His Promise: The Mafia’s Babies by C. Tamika novel Chapter 264

Chapter 264

Elena

“I’m sorry, my bad.”

I pulled my hoodie over my head and reached down to grab my phone as I was determined to ignore all contact with the person who had bumped into me.

“No worries,” I whispered as I stormed off and made my way towards the bar. Today was a workday, and the wedding was getting closer, which also meant my meeting with Marvin was slowly getting closer, and I was as nervous as one could be.

“If you didn’t want to work today, you could’ve just said so,” Rona laughed as I walked past her. She followed behind me and removed my hood from my hoodie. “You know why I’m nervous,” I spoke. Besides Victoria, Rona was the only other person aware of the mess I had gotten myself into.

“Come on, calm down,” Rona reassured me. “You still got some time left, and besides that, it’s not as if you’re going to see the Marvin guy around here or something.”

“True.” I breathed. Rona had a point. He wasn’t going to be around here. It wasn’t even the fact that he was a criminal, but it was more so the fact that I had fallen in love with him. It was difficult to admit, but it was the harsh truth.

“Listen up. I’m about to ruin your day even more. Rona spoke nervously. I waited for her explanation, but she remained silent. “What do you mean?”

“Uh, well,” Rona began. “There is this group of men upstairs, and apparently, the cops are on their way to

arrest them.”

I was waiting for her to tell me that she was joking, but I could not deny the serious look on her face. “I’m sorry, what?”

“Yes, some guy came in here.” Rona sighed. “I think he’s a special agent or something. By the way, it was actually Santiago’s brother..”

“Santiago of the wedding?” I frowned while Rona nodded her head enthusiastically. I guess his brother had finally returned from vacation. “Yes, him!”

“Okay, but please get to the point.”

“Oh, yes-of course.” Rona continued her story. “He told me to be prepared because the cops are on their way to arrest this asshole who is upstairs.”

I let out a hysterical sigh and closed my eyes in annoyance. It seemed like I just wasn’t able to live in peace without a criminal bothering me. “Do you think I attract criminals?” I asked Rona. She went into deep thoughts and shrugged her shoulders. “No, why?”

“Because it seems like trouble is following me wherever I go, and I’m getting sick of it.”

“Oh, well.” Rona shrugged me off. “How is your dad doing? Is he still suspended?”

thought things through, and neither did Alex since he was stupid enough to remain by his side. “Yes, he is,” I spoke, embarrassed. “And he will be until he can find some proof of the people who are really responsible for his partner’s death.”

“That must suck,” Rona spoke. “I know how obsessed your dad is with his job, and I know he’s been doing this for a long time.”

I was not in the mood for a pity talk. Not from Rona and also not from Victoria. “So how long until he runs out of money to pay his bills?” Rona asked. It was not a silly question as I definitely wondered the same. I was just about to answer her before we got interrupted by the sound of the officers barging in.

I flinched and stepped back while I felt grateful that there weren’t that many customers inside. Rona pushed me aside and ran towards the group of men. She pointed her finger upstairs and motioned for me to come her way.

Why me?

“Go, I have it under control here.” One of the employees smiled at me. I was reluctant initially, but I made my way over to Rona and the police, who walked past us, except for one man. “So our…colleague who reported it is not here anymore?” The man spoke to Rona. “That’s interesting.”

His eyes met mine and turned big before he stuck out his hand. “Agent Torres, daughter?” He spoke, surprised. “I don’t think you recognize me, but I work with your dad and your brother?”

Excellent, so as if it couldn’t get any worse, the issue was drug-related. I frowned my eyebrow and tried to connect a name to the face. I had been at my dad’s office countless times, but that was years ago when I was still a high school student. “Agent Clover?” I guessed. The man nodded his head. “Yes, your dad did mention something about you working at a…bar”

“Oh, did he now?” I smiled at him. I didn’t want to talk about my dad and especially not with one of his co-workers. If anything, I felt embarrassed that everyone was aware of his suspension. “Yes, he did,” Clover replied. “So, how is he doing?”

There it was. The infamous question to which I could not answer. “Uh.” I stammered as I tried to come up with a lie as to why we couldn’t discuss my dad’s whereabouts. “We should probably catch the criminal first.”

“R-right.” Agent Clover agreed. He shot me one last smile and walked past me. “Elena, come on, stuff like this is always so exciting!” Rona pulled my arm.

I shared a different opinion, as it didn’t exactly interest me. I followed her to the VIP lounge and watched as the officers turned towards one of the guys. He sat on the sofa like he owned the place and stretched out his feet on the table.

“Yeah, they should lock him up,” I whispered as my eyes moved towards his entourage, who didn’t seem all that different from him. There were quite a lot of officers, meaning this person had to be a severe case. “Danny Hernandez, Clover spoke.