Page 163 of Finish Line

Chad clamps his hand around his wife’s wrist, preventing her from leaving, before turning to Mr. Scott. “Do it.”

Louis puts them under.

“Can we make Katherine moo like a cow? Please?” Mav chuckles, rubbing his hands together. “Then we can post it on social media.”

“Mav.” Dom gives him a look, even though his lips twitch as he tries not to smile.

Mr. Scott asks them the exact questions he asked the rest of the staff.

Their dad answers them. But, when it comes to Katherine, you can tell she’s fighting it.

“Do you want Dom and Mav dead, Mr. Knight?” Louis asks.

Chad’s face scrunches. “No, they’re my sons.”

“Okay. And you, Mrs. Knight. Do you want Dom and Mav dead?” Louis asks.

Katherine’s face pinches as if she’s straining not to answer.

Louis pushes harder. “Answer the questions, Mrs. Knight. Do you want Dom and Mav dead?”

“Yes,” Katherine spits out, her face red from the effort to resist.

Dom growls, and Mav shakes his head.

“Mr. Knight, Mrs. Knight. Answer this question in the order I say your name. Mr. Knight, have you been hypnotized by someone else?” Mr. Scott asks.

“No,” Mr. Knight replies, and some of the tension eases from Mav’s shoulders.

“Mrs. Knight, have you been hypnotized by someone other than me?” Mr. Scott asks.

“No,” Mrs. Knight replies as the guys glance at each other.

If not her, then who?

Louis looks up at Frank, who nods his head toward Katherine.

“Mrs. Knight, did you hire someone to kill Dom and Mav?” he asks.

Once again, Katherine fights to not answer.

“Answer the question!” Louis says with enough force that Katherine shrinks back into her seat.

“Yes!” she gasps out.

My mouth falls open. Holy shit, did she just confess that she paid someone to kill Dom and Mav?

“Why?” Mr. Scott asks.

“With them out of the way, I inherit everything,” she says as if she’s commenting on the color of the sky and not admitting to arranging her son’s and stepson’s death.

The guys swear, and Nick whistles.

I can’t believe someone could be so cold.

“I’m going to count back from five. You’re going to wake up and remember what you said.” He looks at Katherine like she’s a bad smell before looking at Dom and Mav.

They nod.

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