His Promise: The Mafia’s Babies

Chapter 345

Marvin

Everything seemed foggy…

It felt as if I was viewing the world through an underwater lens. That’s right, the car had just crashed. I blinked my eyes through the pain, and crawled away, groaning.

There was no time for pain. The adrenaline pumped through my veins, bringing me back to reality. With heavy breaths, and a ragged pulse drumming in my ears, I had managed to get out of the car.

My first instinct was to go to my brother, who was thrown out of the car. “Are you okay? Can you move?” I asked Tiago, who had luckily remained unharmed.

He nodded his head, his eyes wide open as he took in the scene. With the car almost being on the edge of the cliff, we had barely survived. Did he want to take us all down with him?

My head turned once I had heard a groan, and there he was-Panther, semi-conscious, trying to pull himself together.

A flicker of satisfaction went through my body. Good, I wanted him awake for this.

“Let me give you a hand.” I dragged him out of the wreckage. His body seemed weak as if he was already on the verge of dying. My muscles strained as I pulled him closer to the edge of the cliff, just like I had done when I had asked him about Karina.

I warned him that time.

No more lies, or the next time, I will kill you.

Suddenly I felt a hard object hit me in the eye, and Panther had removed himself from my grip. It all happened so fast, because the next second he stood behind Tiago, with a gun pressed to my brother’s head.

I should’ve known better.

Panther was strong, powerful, he grew up around Castillos.

I carefully observed the frightened expression in Tiago’s eyes. After all those years, and all those days at the Armandos, his reaction towards fear had not changed a thing.

It never would.

“P-P-Pedro?” He almost begged him.

Pathetic.

“I will kill him, Marvin.” Panther smirked. “You know I will.”

“Great.” I shrugged my shoulders, making a thin line with my lips. “Then you’ll know I won’t give a fuck. Good riddance.”

“Marvin!” Tiago called out my name, shocked. Quite funny how he had no issue letting me rot in prison, but now I was supposedly the problem.

He was once again doubting me again.

Of course I wouldn’t let him get killed.

He was still my brother.

“This is how things are going to go.” Panther spoke, taking authority. “I will leave, take him with me–and send him back later, okay?”

I sighed, not giving him a response. Not liking my answer, Panther pushed the gun harder to Tiago’s head.

See, he was actually insane and would do it.

“Okay, okay!” I held up my hands in defense. “But before you go, at least let me know why you’ve been doing all of this. Don’t you think I have the right?”

I was only buying some time so I could figure out what the hell to do.

“Fine.” He sneered. “What do you want to know?”

“You know, Elena told me everything.” I began. “She told me about her family, your threat, she showed me the tape.” I laughed at the last words. “The one of you and my brother conspiring against me to trap me in prison-so first Tiago could take over the business, and then your son….Cisco.”

chuckled, Tiago looked embarrassed.

so well. Please tell me what happened

both of your plans went to

remorseful for betraying his brother, you probably told him you did too-but that was all a lie. You didn’t need him anymore, you got Anya killed because she knew too much, you knew Tiago would lose it,

“Hmm.”

killed Anya?” He immediately

knew what kind of monster he was, but even he didn’t know Panther was

Panter

can only not understand where Elena fits into all of this.”

daughter was something even Panther couldn’t execute. Our relationship

last step was going to, and then she came into my life like a gift send from the lord himself. A good distraction, better yet-a DEA agent’s daughter.” Panther chuckled proudly “I figured, the more you’d fall for her, the softer you’d become, the more you’d realize you don’t belong here, and lastly, the more you’d be willing to eventually give up your position to

my family, not even for a woman.” I said. Ever since a young age, I knew my duties-and no, I didn’t always agreed with

I was a Castillo. “Your plan

can see that now.” Panther spoke.

“I’m heartless?”

“Yes,”

“You’ve been doing all of

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like I hit a nerve. “All of you…you don’t look after the boy, you don’t pay attention

only nephew, you’re even more stupid than I thought you were.” I corrected him. “Cisco is my

but I was not a bad uncle. I

doesn’t hold any value inside of the

by Dad, it felt as if I

looked him in the eyes.

Panther shook

“Don’t say that.”

I never liked being in your shadows, I didn’t want to be around you, and every

I questioned. “You say that you don’t care,

for his validation. A friendship of a lifetime, and now he wanted to tell me that

it’s hard to believe, but I don’t think anyone cares about you, Marvin. I’m sorry that I have to be the one

felt like daggers, and just like that, it was over. He was dead to

had already made

what I

do you

a little too ambitious, and now you want to hide behind your son.” I took a few steps closer. “Did you really think you

wanted to give you an easy death because I cared about you. I took you here because I didn’t want Mario to torture you. I planned on making it quick and

to prison

could read the nerves from Panther’s face as I

a determined look. One that encouraged me to walk further, and I did-to test

I said. “Kill Tiago

back into my eyes as I gave him a nod. He wanted to overthrow him, step up and be a Castillo for once, and I would

one last breath, ready to fight back-but then a car sped down the hill, hitting

old friend flew over

What the…?

surprisingly stepped out of the car, and Lucas followed.

be

to the ground, hyperventilating. Meanwhile

looked like a family

me guess…Elena…” I met eyes with Lucas, who stepped back to let Victor

you might do all of this.”

“Did you know…”

check on an ant if someone’d ask him to. I told you that

it

to- oh shit!” He gasped as Tiago forcefully removed

from his pocket as I watched it

His tone was cold.

from a distance, unable to get up from the