"It seems like... Only one of us has lady luck on her side," Cora sneered, as she looked at Molly's cards.
As many factors were involved in changing the cards, Molly was convinced that Cora did not tamper with her. Taking a deep breath, she said, "I only hope that you will not disturb the life of our family after this game."
For some reason, what Molly said made Cora laugh hysterically. After getting herself together, she looked at Molly, her eyes narrowed. "Maybe... After this game, you, Miss Molly, would finally leave." She purposefully called her Miss Molly instead of Mrs. Long, as she wanted to rid her of her identity of being Brian's wife. With that, she once again laughed hysterically.
Indeed, the words that had come out of the two ladies' mouth have been nothing but full of gunpowder - explosive and dangerous. In such a gloomy atmosphere, the God of Gamblers looked at Brian suddenly and asked, "How does it feel having two women fighting over you?" As the statement was only meant for Brian, he intentionally made his voice quiet so that all the other people who were concentrated on the game would not hear anything.
With that, Brian's eyes got darker, and replied faintly, "The same as you felt about it. "
The God of Gamblers was speechless at what Brian said. Not being able to come up with a smart comeback, he just glared at Brian and stayed quiet. He also understood that being silent would lessen his chances of shooting himself in the foot. That year, because he didn't know that Shirley had gotten married, he had done ridiculous things for her. At that time, he was depressed because his wife had just passed away and when he met her, she was so kind and loved laughing. Aside from that, she extensively offered him help when she discovered that he was suffering from depression.
However, the moment he knew the truth, he knew that she met him just because she was chasing her idol. But at that point, he had already been obsessed with her for a month and had already done numerous crazy things just for her. Well, that was until Richie came along. That period of time had really been unbearable for him.
It also had been the reason why he had hoped Cora would stop having feelings for Brian.
As he was having these thoughts, everyone in the room was holding their breaths, because the two women were already confronting each other.
Cora was sure that she would defeat Molly, but Molly wouldn't allow herself to be shaken, solely because of her love and devotion for Brian. Her uncertainty had already caused undesirable consequences for her and her relationship with Brian. Now more than ever, she would not let herself repeat the same mistakes she has made.
As she stared at Cora, her eyes were full of fire - a firm, steady flame - and it seemed to send a message to her opponent that she would never let her defeat her. And even if she lost, she had already readied herself to face the worst thing that would happen. If she would get misconstrued as a person who had drug problems and questionable dignity, there was no chance in hell that she would give Brian up.
That was the worst scenario, though. Molly was determined to win. That was the only way that force Cora to leave. To her, if Cora was gone for good, she and Brian would be at peace.
Looking at the two women with an indifferent expression, Shane said slowly, in a flat voice, "Please show the cards."
Just as Shane finished what he was saying, both Cora and Molly took action at the same time. They both knew that the first person who opened a card would successfully cease the opportunity. Because of that, both of them understandably didn't want to miss it.
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