His Promise: The Mafia’s Babies

Chapter 301

Lucas

“I made it to detective, mom.”

“Mom, I’m going to get him this time-I promise.”

Defeated, I looked at the grave in front of me and brushed my hand over the stone.

Carmela Nunes.

Today marked the tenth year of her death, and even at the age of twenty-four, the wounds had still remained. I was not over her wrongful death, and justice had to be served.

I was going to makehim pay, even if I had to do it with my

last breath.

For most of my childhood, I grew up with a single mother who worked her ass off just so we could get food on our plates. My sorry excuse of a father who was loaded could not give two shits about me.

My mom worked as his maid, and after he got her pregnant-he kicked her out without as much as a single dime.

He killed her.

His abandonment was the cause of my mom’s drug abuse and the cause of her eventual overdose. My mom was the main reason why I had fought my way through to become a detective. I was going to put an end tohim, and I was going to do it for her.

I kissed the top of my finger and brushed the stone one last time before I took my exit with the

map full of evidence in my hands. I got into my car and drove to the house of the man who was going to make a difference.George Torres.

After following Elena Torres, and The Castillo’s, I had gathered more than enough power to end this for once and for all. Two innocent women had already died because of that family, and I wasn’t going to danger another one.

Elena’s naive personality reminded me of my mom, and if I wouldn’t step in-she would probably end up the same. After the questioning, I had concluded that she was so far up their asses that she had somehow managed to give me zero information She was willing to lie for

him.

It all started at the hospital, and I could not understand how someone like Elena got involved with the Castillo’s Pen pal?What kind of excuse was that? She was the daughter of a DEA

What was she up to?

According to several rumors at the station, George Torres had been leading his very own. investigation and was after the Castillo’s as well.

justice he deserved. My dream was to beat the Castillo’s with the best, and in order to do that,

daughter has been hanging around the Castillo’s and giving him some new information would hopefully give him the push he needed to let me in

some trouble? Yes.Did I care? No. As long as I could get to him, anything

took a deep breath as I stepped out of the car and walked to

a surprised look on his face and eyed me up and

“Is Elena okay?”

him my badge. “Sir, I-”

“Is she dead?”

my head. George took a relieved breath and stuck out his hand. “Oh…how can I help

far, so good.

discuss with you…about the Castillo’s?”

we shared the same hatred for that family. The rumor had just become a reality.He

He stepped aside. I entered the dark hallway and watched as George closed the door behind me. “You’re the one who interviewed my Elena, weren’t you?”

He remembered me.

do you have on the Castillo’s, and why do you think I care?” George asked. “I have to admit,

my daughter pulled-I’m a bit embarrassed to meet

“Don’t be, sir.”

he was in. George cleared his throat. “She’s at work right now, but she’s not

than giving him a proper answer, I threw my map onto the table. “Sir-”

“George.”

Everyone knew Torres had a temper, meaning this could go both ways. “I don’t know if you’re aware, but I have reasons to believe that your daughter might be in some kind of romantic

know any better, I would’ve thought he was close to fainting. “I’m sorry, but you’re mistaken.” He chuckled. “Elena broke off all contact

in the correct order. “This is the timeline I made,” I

enough, she had left with him not long after. “He came to pick up your daughter, and

my hands. “So you’re telling me you’ve been following my

George and continued with the following pictures. “She has been seeing him for weeks, and a few days after his

“Stop.”

easy to hear, but it was the only way. “Not long after, your daughter drove to the

“Stop.”

of the inmate responsible. Right before, he sent a sketchy message about flowers being delivered….and the one with those flowers was your daughter, who

George slammed his fist onto the table.

a look at the other

is from yesterday.” I tapped my finger on the last picture. “There seemed to be

his hands

someone with a temper like that should

balled his fist. After all the information, the only thing that surprised him was his daughter lying to him. So it wasn’t the first

“I’m sorry, sir.”

of it.” George spoke. The tone in his voice was enough to send chills through my body as I worried for his daughter. Wait, why should I worry?She brought this upon herself. She was the

are you going to do?”

“Something I should’ve done