Chapter 15 He Must Be In Control


    Stepping out of M-blue restaurant, Brian got in his car and ordered Tony directly," The casino."


    "Roger that," Tony said attentively.


    It was quiet as usual in the car. Tony, from time to time, would peek at Brian through the rear-view


    mirror, and once he found Brian deeply gazing out the window, he would let out an unnoticeable sigh.


    After Becky had left the day before, Brian seemed to be restraining his loneliness and frustration.


    Though having seen a lot of killing and being killed since his childhood, Brian had a family who loved


    him. This might be his first time to feel so depressed and heartbroken.


    Tony''s face was rather grave. He let out another sigh and steered the car into the underground parking


    lot of Grand Night Casino.


    Brian got out of the car and took an exclusive lift to his office on the top floor. The minute he got off the


    lift, his phone rang, and he picked it up without hesitation.


    Brian walked into his office while listening to the voice reporting on the phone. His brows started to


    furrow and his eyes became sharp. His anger was bing more apparent as the call went on. "Feed


    him to ck Wolf!"


    Brian said coldly as he dismissed the call. Then he turned to Tony and instructed," Tell Harrow that I


    want him to keep a close watch on the U.S. stock market and I need to see Chancellor fall for at least


    10% tomorrow!"


    "No problem," Tony answered and left.


    Sitting in his big and luxurious chair with legs crossed casually, Brian stared intently at theputer


    screen. The screen was divided into several windows, where the actual scenes in the casino were


    shown in real time.


    Brian''s phone rang again.


    Moving his eyes away from the screen, Brian picked it up.


    "Mr. Brian Long, the information you needed is prepared. I''ll send it to you by fax right now," said the


    voice at the other end of the line.


    "Okay," Brian said tly and then hung up.


    Soon afterwards, there was a noiseing from the fax machine followed by pieces of paper


    dispensed one by one. Brian fetched them and saw a picture of Molly Xia on top.


    Molly''s innocent and warm smile dazzled Brian and for a while, his eyes were enthralled by her beauty.


    Looking at the picture, he was struck by a familiar feeling, which was too fleeting to be noticed even by


    himself.


    While his fingers were turning the pages, Brian felt intrigued and read through the material and noticed


    that most of the contents weren''t new to him.Molly''s experience wasn''t umon in a city famous for


    its night life and casinos. The only surprise for him was that she actually worked in Grand Night Casino


    as a waitress. That part was interesting enough.


    But... She had got into his bed after being drugged!


    Brian was astounded and threw the files on the desk. He puffed a cigarette, giving out light gray smoke.


    Behind the smoke, the anger and pain were gradually hidden in his deep ck eyes.


    Brian squinted, which was a dangerous sign. No matter what her reason was, he would never allow


    anything out of his control.


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    Time would never stand still just because of somebody''s happiness or sadness. It would pass on as


    usual despite any situation. After the sun had set and disappeared from the horizon, the warm air was


    gradually reced by the cold wind.


    By the street light, Molly was dragging her tired and sore body back home. Watching her feet struggling


    to move on the road covered with snow, she started to find the situation ironic.


    After all that she had gone throughst night, she was given no chance or time at all to rest and heal


    herself.


    There was a glint of mockery in her smile. She felt wretched and helpless deep inside. But she knew


    that she had to be brave and repressed whatever she was feeling. Molly then took a deep breath and


    carried on with great perseverance.


    A ck MPV passed by her just when she arrived at their rented house. She didn''t pay much attention


    to it, and went into the yard.


    Sharon Zhao was weeping and her face looked dreadfully pale when Molly entered the house. Daniel


    was helping her sit down on the couch and the whole house was in a mess, as if having been


    ransacked.


    "Mom!" Molly hurried to assist Daniel and helped Sharon sit down. While doing this, she noticed a


    bruise on Daniel''s face and asked anxiously," What happened? "What''s that on your face?"


    Daniel bit his lips, and looked away to avoid Molly''s eyes. There was hatred and anger in his eyes but


    he seemed to be reluctant d to exin. He answered briefly," Dad is in debt again. Those people said


    that things were screwed up yesterday and they took dad."


    Molly understood what they were referring to at once. In a short silence, she looked at her mother, who


    was shedding tears, and felt so stressed and hopeless.


    "Molly, your dad…" Sharon muttered between sobs. "Will he be alright? It''s all my fault. If it weren''t for


    my medical expense, he wouldn''t have…" she pitifully continued.


    "Stop, mom!" Molly interrupted her and managed to hold the tears in her eyes. "Daniel, take care of


    mom," she said to her brother.


    Molly left resolutely and ignored Daniel''s questions behind. She knew what to do.


    When Molly showed up again in Exotic Bar, she found Steven, her father, who had pushed her into this


    endless tragedy. Steven''s eyes were all swollen and bruises were all over his face. Apparently, he had


    been beaten up once again. Seeing this, Molly was overwhelmed by a strong mixed feeling of sadness,


    anger, andpassion, for her father and herself.


    "You said I had ten days!"Molly said, ring at David.


    David puffed his cigarette at Molly''s face and squinted. Then he raised a hand and pped Molly so


    hard across the face that she was thrown onto the floor by force.


    "Hhmmmp!" the sound of Molly heaved on the floor echoed across the room. Molly gotpletely


    dizzy, and her tongue tasted the blood in her mouth.


    "Damn!" David cursed and spat as he put on a ferocious look. "Do you know who you''re messing with?


    You damn little whore!" David yelled angrily at Molly.


    He raised one of his legs and was about to give Molly a hard kick.But before Molly could even react,


    someone moved to her front and protected her from being hurt.


    "Molly…" Steven uttered. "Ouch…" he groaned in pain.


    Steven huddled in pain as he was hit right in the belly.


    "Dad!" Molly cried in agony.


    David got irritated by the unexpected scene and spoke loudly in a threatening tone," Give me the


    money now, or neither of you is leaving this ce!"


    In rage, David flicked the ash of the cigarette on Steven. Just then, someone rushed inside in panic.


    Catching his breath and with widened eyes, the man reported," Boss... Mr. Brian Long is here!"


    "Which Mr. Brian Long? DA... DAMN..."


    David choked out thest word when he saw the man standing beside the door and his face turned


    incredibly pale all of a sudden.