The family of three lying on the ground had been completely brutalized by Molly.
“Back off,” Chad commanded.
A dozen burly men turned to Molly, waiting for her signal.
Chad realized they were ignoring him and only listening to his sister.
“Molly!” Chad called out, his voice laced with anger.
Molly, irritated by Chad’s interruption, reluctantly ordered, “Stop.”
The men halted immediately, but the torment they had inflicted was enough to scar the victims for life.
Chad glanced at Juliana’s condition and frowned. “Molly, you’re coming home with me.”
Instead of complying, Molly coldly instructed her men, “One finger, a hundred grand.”
Juliana, lying on the ground, was gagged with a piece of wood, unable to cry out.
Chad’s eyes blazed with fury. “Molly, stop it!”
Money talks. By the time Chad finished speaking, Molly had already achieved her goal.
Dave, seeing his cousin was siding with them, desperately called out, “Cousin, help me! I had nothing to do with this!”
Hearing this, Molly approached Walter and Dave, squatting down in front of them.
Both men turned pale with fear. Molly, like a ghost, stared them down. “Nothing to do with you? How can that be when your mother caused a scene at our house!”
Chad strode over and yanked Molly up from her dark corner.
“Molly, come home with me!” he demanded.
Molly tried to shake off Chad’s grip but failed. Her eyes welled up with tears. “Let me go.”
Ignoring her plea, Chad dragged her towards the car.
Molly shot Juliana a warning look. “If you see my mother again in this lifetime, you better steer clear. Consider the severed finger a warning.”
As they passed Leo, before Chad could say a word, Leo spoke up, “Chad, I’ll leave Auntie to you. I’ll handle the rest.”
Fuming, Chad pulled Molly to the car door and shoved her into the passenger seat.
He got in, started the car, and drove away from the desolate, unfinished building.
Once they reached the bustling city, Chad parked the car.
“Molly, have I spoiled you so much that you’ve become lawless?” he shouted.
Molly looked at Chad’s angry face and shouted back, “Yes, I have! There are too many monsters at home, and everyone dares to upset Mom. You can’t protect her, and you won’t let me do it either. Mom’s in the hospital, and you and Dad are to blame too!”
If they had kicked out Juliana’s family earlier, her mother wouldn’t have ended up in the hospital.
Molly had been bottling up her rage, never letting it out.
Chad looked at his sister, seeing a side of her he hadn’t seen before.
Their mother’s hospitalization had been a source of guilt for both him and their father.
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