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?”

was finally getting somewhere. “All I did was follow

“Tiago, kill who?”

Maddens, and it all started to make sense. Marvin claimed he went to

you talking about?” I

for. I didn’t mean to do it. It’s all my fault- but I swear,

Tiago killed Stevie Maddens. How was I

the trigger, I wanted to believe Tiago wasn’t entirely at fault, and I

Victor,” Tiago spoke to my surprise.

talking about

Panther?

go numb as I could not process his words. This wasn’t true.

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

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 once

“Tiago…”

Tiago stated. It was no

meant to kill him!” He spoke. “I just shot him

the same man who once had a mental breakdown over stolen candy could be corrupt?

reason why Maddens’ death hit him

It wasn’t even important at the moment.

to get rid of Marvin, and by the looks of it-for

get Marvin out of prison or for him to frame the

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

“Who knows this?”

one.” Tiago shook his head.

why did

your dad is

and felt an uncomfortable lump in my

d-do you know?”

Tiago spoke. At that moment, it crossed my mind that Panther was aware of everything. Thinking about it, he was very quick to bring me

dad, he planned on keeping you close to Marvin

“Just in case?”

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

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 going away soon-so what were

“Exactly.”

unfortunately, he would win

me all of

Anya would’ve wanted me to.” He spoke with pleading eyes. “She never agreed to this.”

“She knew?”

things. Things which could put Panther away for a long time.” He shared. “I want to come clean to Marvin, but he wouldn’t believe me. Not without proof

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

let it go and hope for the best-or I could risk everything and protect Marvin by going against

did Anya keep this proof?” I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. It was all for Marvin’s

he seemed surprised that I was willing to help. Tiago just admitted to killing someone in cold blood, Stevie Maddens, on top of that-but it didn’t

only one villain, and that person turned

I suggested, already knowing

“He wouldn’t believe

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