His Promise: The Mafia’s Babies by C. Tamika
Chapter 76

Chapter 76

“I know of the terrible situation Luis grew up in, but kidnapping? Don’t you think you’re going a bit toofthought about the consequences?”

“Consequences?”. To be quite honest, I never did. This was just me being me, first do something andthe“Fabio does not care about me, he never did,” Luis spoke.

“But your brother does—and he must be looking for you.” Isobel walked over to him and placed herhan“You have to go back home, bud.” She told him before she turned her head towards me.

“I know Vince also screwed up, and that he’s definitely not in his right state of mind—but taking awaythtruly loves is extremely dangerous as if we don’t have enough fucking shit going on already!” Sheyelledcovered Luis’s ears.

“I don’t want to go back to Vince, he doesn’t like me anymore.” Luis sulked. The unfortunate truth wastwasn’t true and that Isobel was right—and I did think about that, but it was Luis’s decision and he didnoback.

Just the look on Vince’s face when he was searching for Luis, told me that his little brother was hisnumbbut Luis did not want to be there.

“You only had to bring him clothes and I’ll take it from here—but I need your help with somethingelse.”subject from Luis to the other main case. “Vincenzo, you know him well right?”

“Well enough to know that he won’t even wait a week and kill all of us if he knows we have Luis? Yes.”Isnodded her head.

“This is not about Luis, the Garcia’s are holding a hostage in the garage of the Garcia Factory.” I lookedaconfirmation as he nodded his head.

“I need you to break him out for me—and I need you to hide him. I know that you’re fearless and evenifyou’re known as a snake so you can talk your way out of it.”

“W-what?” Isobel stuttered. “Please slow down and go back, who exactly are we talking about rightnow“Just someone,” I rolled my eyes. Beau didn’t want anything to do with the Alfonzo’s and Irespected thaapproach Matteo because I didn’t want him to hand over Luis and I did not want to angerBeau. I knew Brather die than carrying the Alfonzo name, but I was not ready to see my twin brotherdie.

“Serena, if I will be crazy enough to help you—you need to tell me first, who are you talking about?”Isobdetermined to get an answer out of me. Yes, she was horrible—but I would’ve asked the same andI knewowed her that. “Beau.”

“Beau? Vince’s puppy?” She spoke as her laughter made my blood boil by the nickname she had givenh“Why would the Garcia’s lock him up?”

“Well, that’s easy.” I stammered as I tried my hardest to come up with an excuse.

“It’s because he helped us, he gave Christian a lot of valuable information.” I ended up telling the truth.

Judging by the fact that Fabio still hadn’t moved an inch, I assumed that Luis’s theory was right andthat to use Beau as bait.

He could’ve told the Alfonzo’s about Beau, but he didn’t—and I knew it was all because he wasplanningagainst me. My life and the baby’s life for my brother’s life.

I did not want to die but I did not want my brother to die either, and I did not want to send Luis back totplace—so freeing him would be the only way.

Isobel frowned her eyebrows. “Why would Vince’s puppy betray him and help you?”

How was I even going to get myself out of this one? “Because…we’re close?” I failed to sound sincereanscrewing up his cover.

“Were you guys together?” She continued to interrogate me as I scrunched up my nose in disgust. “Ew,ano.”

“Okay…Marcello is not a monster and he won’t snitch on Luis so why can’t we ask your brother—“

“No, absolutely not—we will absolutely not ask my brothers or any other Alfonzo for their help!” Iimmedher from finishing that sentence. “Listen, I just want you to set him free and to keep him safe fora while.”“What about the cameras? Do you really expect me to walk right in and to grab…Beau?” Isobelasked witlook on her face. She was right, I hadn’t thought this through, but I couldn’t bail on my brother.

“Look, no one is busy with Beau at the moment—because I’m pretty sure they’re looking for Luis.”

“The basement has no cameras and you can get there through the back door. Micah is guarding theplacand he is an idiot.” Luis backed me up.

“Yeah, that’s not going to happen—it’s almost five.” Isobel chuckled as she turned her phone so I could“Which means you better get going.” I shrugged my shoulders. She was going to get Beau out, oneway “Serena.” She sighed.

“Isobel.” I sighed back.

“Serena, look—what I did was wrong and I am so so so sorry—but you’re asking me to put my life onthme. The way her mind worked was just amazing to me. Her statements were definitely one for thebooks“Life on the line? Sounds familiar doesn’t it?” I reminded her. If it wasn’t for her and Enzo—Beauwouldnsomewhere in a factory basement and he wouldn’t have to risk his life to save me.

I tried to read the look on Isobel’s face, and could see that she regretted her actions—but that did stillnanything and I would not praise her for doing the bare minimum. She got Beau into this mess, so shewoof it.

“Okay, fine—I’ll go and save Beau or whatever.” She finally gave in. I let out a relieved breath andgrabbehands before I did the unexpected and pulled her into a hug.

