out my arms. I was supposed to be dead, but I wasn’t. The first thing I felt was my mom’s soft lips on top of my forehead. “I thought we’d lost you as well.” She cried.

Confused, I turned my head to look at my sister, Karina, and my nephew, Cisco. “What does she mean? Where is Tiago-”

“Tiago is fine.” Karina smiled through her tears. “Come on, mom-I think it’s time for us to step out for a

second.”

I looked at the nurse in front of me and shook my head in disapproval. “We don’t need to do any tests. I’m fine!” I told her, ripping several electrodes from my body. “No, sir-you can’t do that!” The middle-aged woman spoke while the remaining nurses followed her.

My mom, Karina, and Cisco got rushed out of the room while I let out an exhausted breath and decided to work along after feeling a burning sensation in my abdomen. I wasn’t fully recovered yet. The sooner 1 worked along, the sooner I would receive some answers. Where was Tiago, and what had exactly happened?

After some hours had passed, I was finally able to see my family-but the looks on everyone’s faces and the fact that Tiago was not present was not a good sign. Full of curiosity, I looked at my mom, dad, Karina, and Victor.

I didn’t know what Victor was doing here, especially after his heartless comment-but I guess the gesture was nice. “So what’s up with the serious faces, and where are Tiago and Anya?” I chuckled, fearing for the

worst.

The pale faces after mentioning Anya’s name were terrifying. “Marvin….I’m so sorry.” My mom spoke. lowering her head. “But Anya…” She continued.

I took a breath. “She didn’t make it….Anya didn’t make it.” I concluded, balling my fist. I hadn’t even noticed how angry I was until Karina placed her hand on my shoulder to calm me down. Mario Castillo

carried his usual cold expression on his face, as did Victor.

cried the entire night when his dog died, and Anya could not even be compared to that dog. My dad cleared his throat and fixed his tic. “Santiago

“Marvin, your brother….he’s not doing okay-but we’re

“Everyone out.”

“What?”

myself. “Not you, dad, but

grabbed Victor and Karina by their arms while Victor shot me a disgusted

need to

was just Mario and me, and the tension was

dad spoke through gritted teeth, pacing back and forth. I was surprised he cared, considering he wasn’t the best at showing his feelings. “I almost lost my son because he took a bullet for some

Elena…

processing all the news about Tiago and Anya that I hadn’t

to my side and pushed me back down. “She’s fine, and she’s not

took in Panther’s words and nodded my head. He was right. As long as she was doing fine-she was not my priority. “Did you speak with

answered coldly. “The funeral is

we have

your mom will go, and we will stay out

all of their expenses, and we will take our distance from that

brow. “What makes you say that? I don’t want to ruin your fantasy, but they had a

he was afraid, didn’t know how to hold a gun….he just couldn’t be a Hernandez.” I shared my theory. “I mean, think about

killed everyone at that wedding-”

“You’ve been locked up for years. You have no idea about what’s been going on with the Hernandez.” He argued. “We framed Freddie’s son, threw him into prison- don’t be an idiot.”

those words were perfect to describe me, especially after taking a bullet for some woman who had no purpose to me. “We can point fingers and all of that, but we won’t.” My dad spoke. “I have already discussed it with the other groups, and we have all decided to kick out Freddie.”

discussed it with the other cartels meant there was no going back. All the groups. coming together from all the states to discuss this matter was prove that everyone was on the same page

it’s time for you to step up!” Mario spoke, irritated. “I don’t know what the hell you’ve been doing since you’ve stepped

“Meaning?

with this, and I would love to take care of this-but I can’t always stand behind you, and people are talking. They are starting to see you as weak.” He explained. It was no surprise the other groups had their doubts.I was slacking, and it was all because of a

his head. “They’re even saying that Victor should—”

“No!”

my power and sat up straight. “No. If they want me to

disaster for humanity. I would rather sell my soul to the devil before leaving the business in his hands. The argument of the Hernandez not being the same anymore made sense, considering I had been

sake of our family.” My dad spoke, relieved. “We should

last thing anyone needed

“Yes, I do.”

and that was my former guard and friend,

him many times and stood behind him in prison-so doing me a favor was the least he could do. “Bring him to me. We can’t get

me a

“It seems like my job here is done. Keep me updated, and I’ll relay your plan to the

groups.

turned his back to make his way out, but before he could, he stopped

“Yes, sir?”

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