On the other hand, if Ashley decided to lie, she would have to suffer Frank's wrath.

And that meant...

Ashely flinched even as she saw the headless corpse in the distance talk about a terrifying precedent!

She threw all caution into the wind right then. The family business was important, but not as important as her life!

"I'm sorry, Mr. Lawrence!" she yelled as the crowd looked on. "I brought you the wrong suit-"

"Hmm? The wrong suit, you say?" Frank's eyes turned cool. "I told you to be honest, didn't I?"

Ashley flinched from Frank's looming presence and quickly corrected herself. "No, no, no... It was all me... I wanted to make a quick buck, so I brought you a cheap knock-off suit! It's all on me, and I regret my actions!" With that, she started begging panickedly, "I was blind and ignorant! Please, just let me go I'll return your money!"

Frank was relieved to hear that, and stood up, looking down at Ashley as he asked, "And how much did I pay you?"

much you paid me... I'll wire it back to you right now! I'm

tears, leaving the crowd silent-especially Ilsa, who stood just outside the circle around

was staring blankly at Ashley, as it turned out the knockoff suit she

was flustered, worried that Frank was going to kill her daughter, ready to

she was only profoundly worried that the

were all there when

exposed for being the one who sold Frank that knock-off suit, which he only found out because Ilsa herself had openly

out, and it was too late for Ilsa to run

the other hand, Gina was now at

earlier, worried because she thought for a moment that Frank was going to hurt Ilsa's daughter. Now, she had certainly connected the

in dramatic fashion to clear his name for Gina's benefit and to prove that he did

conned, but the culprit

add insult to injury, it almost looked

to stage this

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