His Promise: The Mafia’s Babies

Chapter 324

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 never meant to kill him.” He broke down. Kill

“Tiago, kill who?”

My mind went blank as my thoughts went to Maddens, and it all started to make sense. Marvin claimed he went to prison for something he didn’t do. Was

are you talking about?” I asked,

embarrassed. “That thing Marvin went to prison for. I didn’t mean to do it. It’s all my fault- but I swear, I had no choice!”

was Tiago? Tiago killed Stevie Maddens. How was I supposed to feel

Tiago wasn’t entirely at fault, and I knew that man couldn’t be trusted from the start. He just had

spoke to

about

Panther?

I could not process his words. This wasn’t true. Tiago wasn’t

be the bad guy? He was the one who accepted me with open arms. He wasn’t that

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

“Tiago…”

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

agent was a corrupt, manipulating ass anyway-but I never meant to kill him!” He spoke. “I just shot

man who once had a mental breakdown over

dad have known? Was that the reason why Maddens’ death hit him even harder?

even matter? It wasn’t even

to get rid of Marvin, and by the looks

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

to 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 share this with me.

“Who knows this?”

his head.

asked, confused. “Then why did

“Because your dad is a DEA agent.”

felt

know?” I stuttered.

At that moment, it crossed my mind that Panther was aware of everything. Thinking about it, he

finding out about your dad, he planned on keeping you close to Marvin just in case.” Tiago

“Just in case?”

your identity because he doesn’t feel the need to reveal it at the moment.” He told me. “You’re

my identity would 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

“Exactly.”

some stupid game, and unfortunately, he would win either way. This was a win- win

you telling me all

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

“She knew?”

long time.” He shared. “I want to come clean to Marvin, but

one thing I couldn’t get in between, it had to be Marvin’s bond with Panther.

go and hope 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

and took a deep

is, though.” By the looks of it, he seemed surprised that I was willing to help. Tiago just admitted to killing someone in cold blood, Stevie Maddens, on top of

only one villain, and that person turned out

I suggested, already knowing the answer. He wouldn’t even

opposed. “He wouldn’t

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