He was right.

With another loud bang, somehow there is a small hole appears on Henry’s forehead.

Due to the distance, this time was not like the dramatic way which had happened on Billie. Henry’s head only swings back a bit, the cavity between the eyebrows exposes, every person in the room is able to see. Wine glass falls from the scam master’s hand, broken into pieces to the ground.

Everyone looks at the boss’s old partner falls onto the ground, astonished. Years of copartnership, end up with no other word or question, all Henry got from his business partner was a merciless bullet in the head.

“Looks like his business is solved, we should continue ours, shouldn’t we?”

The big boss adjusts his suit, reloads the gun and alters his target, again aiming Tina’s head.

“Except for the phone call, what else did you lie to me?”

Tina moves her gaze from Henry’s body to Cooper, a look of hate is not able to describe her expression. She’s tired of all these crimes and killing, being cautious all the time, no freedom or one-day rest, day and night, living in fear.

“Everything.” Tina fervent hatred is expressed in her words. “I lied to you about everything.”

Cooper frowns. “What?”

“I don’t like the name Justine Cooper, I hate it, whenever it has the same last name like yours, I hate it.” Tina says while her tears start to fall. ”I felt disgusted whenever I was near you, whenever I called you father, no, you can’t afford to be a proper father, you are not my dad, my real papa was already dead…in North Carolina, with mama, when the FBI broke into our house.”

“How dare you talk to me like that!”

“How dare could you touch your own daughter? Huh?” Tina shouts too agitatedly, tears wash her face. “You knew who I was from the first time you walked in the room, didn’t you? You knew who I was and what I’ve been through all the time, but you still chose to take off your pants…Just because I look like mama? I made you remind her?”

“You better shut your mouth.”

“Or what? Do you really believe that you could hide those dirty things you’ve done forever and no one will know? That you’ve fucked your own daughter purposely because she looks so much like her mother.” Tina chuckles in the tone of irony. “After you kill me, you said you’ve decided to let Bev take my place, what do you have in mind? Are you planning to fuck her before you adopt her or you will put your fucking hand on her right after I’m dead…Am I right? Father?”

“You know nothing.” Sebastian Cooper says.

“I know everything!” Tina shouts back.

Bette has no time to listen to what they are talking, her eyes are focusing on the gun in Sebastian Cooper’s hand, afraid that he will pull the trigger, also waiting for the right timing to grab it. If necessary, she will pounce on to Tina and take the fucking bullet for her.

The time is ticking, Bette Porter knows clearly…if she informs Tasha on time, the scene will become even worse. Both Cooper and Tina’s supporter will no doubt start a fight. When the time is up, the FBI and SWAT team will rush in, cause the destruction to both sides.

“You are a monster! You are unworthy of being a human!”

Sebastian Cooper lifts his hand and slams Tina in her face, cannot tolerate the strong force, the blonde falls onto the ground, her head slammed into the wall, blood streams down from her forehead, her eyes instantly black out.

The tension in the room makes Bette’s entire body is ready for a fight, her muscles have tightened into tight strings. Seeing her lover was being abused, she feels like a rubber band that was going to snap at any moment.

Cooper raises his guns again, the gun barrel hot against Tina’s forehead.

“Goodbye, Justine.”

Bette rushes her way to Tina.

Sebastian Cooper’s finger starts to pull the trigger.

Suddenly, bullets break the stillness through the air. As if the old clattering typewriter, the hammering explosions past people’s ears, light up the entire mansion.

19:00 PM. Sharp. The SWAT team has swept in the mansion.

-CJ-