Senior Howard furrowed his brow and looked at Thomas and Tina. Lastly, he closed his eyes and said with a plain tone, "Why did Dan hit Thomas?"
The question caught Tina off-guard; she never thought Senior Howard would ask that question. After a while, she pursed her lips and said, "Didn't I just say it? He was angry because Thomas shot you."
She then added, "Don't you know how much Dan cares about you? Not like someone else here. Dan would've fought the person who hurt you with his life if the transgressor wasn't his brother."
Senior Howard sneered, "Is that so? You say Dan cares about me. How does he do that? Using my cars to gamble and losing them to someone else? Or spending my money behind my back?
"Do you think I don't know any of that stuff you two did behind my back?"
Tina's eyes blew wide open in shock. She looked at him with a stupefied look. "You…"
After a while, she bit her lip and lowered her voice. "There are outsiders here. Why are you talking about these? I'm telling you that Thomas twisted and dislocated Dan's hands. We can talk about everything else later."
"Outsiders?" As soon as Tina finished talking, Thomas curled up his lips into a smile. "Aunt Tina, who are you calling outsiders? Is it me or my fiancee? How come I didn't understand what you just said?"
He placed his arm on Yannie's shoulder and looked at Senior Howard challengingly. "Tell me: who is the outsider?"
Tina's face flushed pale. "I'm referring to…"
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