“Thank you, thank you, thank you!”

Isobel

“I should’ve just minded my own business from the start.” Isobel sighed to herself as she stepped intothEven though she regretted her actions, she was still not the biggest fan of Serena—and could notbelievebetraying Christian to earn her forgiveness, but she also knew that Serena forgiving her wouldgive her tneeded.

The first step she would take would be to call Vincenzo. Maybe I can get through to him, she thoughtas number.

“Isobel?” She heard his trembling voice and pitied him. She knew that Luis was his everything and thatheven more than he already had. “Yes?”

“Isobel, Luis is missing—they took Luis. I hurt him and he ran away with Beau’s phone and I tried totrackit in a warehouse, all smashed up! Isobel, someone took Lui—“

“Vince, breathe—you have to chill.” Isobel attempted to calm him down. “What was Luis doing withBeautried to play along. That part was the missing piece of the puzzle, but if she was going to saveBeau—shethe right to know.

“Vince, you can tell me—I’ve been disowned remember.” She chuckled as she tried to gain his trust.“I’m“Beau and Serena are twins. All this time my dad did not kill the baby—but he gave him anotheridentitything work beside me, he gets to live while my mom and my little brother couldn’t.” Vincenzospoke withpaise.

“All this time he has been working behind my back, gave Christian valuable information to take usdownthat Beau is not worse than Serena and that he got what he deserved and got treated like shit hisentire price, and that he also deserves to die and his time will come, but Serena…she took it one steptoo far doShe does not have the right to have a baby…Christian’s baby when—“

“Shut up!” Isobel yelled out to stop him from talking. Just as she had expected, there was more behindBSerena’s relationship.

“Vince, where is Beau?” Isobel asked. She was afraid her friend began to lose his mind, just as shehad seEnzo—and she did not know how to take it. Even though she was about to betray him, he wasstill her fricared for him.

“B-beau? I-I let him go, he’s no use to me.” Vincenzo lied through the phone. Liar, Isobel thought indisbone thing going through her head. What the hell was wrong with him?

“Izzy, I’m sure they took Luis and my dad does not give a shit, he only cares about Serena—and Beauwowhere he is—I swear to god if the Lamberti’s have him I will go there right now and—“

“And do what?” Isobel yelled at him. “Vince, you have lost it. They will kill you before you even get acha“Then what should I do? I planned to call Lucio but my dad told me to drop it, he told me that wehad toto get to Serena and the baby, but I can’t sacrifice Luis—”

“Vincenzo, do you hear yourself?” Isobel was shocked by his statement. “W-what?” Vincenzo asked,comof the impact his words had left.

“You’ve lost it,” Isobel told him in all honesty. “Talking about sacrifices? Do you hear yourself?”

The thought of her sacrificing not only Serena but also an innocent baby came back to her mind andslowrealize how unreal it all sounded and she couldn’t help but think, did I also used to sound like that?

“I just want my brother back, I’m losing my mind…what do I do?” Vincenzo panicked. Isobel wasunsure oand began to understand the consequences of her actions.

If there was someone who’d always had a stable mind, it’d have to be Vincenzo. She knew from thestartpersonality was all an act, so she used him as easy target—but with Vincenzo it was different. Shehad knbe a bright and kind person—but everything had changed.

“I know, it’ll all be okay—I’m sure Luis walked away because he couldn’t take it anymore and—“

“What, he couldn’t take me? You’re just like him.” Vincenzo spoke. The change in tone surprised Isobelathat one wrong word could make it even worse. “What?”

“My dad, you’re just like him. You also think Luis hates us and that’s why he ran away—just like mybrothyou?” Vincenzo believed. “What, that’s not what I said?”

“You know that you are the reason why we’re all in this mess in the first place. If you’d just kept yourmoof this would’ve reached us and we would’ve lived in peace, and Luis would’ve still been here!”VincenzoIsobel held her phone from a distance.

He was right, it was all her fault—and there was nothing she could do to change that. Being frownedupotaking the extra dosis of the blame which Enzo should’ve gotten was enough of a punishment.“Vince?”“You are the Antichrist—no, you are no different from satan…you are the devil in disguise,that’s what yospoke as if he was in some kind of trance. His opinion was no different from Christian’s—but to Isobel himatter as much as Christian’s. What was the point of getting worked up if his wordswere the truth? Isobdecided for herself.

“Vincenzo?” Isobel called out after she had realized that he had hung up in her ear. Anyone could seethnot having Luis close to him was driving him insane and she slowly began to wonder whether or notSeremade it worse. She understood where she was coming from, because Vince had lost his mind—but she dwhether it was worth it or not to risk his mental health for a child.

“Yeah, I need to free Beau while I still can.” She whispered to herself as she started the car.

Isobel agreed with both Christian and Vincenzo, all of this was because of her—but she had believedthareaching out to her was a chance to fix everything.

A chance to get her life back