"How dare you, Frank!"

Gina was going to lose it too, but Luna's scream brought her to her senses. "Help! It hurts so much! I'm going to die!"

Gina screamed at Frank right then, "Don't you know who you just hit, you animal?! That's Gavin Lane's wife—their family is one of Southstream's Four Families! If you let Luna go and beg, I might speak on your behalf so that they let you live. If you keep being stubborn, you'll be dead!"

"Hmph."

Seeing that Gina was still being delusional, Frank simply squeezed.

"Mmmph!!!!"

Luna's face turned purple, her arms flailing as if to beg Gina for help.

"Stop, Aunt Gina! He's crazy!" Cindy promptly pulled Gina away and turned toward Hughie, shrieking, "Go! Fetch that bitch from the basement, or the Southstream Lanes will kill us all if Luna dies!"

Hughie dashed downstairs immediately and soon returned with Winter, who was bound with so much rope that she looked like a dumpling.

cried, and Frank seemed to calm

up and gathered Winter in

cheeks with his hands even as he fought back his gnawing guilt, he said, "It's all my fault... but don't worry,

mom, Frank?" she asked, so kind as she still worried

the

cheek, staring at

you

up at Hughie right then but soon shook her head and threw herself into

Frank. Let's go

car. I have something to sort out." Frank said, patting her on the

Frank's hand and assured him, "I'm really fine, Frank. It doesn't hurt— let's just

obviously did not want him

Frank baleful—Winter was just

on the

Winter," Frank said firmly. "I have to deal with these scum—just

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