Panicked, the two gamblers looked at one another and tried to beat one another to defend themselves. Their scheme was exposed, and they now knew who Brian was. His voice quivering, the fat man explained while pointing to the assistant manager," We were only taking orders from him."
The man in question suddenly went pale. His lips trembled in panic, and he was too terrified to speak clearly. "Mr. Brian Long…" he pleaded. "I am innocent." In his fear, he had forgotten his broken finger. "I also…" the man stopped.
"Don't tell me you're also taking orders from someone else!" His eyes boring into the casino officer, Brian snorted in contempt, and his mouth tilted at the corners. His look was meant to intimidate, and no one in the room dared to look at him. "Don't lie to me! You had the nerve to cheat on our clients while working for me?"
"No, I didn't! I…" Scared to death now, he stammered then stopped.
"And then you had the gall to hit my woman?" Brian was on a roll. He let out an evil laugh. Brian was laughing at himself, but it sounded like he was also laughing at the others. Anyone hearing his laughter would feel threatened. Right now, the feeling was like being trapped in hell. "Don't worry. I'm a fair man, and I believe in justice. Whatever I owe, I always pay it back."
Slowly, he turned to Molly and looked at her with kind eyes. "Tell me, Molly, what will you do with them?"
His tone was charming and at the same time frightening. Molly relaxed her hands as the rest of the people in the room looked at her with imploring eyes, almost brimming with tears.
But her thoughts were not on what she suffered in these men's hands. Instead, she felt heartbroken and suffocated. "My woman?" she murmured, repeating what Brian called her. Her head suddenly snapped. 'I'm not your woman anymore! Why did you say that?' Molly cried out in her mind.
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