"Mark?"

"Grandfather?"

The spirited shout from upstairs left the Southstream Lanes stunned.

Fleur was stunned like the rest and snapped right then, "Silence, old-timer! I'm doing this to save your life!"

"I will not be denied!" Mark continued shouting from upstairs. “I'd rather die right now than live under such grief! I was waiting to see if any of you kids were going to stand up to these thugs... but Clark and Gable bailed as soon as they heard the Soranos were here! Only Gavin and Helen stood up against them! That's why I'm announcing it right now: only Gavin and Helen will be the candidates for the next head of the Lane family—Oof!"

Mark was suddenly grunting just as he was about to finish, seemingly struck.

"Sir!" Helen exclaimed in shock.

Frank strode forward, leveling an icy look at Willy right then. "Come at me if you have a problem. Bullying an old man says more about you than me."

"Old man? Who are you talking about?!" Mark was laughing upstairs. “I'm not old yet, whippersnapper! Punch me again if you can—0Oof!"

Mark grunted in pain again, Frank's brow creased

profoundly guilty toward Mark—the Soranos had beef with him, but, unable to

seemed that Willy had somehow connected the dots and realized that Hubert had visited Riverton before to attend the

led him to Helen,

die—not when his brother Henry had saved his

past Helen, Frank glared furiously at Willy as he snapped, "Debts will be

at you?!" Willy snorted and kicked Frank right then,

sneered viciously. "You'd better kill yourself in five seconds, or my men upstairs will kill Gavin Lane. Another five seconds, and it's Mark Lane... and any second of hesitation after that, it's another member of the Lane family. Let's see how

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