Justin narrowed his eyes after Brian spoke.
He ignored Molly and instead focused on Brian with a sly smile on his face.
He finally said,"Mr. Brian Long, your reputation serves you well."
"Well, thanks. That's very flattering." Brian replied lightheartedly even though he could sense the sarcasm in Justin's voice. He tightly held Molly's hand as he rubbed her palm. "Mr. Justin Yan, you'd better be sure of what you're doing because if you make a mistake, I'm afraid we'll have to do something about it and it's not gonna be pretty. What do you think?"
Justin was taken aback at what Brian had said but he didn't show it. After all, he had been in politics for as long as he could remember, so he knew how to play. He looked at Brian dead in the eyes and chuckled,"Brian Long, you are a newborn calf fighting with the tigers."
"Whatever," Brian looked down and fixated his eyes on Molly's hand in his palm. Molly's hand was oddly icy cold - he frowned at this before turning to speak to Justin again,"I'm not interested in anyone else's business so I don't like it when someone's interested in mine. So I want someone to know that I'm not afraid to get my hands dirty." Before Justin could respond, Brian looked at Justin with a sneer on his face. "I don't like making enemies but I don't mind having to add one more to my list."
Brian kept the sneer on his face and his eyes turned black - not a single color could be seen.
Justin couldn't be fazed though, he reflected the same sneer that was on Brian's face and he started a stare off with him. No one was speaking for a while and it was getting more and more tense as the clock ticked. The atmosphere was thick and no one could breathe for a while.
Molly held her breath - she didn't know what to do. She didn't understand why Justin was here and Rory wasn't.
And who was Justin anyway?
Molly scrunched her eyebrows and her body was shaking, her hand was still tightly placed in Brian's palm. For some reason, it comforted her and frankly was the only thing that was keeping her sane at the moment. She couldn't help but feel sorry for herself as she looked at her so-called father.
Molly just grew sadder and sadder as she tried to figure out what was happening. Brian tried to get her attention by tapping her hand with his fingertips. When she didn't respond, Brian found her face had turned white as a sheet. "Mol?"
Molly ignored Brian as she was just staring at Justin. After a while, Molly broke into a fit of laughter - a sort of bitter chuckle that never seemed to end. Soon, her eyes were red and her laughter just grew stronger. Brian and Justin didn't know what to do - they didn't know why Molly was laughing in the first place and why it was taking her so long to stop laughing. They started to get uncomfortable.
Molly stopped abruptly and was just now staring at Justin. Gone was the curiosity that governed her stares before, this was just now pure resentment. Molly broke her hand away from Brian as she walked out of the room.
Brian was staring at the door where Molly had just vanished but his expression changed when Molly was stopped at the door by Justin's men. "Tony!" Brian called out.
Brian didn't have to say anything else - Tony knew what he meant. He took his gun out and fired it at the men at the door. Soon, the room was abuzz - there was wailing and people were scrambling. Molly, however, remained unfazed and just kept walking outside.
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