"You can't take Mark
away from me!"
Molly reiterated.
Brian sneered, "What? So Mark really is my son? You're not denying that anymore?"
Molly froze. She stared at Brian, "Okay, so he's your son. And so what? Mark has been with me since the day he was born. He's my son and he is also Spark's son and it's legal. And you can't do anything about that!"
"Legal?" Brian chuckled coldly, "Mol, boy, have you changed. You've evolved from that timid, shy girl. Now you take advantage of anyone and anything just to protect yourself. That's, wow, that's really something to be proud of." Brian squinted at her, "But, unfortunately, you're in battle with me. You think you can win against me? There's no contest. I'm taking Mark away."
"I won't let that happen!" Molly screamed, her eyes filled with fear, "Brian, what's wrong with you? Why are you always taking away everything I have? You took my eyes, my mother died because of you. You're the reason I lost everything! Why do you have to take Mark away too?"
"I took your eyes?" Brian asked as he approached her, "Your mother died because of me?" He closed in on her, "I made you lose everything?"
Each question hit a nerve, Molly just kept stepping back until her back was up against a wall. She hissed through her teeth, "Brian, Mark is everything to me. I'm begging you. Please don't do this. Don't take him away from me."
"Molly, so it seems like I've always been evil in your eyes, huh?" Brian glared at Molly, his right eye twitching. His face purposefully didn't show any trace that he was sad instead he plastered a cold smile on his face, "I took your eyes, so what? Your mother died because of me, so what? Well, I just want to remind you that I can take everything away from you in the snap of a finger and that includes Mark."
"You're evil!" Molly cried as she shoved her fingers on Brian's chest. Brian stumbled a bit backward either because Molly had pushed him so hard or because he was taken by surprise. "I won't let you take Mark away! You can take everything away and I wouldn't mind as long as it wasn't Mark!"
"As long as it wasn't Mark?" Brian's dark eyes narrowed. At that moment, the atmosphere was broken with the sound of a phone ringing. It kept ringing and ringing and for a while, it was the only sound that could be heard in the quiet room.
Not one of them budged. They just kept staring down at one another. But the caller was persistent too. He just kept the ringing going, refusing to be ignored. Suddenly, Molly realized that that was her phone ringing. So she picked up her phone and checked the screen - it was Spark. She glanced at Brian before picking it up, "Spark- oh!"
Bang!
The phone was smashed on the floor. Molly stared at the broken pieces of the phone, her mouth gaping. "Are you insane?" she shouted at Brian.
Brian's heart stung at the look on Molly's face. He coldly told her, "Molly, you'll be hearing from my lawyer."
He stared at Molly one last time before turning around.
Molly panicked. She had forgotten that Brian took the phone she was using and smashed it in front of her otherwise she would have been extremely angry. She hastily asked Brian, "Brian, what do I do to change your mind?"
Brian stopped in his tracks. He slightly turned his head but not enough to face her. He somberly said, "Every kid with the Long surname must grow up in our house."
"No!" Molly yelled, "I won't let you take Mark away from me."
"That's not up to you!"
Molly anxiously walked up to him and grabbed his arm, begging him, "Please. I'm begging you. Don't take Mark away from me."
Her trembling voice made Brian frown, which went unnoticed. He didn't move or reply, but his deep eyes were filled with sadness. After a long pause, Brian slowly spoke, "Molly, you should have seen this coming. You knew this was gonna happen the moment you decided to hide my son from me."
He slowly turned around to face her. Her lips were trembling, and her eyes were filled with horror and repulsion for him. It made him hurt so much, like thousands of daggers were cutting his heart. "I've given you so many chances, but you lied to me again and again. You think I'm stupid? Did I stutter?"
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