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.”

Tiago looked

so well. Please tell me what happened

to shit.” I

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, and somehow

“Hmm.”

He immediately confirmed that information was new to him.

kind of monster he was, but even he didn’t know Panther was capable of taking

Panter

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

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

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

my family, not even

was a Castillo. “Your plan

Panther spoke. “I knew you were heartless..but damn.”

“I’m heartless?”

“Yes,”

to talk.” I murmured. “You’ve been doing all of this, just for

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for Cisco!” It sounded like I hit a nerve. “All of you…you don’t look after the boy, you don’t pay attention to him-I had to do something to secure his position, I had to do

even more stupid than

I was not a bad uncle. I would never abandon my

value inside of the family.” Panther retorted, only he was wrong.

he was adopted, Victor was so loved by Dad, it felt as if I had been competing

my brother.” I looked him in the eyes. I truly thought we had

never.” Panther shook his head.

“Don’t say that.”

to be around you, and every time I looked at you-1 held back the urge to

didn’t you? Why don’t you shoot me now?” I questioned. “You say that you don’t care, but you

A friendship of a lifetime,

cares about you, Marvin. I’m sorry that I have to be the one to tell you, but no

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

already made his point.

what I

do you think?”

and now you want to hide behind your son.” I took a few steps closer. “Did you really think you could take over the Castillos, and Mario would welcome you with open arms? If he knew you got our Karina

because I cared about you. I took you here because I

good reason to believe that he wouldn’t shoot me. He send me to prison because he couldn’t kill me back then, and he wouldn’t kill me

nerves from Panther’s face as I moved even closer. “I’ll really shoot him-I swear!”

shot me a determined look. One that encouraged me to walk

I said. “Kill Tiago if you want to. I don’t care.”

a nod. He wanted to overthrow

ready to fight back-but then a car sped down the

as my old friend flew

What the…?

late? No?” Victor surprisingly stepped

be kidding

and knelt to the ground, hyperventilating. Meanwhile I was still confused as to

like a family reunion.

with Lucas, who stepped

warned us you might do all of this.” Victor

“Did you know…”

check on an ant if someone’d ask him to. I told you that boy was no good.” Victor shared. “Her friend contacted me a while back, it’s a long story-one that doesn’t matter

the point of keeping it a secret then?” I whispered to myself. the betrayal only getting bigger.

back to- oh shit!” He gasped as Tiago

from his pocket as I watched it all unfold.

tone was cold. “I’ll kill him!”

unable to get up from the ground. Not even