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?”

“All I did was follow instructions. I never meant to kill him.” He broke down. Kill him?

“Tiago, kill who?”

to Maddens, and it all started to make sense.

about?” I asked, stunned.

Marvin went to prison for. I didn’t mean to do it. It’s all

Tiago killed Stevie Maddens. How was I supposed to

made you do it?” I 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 this vibe, which I didn’t like. He was stuck

not Victor,” Tiago spoke to my surprise.

talking about

Panther?

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

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

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…”

was no secret Marvin was not only favored by Linda but Mario as well. Even then, I could still not

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

same man who once had a mental

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

matter? It wasn’t even important at the moment.

wanted to get rid of Marvin, and by the looks of it-for a very long

to get Marvin out of prison or for him to frame the Hernandez for my mistake.” Tiago continued. “I

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?”

Tiago shook his head. “Marvin can’t know…not yet.”

asked, confused. “Then why

sighed. “Because your

stepped back in complete shock and felt an uncomfortable lump in my

know?” I stuttered.

crossed my mind that Panther was aware of everything. Thinking about it, he was very quick to bring me to Marvin after dad

keeping you close to Marvin just in case.” Tiago read my mind.

“Just in case?”

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

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.”

would win either

are you telling me all of this?”

me to.” He spoke with pleading eyes. “She never

“She knew?”

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

to be Marvin’s bond with Panther. The two were close enough for

protect Marvin by going against Panther. My identity would most likely get exposed either way, so I ran out of

keep this proof?” I closed my eyes and took

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 that-but it didn’t scare me. Just like Marvin

only one villain, and that person

already knowing the answer. He wouldn’t even listen

can’t!” Tiago opposed. “He wouldn’t believe

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