"You bastard! How could you?! " Thomas shouted as Buch and Mitch's people led us to the basement of the hotel, and then one of them punched brunet with all his might in the stomach to shut him up.

"No! " I shouted.

"Be silent, or you'll also get hit. " The other one snarled at me and grasped the jaw tightly and then told me to kneel next to Thomas.

I helped him to get up and then looked sinisterly at Mitch.

"It's not worth trusting people, love. " Mitch said when he saw my gaze. "Everyone can hurt you. Even if you don't suspect him of it and trust him. " He added and smiled artificially.

"We had a deal..." Tom croaked.

"The deal has changed. " His brother replied.

"Money is more important to you than family? " I asked.

"Yes. " He replied immediately. "You guys keep getting in our way. I've had enough of you. "

As he said this, his men yanked me and began tying me to the large steel pillar that supported the ceiling.

"I knew you were mean, but I didn't know how much." Bucho laughed.

Mitch didn't react, just walked over to his brother and lifted his chin to look at him.

Thomas said nothing, just looked at his older brother with tears in his eyes.

"After all these years..." Tom began. "You want to kill me... "

"I was going to do it earlier. " Mitch replied.

"So why the hell didn't you do it?! Hm?! " Thomas shouted. "You had so many opportunities! " hH said through tears. "Why did you defend me before? Why did you save me? You could've let them kill me. "

"I had to keep up appearances. " He glanced at me, then back to his brother. "Oh, dear brother..." He sighed and got up to his feet. "People change. "

"I trusted you..." Tom whispered at which Mitch stopped for a moment, and after a few moments he swung and with all his strength punched Thomas in the stomach at which the other moaned in pain.

"Stop it! " I jerked, but it didn't help, because I was tied with solid metal chains.

"So you shouldn't have done it. " Mitch whispered in Thomas's ear, then nodded and his men tied him up as well as me.

The pole was in the center, I was tied to one side and Tom to the other.

The younger Rapp didn't speak again.

"Any ideas? " Bucho glanced at us with a smile, then looked back at Mitch.

"We're sticking to the plan. " The other replied, and he looked at us again.

He glanced at me and saw tears in my eyes. He looked at me like that for a moment and then said:

"Set it on fire. "

Bucho just laughed before leaving right behind Mitch.

Their people made sure we were firmly attached and then went out after their bosses. After a few minutes, we felt the smell of smoke.