Chapter 324

Elena

“Tiago?” I lowered my voice as I was headed for the gates.

“Ti-”

I could barely finish my sentence as a hand had already covered my mouth. “Not so loud!” Tiago whispered in my ear as he pulled me to the back.

Seconds later, he finally removed his hand from my lips. I created a distance between us and looked at his face. “T-Tiago.” I smiled awkwardly, still unsure about why he would force me out of my house in the middle of the night.

If anything, he seemed even worse than he did before. I shamelessly observed the bags and dark circles around his eyes. He looked like he hadn’t slept in days. What did he even want from me?

“S-so, I’m leaving tomorrow,” Tiago spoke after a silence. I blinked my eyes a few times, unsure of what to do. “Yes, I know.”

“So why did you want to see me?” I asked, “Do you want me to get Ma-”

“No!”

I flinched at Tiago’s cold tone. “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to yell at you…not again.” He took a breath. That’s right. This wasn’t the first time.

I carefully moved my hand to Tiago’s check and looked into his eyes, showing him he could trust me. “It’s okay. I’m here to help.” I nodded desperately.

“I know, and I trust you-that’s why I came to you,” Tiago said.

“Do you want to tell me something?”

Tiago’s eyes turned big as he shook his head. “Is Marvin inside?” He asked in a hurry.

“Yes.”

“Is he alone?”

“No. He’s with Lucas and Panther-”

Tiago stepped back, lowering his head. “He can’t be here. He can’t be here!” He paced back and forth. He slammed his fist against his forehead and released a frustrated sigh. “This was a bad idea. What am I doing?” He muttered. “He’s going to hurt me.”

“Tiago, who can’t be here?” I pushed for answers. “Is it about Marvin?”

“No.”

“Lucas?”

“No.”

Tiago stopped in his steps and shot me an angry look. “It’s Victor, isn’t it?” I asked. “Why can’t you just give me a name and tell me what this is about?”

I waited for an answer. “I-I remember you telling me something about you doing something Marvin can never know?”

“Is someone in the house threatening you?”

I did was follow instructions. I

“Tiago, kill who?”

as my thoughts went to Maddens, and it all started to make

about?” I asked,

Marvin went to prison for. I didn’t mean to do

Stevie Maddens. How was I supposed to feel about all

concluded. Even though he pulled the trigger, I wanted to believe Tiago wasn’t entirely at fault, and I knew that man couldn’t be trusted from the start. He just had

Victor,” Tiago spoke to my surprise.

about Panther.”

Panther?

words. This wasn’t true. Tiago wasn’t in his right state of mind and blamed everyone

accepted me with open arms. He wasn’t that smart. but his kind personality had always made up for it.

his throat. “He told me that Marvin would take the fall for me, and I could take over the family business.” He said. “The only thing he wanted was for me to hand it over to Cisco

“Tiago…”

Karina and his son-Cisco is Panther’s in case you didn’t know, and I just wanted to matter for once,” Tiago stated. It was no secret Marvin was not only favored by Linda but Mario as well. Even then, I could still not understand how one could sabotage his brother.

ass anyway-but I never meant to kill him!” He spoke. “I

corrupt? Who would’ve known the same man who once had a mental breakdown over

have known? Was that the reason why Maddens’ death

even matter? It wasn’t even important at

and by the looks of it-for a

Marvin out of prison or for him to frame the Hernandez for my mistake.” Tiago continued. “I never

poor Anya, who didn’t have anything to do with this. I didn’t have anything to do with this either, so I was still confused as to why he would even

“Who knows this?”

head. “Marvin

I asked, confused. “Then why did you tell me?”

simple.” Tiago sighed. “Because your

complete shock and felt an

know?” I stuttered.

aware of everything. Thinking about it, he was very quick to

dad, he planned on keeping you close to Marvin just

“Just in case?”

only hiding your identity because he doesn’t feel the need to reveal it at the moment.” He told

be enough to make Marvin lose his mind,” I whispered. There was only one thing I couldn’t wrap my head around. Tiago was not only out of the picture but would also be going away soon-so what were Panther’s

“Exactly.”

would win either way. This was a win- win situation for

me all

his hand around my wrist. “Because Anya would’ve wanted me to.” He spoke with

“She knew?”

Panther away for a long time.” He shared. “I want to come clean

get in between, it had to be Marvin’s bond with Panther. The two were close enough for

for the best-or I could risk everything and protect Marvin by going against Panther. My identity would most likely get exposed either way, so I ran out of

this proof?” I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. It was all for

help. “I-I have no idea where it is, though.” By the looks of it, he seemed surprised that I

villain, and that

knowing the answer. He wouldn’t even listen to me.

opposed. “He wouldn’t believe you

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